Something far more spiritual may be developing beneath America’s exploding fascination with UFOs and alleged alien encounters.
Former Green Beret Paul Bock warns Christians that the rapidly expanding UAP movement isn’t just about mysterious objects in the sky. During an interview with Nik Keswani, Bock argued that an entire spiritual belief system is emerging around alleged encounters with non-human intelligence, and some of its practices bear troubling similarities to the occult.
“There is a religion that has formed around this,” Bock said.
Bock, who says he became involved in the UAP world after leaving the military, told Keswani that his investigation eventually took him beyond questions about unexplained craft. As he examined alleged contact experiences, New Age practices and messages reportedly received from supposed non-human entities, he began comparing them with Scripture.
His conclusion was unmistakable.
“This does not line up with God,” Bock said. “Like, this is clearly deceptive in nature. It’s satanic in nature.”
One practice at the center of the conversation was CE5, or “Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind,” a method promoted as a way for people to intentionally initiate contact with alleged extraterrestrial or non-human intelligence through meditation and related practices.
Bock described it as “a method of tones and specific types of meditation where you invite these things down.”
That’s where the spiritual alarm bells should start ringing.
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Bock pointed to Deuteronomy 18, which explicitly warns God’s people against witchcraft, sorcery, mediums, spiritists and other attempts to make forbidden spiritual contact. For Christians, the question isn’t merely whether someone experiences something supernatural. The question is what spirit is behind it, and where it leads.
That distinction becomes especially important when extraordinary manifestations are involved.
Bock and Keswani discussed claims that people participating in alleged UFO encounters have experienced healings. Rather than accepting healing itself as proof that an encounter comes from God, Bock pointed to Deuteronomy 13, where Scripture warns that signs and wonders can accompany a message that ultimately draws people away from the Lord.
“Clearly it assumes that somebody may arise with dreams, with signs, with wonders, but they point away from God,” Bock said.
Keswani also highlighted accounts from UFO-abduction researchers involving people who reportedly invoked the name of Jesus Christ and saw their alleged encounters abruptly stop.
“Why does it stop with the name of Jesus?” Keswani asked, arguing that the pattern points toward a demonic explanation.
Bock offered some nuance, saying he has encountered reports in which invoking Jesus’ name did not appear to end an experience immediately. He noted that some individuals had intentionally sought contact beforehand or seemed to treat Jesus’ name almost like a spiritual formula rather than acting from genuine faith.
Yet perhaps Bock’s greatest warning isn’t about UFOs themselves.
It’s about the millions of people who search for the truth through them.
Bock pointed to prominent podcasts, videos and personalities introducing enormous audiences to alleged contact practices and UAP spirituality. If even a fraction of those viewers attempt these practices themselves, he believes the spiritual consequences could be profound.
But his message to Christians isn’t to become consumed with aliens, conspiracy theories or every strange light in the sky.
It’s to know the Word of God.
“If I know what the truth is, then when the fake comes, I know that falsehood right away,” Bock said.
Ultimately, Bock said Christians should view the UFO conversation as an opportunity for the gospel rather than merely another cultural rabbit hole.
“These are gospel conversations,” he said.
Behind the fascination with UFOs are real people searching for answers about humanity, eternity and what exists beyond the physical world. That hunger for the supernatural isn’t disappearing. If anything, it’s becoming increasingly mainstream.
The question for the church is whether believers will know Scripture well enough to recognize deception when it comes dressed in the supernatural.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the newly released book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected]. Learn more about Abby at abbytrivett.com.
