After reading authors such as Jacques Vallée and Diana Pasulka, it doesn’t seem too far-fetched to assume that what our ancestors once called angels, are what people refer to as UFOs or UAPs today.
One example is the stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi. While in prayer on the remote mountaintop of Mt. Alverna, an angel came down from the heavens and St. Francis received wounds on his hands that were perceived to be stigmata, but could be interpreted as radiation burns from a UFO, in modern times.
Another is the story of Ezekiel. He witnessed a number of different divine beings, one of them being ophanim, that appeared as intersecting wheels studded with eyes (there’s debate to whether ophanim are technically considered angels or not, but I’m not a biblical scholar so I’m not going to even pretend like I know what I’m talking about).
To be clear, I’m not saying that our ancestors actually saw UFOs, or that people today are seeing angels. What I’m saying is that at a certain point, the supernatural has slowly turned to a more nuts and bolts craft (this isn’t always the case, it just seems that a majority of people that report witnessing UAPs think of them as mechanical craft).
What I’m interested in knowing is, has anyone read any books or watched any documentaries that give a rough estimate to when people started to generally consider UFOs as crafts? And whats the reasoning behind that shift? Was it during the scientific or industrial revolution?
TL;DR When and why did our collective thoughts on UFOs transition from a spiritual thing to a more nuts and bolts thing?
FULL TRANSPARENCY: I’m not an expert in any of the things I mentioned above, so you can ding me on the facts if you want, totally understand. What I’d really appreciate though is learning more about the transition from the spiritual to the physical.
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