Alien Saint Icon

Thanks to Mac Tonnies, of Post Human Blues and Things That Look Like Flying Saucers, who sent me this image.

Mary in Palin's Hair - Do

Okay, Sarah Palin isn't a UFO or even paranormal (er. . . .) but I couldn't resist this item from The Smirking Chimp about the Virgin Mary appearing in Palin's outdated do. Thanks to Lesley of The Debris Field for the link.

Mac Tonnies on UFOs and Religious Agnosticism

UFOs and Religious Agnosticism by Mac Tonnies on the About Seti.com site.

"My religious agnosticism is more nuanced. I don't dismiss the possibility of some kind of cosmological creative intelligence, but I do dismiss the God of the Christian tradition, making me (according to some definitions) an "atheist." "

Thanks to Lesley of The Debris Field; hat tip and all that.

Grape Mary!

Mary on a grape. For commentary and image, visit the very excellent Cabinet of Wonders/Damn Data blog.

BVM Apparitions, UFOs, and Deceptions

I have a new article up at UFO Digest: BVM Apparitions, UFOs and Deceptions.

Barking BVM from Cabinet of Wonders

The very excellent Cabinet of Wonders/Damn Data site has an item on the image of the BVM in a tree: Barking BVM.

On UFO Digest: Fatima Revisited (The Appariton Phenomenon in UFOlogy, Psychology and Science)

UFO Digest has a review up right now by Malcolm Robinson: Fatima Revisited
(The Apparition Phenomenon In UFOlogy, Psychology, and Science),by Fernando Fernandes, Joaquim Fernandes & Raul Berenguel

Alien With Child

I mentioned in a previous post that I had seen this image, but couldn't find it. While looking for something else in the deep canyons of my laptop, I found it. I don't know the source or if there's a copyright; if there is someone out there who knows, please contact me.

Orbs and Roses and the Continuum: Richard L. Thompson

Orbs and Roses and the Continuum: Richard L. Thompson

I found excerpts from Richard L. Thompson’s book Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Phenomena on the Watcher site. Interesting data on the 13th of the month, orbs, roses, and much more. In discussing the apparitions at Fatima, Thompson writes:

These phenomena included the appearance of a glowing, globe- shaped vehicle and the occurrence of a shower of rose petals that vanished upon touching the ground. Showers of flower petals are often mentioned in Vedic accounts of celestial visitations.[In other words, the rebel angels who pretended to be Vedic gods did the same things as the rebel angels who are now pretending to be Mary... perhaps they are the same rebellious entities? - ww] For example, here is an excerpt from the description of Krsna's rasa dance in the Bhagavata Purana:

The demigods and their wives were overwhelmed with eagerness to witness the rasa dance, and they soon crowded the sky with their hundreds of celestial airplanes. Kettledrums then resounded in the sky while flowers rained down and the chief Gandharvas and their wives sang Lord Krsna's spotless glories.

As for the aerial globe, one eyewitness, Mgr. J. Quaresma, described its appearance on September 13, 1917, as follows:

"To my surprise, I see clearly and distinctly a globe of light advancing from east to west, gliding slowly and majestically through the air...Suddenly the globe with its extraordinary light vanished, but near us a little girl of about ten con- tinues to cry joyfully: 'I still see it! I still see it! Now it is going down!'"

As many paranormal and UFO researchers have noted, “Mary” doesn't say she’s Mary; she appears as a being, an entity, interpreted as Mary. The children at Fatima saw an “angel” before Mary’s appearance:

Before their meetings with the lady, the three children also had encounters with an angel. At the time of the first encounter they were tending their sheep at a rocky knoll not far from their home. They saw across the valley a dazzling globe of light like a miniature sun, gliding slowly towards them. As it approached, the ball of light gradually resolved itself into a brilliantly shining young man, who seemed to be about fourteen years old

Thompson agrees that, like Vallee and others, Marian apparitions share a connection with UFO events. But Thompson takes a broader perspective; well worth reading. The following comment by Thompson is essential to approaching the UFO phenomena; one that researchers who think we should discard various elements because they’re embarrassing or kooky or just plain weird just heed:

Thus the UFO continuum might be seen as part of a larger mystical-humanoid continuum. Fatima would probably appear as a typical point in this larger assemblage.

I haven’t read the book, but plan to. The page I’m linking to, and where I got this material from, is from the Watcher site, which is a religious site dealing with UFOs.

http://www.mt.net/~watcher/october13maryfatima.html

Virgin in a Drain

Cabinet of Wonders is a favorite blog of mine. They always have diverse and well written pieces up there.

The item of interest here is “To see the Virgin in a stain, and Allah in a piece of beef.” With video. (copy and paste link in browser)

http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives
/1490-To-see-the-Virgin-in-a-stain,-and-Allah-in-a-
piece-of-beef.html

And a wave of the hand and smile of thanks to Lesley at The Debris Field, where I found the link.

Blog: Machine-Elf

Blogger Lesley, who has several blogs (Debris Field, Beyond the Dial) and also maintains the UFO Magazine website/blog, has a lovely blog: Machine-Elf.

The blog doesn't address Marian apparitions and UFOs in particular, but it seems to me her blog would fit here in some way. . . I'll add the link to the blogroll as well.

The image shown here is from her blog, I shamelessly stole it.

Lesley, by the way, also contributes to Women Of Esoterica, and Binnall of America.

A Disclaimer On UFO INFO.com

UFO INFO is a good resource for UFO sighting news from around the world. As with many resources like this, the people who bring us these reports do it for free. What would we do without the resources and data these places bring to us, for free, and so often?

I found the following an interesting aspect of UFO Info. They have a disclaimer, I guess you’d call it, on their home page:

The study of the UFO phenomena is NOT a substitute for religious belief,
if you need emotional or spiritual fulfillment you will not find it here.

I do NOT give entries or links to UFO cults.

I’m just sharing an observation; no judgment, negative or positive, is to be inferred.

Alien Image on Door

Usually it's Mary or another religious figure, like Jesus, that appears on furniture. This time it's an alien, so says a poster at UFO Magazine blog, The Green Room. Take a look; there are two images posted, the one shown here, and a larger one.

The first word that comes to mind is "paradelia" and that's fine, but while skeptics dismiss it as "just a case of . . ." as always, in these cases, it's not as simplistic. But that's for another day!

Folk Art: Mary and UFO

I found this today; a wonderful folk art painting with a UFO and Mary. This is from a blog called "Paula's Back Log."