Below is a (roughly) ten minute interview of Rich Dolan from the
2008 Laughlin, NV UFO conference. It’s very good. Rich is always a good
listen (and a good read). I also personally like him, so I may be a bit
biased. I agree entirely with his assessment that UFOs are indeed a
worthwhile and important historical subject. The data for that
conclusion is easily demonstrable. Just read Rich’s two lengthy volumes
on the subject. To say they are data-driven is quite an understatement;
he knows what he’s doing as a historian and researcher).
In this interview, Rich refers to “non-human intelligences” being
behind UFOs. I think that’s a good working term, since it’s broad. He
also acknowledges at least some of these intelligences are quite evil.
I’d encourage you to watch it as well because of the very obvious “big
picture” issues that invariably overlap with religion.
As readers know, I pretty much parse the UFO issue into “advanced and
largely unknown–even in military circles–human technology” and (using
Rich’s term) “non-human intelligence.” I see no reason why a demon or
angel would need technology of this sort (vehicles). I am open to such
beings, since they are created and must be made of something, needing
other sorts of technology to traverse dimensions, that sort of thing.
They cannot act as though they are independent of the physical world
since they are part of it. Hence the (perhaps awkward) use of the word
“technology”. Only God is truly apart from creation (at least in a
biblical theology). What this means for me are thoughts as follows:
1. UFOs and non-human intelligences may or may not even be
related issues. Here are the sub-categorizations:
(A) All real UFOs (i.e., those that are
clearly not astronomical or meteorological phenomena) are above
top-secret human craft, using exotic technologies not even widely used
within the military.
(B) All UFOs are produced by non-human
intelligences. That may mean they are physical (material), or that they
are not physical (material). The latter includes both an
inter-dimensional sense and a “projected” sense (see D below).
(C) Some UFOs are man-made, some are made
by non-human intelligences.
(D) Some UFOs are man-made, some are
manufactured (visually) by human or non-human intelligences (for this
one, see this link).
2. Non-human intelligences may or may not be related to what
the Bible would call demons or aliens. Here are the sub-categorizations:
(A) There may be a complete overlap
(aliens = demons, or aliens = angels, some of whom are fallen/evil);
(B) There may be partial overlap (some
aliens = demons, or some aliens = angels, some of whom are fallen/evil,
but some aliens may be either extraterrestrial beings [occupants of a
physical planet somewhere] or some aliens may be extra-dimensional
beings [having nothing to do with a planetary existence as we know it]).
(C) There may be no overlap at all (there
are demons [or fallen angels] or demons or aliens or extra-dimensional
beings, each in its own category or box).
And readers know that none of the above gives me the slightest bit of
theological trepidation. All options are on the table.
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