Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men
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Overview
Across the spectrum of humankind there are beliefs and theories about UFOs and extraterrestrial life as diverse and numerous as the stars in the sky. Primarily, a dichotomy exists between naturalists who deny the supernatural and insist upon scientific explanations for all accounts, and mystics who attribute every unusual sighting to paranormal activity.
People everywhere are looking for honest answers. As believers, we neither shy away from the supernatural because it is unsettling nor condemn scientific explanations for their lack of spirituality. Rather, we search for truth.
In Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men, the authors have initiated a search for truth to answers about UFO sightings and extraterrestrial life. Using extensive scientific background and knowledge of the Scriptures, they approach these questions:
- Could life exist on other planets?
- Does documentation exist for UFO sightings and landings?
- What has been the government’s involvement in UFO and extraterrestrial phenomena?
- Is there a relationship between UFO sightings and demonology?
- How should believers approach the subject of UFOs and extraterrestrial life?
When we have questions about UFO and extraterrestrial phenomena, we should seek answers from qualified sources. Authors Hugh Ross, Kenneth Samples, and Mark Clark have training and experience in the appropriate disciplines. They augment scientific and historical analysis with truths from God’s Word to provide a balanced look at a controversial subject.
Top Highlights
“Professional ufologists. Professional—that is, scientific or technically oriented—researchers of UFO phenomena are known as ‘ufologists,’ and these people are divided over how to interpret UFOs. Some remain skeptical as to whether there is an actual, objective, and intelligent stimulant to UFO reports. Even those who affirm UFOs as an objective and intelligent reality are divided as to whether they are best explained as extraterrestrial visitors or as interdimensional (from a different dimension of reality) phenomena or even possibly as something else.” (Page 19)
“According to science and mathematics, access to the equivalent of six spatial dimensions would make this phenomenon possible.” (Page 111)
“Lunar meteorites confirm that the Earth’s crust remained molten until 3.9 billion years ago.3, 4 Yet fully formed cells show up in the fossil record as far back as 3.5 billion years ago, and limestone (composed of organic remains) dates back at least 3.8 billion years. In other words, forms of life existed within 100 million years of the Earth’s surface cooling. But life goes back even further in time than that. The ratio of certain carbon molecules—specifically, carbon-12 to carbon-13—found in ancient rocks indicates that life abounded on Earth as early as 3.86 billion years ago.5 Thus, primitive life appeared on Earth within a time window no wider than 40 million years.” (Page 45)
“Organisms below a certain level of complexity cannot survive independently. Complete genome sequences of the oldest and simplest independent life forms appearing in the fossil record—life forms 3.5 billion years old—contain between fourteen hundred and nineteen hundred gene products (genes describing the assembly sequence of functional proteins).” (Pages 50–51)
- Title: Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men
- Authors: Hugh Ross, Kenneth Samples, and Mark Clark
- Publisher: Navpress
- Publication Date: 2002
- Pages: 255
Hugh Ross earned a B.Sc. in physics from the University of British Columbia and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Toronto. He directs the efforts of Reasons to Believe.
Kenneth Samples holds undergraduate degrees in philosophy and social science and a master’s degree in theological studies. He is currently vice-president of Philosophical and Theological Apologetics at Reasons to Believe and an adjunct instructor of philosophy and religion. Kenneth is also the founder and president of the Augustine Institute, a nonprofit educational center for philosophical and religious studies.
Mark Clark received his Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Southern California. He is a professor of political science, and the chair of that department, as well as the director of the National Security Studies program at California State University, San Bernardino. Mark is an adjunct fellow at the Claremont Institute and a consultant to TRW on strategic nuclear forces.
