Paranormal, Conspiracies, Occult, Ancient History, Magick, Supernatural, Spiritual, Metaphysical, New Age

by Fr. Thomas Kulp (Wisconsin).

[There are still a surprisingly large number of people who seem to take
all UFO reports with complete equanimity and, as it were, refuse to see
anything "nasty" anywhere in it. Then, on the other hand, there are
others, like Subdeacon Paul Inglesby and Cyril Marystone and Father
Thomas Kulp, the author of this article, who take the opposite view and
hold that every single case, without any exception whatsoever, is
something straight out of Satan's bag.

And, finally, there are also a few of us who think that the truth of the
matter probably lies somewhere in the middle, and that by the very nature
of things, there are bound to be some "*Goodies*" (i.e. the ANGELIC
FORCES) somewhere around.

We shall have to go on probing all possible aspects of the question until
we begin to feel that we can see a bit more clearly. (For example,
while I feel strongly as anyone that there really are absolutely demonic
forces active in and among mankind, there are sudden new hints, new
angles, and so on, which suggest that possibly even the "Little Greys",
so much abhorred by so many of us so far, might not be the real
Demonic Enemies after all! But more of this later!)

Father Thomas Kulp is a priest of the Orthodox Church, and lives in the
State of Wisconsin, USA, with his wife and seven children. Paul Inglesby,
MA, (Oxon.) and a former Lt. Commander in the Royal Navy, is a
Sub-Deacon, also in the Orthodox Church.

As Fr. Kulp declares, many UFO researchers have noted the similarities
that seem to exist between the historic descriptions of demonic attack
and the current accounts of "alien abductions", and he concludes that
this is no coincidence.

The copyrighted article which we give below was originally in the U.S.
publication FATE, for April 1996, and appears now in FSR by the
permission and courtesy of both Father Kulp and Mr. Craig Miller,
Associate Editor of FATE MAGAZINE, P.O. Box 64383, St. Paul, MN
55164-0303, U.S.A. -Editor, FSR]

Since the term "flying saucer" was coined in the 1940s, the UFO
phenomenon has intrigued and mystified serious investigators and has
profoundly influenced the imaginative content of popular culture. Of
particular interest are the numerous reported encounters with aliens.
There can no longer be any doubt that something significant is happening.
On the whole, the reported incidents can neither be regarded as hoaxes,
nor as some bizarre form of collective hallucination.

Must we concloude, then, as many have, that extraterrestrial beings are
visiting Earth? This is, in fact, the message that has been communicated
by the aliens themselves on various occasions, a message often cloaked in
New Age terminology. A common motif is that Earth is on the verge of a
dire catastrophe from which the aliens, as representatives of a more
highly evolved race, can save us.

This is the stuff of science fiction. It is, of course, comforting to
believe that we are not alone, that there are beings somewhere out there
older and wiser than ourselves, ready and willing to save us from our own
folly. Perhaps we should cast aside the apocalyptic prophecies of doom
and prepare ourselves for a new age of universal peace and brotherhood.
Does this scenario seem too good to be true? As the saying goes, it
probably is.

Indeed, as Whitley Strieber writes concerning his own experiences, "The
beings I was encountering weren't the wise and benevolent creatures that
films like Close Encounters might have led one to expect. They were
absolutely devastating…."

Strieber relates how he awoke in the middle of the night and sensed a
presence in his room. "I felt an absolutely indescribable sense of menace.
It was hell on Earth to be there, and yet I couldn't move, couldn't cry
out, and couldn't get away. I lay as still as death, suffering inner
agonies. Whatever was there seemed so monstrously ugly, so filthy
and dark and sinister. Of course they were demons. They had to be."

In the end, however, Strieber rejected the possibility that these beings
could really be demons. He did so, I suspect, not because of the
evidence, but rather because the concept of the demonic simply does
not fit into his worldview. In fact, this prejudice against an objective
personification of evil is widespread today, even while the idea of
angels is enjoying a renewed popularity.

Nevertheless, if we are indeed being visited by extraterrestrial beings,
no unified and coherent hypothesis has yet been offered to explain the
multifarious worldwide manifestations of alien contact.

For a while, it appeared that perhaps the visitors were engaged in
little more than a routine geological survey of Earth. Beings have been
observed taking samples of rocks and other objects many times over a
period spanning decades.

Then suddenly we discover that the aliens are not simply taking rock samples.
They are abducting humans and conducting scientific tests, taking samples
of blood and semen, even conducting breeding experiments between humans
and aliens. The reports come pouring in from around the world, becoming
more and more bizarre.

Running through the data of purported encounters, however, is a definite
thread of the irrational and absurd. Often the observed behaviour of the
beings makes no apparent sense, or is downright silly.

Consider an incident that occurred near Buenos Aires in 1968. A teenaged
boy was approached by two *seemingly* ordinary men except for their
unblinking gaze and their transparent legs. They told him, "*You are going
to know the world.*"

They promised to take him on a flying saucer, which they showed him, and
then gave him an ordinary envelope and told him to dip it in a puddle. When
the boy did so, this message appeared in a very juvenile script: "*You are
going to know the world. F. Saucer.*"

It can be hypothesized that the purpose of the innate absurdity and sheer
overwhelming quality of UFO encounters is mental confusion and a realignment
of human consciousness. In other words, there is a conscious agency
involved that is attempting to subtly alter and control human thought
patterns and beliefs.

If this is so, then the UFOs, even if they possess a real physical dimension,
(which has not so far been convincingly demonstrated), are at least in part a
psychic manifestation.

According to Strieber, "*Precognition, apparent telepathy, out-of-the-body
perceptions, and even physical levitation, are commonplace side-effects of
contact with the visitors.*" Indeed, experiences of alien contact seem to
involve altered states of consciousness, an almost dreamlike trance state
despite the apparent reality of the events described.

Moreover, the psychic repercussions upon those whom I can only describe
as victims are often devastating, leading to confusion, obsession, disruption
of life patterns, and even -in extreme cases- suicide. Can beings
responsible for so much mental and spiritual anguish be truly characterized
as benevolent or even morally neutral?

EVIL ALIENS.
Let's consider several cases that seem to suggest a non-physical dimension
to the UFO phenomenon. In 1955, near Riverside, California, children
observed a disk-shaped object spinning overhead. Subsequently, there
appeared a "recurring series of spectral-like shapes…. They were
semi-transparent."

In 1963, in Kent, England, four teenagers watch a glowing ovalloid
descend into a wood. Suddenly, "A shambling human-sized figure with
no head but with bat-like wings appeared and moved toward them…."

In 1952, a UFO was sighted landing in Flatwoods, West Virginia, "and
when the witnesses surged forward to see what had happened, a
monstrous spectral-like figure with a blood-red face and glowing
greenish-orange eyes floated down the hill toward the by now terrified
observers." In past centuries, these apparitions would have been
unequivocally labelled as demonic. Now, in our supposedly more
enlightened age, we fail to see the obvious.

In 1967, in Surrey, England, a young couple stopped their car in an
isolated spot and observed a hideous creature through the window,
accompanied by an odour as of burning meat or a stink bomb. It is
interesting that a bad egg smell (hydrogen sulphide) has been reported
in numerous cases, considering that such an odour has long been
associated with demonic manifestations.

More dramatic is a case that occurred on October 25, 1973, in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The main victim of what appears
to have been a classic case of demonic infestation was a young man
named Steven Pulaski, but also present was a law officer and, later
on that night, a group of UFO investigators.

The affair began when a bright red ball was seen hovering over a field.
As it descended, its colour changed to bright white. Next, two
strange bestial creatures appeared. Someone fired a gun at the
monsters and they were apparently hit, but with no result.

Throughout the night, these elusive creatures continued making their
presence known. Witnesses glimpsed the creatures and heard strange
sounds coming from the woods. At one point, a strong sulphur odour
was detected by the observers.

It was then that Steven himself began behaving like a wild beast, as
one possessed, having gone totally berserk. It was during this fugue
that he recited prophecies of doom in a mocking tone of voice,
accompanied by derisive laughter.

I would suggest that in instances such as this one, the demonic element
responsible for the UFO phenomenon is showing its true face. At the
very least, there is a sinister, dark side to these preternatural
experiences that must be seriously considered.

Yet if we are indeed dealing with predominantly psychic manifestations,
we must be very cautious of accepting as objective reality the outward
appearances.

We should be aware, too, of traditional signs of demonic presence. For
example, UFO occupants have been observed to avoid light, as in
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1955, where the beings always approached from
the dark side of the house and not when outside lights were on.

In other cases, alien beings accost victims at crossroads, which are
traditionally associated with an aura of danger and the demonic. Crosses
were often placed at crossroads for this very reason. In general, the
fear and confusion so often infused into the minds of victims is a sign of
demonic presence.

DEMONIC ORIGINS.
At this point, a word about the origin and nature of demons should be
useful. According to Christian traditions, based on works by Milton and
others, God created orders of so-called bodiless powers, including angels
and archangels, before creating humans.

These active, intelligent spirits were intended to serve and glorify God.
Like all rational beings, these invisible, angelic spirits possessed free will.
It transpired that one of them, Lucifer, rebelled against God. Blinded
by pride, he thought to exalt himself above the throne of God.

Then, having won over one third of the angelic beings to his side, he
entered into a disastrous war against Archangel Michael and the other
angels, who had remained loyal to God.

As a result, Lucifer and his confederates were cast out of Heaven.
Henceforth, Lucifer, now known as Satan, or the Devil, became the
leader of a vast army of fallen angels known as demons. No longer
capable of choosing good, these fallen angels have become irrevocably
evil, eternally at war against God.

Christian lore also holds that God created people to take the place of the
fallen spirits. We were destined to achieve blessed immortality in union
with God.

Thus Satan and his demons, consumed with jealousy and bitterness toward
the human race, tempted our First Parents in the Garden of Eden. Believing
the deception of the "serpent," Adam and Eve fell from their original blessed
state and were cast out of the Garden.

Ever since, the demons have been engaged in continual warfare against the
human race, ever striving to drag us down to their own level, causing us to
stray from the path of truth that alone leads to eternal salvation.

Humans were also created with free will. God does not permit Satan to
coerce us. The Devil can have no power over us unless we ourselves give it,
willingly accepting Satan's deceptions and thus rejecting God's Law.

Therefore, the demons have become masters of deception, capable of
assuming any form, even appearing, as St. Paul assures us, as "Angels
of light."*

Nor should the apparent mingling of physical and psychic manifestations
in the UFO phenomenon surprise us. As one noted spiritual authority
observes, "Demons also have 'physical bodies,' although the 'matter' in
them is of such subtlety that it cannot be perceived by men unless their
spiritual 'doors of perception' are opened, whether with God's will as in
the case of holy men or against it (as in the case of sorcerers and
mediums.")

There is not a single UFO incident on record that cannot be explained
as a demonic deception or apparition.

What is not always clear is the motivating purpose behind some of these
bizarre manifestations. For example, I must admit that the whole
breeding experiment scenario baffles me, except that these incidents
do confuse and profoundly frighten the victims, thereby opening the human
mind a bit more to the intrusion of the demonic.

What does seem clear, from a spiritual perspective, is that the ultimate
purpose of the UFO phenomenon is to help prepare the collective
consciousness of the human race for the coming of Antichrist as foretold
in the Bible.

All signs point to the fact that the end of human history is at hand. The
final stage is to be the universal reign of the Antichrist, who will create
a new world order and a false one-world religion. Those who through
demonic deception will worship the Antichrist will be lost, while all others
will be persecuted.

A prophetic leader, Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov, wrotte in the last
century, "*The miracles of Antichrist will be chiefly manifested in the
aerial real* where Satan chiefly has his dominion*. The signs will act
most of all on the sense of sight, charming and deceiving. Again, the
Antichrist will even make fire to come down out of Heaven upon the Earth
in the sight of men."

I submit that the demonic explanation for the UFO phenomenon is inherently
no less likely than any other explanation that has been offered so far.

If we are open-minded enough to at least accept the possibility of demons,
then a great deal that is presently obscure becomes understandable.

There is no lack of evidence and testimony regarding the reality of demons in
Christian spiritual literature during the past two millenia. We should be most
foolish to discard it all as mere antiquated relics of the past, while accepting
as gospel the myriad New Age teachings that have permeated our society over
recent decades.

Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we be wise and sober, discerning
the spirits to make sure that they are truly of God, refusing to be led astray
by the deceptive illusions of the Evil One.

NOTE BY EDITOR, FSR.
*See my article, What St. Paul is actually reported to have said, in FSR 42/2.

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