Of late, this term has been used of several governments around the world … France and England, to name two … which have "disclosed" that they have been concealing years of detailed records concerning their interaction with unidentified flying objects … UFOs. After decades of fanatical secrecy, they are beginning to reveal that both the phenomenon and the beings associated with it are real. What’s more, they are now hinting that they have had various relationships (including technology trades) with alien intelligences.

In August of 2009, the U. K. government released thousands of pages of historical UFO documents, kept during the years 1981-1996. They are now online and have also been made available in the public domain. They reportedly detail many close encounters, purported abductions and especially, in-depth documentation about what has been called "Britain’s Roswell," the Rendlesham Forest Air Base event that took place in Suffolk.

Up to now, the major world media have been reluctant to touch this subject. However, a number of news sources at the edge of society have begun to document the back-channel chatter about our dealings with aliens, reportedly taking place at high levels in our government. One such source is datelined October 21, 2009, published by examiner.com and reporter Michael Salia, PhD. He writes:

"An official announcement by the Obama administration disclosing the reality of extraterrestrial life is imminent. For several months, senior administration officials have been quietly deliberating behind closed doors about how much to disclose to the world about extraterrestrial life. Dissatisfaction among powerful institutions such as the U.S. Navy over the decades-long secrecy policy has given a boost to efforts to disclose the reality of extraterrestrial life and technology.

"The impending disclosure announcement follows upon the secret implementation of a year-long openness policy on UFOs and extraterrestrial life? Over the period February 12-14, 2008, the United Nations held closed doors discussions where approximately 30 nations secretly agree on a new openness policy on UFOs and extraterrestrial life in 2009. The openness policy was implemented but never publicly announced due to threats against UN diplomats to not disclose details of the secret agreement. The secret UN agreement was based on two conditions. First, UFOs would continue to appear around the world; and second, the openness policy would not lead to social unrest in liberal democracies. Both conditions have been satisfied making it possible for the next stage to begin – official disclosure of extraterrestrial life."

What is behind the current UFO phenomenon? Certainly, it involves advanced super-vehicles and visiting aliens. But just as certainly, the visitors are not sci-fi space travelers. Our guide to truth, the Bible, simply does not speak of travelers from the stars, coming here in the latter days to guide mankind into a new age of peace and enlightenment.

But it speaks volumes about "sons of God" (Gen. 6:2), who descended from heaven to take human wives, resulting in the corruption of mankind. These were fallen angels who came to be worshiped by men. Later, idols were erected in their names: Baal, Moloch, Dagon and others. The Egyptian solar disc called Ra was surrounded by Isis, Osiris and a retinue of immortals. Fallen angels were the source of Greek and Roman demigods and goddesses … Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Artemis … super-beings with super knowledge.

To put it bluntly, they were man’s earliest contact with "aliens from outer space." Since Christ’s first coming, accompanied by the general dispensation of the Holy Spirit, they have quietly receded into the background. But just as prophesied for the latter days, they have risen to prominence once again. Given their Tran dimensional origins, they have the ability to appear in the guise most easily accepted by contemporary society. In the current case, they simply meet man’s expectations that there is life on other planets. So they pose as extraterrestrial visitors, bringing advanced technology.

But make no mistake, they are one and the same people as the ancient gods. And their goal is the same, namely, to corrupt man to such an extent that Christ’s redemption is rendered null and void.

In the book of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses, Israel is rebuked for having worshiped these false gods:

"They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not" (Deut. 32:16,17).

Moses’ song is an extended prophecy for the latter days, predicting the events that will characterize Israel’s beliefs and behaviors in the period leading up to and including the judgments of the Tribulation.

Here, he recalls Israel’s past involvement with the false gods, their graven images and idols. These, we now identify as fallen angels and their demonic subordinates. They have emerged once again to prepare the way for the world of the Antichrist.

But take note especially of the future reference to the "new gods that came newly up." Here, Moses prophesies that entirely new gods of the same genre as the old gods will make their appearance in the latter days. Are we seeing these today, masquerading as space travelers?

But in the above verses, there is something else of great interest. Jewish scholars of the past numbered the verses of the Torah, interpreting them as years in the Jewish calendar. The 16th and 17th verses above are numbers 5,769 and 5,770, representing the years 5769 and 5770. In the Gentile calendar, these would correspond to the years 2009 and 2010, in other words, the present time.