10 Wildest Battlestar Galactica Fan Theories

10. Modern Day UFO's Are Actually Cylon Ships

Life here began out there. This is one of the primary tenets of the colonial religion in Battlestar Galactica. Many of the humans in the show believe that there are other lifeforms in the cosmos, though it's believed they are also humans just waiting on Earth for their cousins to come home.

In our universe, the belief that life is out there has always been very complicated, and for one fan theory, that life may be more familiar than we realize.

At the end of Battlestar Galactica, the rebel Cylon Centurions are given sentience and the freedom to go out into the galaxy to choose their own future, free of outside control and subjugation.

Thus, a fan theory arose that in our modern timeline the sightings of UFOs are actually Cylon ships, coming back to check on humanity. In some ways, this theory actually makes a lot of sense in Galactica canon.

The Cylons would know where the second Earth was, as they helped humanity find it, and the Cylon raider ships do appear similar to what we view as a 'traditional' UFO.

The Cylons would want to check on us for several reasons. To ensure humanity poses no threat to them, to observe any possible Cylon hybrid descendants, and also to see if humanity is on its way to recreating the Cylons again and wiping themselves out.