UFOs and their pilots may not be “extraterrestrials” from distant planets, but “spiritual beings” who have lived on Earth for as long as humans.
At least, that’s the “supernatural” theory put forward by Fox News veteran and former MSNBC host Tucker Carlson on comedian Joe Rogan’s podcast this week.
“There’s a lot of evidence that they’re underwater and underground,” Carlson told Logan listeners during the show’s customary three-hour extensive chat, adding: “They’ve been here for a long time.” ”
Carlson’s latest comments reflect the restraint that has become increasingly common among UFO-curious lawmakers, including Missouri Rep. Eric Burleson and Republican Rep. Tim Burchett. , both last year compared UFOs to the existence of the Bible.
UFOs and their pilots may not be “extraterrestrials” from distant planets, but “spiritual beings” who have lived on Earth for as long as humans – Fox News Veteran This week’s Joe Rogan Experience, according to former MSNBC host Tucker Carlson.
Above, Rep. Tim Burchett (left) stands next to fellow UAP caucus member Rep. Eric Burleson at a press conference held by members of the House Oversight Committee prior to the UFO public hearing last July. ).Both senators have compared UFOs to Biblical entities over the past year
Prior to pushing for UFO whistleblowers to testify before Congress last summer, Congressman Burchett told reporters in January 2023, “Chapter 1 of Ezekiel contains very clear accounts of UFO sightings.” It is written,” he said.
Congressman Burlison, who is familiar with secret briefings on the UFO phenomenon, added, “Whenever I use the word ‘angel,’ to me it is synonymous with an extradimensional being.”
Tucker Carlson appeared to enthusiastically co-sign these concepts in an April 19 podcast appearance, but much of the controversy surrounding the issue, now commonly referred to as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon, or UAP, He admitted ignorance regarding unresolved questions.
“They’re from here, they’ve been here for thousands of years, whatever they are,” Carlson said.
“And it’s clear to me that they are ‘spiritual beings’, whatever that means,” he continued.
The veteran broadcaster explained that “supernatural” means that the beings are “beyond observable nature” and that they “do not act according to the laws of science.”
“Given that fact, what do you conclude?” Carlson said rhetorically.
In early 2024, Rogan commented on Carlson’s growing public interest in UFOs and wondered, “What does he know?” ahead of Carlson’s appearance on the show.
However, speculation linking UFOs to theories of religious visitation and extradimensional existence has featured repeatedly in discourse on the subject since the early 20th century.
Above is a 16th-century painting titled “Saint Giovanni and the Virgin,” thought to be the work of Italian Renaissance artist Domenico Ghirlandaio.Some believe the painting contains a reference to an “ancient” UFO, with an object pointing towards the sky above the Virgin Mary’s left shoulder.
Above, a closer look at the mysterious glowing aerial object depicted in Ghirlandaio’s painting
The concept received its greatest and perhaps most popular recognition in 1969 with the publication of astronomer and Internet pioneer Jacques Vallée’s book Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers. Ta.
Vallée, who later became the inspiration for François Truffaut’s character in Steven Spielberg’s UFO blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind, spent years pouring over tons of ancient documents to create his groundbreaking book. is.
He includes 1,180 encounters with “luminous” flying “pottery vessels” reported over Japan, Roman stories about flying “shields,” and Native American stories about “baskets from heaven.” By combining the stories, he argued for continuity with the modern-day “flying saucer” incident.
In recent years, Vallée, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and computer scientist, published research on physical evidence of UFO crashes in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Progress in Aerospace Science.
Valle told Wired that he hopes the study will serve as a “template.” […] That’s how serious UFO research could become in the future, if we play by the rules. ”
But similar arguments linking UFOs to demonic beings and angelic miracles are made in less scholarly ways on cable TV shows like “Ancient Aliens,” and online by conspiracy theorists, evangelical Christians, and others. It is being said.
Brian Allan, editor of Phenomena Magazine, spoke to Episcopal minister Ray Bausch who, citing one account, claimed that a faction within the Pentagon deeply believed that UFOs were the product of demonic forces. heard.
“The Defense Intelligence Agency was focused on this demonic element and classified these alien species as ‘non-human beings,’ Alan said.
“They believed there was a demonic element to the UFO phenomenon. They were not invading us, it was a Biblical thing.”
