Extraterrestrial Hypothesis Metaphysical/Occult Space Brother Era Spiritual/religious/demonic or angelic New Age Hypothesis Conspiratorial view ET Hypothesis It started in 1947 with the 9 saucers seen by the ex-military pilot Keneth Arnold on the 24th of June, John the Baptist's birthday. A special day for Freemasons. I mention that because underneath, I will write about UFOs from the spiritual, metaphysical, and occult perspectives. That sparked the obvious discussion about extraterrestrial visitations from outer space. In fact, the first official USG investigation into UFOs, Project Sign, in 1948, many of those involved concluded the UFOs were extraterrestrial, but that was suppressed by higher-ups who wouldn’t allow that to be concluded. ‘Edward J. Ruppelt, a director of Project Blue Book, noted in his 1956 book that there was a "bitterly divided" faction, with some officers and scientists believing in an extraterrestrial origin, although this was never adopted as the official position.” AI overview Metaphysical/Occult During the early and mid-fifties, the ET hypothesis was first challenged by UK specialists who concluded that this was a likely interdimensional phenomenon on the occult side of reality, not ET-based. Alongside that, some American occult-based researchers, such as Meade Layne (1882 – 1961), began espousing similar ideas that UFOs were a metaphysical phenomenon rather than extraterrestrial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meade_Layne Coming of the Space Brothers Also, during that era, we had what became known as the space brother era of Ufology, 1950 to early 60s, when supposed experiencers like George Adamski (1891–1965) claimed to have been contacted by ET craft from Venus and, in some cases, even Mars, and to have been taken aboard crafts and driven around the universe. Other well-known space brothers include George Van Tassel (1910–1978), New Jerseyan Howard Menger (1922 – 2009), and Truman Bethurum (1898–1969), among many others. Even though science has largely debunked these UFO supposed contactees, this era is very rich, one can say, in exotic UFO contactee lore. This is a controversial but legitimate UFO school of thought. Anyone interested in this rich era of contactee lore might want to get the Kindle book A is for Adamski: The Golden Age of the UFO Contactees. Metaphysical/Occult...continued Again, along the same timeline developed within occult and even masonic circles was and still is the interterrestral or ultraterrestrial UFO hypotheses. Some of this is based on the famous magician and mystic Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) and his associate, the rocket scientist Jack Parsons (1914 -1952), occult magical activities, which saw Crowley introducing a familiar-looking ET figure he had supposed to be communicating with named Lam, looking very much like the familiar small ET we all know of today. https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/comments/1nm98d6/aleister_crowleys_lam_gray_aliens/ Some even speculate that the occult magical ritual that Parsons performed in 1947, the Babalon working, along with the Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard as his magical assistant, started the ET phenomenon by “letting something in.” So, we can say that the Space Brother era and the occult UFO ideas were somewhat along the same timeline. But of the two, the occult UFO doctrine has maintained a degree of respect unlike the unscientific space brother era. Well-known Ufologists like John Keel and Jacques Vallee, along with his ( Vallee's) research partner J. Alan Hynek (he and Vallee were, or are, somewhat believers in the Rosicrucian philosophy), were adherents to the idea that the UFO phenomenon is likely of interdimensional or ultra-terrestrial origin. Anyone interested in this occult UFOlogy might want to read the books by magician and UFOlogist Allen Greenfield: The Secret Rituals of the Men in Black and The Complete SECRET CIPHER Of the UfOnauts. https://www.reddit.com/r/hellier/comments/ge2kqf/the_secret_rituals_of_the_men_in_black_allen/ Spiritual/religious...God or the Devil Alongside these genres of Ufological thought is the religious, yin and yang, or the idea that UFOs are demonic, angelic, or heavenly based. This covers some of the religious spectrum within its contours. We have the information from well-known UFO researcher Nick Redfern’s so-called Collins Elite from his 2010 book, The Final Events https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/comments/cc6a9d/ufology_the_occult_and_the_collins_elite_military/ Where is entailed the story of the US military Christian fundamentalist factions' overt attempt to suppress interests in UFOs based on their private religious beliefs that the UFOs are demonic. Also, the UFO abductee, the late Dr. Karla Turner, expressed similar trepidations about sinister UFOs and aliens abducting humans. And even outside of a religious context, the famous UFO abductee researcher, Budd Hopkins, bitterly castigated the “aliens” for abducting humans and exposing them to such horrors. This attitude is countered by many pro-UFO alien New Agers, and even Dr. John Mack, who claim these abductions are often positive events in the lives of abductees. https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1qbjxg4/what_do_you_think_of_dr_karla_turners_perspective/ Interestingly, there aren’t too many well-known UFO believers who think it is an angelic phenomenon, but there certainly are many who think so, but just aren’t as well known as the other genres. Diane Pasulka has explored this angle extensively in her books, so it may be an angelic phenomenon or a new religious experience. Another great source of this angle is the book by Jacques Vallee, who examines the potential danger of UFO religious cults in Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults Conspiratorial View Last but not least is the general proposition by some that the UFO phenomenon is some kind of mainly USG scam to use as a prop to do all kind of nefarious activities to produce secret weapons or used as an excuse to prop up an eternal defense budget of colossal proportions or some Illuminati, Bildegergers scheme to produce a one-world government through what is known as project Blue Beam, an alleged USG scheme to produce: “a fake alien invasion or "second coming" using holographic technology to establish a New World Order. Originating in the 1990s by Serge Monast, it claims this, coupled with mind control, will replace all religions with a new-age belief. AI overview... That idea, along with the general conspiratorial view, is problematic... Though I don’t want to be critical of any of these UFO perspectives and want to present an objective and impartial outlook, this view doesn't explain that this is a worldwide phenomenon, not just American. Finally, I'll briefly outline this poster's view...I am an ardent believer in the UFO phenomenon. My personal philosophical view is known as Integral Philosophy, which holds that all or most ideas have degrees of truth and that reality is rarely black-and-white. So, the UFO phenomenon, like most things in our existence, may have grains of all or most of these factions. A little here, a little there, and some in between, and some we haven’t even covered, perhaps! Stay Tuned! submitted by /u/Snoo-26902 [link] [comments]