UFO's and Defense What Should we Prepare For

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I whether dressed in their coveralls or their space suits or not, or robots, androids, or any
artifacts that we may deem appropriate to disembark or represent. Such appearances, if
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the local authorities note and publicly certify their reality, would undoubtedly have a
creative impact capable of modifying the indigenous political and religious conceptions for
some time.
I 13.2.1.1 Impacts on Local Religions
I Since terrestrial a~d celestial orders are closely interlinked in people's minds, the
appearances of spaceships or remote-controlled craft, and, moreover, the appearances of
astronauts or bionic robots, would be capable ofcreating a lasting impression in minds,
I reorienting religions, inspiring new ones. or originating founding myths. The flying
machines that Ezekiel described at length ( 1), the air war of the Ramayana, the Epic of
Gilgamesh (2), the Elohim ofGenesis (3), and the Watchmen of the Sky, mixing with the
I daughters of men and begetting giants, whom Enoch also speaks of(4), and more
generally, the Immortals, the Sons or the Kings of the Sky of the Orient and China (5),
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Japan, the "Land ofGods" (6), the Viracochas of South America, the Incas, or the great
gods of Ancient Egypt, the Gods, the Titans, the Giants, the Children of the Gods, and the
Heres ofwestern and oriental Antiquity (7), etc., come to mind.
Both supernatural and extraordinary phenomena were part of the natural order of things
I in the past. Would religions founded on the existence of a God or a creative order be
shattered by such apparitions? Nothing is less certain. Once the shock, terror, and
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curiosity have passed, a new appreciation of the cosmic order could replace the old
religious conceptions, without necessarily destroying the divine principle itself. To say the
least, these religious conceptions could be reoriented or even sublimated. God does not
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travel around in a spaceship. Besides, the great religions ofearth do not condemn the idea
of the existence of other inhabited worlds in the universe. Must we recall that certain
collective memories experience aberrations, despite the tangible proofsubsequently
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furnished to the catechumen (the cult of the cargo plane in New Hebrides) (8)?
Bonaparte's military and scientific expedition to Egypt left no trace in the local annals,
which recorded only an interruption of the pilgrimage to Mecca (9). Closer to home,
many people did not believe that men had walked on the moon, believing it to be a
publicity stunt or disinformation. It would be appropriate, however, to avoid
I overestimating this impact, insofar as all ancient civilizations conceived of pantheons, the
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gods of which were associated with terrifying manifestations of the sea, wind, volcanoes,
earthquakes, or .lightning. It is therefore difficult to say whether they were the avatars of
extraterrestrial influences or, more simply, the product of the invention of mythologies
explaining the world.
I 13.2. 1.2 Political Impacts
I With respect to the political impacts, these should be much more ephemeral, at least in
appearance. In fact, once the moments ofastonishment have passed, the political
organization of States does not seem to have to be affected in a lasting manner, since
I contingencies quickly regain the upper hand. However, that monarch or chief of state
could proclaim himself the exclusive and privileged interpreter of these extraordinary
manifestations. Would he not be tempted to consecrate himself a god-king 9r a king-god
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