- In an interview published in the newspaper "Corriere della Sera", in 2005, George Coyne, a Jesuit priest, astronomer, and former director of the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo, talked about the existence of intelligent life on other planets.

- During a press conference organized by the Galileo Educational Centre on April 23, 1999, Monsignor James Schianchi, professor of Ethics at the Institute of Religious Studies in Parma, declared that "there is no incompatibility between the Christian doctrine and the possible existence of extraterrestrial intelligent life", calling those who would deny such an obvious possibility "country folks".

- Priest Jose Luis Funes, a distinguished astrophysicist and also a member of VATT (Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope) - a branch of the Research Group at the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, declared: "The extraterrestrials exist and they are our brothers". The news was published by reporter Franco Foresta Martin in 'Corriere della Sera".

- Priest Giampaolo Thorel published several articles on the existence of the UFOs and the Extraterrestrials in "Giornale dei Misteri" ("The Journal of Mysteries").

- Corrado Baldacci, the renowned exorcist and parapsychologist, has repeatedly spoken in favor of the UFO phenomena. Several years ago, in a Rai Uno newscast special edition, he said: "The existence of the UFOs cannot be denied any longer because there are too many proofs".

- The Rai Tre newscast, while transmitting about the US space missions during their Leonardo program, also quoted Pope John Paul the 2nd saying that he didn't exclude the existence of intelligent life in the Universe.

The Vatican also "keeps" many documents about the presence of the UFOs during the life of Messiah Jesus / Enlil on Earth, approximately 2000 years ago. Drawings of such objects inspired many painters: