Avi Loeb Says the Messiah Is an Alien; Plus: David Grusch's UFO "Spiritual Awakening"

I have often argued that the driving force behind ufology beliefs is primarily spiritual, an attempt to reenchant the world, reverse the damage Charles Darwin did to faith, and seek meaning in a literalized higher power, substituting aliens for angels in paying backhanded homage to the place of science as modern arbiter of truth. From the aliens-as-religion department comes two surprisingly blunt confirmations this week.

In a video released this week by Garry Nolan's Sol Foundation, so-called UFO whistleblower David Grusch made a utopian religions claim about the potential spiritual impact of UFOs on society, sounding very much like a preacher explaining the glories of the Millennium;

The acknowledgment of otherworldly intelligences challenges our very concept of existence, encouraging us to reconsider our place in the grand tapestry of the Universe.  It's an important and profound introspection and a catalyst for a new era of spiritual awakening. 

It's about the potential to revolutionize our understanding of physics, biology and chemistry, and other foundational sciences.

It's a paradigm shift that holds the power to reshape our world. By embracing the unknown, we open ourselves to a future where truth, unity and technological advancement, and a deeper understanding of our existence, converge.

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! This utopian idea of an extraterrestrial Millennium and a technological Second Coming is very much a eschatological fantasy in which the divine powers will bring salvation and usher in the culmination of history.

And if you aren't convinced, Sol Foundation advisor Avi Loeb, of the Galileo Project, told a dinner party hosted by plagiarism-hunting anti-woke billionaire Bill Ackman that he is quite literally waiting for a space alien to come down from the sky to fulfill the role of Jewish messiah. New York magazine reported that Loeb framed his comments around the current Israeli war in Gaza:

Loeb took the idea and suggested looking for hope from above. "My personal belief is that the Messiah will arrive, not necessarily from Brooklyn, as some Orthodox Jews believe, but rather from outer space," Loeb told the group. The extraterrestrial Messiah's message, he said, would be to stop fighting over territory here "because there is much more real estate available throughout the universe."

Perhaps due to the increasingly religious nature of ufology, in another Sol Foundation video, Chris Mellon tried to bring the issue back to nuts and bolts craft:

We're not dealing, at least not exclusively, with an intangible, interdimensional presence that has for centuries been seeking to suddenly influence human affairs. Something along these lines could be happening - it's a fascinating issue - but our military is encountering intelligently-controlled solid objects invading restricted military aerospace, sometimes flying in formation. 

Unfortunately, that ship has sailed. Congressmen are talking about UFO demons and angels while high-profile ufologists long for flying saucers to rapture them into a cosmic Millennium. You can't get back to flying tin cans from there.