While there are many UFOlogists that quote the bible as supporting evidence for UFO/extraterrestrial activity, very few are actually Christians, holding to the biblical worldview that God the Creator of all things is the Creator of humanity. Despite this fact, there is at least one prominent Christian UFOlogist in this category. Dr. Donald P. Coverdell, TH.D., author of The Mystery Clouds, does not agree that humanity was created by a race of aliens/angels, but does believe that UFO/extraterrestrial manifestations are primarily divine manifestations of God and His faithful angels.¹⁰ He quotes numerous scriptures referring to the events of the Exodus of Israel from Egypt which included miracles and events surrounding a mysterious pillar of fire in the night sky, (Exodus 13:21-22, 14:24; Numbers 14:14; Nehemiah 9:12, 14), and pillar of cloud in the day which rained down a strange bread-like food in the mornings for the Israelites to eat. Other mysterious clouds associated with God and His faithful angels are mentioned throughout scripture, such as the clouds of heaven, (Daniel 7:13; Matthew 24:29-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 11:12), the clouds of glory present during Moses’ meetings with God on mount Sinai, the tent of meeting, and with Jesus at the mount of transfiguration, (Exodus 16:10, 24:16, 40:34-35; Numbers 16:42; 1 Kings 8:11; 2 Chronicles 5:14; Isaiah 4:5; Ezekiel 1:28, 10:4; Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 21:27), and the cloud to which Jesus entered when departing the Earth, (Acts 1:9).

Dr. Coverdell writes about the angelic visitations of Ezekiel, where the angels were associated with what appear to be some type of advanced technological mode of transportation referred to as wheels within wheels, (Ezekiel 1, 2), and of the angelic flying Chariots of Fire in God’s angelic army, (2 Kings 6:17), also named the Chariot of Israel in a specific encounter with the prophet Elijah, (2 Kings 2:11-12). Dr. Coverdell argues that this Chariot of Israel was an airborne vehicle piloted by angels; it was used to physically abduct Elijah up from the ground in a whirlwind and carry him away to heaven. Furthermore, before Elijah was taken away to heaven never to return, Dr. Coverdell points out that Elijah may have been routinely abducted by angelic beings as indicated in 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16.

1 Kings 18:12 (bracketed comment and bold emphasis added)

And as soon as I [Elijah is speaking] have gone from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

2 Kings 2:16 (bracketed comments and bold emphasis added)

And they said to him [Elisha], “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master [Elijah]. It may be that the Spirit of the LORD has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.”

Finally, of the four categories of Christian UFOlogists, those who believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life forms yet define them as both good and evil beings, are among the fewest of all Christian UFOlogists.

Christian UFOlogists in this category draw their research primarily from the bible the same as the researchers from both the second and third categories of Christian UFOlogists mentioned above do, yet they also reconcile the differences between both these seemingly opposing views, all the while remaining true to the Christian faith. Authors among this group include John W. Milor, author of Aliens and the Antichrist and Aliens in the Bible,¹¹ Finis Jennings Dake, prominent theologian and author of God’s Plan for Man, ¹² among many other works, and Christian UFO researcher Jim Cunningham.¹³

Like Christian UFOlogists in the second category, these authors/researchers do agree that there is a satanic deception at work within the UFO/extraterrestrial phenomenon, yet at the same time, they believe the deception contains more truth to it than most Christian UFOlogists surmise, which makes the deception even more cunning than it would otherwise be if there were no truth to the deception at all. The truth they refer to concerns their belief that the universe actually is populated with life, which is in agreement with Christian UFOlogists in the third category. However, unlike Christians in the third category, they point out the fact that the bible speaks of faithful and fallen angels, both of which mingled in the affairs of humanity since the dawn of history, and both of which will continue to be involved in the affairs of humanity until the return of God’s kingdom of heaven on Earth in the future. They believe that during the end times, the days of Noah will return, which included public interaction between humans and fallen angels, but they also believe that God’s faithful angels will be at work in the Earth in those days as well, as mentioned in Revelation 14:6.

Revelation 14:6

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

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