1908 illustration from War of the Worlds

Why we say God does travel in UFOs but is not an alien.

There are certain connections we make in our minds that are cast in stone. If a police cruiser pulls up you expect a police officer to be in it, a tank always has soldiers, and planes always have pilots. UFOs have also been that closely associated with beings from other planets or galaxies and therefore are called aliens, and extraterrestrials. The popular concept about life outside Earth's biosphere took flight in the late 1800s with the popularization of the now famous canal system on Mars. This led to speculation that such a system had intelligent builders, which led to the concept of a Martian civilization. By the time Orson Welles broadcast of "War of the Worlds" hit the airwaves in 1938, a radio drama about a Martian invasion, the concept of life on Mars was so accepted it caused a social panic. To this day there is a direct association between any anomalous flying objects and visitors from other planets. Given that there have been no alternatives to this limited paradigm the extraterrestrial connection to UFO remains.

It is this direct association that we challenge in this work. Based on direct evidence, historical consistency, and simple logic we find the "alien connection" to be nothing more than a condition response based on society's constant exposure to a single and specific concept. By considering the entire historical evidence this concept comes into question. In the Bible and other ancient writings the "gods" fly in strange objects, throughout history the same anomalous flying objects appear with glaring consistency, and UFOs are the most common aerial phenomena seen in our modern skies. Any attempt to ignore the clear association of these three facts is unrealistic and simply defies logic. The flying vehicles of the ancient gods, the historical record, and our modern biosphere are not the evidence of a bizarre series of coincidences but overwhelming proof a practical connection.

The Bible

The Gods and divine beings of the Bible travel in rapidly flying, glowing, flashing, spinning, metallic objects, which appear dark and solid like low clouds in daylight, while brightly lit, with projected beams of light at night. These objects descend to the ground, ascend into the sky, and hover above the ground for long periods, sounds are broadcast from them, and they exhibit power to alter the natural laws. Humans and other beings are described as ascending up into and descending down from these objects and perception of time is altered. In many of the world's ancient writings those beings called gods commonly fly in objects with very similar descriptions to those in the Bible.

The Historical Record

Throughout history witnesses have testified to the existence of rapidly flying, glowing, flashing, spinning, metallic objects that appear dark and solid like low clouds in daylight, while brightly lit, with projected beams of light at night. These objects descend to the ground, ascend into the sky, and hover above ground for long periods, sounds are broadcast from them, and exhibit power to alter the natural laws. Humans and other beings are described as ascending up into and descending down from these objects and perception of time is altered.