In the past few months we have watched many news broadcasts dealing with the UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon) issue. Are UAPs natural or supernatural? The current periodic release of previously classified information by the US government has not satisfied the curiosity of many US citizens concerning the true nature of UAPs. Our appetite for information about UFOs intensified when Steven Spielberg’s E.T. fantasy movie was released in 1982. Before and since that date, public interest in UAPs has waxed and waned periodically.
A wealth of government information exists for the period from 1947 to date. Each individual is free to pass judgement on the effectiveness of information the US government reveals to the public. We sympathize with government officials’ efforts to explain the nature of UAPs. The truth about UAPs is difficult to grasp. How may unusual visual appearances and their strange capabilities be explained? The UAP issue is challenging, fascinating, and mysterious.
The study of UAPs suggests many questions related to their existence. The terms natural and supernatural emerge during discussions. Are UAPs natural, governed by laws of nature established by God for the operation of our created universe? Or are they manifestations of the supernatural? In everyday life, humanity is governed by familiar laws of nature, such as the law of gravitation, the laws of motion, and the finite speed of light (the latter is an example of a fundamental universal physical constant). There are many laws of nature and many physical constants. Supernatural events occur beyond or in addition to natural events which we experience hundreds of times daily. Many phenomena are attributable to unusual light reflections, weather phenomena, flocks of birds, or other out of the ordinary events. But a small percentage of sightings have no natural explanation. They acquire the moniker UAP—unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Humanity desires explanations for both natural and supernatural phenomena. Many scientists and non-scientists attempt to describe the actions of UAPs as natural events. They do not believe UAPs are supernatural phenomena. Many citizens would feel more comfortable if their questions about the means of UAP propulsion, motion, and visibility were explained by ordinary natural causes. A small percentage of UAP sightings, however, have no natural explanation.
Several years ago we generated ten consecutive posts on the subject of UAPs. Here is a link to the first post: https://jasscience.blogspot.com/2019/11/of-this-world.html By clicking NEWER POST (bottom left), readers may access the remaining posts in the order they appeared. We recommend these ten past posts for further commentary on this important topic.
In the ten posts referenced above, you may find additional information on UAPs:
(1) Are they real or figments of our imagination? (2) History and definition of terms
(3) Our personal explanation of UAPs (4) Discussion of the occult and paranormal
(5) Multiple dimensions (6) Dualism (7) Personal experiences
(8) Recommendations for further reading…
As we composed this post we recalled news media coverage of a UAP at Chicago O’Hare Airport on 11/07/2006. At the time, the incident was reported on network media, but not in great detail. In the two decades since, television media have periodically retold details of the startling anomalous phenomenon witnessed by twelve credible professional United Airlines employees for several minutes. The dark gray, metallic, saucer-like vehicle hovered over Gate C-17 before it suddenly zoomed upward toward the low hanging cloud cover and punched a hole in the clouds before it vanished.
In the years since UFOs were more commonly observed by US citizens after WW II, many government authorities have trivialized public sightings and reports of UFOs and UAPs. They have cast doubt on eyewitness accounts, explaining them as “weather events” or faulty human visual perspectives. For this reason, many people do not report what they observe out of fear they would be ostracized.
In terms of government responses, we have read statements from US Vice-president JD Vance. He believes UAPs are manifestations of “demons” or “spiritual forces.” He also stated that he views the UAP phenomena through a “theological lens.” Using the same imagery, he further states he views the phenomenon through “lens of faith rather than fear.”
Our Christian faith supplies comfort for us in these days of uncertainty: “For In him we live, and move, and have our being.” (Acts 17:28)
