For more than three decades, Joe Jordan searched for answers about UFOs and alleged alien abductions. What he found did not lead him toward extraterrestrial life. It led him to Jesus Christ.
Jordan, 72, told the Daily Mail that he has investigated roughly 700 alleged abduction cases. He said a recurring detail transformed his understanding of the phenomenon: Some experiences reportedly ended when people called upon Jesus or God.
“The way it changed my life is seeing that the power and the name and authority of Jesus Christ convinced me 100 percent that God is real, the Bible is real, Jesus was real,” Jordan said. “You call on Him for help; He’s there for help.”
Jordan now believes many supposed alien encounters are spiritual attacks disguised as contact with beings from another world.
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The Case That Changed His Investigation
Jordan began researching UFOs in the 1990s and joined the Mutual UFO Network in 1992. His work eventually shifted from sightings to people who claimed they had been abducted.
One case involved a man identified as “Bill D,” who described a dark encounter with satanic characteristics. During the experience, Bill cried out, “Jesus, Jesus, help me!”
The encounter reportedly ended immediately.
“I thought this just doesn’t make sense because all the leading researchers at the time in the early mid-90s were saying that these abduction experiences could not be stopped, but I had one that just said he had stopped it,” Jordan said.
Jordan said other investigators encountered similar cases involving people who prayed, sang hymns or called upon Jesus. He claimed researchers kept those accounts quiet because they did not fit the extraterrestrial explanation.
The Doorway Into Spiritual Warfare
Jordan also identified another pattern. He said many experiencers had previously explored occultism, paranormal practices, New Age spirituality or the UFO phenomenon itself.
“Every person that I found that unknowingly opened the door to the experience, they have been dabbling in the occult, the paranormal, even the UFO phenomenon itself,” Jordan said. “But that is what triggered the opportunity for them to be affected by this.”
The biblical connection extends deeper than the reality of unseen spiritual conflict. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 forbids divination, sorcery, witchcraft, consulting mediums and other attempts to obtain supernatural knowledge apart from God.
These practices cross a boundary God established for our protection. The root problem is the pursuit of forbidden knowledge and spiritual power outside submission to Him.
That pattern first appears in Genesis 3. The serpent tempted humanity to reject God’s boundaries and seize hidden knowledge. The form may change, but the tactic remains the same: awaken curiosity, promise revelation and draw people toward a spiritual source that conceals its true nature.
Jordan believes alleged abductions fit that ancient pattern.
“Nobody’s getting taken anywhere,” he said. “This experience is a demonic vision, demonic spiritual visionary experience that’s given to them.”
The Authority of Jesus
Jordan was involved in New Age practices when he entered UFO research. He believed crystals offered spiritual protection until another investigator warned him that he needed something real and gave him a Bible. Jordan became a Christian in November 1996.
His testimony draws a clear line between UFO phenomena and spiritual warfare. Occult involvement opened doors that crystals could not close, while the authority of Jesus reportedly ended encounters that researchers considered unstoppable.
As UFO discussions increasingly turn from “extraterrestrial” beings to “interdimensional” and “non-human” entities, Christians should recognize that new terminology does not necessarily describe a new reality.
Some mysteries in the skies may have roots in an ancient spiritual battle, and Jordan’s research points toward the One whose authority darkness cannot withstand.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a journalism background from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and at the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
