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| UFO religion | |
|---|---|
| Family | Umbrella category / New religious movements |
| Origin region | Modern global UFO culture |
| Founding period | 20th and 21st centuries CE |
| Estimated adherents | Not applicable as a single religion; includes many groups with varying memberships. |
UFO religion is an umbrella term for religious movements and worldviews that give central spiritual importance to UFOs, extraterrestrials, alien contact, spacecraft, or cosmic beings.
Overview
UFO religion is a descriptive category, not one church. It includes movements that combine UFOs or extraterrestrial contact with salvation, prophecy, spiritual evolution, apocalyptic expectation, or reinterpretation of older religious traditions. Examples include the Aetherius Society, Heaven's Gate, Unarius, and some forms of Raelism.
Key beliefs
- Extraterrestrial beings may be spiritually advanced
- UFOs or spacecraft may play a role in salvation or transformation
- Humanity may be guided, judged, or evolved by cosmic intelligences
- Religious myths may be reinterpreted as alien contact stories
- Beliefs vary widely from peaceful service movements to apocalyptic groups
Practices
- Contactee messages and channeling
- Meditation or prayer for planetary healing
- UFO watching or skywatching
- Study of extraterrestrial revelation texts
- Conference and online community activity
Places of worship
- Movement-specific centers
- Homes
- Online groups
- Conferences
- Pilgrimage sites or mountains in some groups
Sacred texts
- Contactee writings
- UFO religion scriptures
- Channelled teachings
- Alternative history and ancient astronaut books
Holidays and observances
- No universal calendar
- Movement founding dates
- UFO-related observances
- Prophecy dates in some groups
Branches and related traditions
- Aetherius Society - A UFO religion founded by George King.
- Heaven's Gate - A historical UFO-based new religious movement.
- Raelism - A UFO religion centered on extraterrestrial creation of humanity.
See also
References
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