List of UFO religions

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UFO religions are religious groups that deal with alleged communication between humans and extraterrestrial beings.[1][2] Some adherents of UFO religions believe that the arrival or rediscovery of alien civilizations, technologies, and spirituality will enable humans to overcome current ecological, spiritual, and social problems. Issues such as hatred, war, bigotry, poverty and so on are said to be resolvable through the use of superior alien technology and spiritual abilities. Such belief systems are also described as millenarian in their outlook.[3][4] Alien abduction belief can lead to formation of a UFO religion.[5] UFO religions originated with Theosophy, and many UFO religions still have many of the key points associated with Theosophy, such as belief in the same Spiritual Hierarchy. UFO religions can also be comparable to New Age thought.[6] Scholars identify the 1947 Roswell incident as a key event within the history of UFO spirituality.[6][7]

"I AM" Activity, founded in 1930 by Guy Ballard, is seen, according to one author, as the first UFO Religion,[8] though the Aetherius Society founded by George King has also been given this distinction.[9] Heaven's Gate and Order of the Solar Temple, which both committed mass suicides, are seen as the most controversial of the UFO belief groups.[10] Scientology is seen by scholars as a UFO religion, due to its Xenu cosmogony and the presence of Space opera.[11]

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 3.1 Works cited

## List

Image | Name | Founder | Founded  | Founding country  | Refs.

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| Aetherius Society | George King  | 1955  |  UK  | [1][2][10][12][13][14]
| Antrovis | Edward Mielnik  | 1980s  | Template:Country data PL | [15]
| Ashtar Galactic Command  | Thelma B. Terrill  | 1977  |  US  | [16][11][17][18]
| Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara  | Dorothy Martin  | 1965  |  US  | [19][20]
| Armageddon Time Ark Base  | Orville Nodrog  | 1966  |  US  | [21]
| Blue Rose Ministry  | Robert E. Short  | 1960s  |  US  | [22]
| Cassiopaean Experiment  | Laura Knight Jadczyk and Arkadiusz Jadczyk  |  |  US  | [19]
| CEIRUS  | Jean Miguères | 1987  | Template:Country data FR | [23][24]
| Chen Tao | Hon-ming Chen  | 1993  |  TW  | [19][25][18][26][27]
| Chino's True Law  | Chino Yuko  | 1977  |  JP  | [28]
| Christ Brotherhood | Wallace C. Halsey  | 1956  |  US  | [29]
| Church Universal and Triumphant | Mark L. Prophet  | 1958  |  US  | [30][31]
| Comunidade Figueira  | José Trigueirinho Neto  | 1980s  |  BR  | [32]
| Cosmic Circle of Fellowship | William R. Ferguson | 1955  |  US  | [33][34][35]
| Cosmic Star Temple  | Violet Gilbert  | 1960  |  US  | [36]
| Cosmon Research Foundation  | Gloria Lee | 1959  |  US  | [37]
| Delval UFO, Inc.  | Anthony Volpe and Lynn Volpe  | 1972  |  US  | [38]
| École de la préparation à l'évacuation extraterrestre  | Jeanine Derel  |  | Template:Country data FR | [39]
| Extraterrestrial Earth Mission  | Savizar and Silarra  | 1986  |  US  | [40][41]
| Falun Gong | Li Hongzhi | 1992  | Template:Country data CN | [25]
| Fiat Lux | Erika Bertschinger Eike  | 1980  |  DE  | [19][42][17][43]
| Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz- und Geisteswissenschaften und Ufologiestudien  | Billy Meier | 1970s  | Template:Country data CH | [44][45]
| George Adamski Foundation  | Alice Wells and Charlotte Blob  | 1965  |  US  | [46]
| God Light Association  | Shinji Takahashi  | 1969  |  JP  | [47]
| Ground Crew Project | Sheldon Nidle  | 1980s  |  US  | [18][17]
| The Ground Crew  | Valerie Donner  | 1996  |  US  | [48][49]
| Happy Science | Ryuho Okawa | 1986  |  JP  | [50]
| Heaven's Gate | Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles  | 1970s  |  US  | [10][51][52][53][54]
| International Get Acquainted Program  | H.C. Petersen  | 1965  | Template:Country data DK | [55]
| "I AM" Activity | Guy Ballard | 1930s  |  US  | [56][8]
| Interplanetary Connections  | Darryl Anka  | 1980s  |  US  | [57]
| Industrial Church of the New World Comforter | Allen Michael  | 1973  |  US  | [18]
| Last Day Messengers  | Dave W. Bent  | 1950s  |  US  | [58][59]
| Mark-Age | Charles Boyd Gentzel and Pauline Sharpe  | 1962  |  US  | [41][49][60][61][45]
| Ministry of Universal Wisdom  | George Van Tassel | 1962  |  US  | [62][63]
Flag of the Nation of Islam | Nation of Islam | Wallace Fard Muhammad  | 1930  |  US  | [64][65]
| Néo-Phare | Arnaud Mussy  | 2001  | Template:Country data FR | [66]
| Nibiruan Council  | Jelaila Starr  | 1997  |  US  | [67][49]
| Nuwaubian Nation | Dwight York  | 1970s  |  US  | [68][69]
Order of the Solar Temple logo | Order of the Solar Temple | Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret  | 1984  | Template:Country data CH | [10]
| Projeto Alvorada  | Ferreira Neto  | 1982  |  BR  | [32]
| Projeto Portal  | Urandir Fernandes de Oliveira (pt)  | 2000  |  BR  | [32]
Raëlian symbol | Raëlism | Raël | 1974  | Template:Country data FR | [1][2][11]
| Rational Culture | Manoel Jacintho Coelho  | 1935  |  BR  | [32]
| Religion of Eternal Life Holy Society of God  | Cho Hui-song  | 1981  |  KR  | [70]
| Sanctuary of Thought  | Truman Bethurum | 1950s  |  US  | [71][72]
| The Seekers | Charles Laughead and Dorothy Martin  | 1953  |  US  | [58][18]
| Siderella | Jean-Paul Appel  | 1966  | Template:Country data FR | [73]
| Science Research Center  | Halûk Sarıkaya  | 1978  | Template:Country data TR | [74]
Scientology logo | Scientology | L. Ron Hubbard | 1952  |  US  | [2][11][17][75][76][64][77]
| Share International | Benjamin Creme | 1970s  |  UK  | [78][79]
| Solar Light Retreat  | Marianne Francis  | 1960s  |  US  | [80]
| Star Light Fellowship  | Sterling Warren and Jackie Altisi  | 1962  |  US  | [81][82]
| Sunburst  | Norman Paulsen  | 1969  |  US  | [83][84][85]
| Unarius Academy of Science | Ernest Norman and Ruth Norman | 1954  |  US  | [12][18][86][87][13]
| World Understanding  | Daniel Fry | 1955  |  US  | [82]
| Universariun Foundation  | Zelrun Karsleigh and Daisy Karsleigh  | 1958  |  US  | [88][82]
| Universe People | Ivo A. Benda  | 1997  | Template:Country data CZ | [42]
| Universe Society Church  | Hal Wilcox  | 1951  |  US  | [89]
| Urantia movement | Based on a book of unknown authorship; spawned a loosely organized series of many groups  | 1924 at the earliest and 1955 at the latest  |  US  | [90][12][91]
| Vale do Amanhecer | Neiva Chaves Zelaya  | 1960s  |  BR  | [92]
| White Star  | Doris C. LeVesque  | 1957  |  US  | [93]
| World Brotherhood Union  | Bülent Çorak  | 1980s  | Template:Country data TR | [94]

## See also

Note: This topic belongs to "Religion" portal

* List of new religious movements
* List of ufologists
* List of UFO organizations

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hunt 2003, p. 226.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Partridge 2005, pp. 444–445.
3. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 274.
4. ↑ Grünschloß 1998, p. 16.
5. ↑ Hexham 2002, p. 11.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Partridge 2003, p. 36.
7. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 6.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Partridge 2003, p. 7.
9. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 8.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Swatos 1998, pp. 531–532.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Reece 2007, pp. 182–186.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Landes 2000, p. 411.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Zeller 2021, p. 386.
14. ↑ Melton 1987, p. 560.
15. ↑ Marchwicki, Piotr (2000). "Nowe ruchy religijne". Seminare 16. https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/495566.pdf.
16. ↑ Tumminia 2007, pp. 309–310.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Partridge 2004, p. 374.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Tumminia 2005, p. 4.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Tumminia 2007, p. 309.
20. ↑ Melton 1987, pp. 560–561.
21. ↑ Walker 2007, p. 40.
22. ↑ Melton 2009, p. 783.
23. ↑ Bigliardi 2016.
24. ↑ Faubert 1993, p. 220.
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Zeller 2021, p. 523.
26. ↑ Lewis 2003, pp. 301–303.
27. ↑ Lewis 2001, pp. 371–372.
28. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 515.
29. ↑ Matthews 2009, p. 63.
30. ↑ Lewis 1995, p. 27.
31. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 358.
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Almeida 2019, p. 1.
33. ↑ Melton 1987, p. 562.
34. ↑ Lewis 1995, p. 45.
35. ↑ Bainbridge 1997, p. 380.
36. ↑ Melton 1987, p. 563.
37. ↑ Clark 2000, p. 133.
38. ↑ Melton 2009, p. 784.
39. ↑ Abgrall 1999, pp. 93–95.
40. ↑ Clark 2000, p. 36.
41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Lewis 1995, p. 29.
42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Saliba 2006, p. 120.
43. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 180.
44. ↑ Zeller 2021, pp. 8, 514.
45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Melton 2009, p. 785.
46. ↑ Melton 1987, p. 559.
47. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 514.
48. ↑ Grünschloß 1998, pp. 1–2, 7.
49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 Tumminia 2007, p. 310.
50. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 517.
51. ↑ Hunt 2003, pp. 27–28.
52. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 239.
53. ↑ Lewis 1995, p. 137.
54. ↑ Clarke 2006, p. 227.
55. ↑ Bogdan & Hammer 2016, pp. 633, 636.
56. ↑ Lewis 2003, pp. 9–10.
57. ↑ Melton 2009, pp. 784–785.
58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 Melton 2009, p. 1222.
59. ↑ Beit-Hallahmi 1993, p. 280.
60. ↑ Bainbridge 1997, p. 180.
61. ↑ Lewis 2001, p. 367.
62. ↑ Melton 2009, pp. 1222–1223.
63. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 162.
64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 Zeller 2021, p. 180.
65. ↑ Partridge 2003, pp. 280–281.
66. ↑ "Que sait-on de ? Néo-Phare" (in fr-FR). 2014-08-22. https://www.unadfi.org/actualites/groupes-et-mouvances/que-sait-on-de-neo-phare/.
67. ↑ Clark 2000, p. 115.
68. ↑ Reece 2007, p. 196.
69. ↑ Partridge 2003, pp. 281–282.
70. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 525.
71. ↑ Clark 2000, p. 43.
72. ↑ Gallagher & Ashcraft 2008, p. 215.
73. ↑ Abgrall 1999, p. 95.
74. ↑ Determann 2021, pp. 122–123.
75. ↑ Nelson 2002, pp. 178–179.
76. ↑ Partridge 2003, pp. 188, 263–265.
77. ↑ Lewis 2003, pp. 42, 329.
78. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 18.
79. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 513.
80. ↑ Melton 2009, p. 786.
81. ↑ Clark 2000, p. 61.
82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 82.2 Melton 2009, p. 1223.
83. ↑ Lewis 2001, p. 19.
84. ↑ Partridge 2003, p. 19.
85. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 354.
86. ↑ Lewis 1995, p. 85.
87. ↑ Hexham 2002, p. 113.
88. ↑ Tumminia 2007, p. 312.
89. ↑ Melton 2009, p. 787.
90. ↑ Tumminia 2007, p. 311.
91. ↑ Clarke 2006, p. 153.
92. ↑ Zeller 2021, p. 426.
93. ↑ Melton 2009, p. 788.
94. ↑ Determann 2021, pp. 124–125.

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Pre-20th century|

* Tulli Papyrus (possibly 15th century B.C.)
* Ezekiel's Wheel (circa 622–570 B.C.)
* 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg
* 1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel
* José Bonilla observation (1883)
* Aurora (1897)

20th century|

* Los Angeles (1942)
* Kenneth Arnold (1947)
* Roswell (1947)
* Mantell (1948)
* Chiles-Whitted (1948)
* Gorman Dogfight (1948)
* Mariana (1950)
* McMinnville photographs (1950)
* Sperry (1950)
* Lubbock Lights (1951)
* Carson Sink (1952)
* Nash-Fortenberry (1952)
* Washington, D.C. (1952)
* Flatwoods monster (1952)
* Ellsworth (1953)
* Kelly–Hopkinsville (1955)
* Lakenheath-Bentwaters (1956)
* Antônio Vilas Boas (1957)
* Levelland (1957)
* Trindade Island (1958)
* Barney and Betty Hill abduction (1961)
* Lonnie Zamora incident (1964)
* Solway Firth Spaceman (1964)
* Exeter (1965)
* Kecksburg (1965)
* Westall (1966)
* Shag Harbour (1967)
* Pascagoula Abduction (1973)
* Travis Walton incident (1975)
* Allagash (1976)
* Tehran (1976)
* Petrozavodsk phenomenon (1977)
* Operação Prato (1977)
* Valentich disappearance (1978)
* Kaikoura Lights (1978)
* Robert Taylor incident (1979)
* Val Johnson incident (1979)
* Cash-Landrum incident (1980)
* Rendlesham Forest (1980)
* Trans-en-Provence (1981)
* Japan Air Lines (1986)
* Voronezh UFO incident (1989)
* Belgian UFO wave (1990)
* Varginha (1996)
* Phoenix Lights (1997)

21st century|

* USS Nimitz UFO incident (2004)
* Campeche, Mexico (2004)
* O'Hare Airport (2006)
* Alderney (2007)
* Norway (2009)

Confirmed hoaxes|

* Maury Island incident
* Aztec, New Mexico, UFO incident
* Morristown UFO hoax

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* Energy beings
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Studies|

* The Flying Saucers Are Real (1947–1950)
* Project Sign (1948)
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* Flying Saucer Working Party (1950)
* Project Magnet (1950–1962)
* Project Blue Book (1952–1970)
* Robertson Panel (1953)
* Condon Report (1966–1968)
* Institute 22 (1978–?)
* Project Condign (1997–2000)
* Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (2007–2012)
* Identification studies of UFOs

Hypotheses|

* Ancient astronauts
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* Interdimensional
* Psychosocial
* Nazi UFOs
* Trotskyist-Posadism

Conspiracy theories|

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