Why does NASA need a council of priests and who is watching UFOs in the USA (16 photos + 2 videos)

What will happen if intelligent creatures are discovered in space? How will this affect religion? These are the questions NASA asked.





In order to find out how the discovery will affect religious people, the American federal department attracted a group of 24 clergy representing various faiths.



Clergy

With the development of technology and human capabilities, the likelihood of finding extraterrestrial life increases.





Aliens and people

In this regard, some dogmas that have been fundamental for many people for centuries are crumbling.



World religions

British priest and theologian from Cambridge University Andrew Davidson is confident that the existence of life outside our planet is possible.



English Church

Davidson was not always a priest; before coming to faith, he was a doctor of biochemical sciences and worked at Oxford.

Buckingham Bishop Alan Wilson, Rabbi Jonathan Romain, Imam Kari Asim assured that their religious denominations would not be harmed in any way by the discovery of extraterrestrial life.



Creation of the world by God

The position of the preachers is shared by representatives of the Orthodox Church. Holy Father Theodoret stated that Orthodoxy will not suffer in any way from meeting with aliens.



Science and religion

“Religion will not change at all. I myself don’t believe in aliens, but let’s say they appear. But what will this change in religious terms? God will not be different. There will simply be a program in universities that extraterrestrial life exists. But this has nothing to do with religious life,” the priest said.



The connection between space and religion

NASA Religious Advisory Panel member Andrew Davidson also began writing a book, Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine. In the book, a British priest discusses the possibility that God could have created life not only on Earth. And how to react to a possible meeting with aliens.



NASA study of alien life form

The former head of the NASA Institute of Astrobiology, Karl Pilcher, explained why the department needed the help of clergy. The scientist said that this was necessary in order to find out how space exploration will affect the lives of billions of people on Earth. Even though meetings with aliens may not take place at all, it is better to be prepared in every sense of the word.



NASA

“To consider that the Earth is the only planet in space where life appeared is simply unthinkable today. We know there are 100 billion stars in this galaxy alone, and there are 100 billion galaxies in the entire universe,” Pilcher said.



Aliens and the USA

Americans have been thinking for a long time that we are not the only intelligent beings in this space. The US military is studying unidentified aircraft. And in 2020, the Pentagon officially confirmed the creation of a special group within the department that will study UFOs.

The tasks of this group will include researching cases of UFO sightings, maintaining lists of such cases, and also determining the degree of danger of UFOs to US national security.



UFO and the Pentagon

"The Department of Defense has established a UFO Working Group to improve understanding and gain insight into the nature and origins of unidentified flying objects," the department's official website states.



Zone 51

Cases of UFO detection by ordinary citizens have been known for a long time. There is an opinion among Americans that Area 51, which is a military base, was created to study traces of UFOs.



UFO crash in New Mexico in 1947

It is also known for certain that in 1947, a rancher in New Mexico discovered the wreckage of an unidentified aircraft, but information about this case was classified. Former President Donald Trump, commenting on the topic of extraterrestrial objects, said that he would consider declassifying documents about the incident in New Mexico.

That same year, the Pentagon published several videos made by US Navy personnel.

Some of the recordings were already online, but the fact that they were published by the military department confirms their authenticity.

This was done with the aim of dispelling the myths and misconceptions and public excitement that such videos cause.

Another video of a UFO sighting was made by American investigative director Jeremy Corbell. He posted on his Instagram footage captured by a US destroyer. The reality of this recording was confirmed by the Pentagon.



Jeremy Corbell

At the same time, the representative of the department's press service, Susan Gough, stated that there would be no public comments or discussions of the work of specialists in detecting and analyzing UFO cases of the US Department of Defense. In the official military intelligence reports that studied these incidents, there is no clear answer to the question of the origin of the unidentified flying objects.



Version that UFOs were developed by the military

Information has leaked to the American media that some of the cases may be related to the advanced developments of world military powers, including China. But no one has officially confirmed this.