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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p><a href="/wiki/UFO_religion" title="UFO religion">UFO religions</a> are groups that deal with alleged communication between humans and <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" title="Extraterrestrial life">extraterrestrial</a> beings. Proponents often argue that most major religions are already based on the concept of a supernatural being in heaven. Forms of communication include <a href="/wiki/Telepathy" title="Telepathy">telepathy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Astral_projection" title="Astral projection">astral projection</a>. Groups often believe that humanity can be saved after being educated by the aliens as to how to improve society. <a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction" title="Alien abduction">Alien abduction</a> belief can lead to formation of a UFO religion. <a href="/wiki/%22I_AM%22_Activity" title=""I AM" Activity">"I AM" Activity</a>, founded in 1930 by <a href="/wiki/Guy_Ballard" title="Guy Ballard">Guy Ballard</a>, is seen, according to one author, as the first UFO Religion, though <a href="/wiki/Aetherius_Society" title="Aetherius Society">Aetherius Society</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/George_King_(religious_leader)" title="George King (religious leader)">George King</a> has also been given this distinction. Scholars identify the 1947 <a href="/wiki/Roswell_incident" title="Roswell incident">Roswell incident</a> as a key event within the history of UFO spirituality. Melodie Campbell and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Kent" title="Stephen A. Kent">Stephen A. Kent</a> describe <a href="/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)" title="Heaven's Gate (religious group)">Heaven's Gate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple" title="Order of the Solar Temple">Order of the Solar Temple</a> as among the most controversial of the UFO belief groups. <a href="/wiki/Scientology" title="Scientology">Scientology</a> is seen by scholars as a UFO religion, due to its <a href="/wiki/Xenu" title="Xenu">Xenu</a> cosmogony and the presence of <a href="/wiki/Space_opera_in_Scientology" title="Space opera in Scientology">Space opera</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_UFO_religions&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beloved_Mensagers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Beloved_Mensagers.jpg/220px-Beloved_Mensagers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Beloved_Mensagers.jpg/330px-Beloved_Mensagers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Beloved_Mensagers.jpg/440px-Beloved_Mensagers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="765" data-file-height="1012" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/J._Gordon_Melton" title="J. Gordon Melton">J. Gordon Melton</a> identifies the first <a href="/wiki/UFO_religion" title="UFO religion">UFO religion</a> as the group <a href="/wiki/%22I_AM%22_Activity" title=""I AM" Activity">"I AM" Activity</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Guy_Ballard" title="Guy Ballard">Guy Ballard</a> (at left).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/St._Germain_(Theosophy)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Germain (Theosophy)">St. Germain</a> is pictured above the mantle.</figcaption></figure> <p>UFO religions generally deal with belief in communication with extraterrestrial beings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stephen Hunt writes in <i>Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction</i>, "One form of quasi-religion that perhaps borders on a more orthodox form of religiosity is that of the flying saucer cults".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In these groups, individuals believe that communication between aliens and humans can take the form of physical contact, <a href="/wiki/Telepathy" title="Telepathy">telepathy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Astral_projection" title="Astral projection">astral projection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typically the groups believe that humanity will be saved by these aliens when humans are educated as to a better way to live life.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the groups believe that aliens will come to take those that believe to a more positive location.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often the extraterrestrial beings are seen to plead with humanity to improve itself and to move away from a society of greed and violence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UFO religions place an emphasis on spiritual growth and the evolution of humanity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A UFO religion can be formed before or after an individual claims to have experienced an <a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction" title="Alien abduction">alien abduction</a> and been taken aboard a spacecraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHexham200211_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHexham200211-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Christopher Hugh Partridge writes in <i>UFO Religions</i> that <a href="/wiki/J._Gordon_Melton" title="J. Gordon Melton">J. Gordon Melton</a> identifies the first UFO religion as the group <a href="/wiki/%22I_AM%22_Activity" title=""I AM" Activity">"I AM" Activity</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Guy_Ballard" title="Guy Ballard">Guy Ballard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Partridge says it "can be seen as the obvious theosophical forerunner to UFO religions such as the <a href="/wiki/Aetherius_Society" title="Aetherius Society">Aetherius Society</a>, and to the thought of UFO religionists such as <a href="/wiki/George_Adamski" title="George Adamski">George Adamski</a>" but views it not as a UFO religion but as a theosophical religion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20038_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20038-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Plane_(esotericism)" title="Plane (esotericism)">plane</a> or another planet and descended to Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Partridge describes the 1947 <a href="/wiki/Roswell_incident" title="Roswell incident">Roswell incident</a> as a key point in time within UFO spirituality, commenting: "Roswell is now firmly established as what might be described as a key <a href="/wiki/Ufology" title="Ufology">ufological</a> 'spiritual site'";<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20036_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20036-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/James_R._Lewis_(scholar)" title="James R. Lewis (scholar)">James R. Lewis</a> also calls attention to this event in his book <i>The Gods Have Landed</i>, noting that it is seen by Ufologists as the date of the "emergence of UFOs into the public consciousness".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1995xiii_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1995xiii-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Partridge places UFO religion within the context of <a href="/wiki/Theosophy_(Blavatskian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theosophy (Blavatskian)">theosophical</a> <a href="/wiki/Western_esotericism" title="Western esotericism">esotericism</a>, and asserts that it began to be associated as "UFO religion" after the 1947 incident at <a href="/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico" title="Roswell, New Mexico">Roswell, New Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Partridge, most UFO religions still have many of the key points associated with Theosophy, such as belief in the same <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_Hierarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual Hierarchy">Spiritual Hierarchy</a>, and he also draws parallels to <a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age</a> thought.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hunt describes the <a href="/wiki/Aetherius_Society" title="Aetherius Society">Aetherius Society</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/George_King_(Aetherius_Society)" class="mw-redirect" title="George King (Aetherius Society)">George King</a> in 1955 as "probably the first and certainly the most enduring UFO <a href="/wiki/Cult" title="Cult">cult</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003227_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003227-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He places the Aetherius Society and <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism" title="Raëlism">Raëlism</a> among the "most renowned" of the "<a href="/wiki/Flying_saucer" title="Flying saucer">flying saucer</a> cults".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing in the <i>Encyclopedia of Religion and Society</i>, contributors Melodie Campbell and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Kent" title="Stephen A. Kent">Stephen A. Kent</a> place the Aetherius Society and <a href="/wiki/Unarius" class="mw-redirect" title="Unarius">Unarius</a> as among the "oldest and most studied" of the flying saucer cults.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They describe groups <a href="/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)" title="Heaven's Gate (religious group)">Heaven's Gate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple" title="Order of the Solar Temple">Order of the Solar Temple</a> as the "most controversial groups combining UFO belief with variations of <a href="/wiki/Contactee" title="Contactee">contactee</a> assertions".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gregory L. Reece classes <a href="/wiki/Scientology" title="Scientology">Scientology</a> as a "UFO group" in his book <i>UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture</i>, and discusses elements of the <a href="/wiki/Xenu" title="Xenu">Xenu</a> <a href="/wiki/Cosmogony" title="Cosmogony">cosmogony</a> and <a href="/wiki/Space_opera_in_Scientology" title="Space opera in Scientology">Space opera in Scientology doctrine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He compares Scientology to the Aetherius Society and to <a href="/wiki/Ashtar_(extraterrestrial_being)" title="Ashtar (extraterrestrial being)">Ashtar Command</a>, 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."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar comparison is made in <i>New Religions: A Guide</i>, which describes the Xenu mythology as "a basic <a href="/wiki/Ancient_astronauts" title="Ancient astronauts">ancient astronaut</a> myth".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Author Victoria Nelson writes in <i>The Secret Life of Puppets</i> that "[t]he most prominent current UFO religion is probably the science fiction writer <a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard" title="L. Ron Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" title="Church of Scientology">Church of Scientology</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENelson2002178–179_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENelson2002178–179-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_UFO_religions&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Name </th> <th>Members</th> <th>Founder</th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Seekers_(rapturists)" title="The Seekers (rapturists)">The Seekers</a> (aka Brotherhood of the Seven Rays) </td> <td>Defunct </td> <td>Charles Laughead (aka "Dr. Armstrong") or Dorothy Martin (aka "Marian Keech") </td> <td>1953 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETumminia20054-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Aetherius_Society_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Aetherius_Society_Logo.png/75px-Aetherius_Society_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Aetherius_Society_Logo.png/113px-Aetherius_Society_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Aetherius_Society_Logo.png/150px-Aetherius_Society_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aetherius_Society" title="Aetherius Society">Aetherius Society</a> </td> <td>Several thousand </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_King_(religious_leader)" title="George King (religious leader)">George King</a> </td> <td>1955 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELandes2000411_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELandes2000411-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashtar_Galactic_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashtar Galactic Command">Ashtar Galactic Command</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Thelma B. Terrill ("<a href="/wiki/Ashtar_(extraterrestrial_being)#Tuella" title="Ashtar (extraterrestrial being)">Tuella</a>") </td> <td>1977 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETumminia20054-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chen_Tao_(UFO_religion)" title="Chen Tao (UFO religion)">Chen Tao</a> </td> <td>50,000 </td> <td>Hon-ming Chen </td> <td>1993 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETumminia20054-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis2003301–303_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis2003301–303-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis2001371–372_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis2001371–372-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christ_Brotherhood" title="Christ Brotherhood">Christ Brotherhood</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Wallace C. Halsey </td> <td>1956 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatthews200963_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews200963-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cosmic_Circle_of_Fellowship" title="Cosmic Circle of Fellowship">Cosmic Circle of Fellowship</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>William R. Ferguson </td> <td>1955 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBainbridge1997380_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBainbridge1997380-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fiat_Lux_(UFO_religion)" title="Fiat Lux (UFO religion)">Fiat Lux</a> </td> <td>2,935 </td> <td>Uriella </td> <td>1980 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003180_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003180-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freie_Interessengemeinschaft_f%C3%BCr_Grenz-_und_Geisteswissenschaften_und_Ufologiestudien" class="mw-redirect" title="Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz- und Geisteswissenschaften und Ufologiestudien">Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz- und Geisteswissenschaften und Ufologiestudien</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Meier" title="Billy Meier">Billy Meier</a> </td> <td>1970s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZeller2021514_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZeller2021514-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ground_Crew_Project" title="Ground Crew Project">Ground Crew Project</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Sheldon Nidle </td> <td>1980s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETumminia20054-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)" title="Heaven's Gate (religious group)">Heaven's Gate</a> </td> <td>Defunct </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Applewhite" title="Marshall Applewhite">Marshall Applewhite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Nettles" title="Bonnie Nettles">Bonnie Nettles</a> </td> <td>1970s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt200327–28_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt200327–28-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003239_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003239-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1995137_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1995137-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClarke2006227_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClarke2006227-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%22I_AM%22_Activity" title=""I AM" Activity">"I AM" Activity</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guy_Ballard" title="Guy Ballard">Guy Ballard</a> </td> <td>1930s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis20039–10_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis20039–10-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Industrial_Church_of_the_New_World_Comforter" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial Church of the New World Comforter">Industrial Church of the New World Comforter</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Allen Michael </td> <td>1973 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETumminia20054-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark-Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark-Age">Mark-Age</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Charles Boyd Gentzel and Pauline Sharpe </td> <td>1962 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBainbridge1997180_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBainbridge1997180-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis2001367_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis2001367-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noi_flag_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Nation of Islam"><img alt="Flag of the Nation of Islam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Noi_flag_2.svg/75px-Noi_flag_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Noi_flag_2.svg/113px-Noi_flag_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Noi_flag_2.svg/150px-Noi_flag_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the Nation of Islam</figcaption></figure></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nation_of_Islam" title="Nation of Islam">Nation of Islam</a> </td> <td>50,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Fard_Muhammad" title="Wallace Fard Muhammad">Wallace Fard Muhammad</a> </td> <td>1930 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003280–281_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003280–281-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9o-Phare" title="Néo-Phare">Néo-Phare</a> </td> <td>Defunct </td> <td>Arnaud Mussy </td> <td>2001 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nuwaubian_Nation" title="Nuwaubian Nation">Nuwaubian Nation</a> </td> <td>Defunct </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_York" title="Dwight York">Dwight York</a> </td> <td>1970s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007196_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007196-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003281–282_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003281–282-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Solar_Temple_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Order of the Solar Temple logo"><img alt="Order of the Solar Temple logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple_logo.svg/75px-Order_of_the_Solar_Temple_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple_logo.svg/113px-Order_of_the_Solar_Temple_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple_logo.svg/150px-Order_of_the_Solar_Temple_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption>Order of the Solar Temple logo</figcaption></figure></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Solar_Temple" title="Order of the Solar Temple">Order of the Solar Temple</a> </td> <td>Defunct </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Di_Mambro" title="Joseph Di Mambro">Joseph Di Mambro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luc_Jouret" title="Luc Jouret">Luc Jouret</a> </td> <td>1984 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raelian_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Raëlian symbol"><img alt="Raëlian symbol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Raelian_symbol.svg/75px-Raelian_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Raelian_symbol.svg/113px-Raelian_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Raelian_symbol.svg/150px-Raelian_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="213" /></a><figcaption>Raëlian symbol</figcaption></figure></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism" title="Raëlism">Raëlism</a> </td> <td>90,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%ABl" title="Raël">Raël</a> </td> <td>1974 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rational_Culture" title="Rational Culture">Rational Culture</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manoel_Jacintho_Coelho" title="Manoel Jacintho Coelho">Manoel Jacintho Coelho</a> </td> <td>1930s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECavalcante_Modesto_da_Silva2013156_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECavalcante_Modesto_da_Silva2013156-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_of_Thought" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctuary of Thought">Sanctuary of Thought</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truman_Bethurum" title="Truman Bethurum">Truman Bethurum</a> </td> <td>1950s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007115_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007115-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Siderella<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td>Jean-Paul Appel-Guéry; wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Timeless_Voyage" title="Timeless Voyage">Timeless Voyage</a></i>, which conveys similar beliefs to the group </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbgrall199995_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbgrall199995-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scientology_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scientology logo"><img alt="Scientology logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Scientology_Logo.svg/75px-Scientology_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Scientology_Logo.svg/112px-Scientology_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Scientology_Logo.svg/149px-Scientology_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1056" data-file-height="1343" /></a><figcaption>Scientology logo</figcaption></figure></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scientology" title="Scientology">Scientology</a> </td> <td>20,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard" title="L. Ron Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a> </td> <td>1952 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENelson2002178–179_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENelson2002178–179-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003188,_263–265_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003188,_263–265-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis200342_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis200342-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unarius_Academy_of_Science" title="Unarius Academy of Science">Unarius</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Norman" title="Ernest Norman">Ernest Norman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Norman" title="Ruth Norman">Ruth Norman</a> </td> <td>1954 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELandes2000411_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELandes2000411-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETumminia20054-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis199585_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis199585-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHexham2002113_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHexham2002113-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Universe_People" title="Universe People">Universe People</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Ivo A. Benda </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESaliba2006_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESaliba2006-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Urantia_Book" title="The Urantia Book">Urantia movement</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Authorship of <i>The Urantia Book</i> unknown and disputed. The book alleges it was written by celestial beings. </td> <td>1924 at the earliest and 1955 at the latest </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELandes2000411_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELandes2000411-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClarke2006153_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEClarke2006153-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vale_do_Amanhecer" title="Vale do Amanhecer">Vale do Amanhecer</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Neiva Chaves Zelaya </td> <td>1960s </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZeller2021426_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZeller2021426-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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.portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_religion_world.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/P_religion_world.svg/31px-P_religion_world.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/P_religion_world.svg/47px-P_religion_world.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/P_religion_world.svg/62px-P_religion_world.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Religion" title="Portal:Religion">Religion 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<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UFO_organizations" title="List of UFO organizations">List of UFO organizations</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_UFO_religions&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_UFO_religions&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20037_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPartridge2003">Partridge 2003</a>, p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003226_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHunt2003">Hunt 2003</a>, p. 226.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2005444–445_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPartridge2005">Partridge 2005</a>, pp. 444–445.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHexham200211-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHexham200211_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHexham2002">Hexham 2002</a>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20038-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20038_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPartridge2003">Partridge 2003</a>, p. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge200336_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPartridge2003">Partridge 2003</a>, p. 36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge20036-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge20036_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPartridge2003">Partridge 2003</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis1995xiii-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis1995xiii_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLewis1995">Lewis 1995</a>, p. xiii.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt2003227-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunt2003227_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHunt2003">Hunt 2003</a>, p. 227.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwatos1998531–532_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSwatos1998">Swatos 1998</a>, pp. 531–532.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReece2007182–186_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReece2007">Reece 2007</a>, pp. 182–186.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2004374_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPartridge2004">Partridge 2004</a>, p. 374.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENelson2002178–179-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENelson2002178–179_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENelson2002178–179_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNelson2002">Nelson 2002</a>, pp. 178–179.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETumminia20054-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETumminia20054_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTumminia2005">Tumminia 2005</a>, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELandes2000411-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELandes2000411_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELandes2000411_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELandes2000411_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLandes2000">Landes 2000</a>, p. 411.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis2003301–303-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis2003301–303_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLewis2003">Lewis 2003</a>, pp. 301–303.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis2001371–372-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis2001371–372_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLewis2001">Lewis 2001</a>, pp. 371–372.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthews200963-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatthews200963_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMatthews2009">Matthews 2009</a>, p. 63.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBainbridge1997380-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBainbridge1997380_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBainbridge1997">Bainbridge 1997</a>, p. 380.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003180-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPartridge2003180_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPartridge2003">Partridge 2003</a>, p. 180.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZeller2021514-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZeller2021514_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZeller2021">Zeller 2021</a>, p. 514.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunt200327–28-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism" title="Merkabah mysticism">Ezekiel's Wheel (circa 622–570 BC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airship_of_Clonmacnoise" title="Airship of Clonmacnoise">Airship of Clonmacnoise</a> (740s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg" title="1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg">1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1566_celestial_phenomenon_over_Basel" title="1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel">1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1665_celestial_phenomenon_over_Stralsund" title="1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund">1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonilla_observation" title="Bonilla observation">José Bonilla observation (1883)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_airship#The_airship_wave_of_1896-1897" title="Mystery airship">Airship wave (1896–97)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Texas,_UFO_incident" title="Aurora, Texas, UFO incident">Aurora (1897)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles" title="Battle of Los Angeles">Los Angeles (1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%84ngelholm_UFO_memorial" title="Ängelholm UFO memorial">Ängelholm UFO memorial (1946)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting" title="Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting">Kenneth Arnold (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_flying_disc_craze" title="1947 flying disc craze">1947 craze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_105_UFO_sighting" title="Flight 105 UFO sighting">Flight 105 (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roswell_incident" title="Roswell incident">Roswell (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodes_UFO_photographs" title="Rhodes UFO photographs">Rhodes (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantell_UFO_incident" title="Mantell UFO incident">Mantell (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiles-Whitted_UFO_encounter" title="Chiles-Whitted UFO encounter">Chiles-Whitted (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorman_dogfight" title="Gorman dogfight">Gorman Dogfight (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariana_UFO_incident" title="Mariana UFO incident">Mariana (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMinnville_UFO_photographs" title="McMinnville UFO photographs">McMinnville photographs (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sperry_UFO_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Sperry UFO case">Sperry (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_Lights" title="Lubbock Lights">Lubbock Lights (1951)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash-Fortenberry_UFO_sighting" title="Nash-Fortenberry UFO sighting">Nash-Fortenberry (1952)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident">Washington, D.C. (1952)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatwoods_monster" title="Flatwoods monster">Flatwoods monster (1952)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter" title="Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter">Kelly–Hopkinsville (1955)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakenheath-Bentwaters_incident" title="Lakenheath-Bentwaters incident">Lakenheath-Bentwaters (1956)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Villas_Boas" class="mw-redirect" title="Antônio Villas Boas">Antônio Villas Boas (1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levelland_UFO_case" title="Levelland UFO case">Levelland (1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Barney and Betty Hill">Barney and Betty Hill abduction (1961)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Zamora_incident" title="Lonnie Zamora incident">Lonnie Zamora incident (1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solway_Firth_Spaceman" title="Solway Firth Spaceman">Solway Firth Spaceman (1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_incident" title="Exeter incident">Exeter (1965)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kecksburg_UFO_incident" title="Kecksburg UFO incident">Kecksburg (1965)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westall_UFO" title="Westall UFO">Westall (1966)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Lake_Incident" title="Falcon Lake Incident">Falcon Lake (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shag_Harbour_UFO_incident" title="Shag Harbour UFO incident">Shag Harbour (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident" title="Jimmy Carter UFO incident">Jimmy Carter (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force_UFO_sighting" title="Finnish Air Force UFO sighting">Finnish Air Force (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascagoula_Abduction" title="Pascagoula Abduction">Pascagoula Abduction (1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon_UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="John Lennon UFO incident">John Lennon UFO incident (1974)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Walton_UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Travis Walton UFO incident">Travis Walton incident (1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Tehran_UFO_incident" title="1976 Tehran UFO incident">Tehran (1976)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrozavodsk_phenomenon" title="Petrozavodsk phenomenon">Petrozavodsk phenomenon (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opera%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Prato" title="Operação Prato">Operação Prato (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanfretta_UFO_Incident" title="Zanfretta UFO Incident">Zanfretta incident (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disappearance_of_Frederick_Valentich" title="Disappearance of Frederick Valentich">Valentich disappearance (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaikoura_lights" title="Kaikoura lights">Kaikoura Lights (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_incident" title="Robert Taylor incident">Robert Taylor incident (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Johnson_incident" title="Val Johnson incident">Val Johnson incident (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manises_UFO_incident" title="Manises UFO incident">Manises (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cash%E2%80%93Landrum_incident" title="Cash–Landrum incident">Cash–Landrum incident (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident" title="Rendlesham Forest incident">Rendlesham Forest (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-en-Provence_case" title="Trans-en-Provence case">Trans-en-Provence (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Cargo_Flight_1628_incident" title="Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident">Japan Air Lines (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkley_Moor_UFO_incident" title="Ilkley Moor UFO incident">Ilkley Moor (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voronezh_UFO_incident" title="Voronezh UFO incident">Voronezh incident (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_UFO_wave" title="Belgian UFO wave">Belgian UFO wave (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariel_School_UFO_incident" title="Ariel School UFO incident">Ariel School (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varginha_UFO_incident" title="Varginha UFO incident">Varginha (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Lights" title="Phoenix Lights">Phoenix Lights (1997)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nimitz_UFO_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Nimitz UFO incident">USS <i>Nimitz</i> UFO incident (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Mexico#2004" title="UFO sightings in Mexico">Campeche, Mexico (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_O%27Hare_International_Airport_UFO_sighting" title="2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting">O'Hare Airport (2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Alderney_UFO_sighting" title="2007 Alderney UFO sighting">Alderney (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Norwegian_spiral_anomaly" title="2009 Norwegian spiral anomaly">Norway (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_UFO_incidents" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Theodore Roosevelt UFO incidents">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> UFO incidents (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jetpack_man" title="Jetpack man">Jetpack man (2020–21)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_high-altitude_object_events_in_2023" title="List of high-altitude object events in 2023">High-altitude object events (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims" title="David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims">David Grusch claims (2023)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_UFO-related_hoaxes" title="List of UFO-related hoaxes">Confirmed hoaxes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maury_Island_incident" title="Maury Island incident">Maury Island hoax (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Falls_saucer_hoax" title="Twin Falls saucer hoax">Twin Falls, Idaho hoax (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aztec,_New_Mexico_UFO_hoax" class="mw-redirect" title="Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax">Aztec, New Mexico hoax (1949)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_British_flying_saucer_hoax" title="1967 British flying saucer hoax">Southern England (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majestic_12" title="Majestic 12">Majestic 12 (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Breeze_UFO_incident" title="Gulf Breeze UFO incident">Gulf Breeze (1987–88)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_Autopsy_(1995_film)" title="Alien Autopsy (1995 film)">Alien Autopsy (1995 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_UFO_hoax" title="Morristown UFO hoax">Morristown (2009)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sightings by country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Africa" title="UFO sightings in Africa">Africa</a> (<a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa" title="UFO sightings in South Africa">South Africa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Albania" title="UFO sightings in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Argentina" title="UFO sightings in Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Australia" title="UFO sightings in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Belarus" title="UFO sightings in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Belgium" title="UFO sightings in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Brazil" title="UFO sightings in Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Canada" title="UFO sightings in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_China" title="UFO sightings in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_Czech_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="UFO sightings in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_France" title="UFO sightings in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Greece" title="UFO sightings in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_India" title="UFO sightings in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Indonesia" title="UFO sightings in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Iran" title="UFO sightings in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Italy" title="UFO sightings in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Mexico" title="UFO sightings in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Nepal" title="UFO sightings in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_New_Zealand" title="UFO sightings in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Norway" title="UFO sightings in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Poland" title="UFO sightings in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Russia" title="UFO sightings in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Spain" title="UFO sightings in Spain">Spain</a> (<a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_Canary_Islands" title="UFO sightings in the Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Sweden" title="UFO sightings in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="UFO sightings in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_United_States" title="UFO sightings in the United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types of UFOs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_triangle_(UFO)" title="Black triangle (UFO)">Black triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_saucer" title="Flying saucer">Flying saucer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foo_fighter" title="Foo fighter">Foo fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghost_rockets" title="Ghost rockets">Ghost rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_fireballs" title="Green fireballs">Green fireballs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_airship" title="Mystery airship">Mystery airship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_jellyfish" title="Space jellyfish">Space jellyfish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_alleged_extraterrestrial_beings" title="List of alleged extraterrestrial beings">Types of alleged<br /> extraterrestrial beings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Energy_being" title="Energy being">Energy beings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_alien" title="Grey alien">Grey aliens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insectoids_in_science_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Insectoids in science fiction">Insectoids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_green_men" title="Little green men">Little green men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_aliens" title="Nordic aliens">Nordic aliens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reptilian_humanoid" title="Reptilian humanoid">Reptilian humanoids</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studies and timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Investigation_of_UFO_reports_by_the_United_States_government" title="Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government">Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Saucers_Are_Real" title="The Flying Saucers Are Real"><i>The Flying Saucers Are Real</i> (1947–1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Sign" title="Project Sign">Project Sign (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Grudge" title="Project Grudge">Project Grudge (1949)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Saucer_Working_Party" title="Flying Saucer Working Party">Flying Saucer Working Party (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Magnet_(UFO)" title="Project Magnet (UFO)">Project Magnet (1950–1962)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Blue_Book" title="Project Blue Book">Project Blue Book (1952–1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_Panel" title="Robertson Panel">Robertson Panel (1953)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Report_on_Unidentified_Flying_Objects" title="The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects">Ruppelt report (1956)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Investigations_Committee_On_Aerial_Phenomena" title="National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena">National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (1956–1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condon_Committee" title="Condon Committee">Condon Report (1966–1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_22" title="Institute 22">Institute 22 (1978–?)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Condign" title="Project Condign">Project Condign (1997–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Aerospace_Threat_Identification_Program" title="Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program">Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (2007–2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identification_studies_of_UFOs" title="Identification studies of UFOs">Identification studies of UFOs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unidentified_Aerial_Phenomena_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force">Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (current)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA%27s_UAP_independent_study_team" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA's UAP independent study team">NASA's UAP independent study team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hypotheses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_astronauts" title="Ancient astronauts">Ancient astronauts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Tonnies#Cryptoterrestrial_hypothesis" title="Mac Tonnies">Cryptoterrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extraterrestrial hypothesis">Extraterrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interdimensional_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Interdimensional hypothesis">Interdimensional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychosocial_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychosocial hypothesis">Psychosocial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_UFOs" title="Nazi UFOs">Nazi UFOs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time-traveller_UFO_hypothesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Time-traveller UFO hypothesis">Time-traveller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_International_Posadist" title="Fourth International Posadist">Trotskyist-Posadism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UFO_conspiracy_theories" title="UFO conspiracy theories">Conspiracy theories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_51" title="Area 51">Area 51</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Storm_Area_51" title="Storm Area 51">Storm Area 51</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lazar" title="Bob Lazar">Bob Lazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulce_Base" title="Dulce Base">Dulce Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_in_black" title="Men in black">Men in black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planetary_objects_proposed_in_religion,_astrology,_ufology_and_pseudoscience" title="Planetary objects proposed in religion, astrology, ufology and pseudoscience">Project Serpo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Involvement</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction" title="Alien abduction">Abduction claims</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_alien_abduction_claims" class="mw-redirect" title="History of alien abduction claims">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction_entities" title="Alien abduction entities">Entities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_abduction_claimants" title="Alien abduction claimants">Claimants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrative_of_the_abduction_phenomenon" title="Narrative of the abduction phenomenon">Narrative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perspectives_on_the_abduction_phenomenon" title="Perspectives on the abduction phenomenon">Perspectives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niche_insurance" title="Niche insurance">Insurance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alien_implants" title="Alien implants">Implants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle_mutilation" title="Cattle mutilation">Cattle mutilation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Close_encounter" title="Close encounter">Close encounter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contactee" title="Contactee">Contactee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crop_circle" title="Crop circle">Crop circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_investigations_of_UFOs_by_governments" title="List of investigations of UFOs by governments">Government responses</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GEIPAN" title="GEIPAN">GEIPAN</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UFO_organizations" title="List of UFO organizations">Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ufologists" title="List of ufologists">Ufologists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UFOs_in_fiction" title="UFOs in fiction">Fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFO_religion" title="UFO religion">Religions</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Skepticism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_scientific_skeptics" title="List of scientific skeptics">List of scientific skeptics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government & Law</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Congress_hearings_on_UFOs" title="2022 United States Congress hearings on UFOs">United States Congress hearings on UFOs (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unidentified_Anomalous_Phenomena_Disclosure_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act">Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UADPA), USA law (2023)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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