If UFOs Were Messengers Of Peace, We Would Still Need To Listen

by Eric Elkin

“He said: It is not enough, since you are my servant,
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the survivors of Israel.
    Hence, I will also appoint you as light to the nations
    so that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

— Isaiah 49:6

UFOs are real. The United States Navy finally confirmed it this past year. I am not sure they wanted to admit it, but a May 2019 New York Times article left them little choice. The article interviewed Navy pilots who gave personal testimony to witnessing strange activity in the skies over the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the pilots, the paper had video evidence captured by F-18 fighter jets.

The journalists also got military leaders to confirm what many UFO enthusiasts have long maintained. The Pentagon operates a secret program to investigate UFO activity. However, investigators in the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, do not use the term UFO. They prefer to call them “unidentified aerial phenomena,” or UAP. UAP sounds more scientific and less like a conspiracy about little green men.

The change in attitude by the military has opened the door to more fully exploring the issue of the unexplained. Navy pilots and officers are no longer worried about repercussions for talking to reporters. As a result, the UFO community is producing interesting documentaries with incredible evidence to support their claims.

In one of those documentaries, “Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation,” I learned something fascinating. According to military leaders, UAPs most often appear in areas of active combat and at nuclear weapon sites. UAPs, on multiple occasions, have stopped jets from dropping their bomb load. They have even stopped nuclear weapon exercises. The military leaders interviewed suggested it appeared as though the unexplained visitors wanted to interrupt our aggressive behavior to each other.

Many UFO enthusiasts conclude the aliens observing us are a higher life form. They cite evidence that in earlier times, aliens too killed each other. However, they learned a different way to live. Now, in this advanced civilized state, they want to prevent us from making the same destructive mistakes. I don’t know if this is true, but I want it to be the reason for their presence.

“When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.”

— Feed Rogers

When news broke about the killing of Iranian General Soleimani, I said to myself, “Here we go again.” It is hard to see this action as an isolated incident with no repercussions. The fighting in this part of the world never seems to go away. Where are those UFOs/UAPs when we need them to interfere on our behalf?

I am not a pacifist, but when will we learn the ineffectiveness of killing each other? Al-Qaeda killed 2,977 people in the 9/11 attacks. We retaliated by engaging in war with Iraq and Afghanistan. These wars have killed over 500,000 people. This total does not include the deaths of almost 7,000 US soldiers and 7,800 US contractors. After 16 years, we are no closer to peace than when we started.

Can you see why I want to believe in the speculated mission of UFOs? Maybe they even were sent by God to be messengers and prophets to show us a better way? Right now, I’m willing to believe anything that would help. We need someone to intervene on our behalf. Over the last 100 years, we have proven ourselves to be incompetent in the arena of peace and peacemaking.

The words of Isaiah are spoken to an ancient civilization. Yet, they seem very relevant today. His words remind us, it is not enough to save ourselves. It is not enough to protect and restore our own well being. We are to work to save all people to the very ends of the earth and beyond.

No matter how much I wish it were true, aliens are not coming to do this work for us. Even if the UAPs are messengers, we would still need to listen. Actually, we don’t need alien visitors to give us this message. From Isaiah to Paul, we are told to develop a sense that we are responsible for each other’s well being. Perhaps it is time to start listening.

Click to read Isaiah 49: 1-7