UFOs in Art? – A Deceptive Imitation of the Sacred
January 2, 2009 by DrywindAuthor
Filed under UFOs and Bible Prophecy
One of the most repeated fallacies in Ufology is that UFO shapes appeared in the European sacred art of the middle ages and renaissance. Some claim that people saw UFOs in those times and then interpreted them in their sacred art. Unfortunately some otherwise well-informed researchers hold this incorrect view. Such views show a fundamental misunderstanding of the common symbols common in European art.
Guoghi identified the shapes misidentified as UFOs as standard artistic elements with a commonly understood meaning by artists and patrons alike. In many cases, such as the aerial circular shapes in art, these elements are so common as to be incorporated as part of the cupola in cathedrals.
Italian Art Historian Diego Cuoghi took this fallacy head on in his exhaustive article. Guoghi identified the shapes misidentified as UFOs as standard artistic elements with a commonly understood meaning by artists and patrons alike. In many cases, such as the aerial circular shapes in art, these elements are so common as to be incorporated as part of the cupola in cathedrals.
It is true the sacred shapes in art do bear a strong resemblance to shapes seen in the sky. It is to the point UFOs are even replicating such universally recognized sacred shapes such as the cross. This demonstrates a clear trend of the unexplained UFOs manifestation that often use traditional shapes regarded as sacred by Christians to manifest. This deceptive multi-dimensional theater of the sacred was demonstrated in Fatima, Portugal in 1917. Three children were visited by a small framed humanoid apparition claiming to be the Virgin Mary. This being promised to send a sign. Word spread across the war ravaged region and over 70,000 people assembled in the Fatima town center to witness a flying disc fly from the direction of the sun, zigzag in a classic UFO manner, and send multicolored lights that were felt as a drying heat. (refer to Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon by Joaquim Fernandes , Fina D’Armada).
Sowing seeds of confusion is the M.O. of the fallen angelic realm, whose purpose is to undermine belief in the one and true God. This is part of a path of deception to dilute belief in God by using the spiritual symbols.
Derek wood on Mon, 23rd Mar 2009 3:44 pm
I am thinking that this is so “over the top” that people will buy into it! Even before I became a Christian I felt there was an evil force behind UFO’s, Ghosts and all other paranormal activity.With the New Age infiltration of the churches- Emergent church- Lord Maitreya- the list is endless… Satan is pulling out all the stops now, he is getting ready for the Really Big Show!!! I pray for a pre-trib rapture because from all the research I have been doing in just this last few months it is going to be HELLISH here on earth !!!! Great site -I just started learning about this alien ufo antichrist end time deception research after seeing LA Marzulli on Prophecy in the News. It has blown me away, freaked me out and put a whole new perspective on fallen angels. Praise Yahweh in the name of Yeshua for watchmen like you!
drywind on Mon, 23rd Mar 2009 8:00 pm
Derek,
Thanks for the visit. LA Marzulli is a great source.
In Yeshua,
DryWind
2226sm on Tue, 21st Apr 2009 9:58 pm
the artwork shown at the top of the page is very explanable. i thought that the artist was trying to show some sort of gateway to heaven ready to accept someone. so yes, this is a weak exaple of the UFOs in art theory, but it is also one of many works. there are a few pictures painted around the 1500s that show absolutly blatant saucers.
there is no evidence to say that extra terrestrials are evil, nor ghosts. it is believed because these things are apparently seen, but they are not explained, so they become scary or “evil”.
so if they are out there, they are, technology wise, a massive amount more advanced than we are. but we are gaining on them.thin about it, are they hurting us? or helping us?
drywind on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 6:31 am
2225sm,
Thanks for your comments.
In regards to saucer shapes in art that appear to be UFOs, I refer to the experts- Art historians on European Christian art who agree that the oval and saucer shapes are deliberate symbols intended to represent the heavenly and divine. They are not representations of actual events or objects seen in the sky. This is why such symbols are not widely seen in Asian or other regional art.
Please read http://sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO_eng.htm with an open mind, and make an attempt to distance yourself from your 21st century, cultural bias.
In regards to UFOs being negative, I think the mass evidence of the abduction phenomena, manipulation of people against their will, and the chronic evidence of outright lies and deception show a clear trend that these beings are not here for human good. I refer to the many secular, non-religious researchers such as Jacques Vallee, David Jacobs, and many others with much better credentials than mine who share this view.
sm2226 on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 6:23 pm
well that would certaintly explain why there is often a religious theme to the pictures. tho it is very funny that these heavenly shapes have come to be the standard shape that everyone knows as a UFO.
so when do you think they landed here first?
you dont think its possible that they were around at the times of the painters?
drywind on Thu, 23rd Apr 2009 12:29 pm
sm2226,
This is a good dialog. By they I assume you mean the so-called ETs. If you look beyond our limited, modern interpretation of UFOs you will find they have been here since mankind. IMHO I think the evidence shows these beings are the same ones referred to as “fallen angels” in the ancient texts, including the cannonical Bible and the very interesting Book of Enoch.
Please refer to this post:
http://drywind.net/blog/ufo-bible-prophecy/ufos-and-fallen-angels/16/
Rose Richardson on Wed, 14th Oct 2009 7:49 am
One painting: Madonna with St.Giovannino by Domenico Ghirlandaio 15th century has been used to show the artist depicted a UFO in the sky. In this painting of the Madonna , a man is in the background pointing to a UFO. The “UFO” is a ship in the lake not a ship in the sky. The perspective in the painting is off, which happened in 15th century artwork. One’s world view can also put perspective out of whack.