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In Snowflake, STAGE objects are designed to provide a way for users to load data into tables or unload data from tables to external storage. The STAGE objects represent locations where data files are stored, either in cloud storage (such as Amazon S3 or Azure Blob Storage) or within Snowflake's internal storage.

Users can indeed query the contents of a STAGE by using the `LIST` command, which allows them to see the files or folders present in that stage. Furthermore, when using a `COPY INTO` statement, users can directly reference external files contained within a STAGE, enabling them to import data into Snowflake tables. This ability to query is fundamental to how data is loaded and managed in Snowflake.

The other options, while they do touch on elements of STAGE usage, do not accurately capture the straightforward nature of accessing STAGE objects for data operations. Users don't require specific permissions beyond the standard object permissions to query in this way, and querying the contents of STAGE objects is not limited by data types.