“Trump released the UFO files – as an ex-spiritualist, I offer proof aliens are impostors”

Following renewed public interest in UFOs and alleged government disclosures, writer Laura Maxwell offers a perspective shaped by her past involvement in Spiritualism and the occult. Drawing on her personal experiences and Christian faith, she argues that reported alien encounters may have a spiritual rather than extraterrestrial explanation.

On 8 May 2026, the U.S. government began releasing a large batch of declassified UAP (UFO) files as part of a transparency initiative. The files include claims about the recovery of UFO craft and technologies, as well as biological evidence of living and deceased non-human intelligence.

Belief in aliens has existed since ancient times. In the 1800s, spiritualist Helena Blavatsky, often regarded as the mother of the New Age movement, famously shared messages allegedly channelled from Ascended Masters. The “Galactic Federation of Light” claims that multiple alien races exist—Arcturians, Pleiadians, Sirians, and others. They say they are our creators, guiding humanity through a process of spiritual awakening. They also teach that Jesus is an Ascended Master and that Lucifer is an angel of light, not Satan.