UFOs/UAPs - why did the government choose now to declassify documents about such encounters?

[LizaMarie]

On the other hand, there is this article also from a Catholic perspective.
For some odd reason this morning I felt compelled to look at the Spirit Daily site first, a site I have long stopped by on occasion.
This article takes the opposite view of Thigpen's book, Thigpen seems to be open to extraterrestrial life and writes that their existence
does not contradict the Catholic(and larger Christian faith) if they exist. I do recommend this book.
I have also read Fr. Seraphim Rose's book Orthodoxy and the Religion of the future which has an entire chapter on UFOs and conclude that they are demonic and quotes sightings from Church Fathers and Saints in defense of that position.
Even in my own WELS church , I had a former pastor who said there are no aliens, and would agree with this article:

The Great Alien Hoax: What do they want to hide from us about these beings?

From [translated]: Forums of the Virgin Mary for your discernment only [SD note: the past year has seen extraordinary developments in the realm of "lights in the sky" and other so-called "UFO" phenomena. Is this also

spiritdailyblog.com

Our current pastor however, believes they may exist.
I have been feeling for awhile that the human race is heading towards the end times and a great deception.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Yeah; they seem to be drawn either to desolate areas where they can abduct people with no interference, or to nuclear and military sites where they can monitor what we're up to.

This James Fox guy said he and another dude plotted out on a map all of the alleged encounters or appearances, and the vast majority of them were in the area of the Trinity test site. I thought that was interesting.

They probably fly through most of our neighborhoods with their doors locked.

I would.

Maybe Chicago is why they haven't invaded yet. They don't want their ships raided, especially when the law won't charge the offenders if they steal under $900 worth of alien goods.

 

[Wolseley]

This James Fox guy said he and another dude plotted out on a map all of the alleged encounters or appearances, and the vast majority of them were in the area of the Trinity test site. I thought that was interesting.

It's true that a lot of sightings have been recorded in New Mexico (Rosswell), Arizona (the Phoenix lights), and Nevada (Skinwalker Ranch).

Maybe they like desolate, desert areas.....might remind them of their home planets, or something.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

On the other hand, there is this article also from a Catholic perspective.
For some odd reason this morning I felt compelled to look at the Spirit Daily site first, a site I have long stopped by on occasion.
This article takes the opposite view of Thigpen's book, Thigpen seems to be open to extraterrestrial life and writes that their existence
does not contradict the Catholic(and larger Christian faith) if they exist. I do recommend this book.
I have also read Fr. Seraphim Rose's book Orthodoxy and the Religion of the future which has an entire chapter on UFOs and conclude that they are demonic and quotes sightings from Church Fathers and Saints in defense of that position.
Even in my own WELS church , I had a former pastor who said there are no aliens, and would agree with this article:

The Great Alien Hoax: What do they want to hide from us about these beings?

From [translated]: Forums of the Virgin Mary for your discernment only [SD note: the past year has seen extraordinary developments in the realm of "lights in the sky" and other so-called "UFO" phenomena. Is this also

spiritdailyblog.com

Our current pastor however, believes they may exist.
I have been feeling for awhile that the human race is heading towards the end times and a great deception.

That article made me consider something. Man is made in the image of God. If aliens are real, and if they're visiting us in these highly advanced ships, they have capabilities far beyond us. If we're made in the image of God, how could they be so superior? Leads one to believe that the existence of aliens cannot be true.

 

[LizaMarie]

That article made me consider something. Man is made in the image of God. If aliens are real, and if they're visiting us in these highly advanced ships, they have capabilities far beyond us. If we're made in the image of God, how could they be so superior? Leads one to believe that the existence of aliens cannot be true.

Yes, I've considered that as well. I personally believe that if extraterrestrial biological beings exist(That are not angels or demons,)-that are biological like us from another planet-we won't find out until after the Second Coming. Right now we are on a need to know basis.
I personally believe that what we are experiencing now as far as sightings/abductions ain't it. ( True extraterrestrial life)
Of course, I could be wrong, I've been wrong about lots of things before.
There are other possibilities such as these are interdimensional beings(aka demonic?) even time travel?
Or-maybe there is a breakaway civilization that we don't know about.
There used to be a guy on the internet long ago(Branton?) that thought these extraterrestrial visitors were actually part of the human race which somehow left our solar system or earth and colonized another planet and are coming back to see their historical home.
Who knows? That would explain why they are humanoid or human looking.
I think some of these sightings could be drones/high altitude balloons/maybe even military super top secret stuff.

 

[Jipsah]

1. Do you think the UFOs are real?

Any flying that you can't identify is by definition a UFO. So yeah.

2. What do you think they are?

Generally airplanes, sometimes of new radical stuff, but often just plain old planes,.

 

[returntosender]

To appease the public

 

[returntosender]

Why would he want to. He has enough to handle with all of us.