List of UFO religions
Encyclopedia
This list of UFO religion
s, also referred to as UFO cults and flying saucer cults, lists groups identified as such by scholars and academics. UFO religions are commonly groups which deal with communication between humans and extra-terrestrial
beings. Forms of communication include telepathy
and astral projection
. Groups often believe that humanity can be saved after being educated by the aliens as to how to improve society. Alien abduction belief can lead to formation of a UFO religion. I AM Religious Activity, founded in 1930 by Guy Ballard
, is seen, according to one author, as the first UFO Religion, though Aetherius Society
founded by George King
has also been given this distinction. Scholars identify the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident
as a key event within the history of UFO spirituality. Melodie Campbell and Stephen A. Kent
describe Heaven's Gate
and Order of the Solar Temple
as among the most controversial of the UFO belief groups. Scientology
is seen by scholars as a UFO religion, due to its Xenu
cosmogony and the presence of Space opera in Scientology doctrine
.
UFO religions generally deal with belief in communication with extra-terrestrial beings. Stephen Hunt writes in Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction, "One form of quasi-religion that perhaps borders on a more orthodox form of religiosity is that of the flying saucer cults". In these groups, individuals believe that communication between aliens and humans can take the form of physical contact, telepathy
, and astral projection
. Typically the groups believe that humanity will be saved by these aliens when humans are educated as to a better way to live life. Some of the groups believe that aliens will come to take those that believe to a more positive location. Oftentimes the extraterrestrial beings are seen to plead with humanity to improve itself and to move away from a society of greed. UFO religions place an emphasis on spiritual growth, and the evolution of humanity. A UFO religion can be formed after an individual claims to have experienced an alien abduction and been taken aboard a spacecraft.
Christopher Hugh Partridge writes in UFO Religions that J. Gordon Melton
identifies the first UFO religion as the group "I AM" Activity, founded by Guy Ballard
. However, Guy Ballard did not mention anything about extraterrestrial spacecraft in the teachings of the I AM Activity; almost all communication from the Ascended Masters
came telepathically. In the very few cases where Guy Ballard claimed to physically encounter ascended masters, he said they appeared to him from the etheric plane
, not from a space vehicle. However, during Guy Ballard's claimed first encounter with an ascended master, the ascended master St. Germain
, in a cave underneath Mount Shasta
, he said that St. Germain showed him a television set
that could receive transmissions from the planet Venus
.
Partridge notes that within UFO religions, there is a belief that the supreme being or "evolved entity" did not ascend from Earth, but instead came from another plane or another planet and descended to Earth. Today, in the Ascended Master Teachings
, the group of religions descended from the I AM Activity, these beings are referred to as cosmic beings, and some modern-day Ascended Master Teachings teachers such as Joshua David Stone
do mention UFOs.
Partridge describes the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident
as a key point in time within UFO spirituality, commenting: "Roswell is now firmly established as what might be described as a key ufological 'spiritual site' "; and James R. Lewis also calls attention to this event in his book The Gods Have Landed, noting that it is seen by Ufologists as the date of the "emergence of UFOs into the public consciousness". Partridge places UFO religion within the context of theosophical
esotericism, and asserts that it began to be associated as "UFO religion" after the 1947 incident at Roswell, New Mexico
. According to Partridge, most UFO religions still have many of the key points associated with Theosophy, such as belief in the same Spiritual Hierarchy
, and he also draws parallels to New Age
thought. He notes that within the thought processes of UFO religions after 1947, many of these groups maintained beliefs that extraterrestrial beings were "heralds of a new era".
Hunt describes the Aetherius Society
founded by George King
in 1955 as "probably the first and certainly the most enduring UFO cult". He places the Aetherius Society and Raëlism
among the "most renowned" of the "flying saucer cults". Writing in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, contributors Melodie Campbell and Stephen A. Kent
place the Aetherius Society and Unarius as among the "oldest and most studied" of the flying saucer cults. They describe groups Heaven's Gate
and Order of the Solar Temple
as the "most controversial groups combining UFO belief with variations of contactee assertions". Gregory L. Reece classes Scientology
as a "UFO group" in his book UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture, and discusses elements of the Xenu
cosmogony and Space opera in Scientology doctrine
. He compares Scientology to the Aetherius Society and to Ashtar Command, writing: "While it bears strong similarities to the Ashtar Command or the Aetherius Society, its emphasis upon the Xenu event as the central message of the group seems to place them within the ancient astronaut tradition. Either way, Scientology is perhaps most different from other UFO groups in their attempt to keep all of the space opera stuff under wraps." A similar comparison is made in New Religions: A Guide, which describes the Xenu mythology as "a basic ancient astronaut myth". Author Victoria Nelson writes in The Secret Life of Puppets that "[t]he most prominent current UFO religion is probably the science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology".
UFO religion
UFO religion is an informal term used to describe a religion that equates UFO occupants with gods or other semi-divine beings. Typically, the UFO occupants are held to be extraterrestials and that humanity either currently is, or eventually will become, part of a preexisting extraterrestrial...
s, also referred to as UFO cults and flying saucer cults, lists groups identified as such by scholars and academics. UFO religions are commonly groups which deal with communication between humans and extra-terrestrial
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
beings. Forms of communication include telepathy
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
and astral projection
Astral projection
Astral projection is an interpretation of out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of an "astral body" separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it...
. Groups often believe that humanity can be saved after being educated by the aliens as to how to improve society. Alien abduction belief can lead to formation of a UFO religion. I AM Religious Activity, founded in 1930 by Guy Ballard
Guy Ballard
Guy Warren Ballard was an American mining engineer who became, with his wife, Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, the founder of the "I AM" Activity....
, is seen, according to one author, as the first UFO Religion, though Aetherius Society
Aetherius Society
The Aetherius Society was founded by Dr George King , an English-born Master of Yoga, occultist, alleged spiritual healer and UFO Contactee. The society was first established in London in 1955, and later becoming incorporated in America as a not-for-profit organisation in 1960. Its guiding...
founded by George King
George King (Aetherius Society)
George King was Founder-President of The Aetherius Society, a UFO religion. He was also an inventor, author, lecturer and spiritual teacher.-Early years:...
has also been given this distinction. Scholars identify the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident
Roswell UFO incident
The Roswell UFO Incident was the recovery of an object that crashed in the general vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico, in June or July 1947, allegedly an extra-terrestrial spacecraft and its alien occupants. Since the late 1970s the incident has been the subject of intense controversy and of...
as a key event within the history of UFO spirituality. Melodie Campbell and Stephen A. Kent
Stephen A. Kent
Stephen A. Kent, is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He researches new and alternative religions, and has published research on several such groups including the Children of God , the Church of Scientology, and newer faiths...
describe Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate (religious group)
Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religion based in San Diego, California, founded and led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles...
and Order of the Solar Temple
Order of the Solar Temple
The Order of the Solar Temple also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire in French, and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition or simply as The Solar Temple was a secret society based upon the modern myth of the continuing existence of the Knights Templar...
as among the most controversial of the UFO belief groups. Scientology
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
is seen by scholars as a UFO religion, due to its Xenu
Xenu
Xenu ,also spelled Xemu, was, according to the founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of his people to Earth in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs...
cosmogony and the presence of Space opera in Scientology doctrine
Space opera in Scientology doctrine
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard used the science fiction term space opera to describe what he said were actual extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions in past lives...
.
Background
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
, and astral projection
Astral projection
Astral projection is an interpretation of out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of an "astral body" separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it...
. Typically the groups believe that humanity will be saved by these aliens when humans are educated as to a better way to live life. Some of the groups believe that aliens will come to take those that believe to a more positive location. Oftentimes the extraterrestrial beings are seen to plead with humanity to improve itself and to move away from a society of greed. UFO religions place an emphasis on spiritual growth, and the evolution of humanity. A UFO religion can be formed after an individual claims to have experienced an alien abduction and been taken aboard a spacecraft.
Christopher Hugh Partridge writes in UFO Religions that J. Gordon Melton
J. Gordon Melton
John Gordon Melton is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently a research specialist in religion and New Religious Movements with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara...
identifies the first UFO religion as the group "I AM" Activity, founded by Guy Ballard
Guy Ballard
Guy Warren Ballard was an American mining engineer who became, with his wife, Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, the founder of the "I AM" Activity....
. However, Guy Ballard did not mention anything about extraterrestrial spacecraft in the teachings of the I AM Activity; almost all communication from the Ascended Masters
Ascended master
Ascended Masters, in the Ascended Master Teachings is derived from the Theosophical concept of Masters of the Ancient Wisdom or "Mahatmas", though they differ in important aspects...
came telepathically. In the very few cases where Guy Ballard claimed to physically encounter ascended masters, he said they appeared to him from the etheric plane
Etheric plane
The etheric plane is a term introduced into Theosophy by Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant to represent one of the planes of existence in neo-Theosophical and Rosicrucian cosmology. It represents the fourth[higher] subplane of the physical plane , the lower three being the states of...
, not from a space vehicle. However, during Guy Ballard's claimed first encounter with an ascended master, the ascended master St. Germain
St. Germain (Theosophy)
Also see Count of St. Germain for more information.The Count of St. Germain has been variously described in secular histories as a courtier, adventurer, charlatan, inventor, alchemist, pianist, violinist and amateur composer. Under the name "St...
, in a cave underneath Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta is located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California and at is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California...
, he said that St. Germain showed him a television set
Television set
A television set is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Television sets became a popular consumer product after the Second World War, using vacuum tubes and cathode ray tube displays...
that could receive transmissions from the planet Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
.
Partridge notes that within UFO religions, there is a belief that the supreme being or "evolved entity" did not ascend from Earth, but instead came from another plane or another planet and descended to Earth. Today, in the Ascended Master Teachings
Ascended Master Teachings
The students of "Ascended Master Teachings" organizations believe that the Presence of Life/God - Individualizes as the "I AM", and incarnates throughout the created universes until it achieves The Ascension . The "Teachings" as all Religious Teachings.....
, the group of religions descended from the I AM Activity, these beings are referred to as cosmic beings, and some modern-day Ascended Master Teachings teachers such as Joshua David Stone
Joshua David Stone
Joshua David Stone was an American author and teacher in the ascension movement. His father was Hal Stone. Joshua had a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology and was a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in California....
do mention UFOs.
Partridge describes the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident
Roswell UFO incident
The Roswell UFO Incident was the recovery of an object that crashed in the general vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico, in June or July 1947, allegedly an extra-terrestrial spacecraft and its alien occupants. Since the late 1970s the incident has been the subject of intense controversy and of...
as a key point in time within UFO spirituality, commenting: "Roswell is now firmly established as what might be described as a key ufological 'spiritual site' "; and James R. Lewis also calls attention to this event in his book The Gods Have Landed, noting that it is seen by Ufologists as the date of the "emergence of UFOs into the public consciousness". Partridge places UFO religion within the context of theosophical
Theosophy
Theosophy, in its modern presentation, is a spiritual philosophy developed since the late 19th century. Its major themes were originally described mainly by Helena Blavatsky , co-founder of the Theosophical Society...
esotericism, and asserts that it began to be associated as "UFO religion" after the 1947 incident at Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,366 at the 2010 census. It is a center for irrigation farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. It is also...
. According to Partridge, most UFO religions still have many of the key points associated with Theosophy, such as belief in the same Spiritual Hierarchy
Spiritual Hierarchy
Spiritual Hierarchy is a term often used in Neo-Theosophy, and the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy. It represents the concept of a group of self-realised Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, referred to by those adherent to the Ascended Master Teachings as Ascended...
, and he also draws parallels to New Age
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
thought. He notes that within the thought processes of UFO religions after 1947, many of these groups maintained beliefs that extraterrestrial beings were "heralds of a new era".
Hunt describes the Aetherius Society
Aetherius Society
The Aetherius Society was founded by Dr George King , an English-born Master of Yoga, occultist, alleged spiritual healer and UFO Contactee. The society was first established in London in 1955, and later becoming incorporated in America as a not-for-profit organisation in 1960. Its guiding...
founded by George King
George King (Aetherius Society)
George King was Founder-President of The Aetherius Society, a UFO religion. He was also an inventor, author, lecturer and spiritual teacher.-Early years:...
in 1955 as "probably the first and certainly the most enduring UFO cult". He places the Aetherius Society and Raëlism
Raëlism
Raëlism is a UFO religion that was founded in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël.The Raëlian Movement teaches that life on Earth was scientifically created by a species of extraterrestrials, which they call the Elohim...
among the "most renowned" of the "flying saucer cults". Writing in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, contributors Melodie Campbell and Stephen A. Kent
Stephen A. Kent
Stephen A. Kent, is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He researches new and alternative religions, and has published research on several such groups including the Children of God , the Church of Scientology, and newer faiths...
place the Aetherius Society and Unarius as among the "oldest and most studied" of the flying saucer cults. They describe groups Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate (religious group)
Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religion based in San Diego, California, founded and led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles...
and Order of the Solar Temple
Order of the Solar Temple
The Order of the Solar Temple also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire in French, and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition or simply as The Solar Temple was a secret society based upon the modern myth of the continuing existence of the Knights Templar...
as the "most controversial groups combining UFO belief with variations of contactee assertions". Gregory L. Reece classes Scientology
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
as a "UFO group" in his book UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture, and discusses elements of the Xenu
Xenu
Xenu ,also spelled Xemu, was, according to the founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of his people to Earth in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs...
cosmogony and Space opera in Scientology doctrine
Space opera in Scientology doctrine
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard used the science fiction term space opera to describe what he said were actual extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions in past lives...
. He compares Scientology to the Aetherius Society and to Ashtar Command, writing: "While it bears strong similarities to the Ashtar Command or the Aetherius Society, its emphasis upon the Xenu event as the central message of the group seems to place them within the ancient astronaut tradition. Either way, Scientology is perhaps most different from other UFO groups in their attempt to keep all of the space opera stuff under wraps." A similar comparison is made in New Religions: A Guide, which describes the Xenu mythology as "a basic ancient astronaut myth". Author Victoria Nelson writes in The Secret Life of Puppets that "[t]he most prominent current UFO religion is probably the science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology".
List
| Image | Name | Founder | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetherius Society Aetherius Society The Aetherius Society was founded by Dr George King , an English-born Master of Yoga, occultist, alleged spiritual healer and UFO Contactee. The society was first established in London in 1955, and later becoming incorporated in America as a not-for-profit organisation in 1960. Its guiding... |
George King George King (Aetherius Society) George King was Founder-President of The Aetherius Society, a UFO religion. He was also an inventor, author, lecturer and spiritual teacher.-Early years:... |
1955 | |
| Ashtar Galactic Command Ashtar Galactic Command Ashtar is the name of a purported extraterrestrial being, who was first claimed to be channeled by early UFO contactee George Van Tassel, on 18 July 1952.-Van Tassel:... |
Thelma B. Terrill ("Tuella") | 1977 | |
| The Seekers (aka Brotherhood of the Seven Rays) | Dorothy Martin (aka Marian Keech) | 1950s | |
| Chen Tao | Hon-ming Chen | 1995 | |
| Cosmic Circle of Fellowship Cosmic Circle of Fellowship Cosmic Circle of Fellowship was an organization active during the peak of the contactee era of the mid- to late-1950s, founded by a postman namedWilliam R. Ferguson.-William Ferguson:... |
William A. Ferguson | 1955 | |
| Fiat Lux | Uriella Uriella Uriella is the spiritual leader and founder of the neo-revelationist religious movement known as Fiat Lux .- Fiat Lux :... |
1980 | |
| Ground Crew Project | |||
| Guardian Activation International | |||
| Heaven's Gate Heaven's Gate (religious group) Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religion based in San Diego, California, founded and led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles... |
Marshall Applewhite Marshall Applewhite Marshall Herff Applewhite, Jr. , known among his followers as "Do", was the leader of the Heaven's Gate religious group. A self-proclaimed prophet and messiah, he died in the group's mass suicide of 1997.-Early life:... |
1970s | |
| |
"I AM" Activity | Guy Ballard Guy Ballard Guy Warren Ballard was an American mining engineer who became, with his wife, Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, the founder of the "I AM" Activity.... |
1930s |
| Industrial Church of the New World Comforter | Allen Michael | 1973 | |
| Mark-Age | Charles Boyd Gentzel and Pauline Sharpe | 1962 | |
| Ministry of Universal Wisdom | George Van Tassel George Van Tassel George Van Tassel was an American contactee, ufologist, and paranormal research leader who commenced building the Integratron in 1958 in Landers, California.- History :... |
1953 | |
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Nation of Islam Nation of Islam The Nation of Islam is a mainly African-American new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930 to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African-Americans in the United States of America. The movement teaches black pride and... |
Wallace Fard Muhammad Wallace Fard Muhammad Wallace Fard Muhammad was a minister and founder of the Nation of Islam. He established the Nation of Islam's first mosque in Detroit, Michigan in 1930, and ministered his distinctive religion there for three years, before mysteriously disappearing in June 1934. He was succeeded by his follower... |
1930 |
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Nuwaubianism Nuwaubianism The Nuwaubian Nation or Nuwaubian movement led by Malachi York,... |
Dwight York Dwight York Dwight York , also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi, et alii, is an American black supremacist and leader of the Georgia-based "Nuwaubian" movement, currently imprisoned on a 135 year sentence for child molestation.York's "ministry" began in the late 1960s, from 1967 preaching to... |
1970s |
| Order of the Solar Temple Order of the Solar Temple The Order of the Solar Temple also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire in French, and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition or simply as The Solar Temple was a secret society based upon the modern myth of the continuing existence of the Knights Templar... |
Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret Luc Jouret Luc Jouret , born in Kikwit, Belgian Congo, was a Belgian religious group leader in Switzerland. He co-founded the Parti Communautaire Européen with Jean Thiriart, a leading member of the neo-Nazi Jeune Europe Belgian group... |
1984 | |
| Outer Dimensional Forces Outer Dimensional Forces The Outer Dimensional Forces , established the Armageddon Time Ark Base Operation in 1963, and began to release Ultimate Survival Knowledge in the spring of 1967. The dissemination of this Knowledge has never ceased! It is ongoing and active. Read more without censorship at... (aka Armageddon Time Ark Base Operation) |
Orville T. Nodrog | 1966 | |
| Planetary Activation Organization | Sheldan Nidle | 1997 | |
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Raëlism Raëlism Raëlism is a UFO religion that was founded in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël.The Raëlian Movement teaches that life on Earth was scientifically created by a species of extraterrestrials, which they call the Elohim... |
Claude Vorilhon | 1974 |
| Sanctuary of Thought | Truman Bethurum Truman Bethurum Truman Bethurum was the second of the classic 1950s contactees, individuals who claimed to have spoken with humanoid aliens and entered or ridden on their flying saucers... |
1954 | |
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Scientology Scientology Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics... |
L. Ron Hubbard L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard , better known as L. Ron Hubbard , was an American pulp fiction author and religious leader who founded the Church of Scientology... |
1952 |
| Star Light Fellowship | |||
| Unarius Unarius Academy of Science Unarius is a non-profit organization founded in 1954 in Los Angeles, California and headquartered in El Cajon, California. The organization purports to advance a new interdimensional science of life based upon fourth dimensional physics principles. Unarius centers exist in Canada, Japan, Nigeria... |
Ernest Norman | 1954 | |
| Universe People Universe people Universe People or Cosmic People of Light Powers is a Czech and Slovak religious movement founded in the 1990s and centered around Ivo A. Benda. Their belief system is based upon the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations communicating with Benda and other contactees since October 1997... |
Ivo A. Benda | 1997 | |
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Urantia movement The Urantia Book The Urantia Book is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses God, Jesus, science, cosmology, religion, history, and destiny. It originated in Chicago, Illinois, sometime between 1924 and 1955... |
See also
- UFO religionUFO religionUFO religion is an informal term used to describe a religion that equates UFO occupants with gods or other semi-divine beings. Typically, the UFO occupants are held to be extraterrestials and that humanity either currently is, or eventually will become, part of a preexisting extraterrestrial...
- Doomsday cultDoomsday cultDoomsday cult is an expression used to describe groups who believe in Apocalypticism and Millenarianism, and can refer both to groups that prophesy catastrophe and destruction, and to those that attempt to bring it about...
- List of new religious movements
- List of Ufologists
- List of UFO organizations
External links
- UFO Cults, Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
- UFO Cults, Fight Against Coercive Tactics NetworkFight Against Coercive Tactics NetworkFight Against Coercive Tactics Network, also known as FACTNet, co-founded by Robert Penny and Lawrence Wollersheim, is a Colorado-based organization committed to educating and facilitating communication about destructive mind control...