Could some UFOs and their occupants be manifestations of demonic angels hell-bent on destroying our society and faith in God? Absolutely, say two former US Air Force men in a self- published book titled Unmasking the Enemy (Bendan Press, Arlington, Virginia). What's going on, explain authors Nelson Pacheco and Tommy Blann, is just the latest chapter in the eternal struggle between good and evil, with the fallen angels coming on as extraterrestrials in order to be accepted, even welcomed, by humans. "We are dealing with highly intelligent beings," says Pacheco, "and in their effort to trick us, they will use whatever cover they can."
According to Pacheco, a Roman Catholic, and Blann, a Protestant, they did not reach this conclusion based on their religion beliefs, but after decades of studying such as phenomena as crop circles, apparitions of the Virgin Mary and mutilated cattle.
"We have no ulterior motive," notes Pacheco, "not money or fame. We just want to get the truth out. If anything, it's been a risk to our professional reputations."
How did these men come to their demonic theory of UFOs?
The first clue, they say, came from the the hundreds of credible witnesses who have it described these crafts as simply "vanishing on the spot." Despite this ghostlike behavior, they add, the so-called craft still sometimes managed to have physical effects, like tracking on radar, for example, or leaving scars on abductees. For Pacheco, and Blann these seemingly tangible clues meant UFOs could not just be a manifestation of imagination alone.
"So we came to think that the phenomenon," says Pacheco, "is something not of our world but interacting with it. And that is very close to traditional religion. It is our belief that we are seing conforms with religious teachings on demons."
In fact, say the duo, the evil nature of UFO phenomena is obvious. Pacheco says, "When these beings discuss God, they set themselves up as the true savior of humankind to undermine traditional Christianity.
Comments on Blann and Pacheco's work have been positive but not without reservations. "Their grasp of the data is firm and their position plausible," says philosopher Michael Grosso, "but their reasoning is flawed. Yes, there is sinister side to UFOs but this does not imply satanic deception.