Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-275) and index.
Contents:
Index. by Frank B. Salisbury, Ph.D -- Conclusion. The gospel view of the universe -- 1. Are UFO experiences a frequent phenomenon? -- The 1991 Roper Organization Survey -- The 1992 LDS Extraterrestrial Life Survey -- A high percentage of LDS UFO encounters -- The approaches taken in this book -- 2. Extraterrestrial life in the standard works -- An infinite number of earths -- The people of Zion live on a terrestrial planet -- The order of the universe -- Classes or clusters? -- The measurement of time -- How the "governing ones" govern -- More planets = interplanetary travel? -- 3. Latter-day Prophets speak about extraterrestrial life -- Modern prophets speak with authority -- Joseph Smith understood extraterrestrial life -- Brigham Young also knew of life on other planets -- Joseph Fielding Smith taught of extraterrestrial life -- Spencer W. Kimball taught of extraterrestrial life -- Who minsters to this earth -- Eternal principles are universal -- Seeing the light -- Interplanetary communication -- Extraterrestrials among men anciently? -- A universal hierarchy of nobility -- 4. Scriptural spacecraft? -- Who believes that angels pilot UFOs? -- UFOs in the bible -- Chariots of fire -- The Camp of Israel led by a UFO -- God's use of devices -- The wheels of Ezekiel -- Enoch's escort -- UFOs in Egyptian religious texts -- Joseph Smith visited by UFOs -- Part II. Flying saucers and extraterrestrials -- what is going on? -- 5. UFOs in the sky -- A history of UFO sightings -- Ancient UFO reports -- UFO reports in recent history -- UFO expectations -- UFOs in the Twentieth Century -- Public UFO reports by credible witnesses -- The modern era of UFOs -- The controversy over UFO evidence -- UFO photographs -- The gulf breeze UFOs -- UFO design --- The blue beam -- Telepathic communication -- Government coverup--men in black -- UFOs around energy installations -- From hardware to soft sightings -- Spherical probes -- 6. Saucers on the ground -- Landing sites -- Crash and retrieval coverups -- The Roswell crash -- Area 51 -- More government coverups -- A documentary smoking gun -- Government disinformation? -- If there is a coverup--why SETI? -- Invisible UFOs -- The Tunguska event -- 7. Extraterrestrial visitors -- The nature of UFO occupants -- The subterranean civilizations theory -- The returning earthling theory -- The extraterrestrial human theory -- Small greys -- The varied and ephemeral nature of UFO occupants -- Shootout at Kelley -- 8. Extraterrestrial abductors -- Missing time -- Judi Moudy -- The Betty and Barney Hill abduction -- Onboard medical examinations -- Antonio villas-boas -- Human accomplices -- The nursery -- The "aliens" have something to learn from us - Erased memories -- Hypnotic retrieval -- The Ed Walters abductions -- Implanted monitors -- Dreams or memories? -- The bedroom encounter -- Underwater joyrides -- 9. The extraterrestrial "message" -- Early contactees, George Adamski, Orfeo Angelucci, other contactees -- public rejection of early contactees -- Contactees--the next generation, Betty Andreasson Luca--an example of repeated encounters -- True experience but false messages? -- 10. LDS close encounters --- Stan Harter -- LDS encounters in the Unitah Basin -- The Unitah Theater -- And in the earth beneath -- Udo Wartena -- Travis Walton -- Irene -- Margy Beal -- Diane Hanson -- Paul P. -- Carl -- Mary M. -- LDS encounters are similar to others' -- Part III. UFOs in the New Age -- . 11. What is the New Age? -- A brief history of the New Age -- Who makes up the New Age Movement? -- What do New Agers believe? -- New Age gurus and God -- When and how will the New Age arrive? -- The New Age movement is pervasive -- Earth spirit -- A UFO/New Age connection -- 12. A gospel view of the New Age -- Discerning the New Age -- Reincarnation--a doctrine of the devil -- Satan's influence and deception have flanked the restoration -- Satan's tactics have not changed -- Satan will succeed for a time -- Billions are "anxiously engaged" -- The priesthood--man's only protection -- The New Age will bring Antichrist to power -- 13. Paranormal properties of UFOs -- UFOs are not what they appear to be -- The healing of Dr. "X" -- UFOs and OBEs -- UFOs and ESP -- The entity enigma -- Reality testing -- Historical parallels -- The secret commonwealth -- Magic wands -- Crossing the time zone -- Elves and fairies -- Modern gentry -- Catholic UFOs -- Blessed UFOs -- Ouija Boards and séance rappings -- Photographing the unknown -- Ghostly apparitions -- Panoply of the paranormal -- 14. Who is sending the message -- Isn't it obvious? -- A paradigm for a plethora -- Theory 1: extraterrestrial explorers -- Hard evidence -- Photographs -- Prime time videos -- Target practice -- Personal testimony -- The personal touch -- A standard -- Technological dispensations -- The quarantine -- Exploration or conquest? -- An intergalactic war zone? -- Anything is possible -- Theory 2: returning earthlings -- The time traveler -- Translated societies visiting -- Returning emigrant societies -- Theory 3: natural phenomena -- 15. Are UFOs and their message a satanic deception? Counterfeits are patterned after true principles -- Power of the air -- Deceptive devices -- Generated images -- Spiritual projections -- Physical spirits -- Solid objects without mass -- Synchronous specters -- I am legion -- Ghostly abilities -- Invasion of the body snatchers -- Theory 1: genetic engineering -- Why hybrids? -- Not to preserve the human form -- The superhumans -- Satanic science -- Theory 2: mechanical invention -- similar encounters have historical precedents -- Theory 3: corporeal possession -- Mystic knowledge -- whose will? -- Many indicators of corporeal possession -- Hypnosis--a spiritual revolving door? -- Spiritual psychology -- The control system -- New ideas -- The cosmic gospel -- Latter-Day heralds -- The priesthood--our only defense -- Conclusion. Afterward -- Extraterrestrial life survey -- Bibliography -- Index.
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