Former senior Bank of England analyst warns of the existence of aliens, how should Christians respond?

Former senior analyst at the Bank of England Helen McCaw, has written to the bank’s governor Andrew Bailey, to urge the institution to draw up contingency plans in case the US confirms the existence of aliens. She points to the fact that the US is in a process of declassifying and disclosing information about UFO’s that will likely result in the proof that there is life on other planets, and she believes this could lead to financial instability.  

But before we start stock-piling gold, I think we need to talk about aliens from a Christian perspective. Have you ever heard about aliens in a Sunday church sermon? Maybe not, but if what McCraw says will come to pass then the phenomenon of aliens is a vital one for us to get informed about.  

Back in 2016, before I became a Christian, a video appeared on my Facebook feed of a man talking about aliens. There was something about the scene that lended itself credibility. The man was dressed in a suit, speaking in a university auditorium. For the first time I felt open to considering the fact that aliens might be real.   

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A few years later, in 2020, I was seeking spiritual comfort in the isolation of lockdown. I spent a lot of time watching videos from new age gurus; a number of whom had their own alien abduction experiences, or channelled information from so-called beings from other planets.  

What amazed me about the stories of alien abduction was that they all corroborated each other. They often met the same type of aliens or had similar experiences that backed each other up. Aliens were real! Or so I thought.  

I was hungry for truth, and that led me to the place all genuine truth-seekers arrive at; God and the Bible.

I was hungry for truth, and that led me to the place all genuine truth-seekers arrive at; God and the Bible. I listened to testimony after testimony of people leaving the new age to follow Jesus.  One day I said the Lord’s prayer, felt the presence of God, and knew he was real.  

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So what about aliens? I came across a video from Joseph Jordan; an ex. UFO researcher who stumbled upon something surprising in his research; that Bible believing born again Christians don’t get abducted by aliens. Jordan also discovered that calling on Jesus Christ during an abduction can stop it completely. Jordan’s conclusion is that aliens are not physical beings from other planets but are actually demons.  

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The Bible tells us that Satan masquerades as an angel of light, and is the father of lies, and it seems that the alien narrative is a lie being told by demons. More evidence comes from Dr. Hugh Ross, a Christian astrophysicist, and author of Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men. Ross has studied the UFO phenomenon, and made some interesting observations.  

Ross explains that genuine UFO’s are different to physical phenomena because there’s a number of aspects that show they are not subject to the laws of physics in the way physical phenomena are. There is no ‘sonic boom’ heard when the UFO moves. A sonic book is an explosive noise that happens when an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound. There is also no heat friction observed. Heat friction is a bright glow seen when spacecraft travel through the atmosphere, so we would expect to see this with a fast-moving object. There is also no physical debris left when a UFO crashes. There may be a crater left in the ground but not actually any remains of their craft.  

Ross’s conclusion along with other secular UFO researchers is that we are not dealing with a physical phenomenon, but an inter-dimensional phenomenon. Ross like Jordan, agrees that alien abduction is very real, but it’s a spiritual rather than a physical phenomenon. Ross has observed that there is always a correlation between abduction and being active in the occult, either personally or having a family member who practises. If people experiencing abduction cease any occult activity, then their alien encounters cease too.  

The Bible warns us a lot about demons and spiritual warfare, but doesn’t mention aliens.

The Book of Urantia, is a 4000 page text of automatic writing; words channeled through an ‘alien’ to a human. Roughly ⅓ of the book is dedicated to denying the deity of Jesus Christ, so it’s clear that ‘aliens’ are not telling the truth, and they have an agenda. 

The Bible warns us a lot about demons and spiritual warfare, but doesn’t mention aliens. As Christians we must be discerning of any future ‘disclosure,’ and see it through a biblical lens. If the world does plunge into chaos because of alien announcements, let’s use it as an opportunity to share how Jesus can not only cast out an unwanted alien/demon, but to transform our lives when we repent and follow him.