The other two boys shouted, “Wow, what is that?”

I said, “Where?”

The boys pointed and shouted, “There!”

I looked out and above me, and there, in the clear canopy of blue sky, was a metallic silver disc. It was hovering without a sound as the sun glistened off it. We all watched it for perhaps twenty-five seconds, then, in a flash, it shot straight up into the atmosphere and was gone. We were so excited that all four of us ran back to the camp.

“We saw a flying saucer! A UFO!”

The other scouts came running out of the cabins and were joined by the scoutmasters. Everyone wanted to know what the object that we saw looked like.

That was lunchtime. By the evening meal on the same day, the other boys denied that they had ever seen anything due to the teasing and ridicule they experienced. This event became an important life lesson for me. I learned that people will deny what they have seen in order to remain part of the herd.

I have never forgotten that lesson, and I’ve wondered about the other three boys that saw the UFO with me that day. I have called out to them on numerous podcasts and radio shows, hoping that one of them would contact me, but so far no one has.

When Close Encounters of the Third Kind came out, I was all in. I believed in our space brothers and wanted them to take me. Fortunately that never happened. When I became a Christian years later, the Lord changed my paradigm. I began to look at the UFO phenomenon through a whole different lens, and that lens was the biblical one. I realized that these so-called space brothers were anything but!

I will say that the Lord has led me on a very interesting road, perhaps one that I would not have chosen.

We Have Been Visited for Thousands of Years by Ancient Astronauts…or Fallen Angels

I’ve mentioned before that every Friday night on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens, they promulgate the ancient astronaut theory. This theory essentially states that we have been visited by extraterrestrials for thousands of years.

I appeared on the first two seasons of Ancient Aliens, and one of the reasons my late business partner, Richard Shaw, and I started the Watchers series was to counteract what the ancient astronaut theory and Ancient Aliens were promulgating. They have a large budget, and they can travel anywhere on the planet. However, we’ve been to many places that the History Channel later visited for their series. In fact, our Watchers series broke the story of the ancient megalithic structures that were in Peru before the History Channel did their segment on it, and it was the same story regarding the enigmatic Paracas skulls.

The sixth film in our On the Trail of Nephilim series covers the groundbreaking DNA evidence that we published regarding elongated skulls. The shape of the skulls is not the result of cranial deformation or cradle head boarding but is, in fact, genetic. In the film we have doctors, surgeons, optometrists, an archaeologist, an anthropologist, and a chiropractor go on the record, telling us that what we are looking at is genetic. We broke the story. The History Channel followed us; however, the channel’s media footprint is far bigger than ours and obviously we can’t really compete with them.

Let’s just take one example of the vast differences in our paradigms, in our belief systems. We have been to the ancient megalithic site of Sacsayhuamán, in Peru; I have been there three times. I remember the first time I laid eyes on it. It took my breath away, seeing how these megalithic stones, some of them weighing over one hundred tons, are fit together with absolute perfection and no mortar.

The reason I chose the site was because it is very controversial. There are essentially three paradigms regarding the site. The first is what the docents, who are hired by the Peruvian government, tell the tourists who visit the site. They will say that the Inca were master stone builders, and they created the site. I have witnessed this with my own eyes and ears, and it makes me mad. The reason it’s maddening is that the Inca only had copper chisels—you cannot cut and shape andesite stone with a copper chisel. Moreover, the stones are polygonal in shape, and no two stones are the same. And in addition to all that, the stones with impossible shapes and angles are fit together, one stone to another, with absolute surgical precision. So the view that the Inca built Sacsayhuamán is patently absurd!

The second position is what the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens is promulgating. They claim that what we see at Sacsayhuamán is the handiwork of extraterrestrials who visited the planet thousands of years ago. This is the paradigm they put forth every Friday night—for fifteen seasons now.

The third position, and the one I hold to, is that Sacsayhuamán is a pre-flood structure the likes of which I have come to call fallen angel technology, or Nephilim architecture. None of the tools or machines that were used to create this site have ever been found by archaeologists. It is truly a very enigmatic and mysterious site.

In the Book of Enoch we are told that fallen angels came down and gave mankind certain technology:

And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, ‘Armaros the resolving of enchantments, Baraqijal [taught] astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven.’

While the Book of Enoch is not part of the biblical canon, Jude does quote from it. It may be easy for some to dismiss the Book of Enoch and Jude’s reference to it. However, in my opinion, if a person were going to keep one book away from people, it would be Enoch 1. Why, you ask? Because the Book of Enoch tells us exactly what happened in Genesis 6. It tells the story of the fallen angels coming to earth, taking human women as wives, and procreating with them, creating what has become known as the Nephilim. This is the amplification of Genesis 3:15 and the ongoing seed war.

There are three paradigms. And looking at the History Channel’s position, in some ways they are right—extraterrestrials did build Sacsayhuamán. However, we need to define what an extraterrestrial is. In my opinion an extraterrestrial is any entity that does not originate on planet Earth, and the entities that built these structures did not originate on planet Earth. However, and I need to stress this, these entities are not interplanetary but interdimensional and are, in fact, fallen angels. This is why the Book of Enoch is so important. In my opinion it clears up any doubt as to what happened so long ago. These fallen ones were here and influenced mankind, and they continue to do so up to the present day.

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The Sky Gods

Chief Joseph RiverWind is a Taino chief. We interviewed Chief Joseph in our Watchers series and On the Trail of the Nephilim series. Chief Joseph brings to the table the oral tradition of Native American culture. In the interview I asked Chief Joseph about the sky gods. Without hesitation Chief Joseph told me that the sky gods came down, took human women, and had sex with them. This, of course, hails back to Genesis 3:15 and also Genesis 6. In other words, we have here in the Americas an extrabiblical source that is telling us about the reality of fallen angels taking human women and creating a hybrid entity—the Nephilim.

We also know, once again from the oral tradition, that giants roamed the Americas. Of course, modern-day archaeologists scoff at this and make every excuse possible to discredit Native American or First Nation oral tradition. Sarah Winnemucca talked about the Si-Te-Cah—the red-haired giants that were cannibalistic. The Paiute went to war with the Si-Te-Cah and essentially herded them into a cave. The cave still exists today, the Lovelock Cave, in Nevada. I have visited the cave and explored it. I found that the roof of the cave was completely singed black, which corroborates Sarah Winnemucca’s story that the Paiute piled brush and wood at the mouth of the cave and set it on fire, and then when the giants came out, they killed them. We also filmed in the Humboldt Museum, which is the home of the Lovelock Cave artifacts. One pair of sandals at the museum was well over fifteen inches in length. There are also reports of a ten-foot skeleton and a nine-foot giant skeleton being found in the area. Of course, there’s no way to vet the reports of ten-foot skeletons, but the Lord willing, someday we will find one.

Added to this is the account by Robert Mirabal, a Pueblo musician from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, who created a performance of his song “Stiltwalker.” I contacted Robert and asked, “Where did you hear the story of the giants?” He told me he heard it from his grandfather; it was part of the tribe’s oral tradition. At the very beginning of the video Robert quoted—almost verbatim—the Genesis 6 narrative, talking about the sky gods coming down. Then in the video you see the giant appear. It really is an incredible piece. The music is superb. The staging and lighting are excellent. Hats off to Robert Mirabal. The interview I did with him is in my book On the Trail of the Nephilim.

To sum things up here, it’s important for us to understand that fallen angels did the unthinkable—they came to earth, had sexual relations with human women, and created a hybrid being known as the Nephilim.

Jesus warned us that it will be like the days of Noah when He returns. It’s important for us to realize that it’s like the days of Noah, meaning similar, not exactly like the days of Noah. Immediately we must ask ourselves, What differentiates the days of Noah from all the rest of human history? Once again I call your attention to the Genesis 3:15 narrative, which results in the full-blown manifestation of the seed war in Genesis 6. Daniel 2:43 (kjv) states:

They shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

The word cleave is from the same root word that we see way back in Genesis when a man leaves his father and mother and cleaves to his wife. This is a marriage contract. I got this from Jim Wilhelmsen, who stated that there are no marriage contracts in the modern-day abduction phenomena. We delved into this in our fourth film in the UFO Disclosure series, on abductions. What we are seeing is the creation of modern-day hybrids, who are in a fixed state, who have no soul. The sky gods have returned. These are the intruders, the fallen ones, interdimensional beings, with a very dark agenda.

Sitchin Is Wrong

The Ancient Aliens crowd and lots of New Agers point back to Zecharia Sitchin and his work, and they quote it endlessly. Dr. Michael Heiser created a website called Sitchin is Wrong. I have spent some time on the site. It is incredible that Dr. Heiser clearly shows that the translations Sitchin used to base his entire theory on are, in fact, mistranslations. As Dr. Heiser shows, Sitchin has essentially created a fantasy with the Anunnaki. In other words, it is a construct, and Sitchin’s body of work rests on his translations of the ancient Sumerian clay tablets.

There are also critics of the biblical narrative that point to the fact that the Sumerian clay tablets were created centuries before the Bible, and sometimes these critics argue that the Bible is borrowing the flood story from the Sumerians. In my opinion, this is a straw man argument. The God of the Bible is patient, and just because He waited centuries before bringing Moses and Aaron into the fray does not mean that the Sumerian clay tablets are the truth. In fact, I would say this is just another example of fallen angels—interdimensional entities—which have come to earth and set up shop. In my series On the Trail of the Nephilim we show that all over the world there are ancient sites, and many of them are built on an eighteen-and-a-half-year lunar cycle. Many of them point to the constellation Draco, or the dragon. Many of these sites engaged in human sacrifice. Where did this knowledge come from?

I have speculated that these entities arrived at a certain location on the planet, and then they set up shop. They were worshipped as gods. They gave technology to the human population. The Book of Enoch makes this clear. I remember the first time I visited Caral in Peru. It is the oldest city in the Americas, reaching back over five thousand years. It reminded me of Teotihuacan in Mexico, and when I mentioned this to our guide, he agreed, “Yes, they are similar, but Caral is much older.”

Rising from the plateau were three large step pyramids. This immediately begs the question, Where do the engineering skills, the mathematics, and the knowledge of lunar and solar procession, equinoxes, and solstices come from? Did they just fall out of the sky? Yes, they might have, in the form of a fallen angel who set up shop there. What has become an inside joke is that we are told that climate change had forced these people to abandon the site. Of course, this is complete speculation and, in my opinion, is another straw man argument that is repeated at other megalithic sites all over the world. There was a diaspora 3,500 years ago as Joshua and Caleb conquered the Promised Land, and the Nephilim tribes fled westward. We see their handiwork all throughout the Mediterranean and into Spain, Portugal, France, England, Ireland, and finally the New World.

Dr. Michael Heiser, who was able to read the ancient Sumerian tablets, has cleared up the canard of the Anunnaki that has been promulgated by the ancient astronaut theorists for now two decades. Once again there is another explanation for all this technology, and it is this fallen angel technology, Nephilim architecture. It makes perfect sense.

As I often say, “There is a hidden history that has been deliberately obfuscated from the peoples of the world. And this is why I am on the trail of the Nephilim.”

What Is The Truth?

In the last two films of our ten-part UFO Disclosure series, we interviewed lots of researchers and showed the two main paradigms. The first is the extraterrestrial hypothesis, which states that we are being visited by so-called extraterrestrials from some other planet. The second is the interdimensional hypothesis, which states that these entities are from another dimension, which I’m sure you know by now is the paradigm that I tenaciously hold to.

These interdimensional beings have a nefarious agenda, and I think we’ve covered that in this book. Certainly, when a person watches our films on the UFO phenomenon, specifically episode 4 on abductions and episode 6 on cattle mutilations, the conclusion, in my opinion, is overwhelming. There is a dark agenda to all of this, and it connects directly back to the biblical prophetic narrative that we see in the Bible. Once again I call your attention to Genesis 3:15. It is the gateway to the biblical narrative. We are, in fact, in a seed war.

For episodes nine and ten of our UFO Disclosure series, I interviewed over a dozen people, including Nick Pope, Nick Redfern, George Noory, Dan Heiser, George Haas, Gonz Shimura, Derek Gilbert, Josh Peck, Gary Stearman, Mondo Gonzales, Pastor Matt Freeman, and Dick Oswalt. At the very end of the film I weighed in one last time, and in some ways I have waited until now, this last chapter, to bring this to your attention. It is based on decades of research and work. I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me such as Dr. I. D. E. Thomas, George Pember, Chuck Missler, and Gary Stearman. I owe a debt of gratitude to these men who have come before me, and in many cases mentored me. I will tell you what I think is about to happen. It is conjecture on my part; however, it is biblically sound and ties into the prophetic narrative.

Fátima: Harbinger of Deception

I already covered in detail the events that happened in 1917 in Fátima. I’ve created two films on the Fátima apparitions. We went there during the one-hundred-year anniversary of the so-called apparitions. The films do a deep dive into what really happened at Fátima in 1917. The crowds in Fátima swelling to as many as seventy thousand people ties into what I believe is the coming great deception. In my opinion, Fátima was, literally, a harbinger of deception. It was not Mary of the Bible. It was, in fact, a UFO event.

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Nuclear Saber Rattling and What That Might Bring

I remember vividly doing safety drills when I was in elementary school and hiding under my desk in case of a nuclear event. I was born in 1950, so I was right in the window of time when the Cold War and the threat of a nuclear event was a very real thing. I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, which alarmed my parents very much. Cuba was under the control of communist dictator Fidel Castro. The Soviet Union was bringing missiles into Cuba. This was unacceptable, and President Kennedy created a naval quarantine to stop the Russian ships from reaching Cuba. It was as close as we have ever been to World War III and a nuclear exchange. The Russians turned around, and a nuclear event was avoided. Years later the Cold War ended, and the former Soviet Union collapsed under its own weight. For the record, though they have been tried many times, communism and socialism have never worked anywhere and, quite frankly, never will. It is a dead-end system that eliminates the entrepreneurial spirit.

Now we are seeing saber rattling coming from Russia, specifically Vladimir Putin, who is threatening the use of his nuclear arsenal.

You may recall from the chapter about Robert Salas that a UFO appeared over the Malmstrom base in Montana and switched off all ten intercontinental ballistic missiles. These intruders seem to be obsessed with our nuclear armament. Is it any wonder they appeared in Roswell in 1947, when the 509th Bombardment Group was the only nuclear-capable bombing group in the world and, in fact, had dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Is it possible that a nuclear event triggers their arrival?

We Go Up; They Come Down! We Go up; They Show Up!

I am going to present you with a scenario I think is extremely plausible and based on the biblical prophetic narrative. When Jesus cast out the demons from the man of the tombs, they said to Him, “‘What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?’” (Matt. 8:29). Think about it. How did these entities, these demons, know that it was not their time? How can they make a statement like that? I truly believe that the fallen ones see through time in greater ways than we humans do. I wrote about this in my book The Cosmic Chess Match. I will quickly repeat it here; I call it the cornfield analogy.

A person is standing in a cornfield. They see the corn in front of them and the corn to the left and the right and the corn behind them, but they can only see a very short distance in any direction. That’s our perspective of time—we move through time one second at a time. We can’t jump ahead; we can’t go back. We are, in fact, stuck in the space-time continuum. We are grounded in linear time.

The Dragon pulls up to the same cornfield in a shiny red firetruck with a ladder. He climbs up that ladder, and now he’s two stories above the cornfield. The Dragon can see that cornfield plus several other cornfields around it. In other words, he is able to see through time in ways that we humans cannot. The fallen ones can see farther in time than we can, but they cannot see all of it as God can. The Dragon is not all-knowing and thus cannot pinpoint the future with the specificity of the Most High God!

I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. — Isaiah 46:9–10

The God of the Bible is sitting in the space shuttle high above the earth with a telescopic camera. He looks down at the cornfield, and He can see the dime that just dropped out of my pocket because it had a hole in it. And that dime is next to my right shoe! But the telescopic camera can pan back and see not only you but the cornfields that the Dragon saw. Plus He can see the entire state of Kansas. And if He pulls back farther, He can see all of planet Earth!

In other words, the God of the Bible is all-knowing, and He sees through time in ways that are incomprehensible to us. This is why He can call out with great specificity the end before the beginning and the beginning before the end. This is why prophecy is so important—it is His words of warning about what will happen!

Here’s a question: Is it possible that the fallen ones know that there will be a nuclear event somewhere on this planet and that event will trigger their arrival? Is it possible that a nuclear event is their go button, as it were? Think about this: In 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Japan, there was no internet; people were not connected the way they are today. Fast-forward to 2024. There is a grid that connects all living beings on the planet. News travels at the speed of light. Satellites circle the earth, relaying information. I truly believe that this is the time of the end.

Think about it. If a nuclear device goes off anywhere on this planet, it will create the greatest fear that humanity has experienced collectively since the beginning of time. All eyes would be on this event, and people would panic. People would wonder if the whole world were going to come to an end. Fear is the calling card of darkness. Faith is the calling card of the kingdom of light, of Jesus’ kingdom. If you have the greatest collective fear in the history of the world sparked by a nuclear device, is that when they show up since fear is their calling card, their gateway to the people of earth?

A few years ago I was at Prophecy Watchers, and Gary Stearman was interviewing me. I came up with this comment on the spot, during that interview: We go up; they come down! We go up; they show up!

Gary looked at me, and I could see he was startled and taken aback by what I had just said. He replied, “You should copyright that, LA!” From that saying, which acted like a springboard, Mondo Gonzales and Jeff Van Hatten inspired the following.

We know that when Elijah the prophet was taken up, Elisha watched him go up. We know from the biblical narrative that when Jesus was taken up, the apostles (and who knows how many other people; certainly Mary, His mother, and I would venture Mary Magdalene were there as well) watched Him ascend into the clouds.

We have the two witnesses in the Book of Revelation; they are killed, and their bodies lie on the streets of Jerusalem. Then three days later, they are resurrected, and the entire world watches them ascend into the clouds. Finally, we are told in 1 Thessalonians:

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. — 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17, KJV

The point I’m trying to make is that in all of these scriptures, human beings go up into the clouds. The passage from 1 Thessalonians makes it clear that we rise to greet the Lord in the air together with Him in the clouds. Is it possible that when we go up into the clouds, after we are gone, and millions of people have vanished in similar ways all over the earth, then one-mile-wide UFOs will appear out of that same cloud? I realize for some of you this might be a stretch. But I heard this exact scenario literally fifty years ago when I was in the New Age. I mentioned briefly in a prior chapter that I was told there would be some people who would be taken to another place by the space brothers because they were not ready for the paradigm shift in consciousness. We go up; they come down! We go up; they show up!

While the scenario above is conjecture, there are biblical precedents for it, and I truly believe we are on the cusp of seeing these events unfold. I will close with the statement that I have said perhaps thousands of times: UFOs are real, burgeoning, and not going away. It is time for the church to wake up and understand that we were warned by Jesus Himself that even the elect would be deceived if that were possible, that men would faint from fear of what was coming upon the earth. This is what I have come to call the coming great deception, and it is at hand. The time is now.

Editor’s Note: This article is excerpted from Rungs of Disclosure by best-selling author, researcher and filmmaker L.A. Marzulli, which is available online at Amazon.com. In the book, Marzulli explores the UFO phenomenon through a biblical lens, examining its connections to prophecy, the Nephilim and what he believes is a coming global deception.

Even though I was born in Chicago, I don’t remember it. Soon after my birth, my father moved us to a two-hundred-acre ranch in rural Wisconsin. The hundred-year-old farmhouse’s windows looked out on a massive rock formation we called Bankruptcy Bluff—so named by my father, who joked that we’d jump off it if we ever went broke.

Growing up on the ranch was any kid’s dream. It came fully equipped with a cave that had bear-claw marks raked into the limestone, and mountains of dense forests packed with deer and squirrels, along with wild apples, asparagus, morel mushrooms, and sour rhubarb. There was even a creek that wound right by our house, filled with hidden treasures in the form of geodes lined with sparkling crystals.

I spent my days running wild in every part of this giant playhouse. Every day was a different destination. One afternoon, my sister Candy and I, along with the neighbor kids, would be in the dilapidated barn, climbing up the haystacks to an old rope tied to the rafters. We would scream like banshees as we swung out into the air, Tarzan-style, timing it just right to let go and plummet into the piles of hay below.

It was Christmas Eve, and like every child around the world, I was looking out my window, longing to see Santa come with a sleigh full of goodies. On this crisp, cold night, the moonlight glittered off the blanket of crystal-white snow covering the ground. Outside, there was no wind whatsoever. The silence made that night feel even more electric as I sat, eyes glued to the window, watching for Santa’s arrival.

My bedroom was on the second floor, so I would have a good view of Santa the moment he appeared. My heart pounded as I wondered whether I would get any of the toys I had asked for and how long it would be before Candy and I could rush downstairs to find out. Then suddenly, there he was!

“Santa!” I gasped as I stood, pressing my hands against the window. I watched as colored lights in an unusual formation flew slowly and silently past me. It was not at all what I expected Santa and his sleigh to look like. There was not a single reindeer in sight, and I didn’t see Santa at all—much less the bags of toys I was expecting. The lights flew out of view, and shortly after, I heard the sound of small footsteps. Looking back, they did not sound like those of a fat, jolly old man or even reindeer for that matter. Rather, it was something else. Then suddenly, I was pulled into a deep sleep.

A few hours later, my parents woke me, and the encounter was forgotten as Candy and I tore into our gifts. In fact, I did not recall that night again until many decades later, when I discovered, much to my distress, what really came visiting that night.

Alien’s Throughout History

UFO sightings date back millennia. We see possible proofs of this in archaeological monuments such as Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid, and Peru’s Nazca plains. During inspections of these monumental sites, skilled engineers conclude that humans could not have built the structures using the technology we possessed at the time.

Cultures around the world make countless claims that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for thousands of years. On the walls of the pyramids are hieroglyphs of pharaohs and Egyptian gods, drawn with elongated skulls like those of alien Greys. In fact, King Tut’s father, Pharaoh Akhenaten, had an extremely elongated head and almond eyes eerily like those of an alien being. Astonishing depictions of modern-day craft resembling planes and helicopters have been found in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs etched thousands of years ago. These have been acclaimed as undeniable proof that alien beings visited the ancient Egyptians and brought them advanced technology from the future.

In 1965, a group of explorers ventured deep into the Colombian rainforest and discovered the thousand-year-old Quimbaya civilization. These mysterious people had made handcrafted golden brooches that at first looked like insects. But upon closer inspection, they eerily resembled modern-day jets and NASA space rockets, complete with delta-shaped wings, a rudder, and ailerons (flaps) used on aircraft wings to control lift.

Close Encounters in America

Since its founding in 1974, the National UFO Reporting Center has processed well over 150,000 reports concerning Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings. (The government has now officially adopted the term UAP to replace the old Unidentified Flying Object [UFO] designation.) A 2021 Gallup poll found that 41 percent of Americans believe that alien spacecraft have been visiting Earth for some time.

American history is littered with sightings of mysterious craft, as well as alien beings. In April 1941, a local sheriff summoned Rev. William Huffman to the site of a “plane crash” near Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to deliver last rites. However, he arrived to find that it was not a plane crash at all but rather a downed flying saucer that had set the neighbor’s field on fire. Near the saucer was a dead alien body and a second that lay dying. As photographers rushed to the scene, the local Army Corps quickly arrived and shut down the entire site, confiscating all film.

On August 27, 1979, on a rural stretch of State Highway 220, about ten miles west of the small town of Stephen, Minnesota, Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson’s squad car was engulfed in a ball of light. Johnson reported that he blacked out, then awakened forty minutes later to find his wristwatch and car’s clock had stopped for fourteen minutes.

Upon exiting the squad car, he found he was a thousand feet from where he originally parked, and a hundred feet of skid marks stained the asphalt. The damage to Johnson’s car was extensive: cracks peppered the windshield, and, according to an expert from Ford Motor Co., they appeared to be caused by inward and outward forces acting simultaneously. Another expert brought in to examine the car found that the bent antennae could only be explained as having been warped by powerful bursts of air. To this day, the car is on display in Warren, Minnesota, at the Settler’s Square Historical Museum. Deputy Johnson also suffered burns and scorched retinas from the encounter.

Alien sightings have been reported from across America and around the world. Even then, Georgia governor Jimmy Carter filed a report in 1973 with Oklahoma’s UFO Bureau about a mysterious object he had seen in 1969. There is no denying that something strange has been going on in the skies for a long time.

Alien Contact and Abductions

One of the most infamous abductions in the United States involved fishermen, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, who claimed aliens kidnapped them while they were fishing on the Pascagoula River in 1973. Parker stated to police that when he saw a blue light on the water, he assumed the cops had come to tell them they were trespassing. Soon, though, he realized the light was coming from the sky. He then said three aliens without legs came upon them suddenly and grabbed them, injecting them with some sort of sedative.

They awoke to the aliens performing an assortment of physical examinations on them while holding them captive in a spacecraft. Hickson and Parker both stated they were released shortly after this. If one looks at the pictures taken of them immediately after the claimed abduction, there is no doubt from the stunned look on their faces that something horrifying happened to them that night. In 2019, three more witnesses came forward to confirm their statements.

Military Close Encounters

Sighting reports by military personnel go back to the 1940s—one of the earliest and most notable close encounters was the “Gorman Dogfight,” which took place on October 1, 1948, over Fargo, North Dakota. The incident involved Second Lieutenant George F. Gorman, a World War II veteran and North Dakota Air National Guard pilot. He was flying his F-51 Mustang when he encountered a brilliant white light. For a harrowing twenty-seven minutes, Gorman pursued the object, which he described as a “simple ball of light,” that evaded him with speeds and maneuvers exceeding his fighter’s capabilities.

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Two air traffic controllers, along with the pilot and passenger of a nearby civilian aircraft, verified his story. The Air Force later officially concluded that a lighted weather balloon caused the encounter. However, the high-speed, sharp-turning movements reported by Gorman helped cement this case as an authentic encounter and made it one of the most compelling early examples of a military engagement with a UAP.

Modern-Day Military Events

Modern-day military reports of UAPs have picked up dramatically in the wake of the declassification of UFO files and recent congressional hearings. In fact, the total number of UAP reports has soared since 2021. This sharp increase demonstrates that the reduced stigma attached to a “sighting” has led hundreds, if not thousands, of service members to report phenomena they previously kept silent about. Now pilots who used to avoid reporting these sightings—or were laughed at when they did—are eager to share their experiences.

Two of those officers are Lieutenant Commander Alex Dietrich, a naval fighter pilot, and Commander David Fravor, commander of Fighter Squadron 41, the Black Aces. The date was November 14, 2004; the location was the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles southwest of San Diego. Taking off from the USS Nimitz, the pilots in two brand-new Super Hornets were on an air defense exercise when radio operators on the USS Princeton contacted them. The sophisticated radar systems on the Princeton—able to pick up a baseball at eighty thousand feet—had been logging hundreds of UAPs that week. That day, another craft appeared, and radar was champing at the bit to get a closer look.

Fravor and Dietrich were rerouted to the object’s location. When they arrived at the coordinates, far below the water’s surface, they saw what looked like a plane crash or a submerged submarine churning up the water. Suddenly, Fravor sighted what he now calls the “Tic Tac,” so named after the white oblong shape of the famous candy. Right away, Fravor observed there were no wings or rotors, and the craft was unlike anything he had ever seen. He then told Dietrich to back off and get into wingman position while he flew closer to check it out. Later, after the event, Dietrich wrote in a famous tweet, “Some days your boss asks you to swab the deck. Some days he asks you to keep high cover while he spars with a UFO.”

Both pilots watched as the Tic Tac would go instantly from one place to another, like—as Fravor described—“a ping-pong ball bouncing off the wall.” Suddenly, the UAP seemed to notice them and began mirroring the jets’ movements, Fravor said. Then it accelerated toward them at an incredible speed, streaking across the plane’s nose before completely vanishing.

One minute later, a frantic controller from the Princeton came on the radio and said that the Tic Tac had reappeared 60 miles away at Fravor’s combat air patrol (CAP) location. Astonishingly, the craft had flown 60 miles in one minute—at a speed of 3,700 mph.

Back on the Nimitz, the next crew was launching a jet outfitted with an infrared sensor and camera. The Tic Tac managed to jam their radar, but not before they got a lock on it and recorded footage of the now-infamous Tic Tac encounter.

Claims of Nonhuman Biologics and Concealed Craft

So where are the bodies? When asked directly whether the US government had in its possession extraterrestrial life, Grusch affirmed under oath, “I was informed in the course of my official duties that a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering program exists and that they did recover nonhuman biologics.” Grusch also asserted that the recovery program has recovered “quite a number” of intact and partially intact craft, purportedly dating back to 1933 in Magenta, Italy.

Insider Jay Stratton openly affirmed that he has “seen with my own eyes nonhuman craft and non-human beings.” When a high-level Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) official such as Stratton says something like this, the world needs to sit up and take notice.

Deep Black Operations and Reverse Engineering

The claims made by the whistleblowers in Congress and in the documentary did not stop at the retrieval of nonhuman bodies; they painted a picture of an enormous, decades-long, “deep black” program devoted to developing the retrieved technology. This program allegedly operates “above Congressional oversight” and is dedicated to reverse engineering recovered UAP craft.

What Are They?

Opinions vary on who extraterrestrials are and where they hail from, ranging from the simplistic “beings from another planet” to demonic entities disguised as aliens to even more bizarre assumptions. So who and what are they really? And what is their ultimate agenda?

Dr. Steven Greer, the architect of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI), has long challenged the narrow view that alien life is strictly biological. He argues against the idea that these are merely physical entities traveling from distant star systems. Instead, Greer champions the perspective that these beings are interdimensional and “celestial” in essence.

He draws a sharp line between traditional “ET” theories and a reality in which these beings operate across varying spiritual planes. Because they possess the ability to “materialize” and “dematerialize” at will, Greer contends that they are not merely extraterrestrial but multidimensional in nature.

Let’s move into an activation exercise. Have you opened the door to fear through disturbing encounters or fascination with the paranormal? Have you given place to deception by dwelling on dark mysteries instead of standing on the truth of God’s Word? Have you allowed spiritual intimidation to settle into your mind because of what you have seen or experienced?

Remember, the Bible says Jesus has given you authority over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). You do not have to live under fear, confusion, or the pressure of counterfeit supernatural power. Right now, I encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit to show you any place where you have come into agreement with fear or lies. Ask Him to reveal where you need the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus and where you need to repent for opening the door to intimidation or deception.

Please repeat after me:

Lord God, I repent for every way I have come into agreement with fear, deception, or counterfeit power connected to the alien agenda. I repent for opening any door through unhealthy curiosity or intimidation. I renounce every lie that says darkness has power over me. I reject every false belief that exalts hidden forces above Jesus Christ. Wash me now with the blood of Jesus and cleanse every part of me from the defiling effect of fear and confusion.

Father, forgive me for entertaining what was false and giving place to torment. I break agreement now with every lying spirit and with every demonic influence that has tried to gain access to my life. Your Word says that Jesus came to destroy the works of the enemy. So I take up the victory Jesus already won for me and command this assignment to be broken off me in His name through the power of His cross. Now, Lord, fill me with Your truth and establish Your peace in me. I declare that You alone are Lord over my life, and I will not bow to fear, deception, or false light. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Katie Souza writes, teaches, and travels extensively. She is the founder of the prison outreach Expected End Ministries, which serves over four thousand prisons in five countries, and the author of The Captivity Series: The Key to Your Expected End, Healing the Wounded Soul, and The Serpent and the Soul. As part owner of Channel 379 DirecTV, she produces a live television show, Faith With Katie, which also airs on all her social media platforms. Katie lives in Florida with her husband, Robert. Her new book, Star Gods: Unmasking the Alien Agenda, Fallen Angels, and End-Time Deception, is available on Amazon.com.

The conversation surrounding UFOs, unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and the possibility of nonhuman intelligence has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. Subjects that were once largely confined to science-fiction films, fringe researchers and late-night radio programs now occupy a prominent place in public discourse. Military pilots have testified about encounters with unexplained aerial objects. Intelligence officials have made extraordinary claims before Congress. Government agencies have released footage of phenomena they acknowledge they cannot fully explain. Major news organizations now cover stories that, not long ago, would have been dismissed outright.

Whether one views these developments as evidence of advanced technology, extraterrestrial visitation, spiritual activity or something else entirely, it is clear that the cultural landscape has changed. The UFO question is no longer a niche topic discussed by a small group of enthusiasts. It has become part of a broader conversation about humanity’s origins, our place in the universe and the possibility that reality may be more complex than most people have assumed.

This changing environment provides the backdrop for the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s latest film exploring themes of government secrecy, nonhuman intelligence and humanity’s response to extraordinary revelations. The significance of the film extends beyond its box office potential or entertainment value. Spielberg remains one of the most influential storytellers of the modern era, and his projects often shape the way millions of people think about a subject. When a filmmaker of his stature returns to the UFO topic at a time when public interest is surging, it is worth paying attention to the larger cultural moment in which the film appears.

What makes the current discussion particularly noteworthy is that it differs substantially from previous waves of UFO fascination. During much of the 20th century, reports of strange lights in the sky or alleged encounters with unidentified craft were often treated as curiosities. They generated brief headlines before fading from public attention. Today, however, the discussion has moved beyond isolated sightings and anecdotal reports. Questions are increasingly being asked about the nature of the phenomenon itself and what it might mean if humanity is forced to confront the existence of an intelligence beyond our own.

This shift has given rise to a growing number of competing explanations. Some researchers argue that advanced civilizations from distant star systems may be visiting Earth. Others suggest the phenomenon may involve dimensions of reality that science has only begun to explore. Still others believe the answer may lie in spiritual realities that have been described throughout human history but interpreted differently by various cultures and religions. While there is little agreement regarding the source of the phenomenon, there is growing agreement that the subject can no longer be ignored.

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An equally important development is the way the disclosure conversation is being framed. For decades, popular culture often portrayed alien encounters as hostile invasions that threatened humanity’s survival. Movies frequently depicted extraterrestrials as conquerors arriving from distant worlds to destroy civilization or enslave mankind. More recent narratives have taken a different approach. Increasingly, stories involving nonhuman intelligence emphasize concepts such as empathy, enlightenment, unity and personal transformation. Rather than presenting these entities as enemies, many modern narratives portray them as guides, teachers or catalysts for humanity’s next stage of development.

That shift in messaging deserves careful examination because ideas often shape public expectations long before major events occur. Throughout history, societies have been prepared to accept new concepts through stories, entertainment and cultural narratives. Long before people embrace a particular explanation for a phenomenon, they are frequently introduced to a framework through which that phenomenon should be understood. As a result, the disclosure conversation has become about far more than strange objects in the sky. It has evolved into a discussion about human identity, spiritual truth and the future of civilization itself.

For Christians, this raises important questions that extend beyond the debate over whether UFOs are real. Scripture does not call us to accept every claim uncritically, nor does it encourage us to ignore developments taking place around us. Instead, believers are instructed to exercise discernment and evaluate ideas according to the truth of God’s Word. That means the central question is not merely whether unusual phenomena exist, but how those phenomena should be interpreted.

The Bible repeatedly warns that deception often presents itself in appealing forms. Throughout Scripture, spiritual counterfeits rarely announce themselves as falsehoods. Instead, they frequently appear attractive, persuasive and even beneficial. Because of this, Christians must carefully consider not only the existence of unexplained phenomena but also the explanations being offered to account for them. The worldview behind an idea can ultimately prove more significant than the phenomenon itself.

As disclosure continues moving into mainstream culture through government investigations, media coverage and major Hollywood productions, believers will increasingly encounter friends, coworkers and family members who are asking questions about these subjects. Many of those conversations will revolve around science, technology and the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. Yet beneath those discussions lies a deeper issue involving humanity’s origins, purpose and relationship to the Creator.

Those questions are not new. In fact, they reach back to some of the oldest and most mysterious passages in Scripture. Long before modern governments held hearings about nonhuman intelligence or filmmakers produced movies about disclosure, the Bible described a supernatural conflict that unfolds throughout the biblical narrative. Understanding that conflict provides a framework through which many Christians interpret the growing fascination with UFOs, nonhuman entities and the possibility of contact with other intelligences.

To understand why these issues have become so significant for many believers, it is necessary to return to the opening chapters of Genesis and examine a biblical storyline that some researchers believe remains central to the spiritual battle taking place in the world today.

The Seed War and the Forgotten Story of Genesis 3:15

For many Christians, discussions about UFOs, nonhuman intelligence and unexplained phenomena often begin with questions about technology, space exploration or the possibility of life on other planets. Yet for a growing number of researchers, theologians and Bible students, the framework for understanding these issues begins in a much different place. Rather than looking to the stars, they look to the opening chapters of Genesis.

At the center of this perspective is a passage that is frequently overlooked despite its enormous significance. Genesis 3:15 records God’s judgment upon the serpent after the fall of mankind: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”

For centuries, Christians have recognized this verse as the first prophetic announcement of the coming Messiah. The promise ultimately points to Jesus Christ, who would defeat Satan through His death and resurrection. Yet many scholars and Bible teachers have also noted that the passage introduces another theme that runs throughout Scripture: the conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent.

Viewed through this lens, the Bible tells the story of an ongoing spiritual war that extends far beyond the temptation in the Garden of Eden. The conflict is not merely between good and evil in a general sense. It is a battle over humanity itself, a struggle that repeatedly appears throughout the biblical narrative and reaches its climax in the victory of Christ.

This perspective becomes especially significant when readers arrive at Genesis 6, one of the most debated passages in Scripture. The chapter describes a period before the Flood when the “sons of God” took wives from among the daughters of men and produced offspring known as the Nephilim. The passage has generated centuries of debate, with some interpreting the sons of God as fallen angels and others viewing them as human descendants of Seth.

Those who see Genesis 6 as describing the activity of fallen angels argue that the passage represents a dramatic escalation of the conflict introduced in Genesis 3:15. In this interpretation, the corruption that spread across the earth before the Flood involved more than human wickedness. It included an attempt to corrupt humanity itself through the introduction of a hybrid lineage that was never part of God’s created order.

This understanding helps explain why the Flood occupies such a central place in biblical history. Scripture describes a world that had become thoroughly corrupt, violent and spiritually polluted. God’s judgment came not only because of widespread sin but because creation itself had been defiled. Noah and his family became the means through which God preserved humanity and carried forward the line through which the promised Messiah would eventually come.

It is impossible to deny that Genesis 6 raises profound questions about the relationship between the human and supernatural realms. The passage stands apart from nearly everything else in Scripture, describing events that many modern readers find difficult to understand but that ancient Jewish and early Christian writers frequently discussed.

The significance of these events becomes even more apparent when Jesus speaks about the conditions that will exist before His return. In Matthew 24, Christ declares that “as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” Similar statements appear in Luke 17, where Jesus compares the last days to the period immediately preceding the Flood.

Many Christians understandably focus on the moral dimensions of those passages. The days of Noah were characterized by violence, corruption and widespread rebellion against God. Those themes certainly remain relevant today. Yet some researchers believe Jesus’ reference to Noah may also point to the unusual supernatural activity described in Genesis 6. If that interpretation is correct, then the days preceding Christ’s return could involve more than moral decline. They could include renewed deception involving the interaction between humanity and supernatural powers.

This possibility leads many students of prophecy to another intriguing passage found in Daniel 2. While interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s vision of the statue composed of various metals, Daniel describes a future kingdom symbolized by iron mixed with clay. Daniel 2:43 states: “They will mingle themselves with the seed of men, but they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.”

The identity of the “they” in this passage has been debated for generations. Many commentators understand the verse as describing political alliances that ultimately fail to hold together. Others suggest the wording points to something more unusual. They note that Daniel does not simply describe nations mingling with nations. Instead, he refers to entities mingling with “the seed of men,” language that some believe echoes the conflict first introduced in Genesis.

Those who connect Daniel 2:43 to Genesis 3:15 and Genesis 6 see a consistent pattern emerging across Scripture. In their view, the Bible presents a long-running conflict involving attempts to corrupt, alter or counterfeit God’s design for humanity. The battle begins in Eden, escalates before the Flood, reappears throughout biblical history and ultimately reaches its conclusion in the last days.

This framework has led some Christian researchers to view modern reports of alien encounters, abduction experiences and hybridization narratives through a spiritual rather than extraterrestrial lens. They point out that many of the themes reported by alleged experiencers bear striking similarities to concepts already found in Scripture and ancient writings. Rather than viewing these accounts as evidence of visitors from distant planets, they interpret them as manifestations of the same supernatural conflict described throughout the Bible.

Such conclusions remain controversial even within Christian circles. Faithful believers disagree on the interpretation of Genesis 6, Daniel 2 and other passages related to the Nephilim. Yet the growing interest in these subjects reflects a broader recognition that the UFO discussion cannot be separated from larger questions about theology, anthropology and biblical prophecy.

At its core, the issue is not merely about strange lights in the sky or mysterious encounters. It is about competing explanations for the nature of reality. If humanity is being presented with a new understanding of its origins and place in the universe, Christians must carefully evaluate whether that understanding aligns with Scripture or contradicts it.

This is why the discussion surrounding disclosure has become so significant for many believers. The debate is no longer limited to whether unexplained phenomena exist. It has become a conversation about the nature of the spiritual realm, the authority of God’s Word and the possibility that ancient biblical warnings may have direct relevance to the modern world.

As the disclosure movement continues to gain momentum, these questions become increasingly difficult to ignore. If the Bible describes a long-running conflict involving deception, counterfeit spiritual experiences and efforts to draw humanity away from the truth, then believers must consider how those warnings apply in an age increasingly fascinated with nonhuman intelligence. That challenge brings us to perhaps the most important question of all: What happens if disclosure becomes the foundation for a new spiritual narrative that competes directly with the gospel itself?

The Coming Battle for Truth

The growing fascination with disclosure is often presented as a scientific issue. Public discussions typically focus on government transparency, military encounters, advanced technologies and the possibility of life beyond Earth. Yet beneath those conversations lies a much deeper question. If humanity is eventually confronted with evidence of nonhuman intelligence, how will that revelation reshape the way people understand themselves, their origins and their future?

That question sits at the heart of the current disclosure movement. The issue is no longer simply whether unidentified phenomena exist. Increasingly, the discussion centers on what those phenomena mean and how humanity should respond to them. As a result, disclosure is becoming more than a conversation about objects in the sky. It is becoming a conversation about worldview.

This shift is evident across popular culture, media and even government circles. In recent years, public officials, intelligence personnel, military officers and researchers have repeatedly suggested that humanity may not be alone. Documentaries, television programs and bestselling books have explored similar themes. Stories once confined to speculative fiction are increasingly being discussed as possibilities worthy of serious consideration.

At the same time, a growing number of voices are proposing that contact with nonhuman intelligence could fundamentally transform civilization. Some envision a future in which humanity gains access to advanced knowledge, new technologies or a deeper understanding of the universe. Others suggest such a revelation could unite the world around a common purpose and help humanity move beyond many of its divisions.

What makes these ideas especially significant is that they often carry spiritual implications. The conversation is no longer limited to science and technology. It increasingly touches on questions that have traditionally belonged to theology. Where did humanity come from? Why are we here? What is our purpose? Who possesses ultimate authority? These are not merely scientific questions. They are foundational questions about truth itself.

For Christians, this is where the disclosure conversation becomes particularly important. Scripture teaches that mankind was created in the image of God and that our identity, purpose and destiny are inseparable from our relationship with Him. Any worldview that seeks to redefine humanity’s origins will inevitably challenge the biblical narrative. That does not mean every discussion of nonhuman intelligence is inherently false, but it does mean believers must carefully evaluate the assumptions that often accompany such discussions.

One of the most influential narratives gaining traction today is the idea that humanity may have been guided, engineered or influenced by advanced intelligences throughout history. Variations of this concept have appeared in books, documentaries and television programs for decades, but the theory has become increasingly mainstream. Ancient monuments, religious experiences and even the origins of civilization are frequently reinterpreted through the lens of extraterrestrial intervention.

The implications of such a worldview are enormous. If humanity comes to believe that advanced beings created us, guided our development or seeded civilization, the authority of Scripture would inevitably come under attack. The biblical account of creation would be replaced by an alternative origin story. God’s role as Creator would be diminished or eliminated entirely. The spiritual history recorded in Scripture would be reinterpreted through a completely different lens.

This is one reason many Christians view the disclosure movement with caution. The concern is not simply that people might believe in extraterrestrial life. The greater concern is that humanity could be encouraged to embrace a new spiritual framework that competes directly with the gospel. Throughout history, false religions and deceptive philosophies have often emerged by offering alternative explanations for humanity’s origins and purpose. The modern disclosure movement has the potential to do the same on a global scale.

The New Testament repeatedly warns that spiritual deception will increase as history moves toward its conclusion. In 1 Timothy 4:1, Paul writes that “the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.” The warning is striking because it does not describe people abandoning the faith due to persecution or hardship alone. It describes individuals being drawn away by ideas and teachings that appear convincing but ultimately lead them away from the truth.

Similarly, 2 Thessalonians speaks of a great falling away and a powerful deception that will accompany the rise of the lawless one. While Christians have long debated the details of these passages, there is broad agreement that Scripture anticipates an increase in spiritual confusion and deception in the last days. Believers are repeatedly urged to remain grounded in the truth and to test every spirit and every teaching against the Word of God.

When viewed through that lens, the disclosure conversation takes on a different significance. The issue is not whether advanced technologies exist or whether unexplained phenomena deserve investigation. The issue is whether humanity is being prepared to accept explanations that ultimately undermine biblical truth. A society that no longer believes it was created by God will naturally seek another explanation for its existence. A culture that rejects divine revelation will inevitably look elsewhere for answers.

This does not mean Christians should respond with fear. Scripture never calls believers to panic in the face of uncertainty. In fact, the Bible consistently reminds us that God remains sovereign over history and that nothing takes place outside His knowledge and authority. The rise of disclosure narratives, no matter how dramatic they may appear, does not threaten God’s plan or diminish the victory Christ secured through His death and resurrection.

Instead, these developments present an opportunity for the church. As public interest in the supernatural continues to grow, many people are asking questions that materialism cannot answer. Conversations about nonhuman intelligence often lead to discussions about spiritual realities, human purpose and the existence of a Creator. In a culture increasingly fascinated with mysteries beyond the physical world, Christians have an opportunity to point people toward the One who created both the seen and unseen realms.

This moment also highlights the importance of biblical literacy. Many believers are familiar with popular theories surrounding disclosure but have spent far less time studying what Scripture actually says about spiritual warfare, deception and the nature of the unseen realm. The stronger our foundation in God’s Word becomes, the less vulnerable we are to confusion when new ideas emerge. Discernment is not developed through fear of deception; it is developed through a deep knowledge of the truth.

As disclosure continues to dominate headlines, inspire films and shape cultural conversations, Christians should resist the temptation to respond with either blind acceptance or dismissive indifference. Instead, we are called to approach these issues with wisdom, discernment and confidence in God’s Word. The Bible provides a framework for understanding reality that remains trustworthy regardless of how technology advances or what discoveries may lie ahead.

The central issue has never been UFOs, nonhuman intelligence or government disclosure. The central issue is truth. Every generation faces competing narratives that seek to answer life’s biggest questions. Our generation is no different. The challenge before us is to remain anchored to the unchanging truth of Scripture while thoughtfully engaging with the questions and uncertainties of our time.

Whatever revelations the future may hold, Christians can move forward with confidence because our hope does not rest in governments, scientific discoveries or contact with other intelligences. Our hope rests in Jesus Christ, the Creator of all things visible and invisible, who has already triumphed over every power of darkness and whose kingdom will ultimately prevail.

This article is derived from Charisma Media’s interview with L.A. Marzulli.

Prepared by Charisma Media Staff.

For decades, reports of unidentified flying objects occupied the fringes of popular culture. Stories of strange lights in the sky, alien encounters and government cover-ups were often dismissed as conspiracy theories or science fiction fantasies. Today, however, the conversation has changed dramatically.

Government hearings, military footage, whistleblower testimony and mainstream media coverage have pushed the topic of UFOs and UAPs into the public square. What was once considered fringe has become a subject of serious discussion.

But as the disclosure movement gains momentum, many Christians are asking a deeper question: What if the greatest danger is not whether extraterrestrials exist, but what people are being prepared to believe?

That concern was at the center of a Charisma interview with pastor and author Billy Crone, whose extensive research into UFOs, the occult and Bible prophecy has led him to a startling conclusion. Crone believes the modern UFO phenomenon is not preparing humanity for contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Instead, he argues it may be conditioning the world for a massive spiritual deception.

“The enemy is preparing people to explain away the rapture of the church,” Crone said.

The Rise of a New Belief System

One of the most remarkable developments of the past several decades has been the growing cultural acceptance of extraterrestrial life.

Hollywood has spent generations filling theaters with stories of alien visitors. Television programs regularly feature UFO investigations. Social media platforms are flooded with videos, theories and predictions about first contact.

According to Crone, this cultural shift has become far more significant than many Christians realize.

“More people believe in aliens than they do in God,” he said. “More people believe aliens have visited Earth than believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

Whether those statistics are debated or not, there is little question that fascination with extraterrestrials has become deeply embedded in modern culture.

For many people, aliens have evolved beyond mere entertainment. They have become a source of hope.

In countless books, documentaries and online communities, advanced extraterrestrial beings are portrayed as humanity’s future saviors—wiser, more evolved and capable of solving the world’s problems.

To Bible-believing Christians, that should sound familiar.

Scripture warns repeatedly that humanity will ultimately embrace a false savior who promises peace, unity and solutions during a time of global crisis.

The question is whether modern UFO narratives could help prepare the world for such a figure.

Ancient Spirits, Modern Packaging

Crone’s perspective is shaped partly by his own background.

Before becoming a Christian, he says he was deeply involved in New Age spirituality, occult practices and channeling. During that time, he became familiar with teachings that claimed to originate from extraterrestrial beings.

What struck him later as a believer was how similar these messages were to ancient occult doctrines.

The names may change. The packaging may look different. But the message remains remarkably consistent.

Many alleged alien communications promote ideas such as humanity evolving into godlike beings, the rejection of biblical sin, the creation of a one-world spirituality and the elevation of Lucifer as a misunderstood figure who brings enlightenment.

These concepts are not new.

They have existed for centuries within occult traditions, Eastern mysticism and New Age philosophies. What appears new, Crone argues, is simply the modern rebranding.

“The enemy repackages the same old demonic lies for a new generation,” he said.

Instead of presenting themselves as demons, fallen spirits or occult entities, the narrative shifts toward advanced extraterrestrials from distant star systems.

The terminology changes, but the spiritual message often remains the same.

The Channeling Connection

One of the most controversial aspects of the UFO phenomenon involves channeling.

Throughout the New Age movement, thousands of individuals have claimed to receive messages from extraterrestrial beings through altered states of consciousness. These communications often produce detailed predictions, spiritual teachings and warnings about humanity’s future.

Crone argues that Christians should pay careful attention to how these messages are received.

Rather than receiving information from advanced alien civilizations, Crone believes these encounters represent spiritual deception masquerading as extraterrestrial contact.

This concern becomes particularly relevant as viral predictions spread across social media.

Many modern prophecies circulating online claim to predict economic collapse, global war, UFO disclosure or massive societal upheaval.

While some predictions occasionally appear accurate, Crone warns that partial truth can be one of the most effective tools of deception.

“The enemy takes a little bit of truth and then leads people to the wrong conclusion,” he said.

Preparing an Explanation for the Rapture?

Perhaps the most provocative aspect of Crone’s research involves what he believes could become a future explanation for the disappearance of millions of Christians.

For generations, Bible prophecy teachers have taught that the church will be removed from the earth in an event commonly called the rapture.

The obvious challenge for unbelievers would be explaining such a massive disappearance.

Crone points to decades of New Age writings and channeled material that describe a coming “evacuation,” “harvest” or “mass removal” of people from the planet.

These accounts often claim that advanced extraterrestrial beings will rescue certain individuals during a period of global transformation.

The similarities to biblical language are difficult to ignore.

References to people suddenly disappearing, being taken away amid global chaos, and undergoing a dramatic transition recur throughout these materials.

Crone believes such narratives may provide a ready-made explanation if millions suddenly vanish.

Rather than acknowledging the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, humanity could be encouraged to believe an alien intervention had occurred.

The Role of Crisis

The Bible describes the end times as a period of unprecedented global turmoil.

Wars, economic instability, social upheaval and widespread fear are recurring themes throughout prophetic passages.

Crone argues that many globalist and occult philosophies envision a similar scenario.

He points to discussions of what some call a “polycrisis”—multiple crises unfolding simultaneously and creating widespread demand for a strong global solution.

Imagine a world facing economic collapse, geopolitical conflict, social unrest and widespread uncertainty all at once.

In such an environment, humanity would likely become desperate for answers.

History has repeatedly demonstrated that fear can drive populations to accept solutions they might otherwise reject.

Scripture warns that the final world system will emerge during precisely such a season.

The challenge for believers is to remain grounded in biblical truth rather than becoming swept away by fear-driven narratives.

Testing Every Spirit

The growing fascination with disclosure presents a unique challenge for the church.

Yet Christians are not called to respond with fear or blind acceptance.

They are called to exercise discernment.

The apostle John instructed believers to “test the spirits to see whether they are from God” (1 John 4:1).

That principle remains essential today.

Believers must evaluate every claim through the lens of Scripture.

Does it exalt Christ or diminish Him?

Does it affirm biblical truth or replace it?

Does it point people toward salvation through Jesus Christ or toward an alternative spiritual path?

These questions matter far more than the question of whether unidentified objects exist in the sky.

Looking Beyond Disclosure

The modern disclosure movement has captured global attention.

New reports emerge almost weekly. Government investigations continue. Public curiosity continues to grow.

Yet Christians must remember that the greatest spiritual battle has never been about extraterrestrials.

It has always been about truth.

The Bible warns that deception will characterize the last days. It also promises that believers do not need to live in fear.

No matter how convincing a narrative may appear, God’s Word remains the ultimate standard.

As discussions about UFOs, disclosure and alien contact continue to intensify, the church must remain anchored in biblical truth, prepared to answer questions and ready to point people toward the only Savior who can truly rescue humanity.

Because if a great deception is coming, the answer will not be found in the stars.

It will be found in Jesus Christ.

This article was prepared by Charisma Media staff and is derived from a video interview with Billy Crone.