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UFOs and Spirituality: Cultural Forces Shaping the Phenomenon as a Spiritual Narrative

The phenomenon of UFOs (now commonly referred to as UAPs) is perceived through multiple lenses. On one hand, many accounts describe them as physical craft—objects that pilots have nearly collided with, that can be targeted by weapons, and that sometimes interfere with weapon systems. These encounters are often accompanied by tangible evidence, such as radiation traces, ground imprints, and physiological effects on witnesses. On the other hand, a significant number of people interpret these phenomena as spiritual or metaphysical in nature, suggesting that they may transcend conventional physical explanations.

The intersection of UFO phenomena with spiritual interpretations has evolved over time, driven by a mix of cultural, religious, and psychological factors. UFO sightings have become more than unexplained physical events—some perceive them as signs of divine presence, demonic influence, or spiritual awakening. I will not suggest that this is a correct interpretation. This article explores the cultural forces and key figures that have shaped the framing of UFOs as spiritual phenomena.

The UFO Phenomenon as a Continuation of Ancient Spiritual Narratives

Reports of unexplained aerial objects echo ancient myths of celestial beings, angels, gods, and messengers descending from the heavens. Historically, societies have interpreted strange lights and phenomena in religious or mystical terms. For example:

  • In Christianity, angels were often described as descending from the sky in radiant light, delivering messages to humankind (e.g., the Annunciation to Mary).
  • Similarly, the Bhagavad Gita speaks of divine beings riding celestial chariots, while pagan mythologies depict gods interacting with mortals from otherworldly realms.

Modern UFO sightings often resemble these earlier traditions. Some religious believers see them as a contemporary manifestation of spiritual forces. This continuity—between ancient divine narratives and modern UFO accounts—has led many to view UFO phenomena through a spiritual or metaphysical lens.

Christian Interpretations: UFOs as Angels and Demons

A significant cultural force framing UFOs as spiritual entities comes from Christian interpretations. Many within conservative Christian circles interpret UFOs and extraterrestrial beings as manifestations of either:

  • Angels: benevolent beings acting as protectors or messengers of God.
  • Demons: malevolent forces seeking to deceive humanity. This view aligns with the demonic deception narrative, where UFOs are seen as part of spiritual warfare—a deceptive ploy by Satan to distract or lead people away from Christian faith.

Chuck Missler, a prominent Christian author and speaker, heavily promoted the idea that UFOs are not extraterrestrial but demonic in origin. Missler argued that the UFO phenomenon fits within the biblical end-times narrative, warning that these beings are part of a grand deception to undermine Christian belief in God’s sovereignty.

L.A. Marzulli, another influential Christian figure, echoes this sentiment. Marzulli has argued that so-called alien abductions are similar to demonic possession, reinforcing the belief that these beings are spiritual entities in disguise rather than extraterrestrial visitors.

New Age and Mystical Interpretations: Aliens as Ascended Beings

In stark contrast to the Christian demonic view, New Age and mystical movements interpret UFOs and extraterrestrials as ascended beings or guides helping humanity evolve spiritually. This perspective views aliens as benevolent entities, often described as more advanced than humans in both technology and consciousness.

Key figures who have popularized this view include:

  • George Adamski, one of the earliest UFO contactees in the 1950s, who claimed to have met extraterrestrials from Venus. He described these beings as spiritually advanced and concerned with the fate of Earth, offering messages of peace and unity.
  • Barbara Marciniak, a New Age author, channeled messages from beings she called the Pleiadians—extraterrestrial entities from the Pleiades star cluster. Her writings frame these beings as guides aiming to awaken human potential and assist in humanity’s spiritual evolution.

New Age interpretations align with ideas of cosmic unity and consciousness expansion, presenting aliens not as threats but as partners in a universal spiritual awakening.

Alien Abductions and the Spiritual Awakening Narrative

Some people who report being abducted by extraterrestrials describe their experiences in ways that resemble mystical or religious experiences. These narratives often involve:

  • Encounters with non-human beings who deliver messages about the environment or humanity’s future.
  • A sense of transcendence or a spiritual shift, where abductees feel changed after their encounter, much like people who undergo near-death experiences (NDEs).

Dr. John E. Mack, a Harvard psychiatrist, was instrumental in framing alien abduction narratives within a spiritual context. He argued that these experiences were not mere hallucinations but could represent encounters with alternate realities or higher consciousness. Mack’s work emphasized that alien contact might be part of a global spiritual awakening, helping humanity develop a new understanding of itself and the universe.

Gnosticism, UFOs, and Alternate Realities

Some UFO narratives are connected to Gnostic traditions, which emphasize the idea that material reality is flawed or deceptive. In this view, extraterrestrial beings represent enlightened entities who possess hidden knowledge (gnosis) that can free humanity from ignorance.

  • This interpretation aligns with the writings of Whitley Strieber, author of Communion, who described his encounters with alien beings as transcendent experiences that altered his understanding of reality. Strieber speculated that these beings might exist on a different plane of consciousness, accessible only through altered states of mind.

Gnostic interpretations resonate with psychedelic experiences reported by individuals under the influence of substances like DMT, where people often encounter beings described as alien or non-human. This has led to speculation that UFOs and alien beings may be interdimensional entities, rather than physical visitors from other planets.

A Modern Myth: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age

The blending of UFOs with spiritual ideas reflects humanity’s deep desire to find meaning in a secular and scientifically driven world. When traditional religious frameworks no longer provide satisfying answers, the possibility of contact with extraterrestrial beings offers a new narrative for exploring questions about existence, purpose, and morality.

This narrative positions UFOs as symbols of hope, transcendence, and guidance—suggesting that advanced beings might offer humanity solutions to its problems or usher in a new age of spiritual understanding. Alternatively, the fear of malevolent beings fits into older narratives of cosmic conflict and spiritual deception, resonating with eschatological and apocalyptic worldviews.

Conclusion: UFOs as a Mirror of Spiritual Longing

The cultural forces that frame UFOs as spiritual phenomena reveal much about human psychology and society’s search for meaning. Whether interpreted as angels, demons, or enlightened beings, UFOs serve as a modern myth—one that reflects humanity’s hopes and fears about the future, the nature of reality, and the possibility of higher knowledge.

The work of figures such as Chuck Missler, L.A. Marzulli, George Adamski, Barbara Marciniak, and John E. Mack has shaped these interpretations, each offering a unique perspective on the UFO phenomenon. As science and spirituality continue to converge, UFOs will likely remain a powerful lens through which people explore questions of existence and purpose—whether as celestial messengers, deceptive spirits, or guides toward a new consciousness.

In a world increasingly defined by uncertainty, UFOs offer a symbolic bridge between the material and the mystical, giving humanity new ways to confront its greatest questions about life, the universe, and the unknown.

Palm Desert, California, 9 Oct 2022 UFO Analysis

Once in a while, we encounter a report with video and enough data to perform calculations that give us insight into what we are looking at. When we saw this video sighting, at first it looked very impressive and we also noticed that we have enough here to extract further details about the object, such as estimations of its velocity.

The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn8oReWpo9E

As you will see, after further analysis, this UFO turned out to be less impressive than we originally thought, and the entire sighting can probably be explained as the sighting of someone’s drone with an LED light aimed towards the observer. I imagine that this drone might have been taking pictures or something. Or perhaps, there really is something interesting going on here. Whatever the case, lets proceed to get the math done, and obtain some good estimates.

In this analysis, I will be determining the approximate velocity of the UFO aka UAP at a specific point in the video, where the object appeared to show impressive movement characteristics.

THE MOON RUSH

This is the moment starting at around minute 1:37, where the UFO quickly moves toward the moon.

Screenshot of the initial frame as it begins its movement.

I will use a stopwatch to determine the exact time it took it to travel a certain distance in the sky.

The moon measures a certain amount in terms of arcseconds. An arcsecond is a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/3600 of a degree. It is commonly used in fields like astronomy, geodesy, cartography, optics, and physics to measure very small angles with high precision.

The apparent size of the Moon in the sky can be expressed in arcseconds. On average, the apparent diameter of the Moon is about 31 arcminutes, which = 1860 arcseconds on average. The radius of the moon is therefore 930 arc seconds on average. This will be how we will make our ruler.

In the image, the ruler measures 70 pixels:

We here begin to use pixels to measure arcseconds, a method of carefully measuring angles when looking at the sky. The Moon measures a specific number of arc seconds. Thanks to the presence of the moon in the video, we can extract information about the object.

70px = 930arcsec

Next, I have super imposed the images to capture the object’s position. You will notice the clouds don’t perfectly match, because the clouds are moving relative to the moon, but the moon is what we care about here. Using photoshop, I will measure the number of pixels of displacement of the object and convert them to arcseconds.

This shows the object in both places, in other words, its initial position and its final position during the time frame we are focused on.

Zooming in a bit more.

We get a horizontal displacement of about 430px and vertical of 43px.

Zooming In!

Lets do some calculations:

Obtaining the hypotenuse and converting to arc seconds:

Hypotenuse: (4302 + 432)1/2 = 432px approximately.

The object moved in a nearly straight line from the observer’s perspective, but it likely moved in a straight line from its own perspective. We will therefore assume it moved about 432px.

432px/70px = 6.17

6.17 * 930arcsec = ~5740 arcsec

5740 arcseconds is the angle the object moved.

1 arcsec = 1/3600 of a degree.

(5740 arcsec) * (1degree)/(3600 arcseconds) = 1.59 degrees.

Timing of the movement: 7.27seconds approximately. The object took that long to travel that angle.

Determining distances:

Research by Eschaton indicates that the moon was at 55.69 degrees altitude that day. We also determined that the clouds observed are cumulus clouds, and they can be as low as 1000 meters from the ground. This represents a lower bound on the object’s height. The object could be higher, but it won’t be higher than the clouds as it appears to fly under the clouds. We will proceed with these estimates to create further understanding of the object’s motion.

Using the moon angle and also the lowest altitude of the clouds, we can come up with an estimate of distance to the object, then we can use the angle it displaced to determine its average velocity over that interval.

As you can see above, the object was likely moving only about 14.27 miles per hour, even accounting for wind.

This velocity appears much more impressive in the zoomed in video, but sadly it really is not that impressive in reality. Small drones can easily achieve those velocities.

The jerking or angular looking movement of the object in the sky, can then easily be explained by the movement being requested by the drone’s operator on the ground, as they push the control stick in their desired direction, possibly as they position the drone better for their picture or personal preference.

The distant observer saw the small object, and recorded it on their phone, and this is how we got this cool video of an apparently anomalous object. However, the most anomalous thing about this object has turned out to be the difficulty in identifying lights. The movement itself has turned out to be underwhelming.

This case is a great example of an interesting video that unfortunately captured a relatively mundane situation, but the lighting and apparent movement of the object makes it look anomalous, when it is not.

Lastly, I would like to leave you with a couple more thoughts. It is possible that these clouds are much higher, but they will not be a thousand times higher or any sufficient altitude that causes the movement of this object to be a lot more impressive. Even if the object were moving at 300mph, that would be within normal drone velocities parameter. So ultimately, the object’s movement is truly not that impressive. But does its lack of impressive movement make it clear that this object is not anomalous? I don’t know. We have numbers now, and we have a candidate of what it could be: a remotely operated drone, but it doesn’t mean that an anomalous object could not be piloted in such an unimpressive way by an NHI. Indeed, this is not evidence that it is not anomalous, but it is evidence that it’s Velocity is not anomalously high. In the end, we must make up our own minds for now, or not, that’s the beauty of science, and we can simply wait for more data to present itself.

And with that, I say good bye for now, and I wish you happy exploration of the unknown.

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