[Delbert]

Deception, to get people to question their faith. Also some people have proposed that the Rapture of believers will be "explained away" as a UFO type of event.

Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Actually the belief that these UFO phenomenon are spiritual events rather than little green men is not that new.

[kimmie7]

I posted about my husband's belief in that very thing before seeing your post. ;-)

[Mr. Silverback]

Deception, to get people to question their faith. Also some people have proposed that the Rapture of believers will be "explained away" as a UFO type of event.

Yes, a friend of mine suggested that. Another theory I find interesting (and there seem to be some rumblings about it already in the New Age community) is that they'll say, "Look, the species took that great spiritual evolutionary leap forward that we told you about, and those hideous judgemental Christians couldn't handle this new world without all those sin hangups, so the backlash just made them all go away!" That will certainly help with their establishment of a new world religion, but it won't help explain why there are a bunch of Orthodox Jews and radical muslims left around...