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UFOs and the Occult 2023 | Stories of Those Who Have Made Contact

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UFOs and the occult may seem like strange bedfellows, but they share an overlap of believers and practitioners. Self-proclaimed spiritual medium and alien contactee George Hunt Williamson even formed a career—and a cult—out of it. Brace yourself; it's gonna be a weird ride.

This video is lecture 12 from the series Secrets of the Occult, presented by Richard B. Spence
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00:00 George Hunt Williamson Leads Contactee Movement
04:19 Williamson's Occult Origins
06:17 George Adamski: The Most Famous of the Early Contactees
09:39 George Van Tassel Organizes First UFO Convention
12:26 Did Jack Parsons Open the Door to Alien Contact?
16:17 FBI Starts Dialogue WIth UFO Contactees
21:45 The Real Men in Black
24:51 The Seekers Issues Warnings of Interplanetary Disaster
27:31 Allen H. Greenfield Epitomizes UFO/Occult Connection

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20 Comments

@phatman3573 2 years ago

Jaques Valle was very interested in abductees who were left alone when they cried out the name of Jesus Christ and that fact he found time and time again even when non believers have cried it out in fear and desperation… this led him to the conclusion that these beings were not from other planets but from other dimensions wether higher or lower

@princecharming709 3 years ago

It’s hard to find the info now, but a few years ago I dug up some multiple references from different sources and the conclusion was the same. UFO researchers from the 50’s and 60’s all agreed that UFO and Alien encounter phenomenon is more in line with supernatural and extra dimensional not extra terrestrial..

@derrickwhite3376 3 years ago

I’m a 46 year old black man from Los Angeles and when I was 26 five friends &I had. Very close encounter with a UFO..Best experience I’ve ever had but I would never love it again and listen even if we had camera phones back then no one would’ve taken a pik or vid of that thing

@rf4122 3 years ago

Beings inhabit the heavenly realm, and are currently very active here on earth. Native Americans saw spirits all the time. Every culture has its own interpretation of their understanding of the occult. Just believe in God’s precious Word. Nothing else matters. We can do nothing without Him. He created everything.
He knows everyone. He answers our questions, but only if we call on Him.
The First commandment: “Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me.’ Amen

@EstbXCIII 3 years ago (edited)

I don't know where I sit on this topic.. but I do find the George's supposed encounter with "Angelic", "Blond" Aliens interesting. Reason being is that I watched a old black and white video of a English women from the late 40s, possibly early 50s, where she claimed to have come practically face to face with a space aircraft directly above her rural home. She went on to say that she could see the aliens looking at her through the window with an almost sympathetic expression.. as if they felt bad for frightening her. Most importantly, she also described them similarly but describing them as beautiful Germanic looking people but with very pale skin and a very pale blonde long hair color.

Could you imagine if the some of the Vikings lore about about the Aesir, Elvs and the Jötunn (giant, ork-like beings) were real but instead based on different alien species.

@caleblauber1441 3 years ago

THAT’s where Mormonism originated from…. The occult! I knew it!

@timkoontz6693 3 years ago

"George Hunt Williamson had a vivid fantasy life. That's another way of saying he was a habitual liar." Well now, that certainly makes things easier for me to understand. I find that habitual liars lie... habitually.

@jbarron4596 3 years ago

I wasn’t even half way through this video when the realization that the widespread use of hallucinogenic drugs has been so common in the country—and for quite some time.

@JTruthseeker 3 years ago (edited)

That is how it happened yes, but there was actually a lot more too it then that still. There are still a few things he left out which were an important part of this overall story, such as what happened with Admiral bird and Operation Hyjump, and with the former secret German Thule and Vril societies, The role of Valent Thor, and there are still others too like Daniel Fry and Welbor Smith. Unless he mentions it in another video.

@MichaelMarko 3 years ago

Pretty thorough and interesting run down. UFO lore as an extension of occult lore. Certainly it’s been observed but I’ve never heard it laid out as well. Nice job.

@patrickwood3128 3 years ago

You guys keep knocking it out of the park! Whoever's writing these has earned their place at my table.

@eltudobem7539 3 years ago

just finished the book The UFO Deception by Father Spyridon Bailey and it has completely changed my thoughts on UFOs forever - really recommend it!

@nicksothep8472 3 years ago

As soon as I understood your angle, I knew you had to include Puharich, that of The Nine is such an intriguing story, well, this whole deal is, we could easily talk about it for hours.

@ThorirLenvik 3 years ago

I don't find it hard to think that the "aliens" phenomena, are about the same reality, as fairies, djinns, trolls, demons, angels and other similar Occult manifestations. Although, they never bothered me...

@davidcarr7436 3 years ago

Actually, Crowley's Lam looks closer to Marvel comics "Watcher"

@GigaBrand 3 years ago

Packed with excellent info ! Never heard of the 1918 FBI thing what a wild story

@l.-._.-._.-._.-._.-.l 3 years ago

Its crazy all this stuff happens in june and july, atomic testing, ufo sightings/recoveries, etc.

@roberttalbot1658 3 years ago

It's useful to consider that Jacques Vallee, one of the foremost, most rational researchers of the entire spectrum of "Ufology", came to the conclusion that the supposed "aliens" were usually deceptive, sometimes committed malicious acts, and sometimes were shown to clearly be lying about some things. He's not the only one to reevaluate the idea of "aliens" being simply different races of beings from space.

@rebeccaaldrich3396 3 years ago (edited)

Wow, this guy has done a great job of telling us this. He's describing important facts that when they are alone, don't really mean much. However, when he put everything all together, it really tickled my mind.
I wouldn't say that any of this is impossible, but it's probably only half true.