Secret Orders, Bizarre Rituals, and Deadly Sacrifices! The Alleged Other Side of the Space Race!

It would be a safe assumption that what took humanity into space was purely the scientific method combined with human ingenuity. However, according to some researchers, this might not quite be the case. Several people – academic, serious-minded researchers who make compelling arguments – have put forward that the origins of the technological know-how that took humanity to the stars resides in ancient rituals and communications with equally ancient non-human intelligences.

One person who has made such claims is Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka, the professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, who made some remarkable claims about connections between encounters with non-human intelligence and Biblical accounts in two books – American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology and Encounters: Experiences with Non-Human Intelligences. Veteran paranormal researcher and investigator Steve Mera stated recently of Pasulka that when she traced these Biblical “accounts of religious apparitions and interactions with godly beings”, back to their source, they were, in fact, accounts of “strange craft, beams of light, (interactions with) strange beings, abductions, (and) missing time!”

Ultimately, Mera stated these source material documents – many of which are said to be held in the Vatican Archives – have been twisted into the accounts we know today with various “religious connotations” woven in. As well as some of the better-known alleged UFO encounters from such writings as Ezekiel’s Wheel or Jacob’s Ladder, attention was also drawn to such things as alleged stigmata on the hands or even on the waist (said to be references to the wounds of Christ during the crucifixion) which almost certainly were wounds produced by a person being hit by some kind of light beam from a strange aerial vehicle, while interactions with strange figures and entities were changed into encounters with angels or messengers of God.

Of particular interest to us here, though, are some of Pasulka’s assertions and conclusions that these same non-human intelligences were also at the center of the space race in our modern world. Speaking several years ago, Pasulka stated that the space programs, on both sides of the Cold War divide (the Americans and the Soviets) have “an amazingly strange history!” She elaborated that “the founders of the calculations that got us into space – the rocket scientists – basically were doing some pretty weird rituals!” The reason, ultimately, these rituals were being performed was to “open stargates” and doorways to other realms of existence. Moreover, while these rituals were being performed by engineers in the United States, almost identical rituals were being performed by members of the Soviet space scientists, although they believed – or perhaps rationalized with themselves – that they were “interacting with angels” (very similar to how Biblical writings describe them).

The belief structure, on both sides, as Pasulka noted, was the same, and these communications that came from these rituals resulted in “downloads of information” that resulted in the creation of “technologies that were real!” These technologies, Pasulka continued, were often sold on such services as NASDAQ for huge, often undisclosed amounts of money (in the region of the hundreds of millions ballpark), with that money then funneled into unknown areas of research.

Pasulka stressed that these were “viable technologies that we now have and that make our lives better, and we progress as a species because of them!” She stressed that even though she knows “a lot of people will be angry” with her for saying so, these technologies have “nothing to do with the scientific method!”

Among those performing those rituals in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War was Jack Parsons, an individual who would eventually form the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is at the cutting edge of aviation, particularly space travel, and is often intertwined with NASA and their space missions. Before we look at Jack Parsons – who was, incidentally, eventually forced out of JPL due to his occult connections - in more detail, though, it is worth our time here turning our attention to Aleister Crowley, as he is a discreetly connecting factor, at least in the ritual aspect of these bizarre events.

Crowley is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting people in history, and someone who we often find intertwined with some of the most important developments of the twentieth century. It is perhaps because of this that some researchers have even suggested that he had links to British intelligence services since he studied at Trinity College at Cambridge University in the late 1890s right up until the end of his life (he died on December 1st, 1947).

Whether he was involved with the intelligence services or not, Crowley certainly traveled extensively after leaving university, with one of his most famous trips taking place in 1904 when he traveled to Cairo, Egypt, where it is said he not only performed rituals in a rented apartment but also in the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was during these rituals and ceremonies that Crowley claimed to have communicated not only with many of the ancient Egyptian gods but also with a “non-corporeal entity” that he claimed was called Aiwass. Moreover, he claimed this entity dictated what became The Book of the Law to him, a text that was fundamental to Crowley’s beliefs.  

Over the following years, Crowley continued to travel extensively. One particularly interesting journey was to the mountain Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas of Nepal, not least as many Biblical encounters, as well as paranormal encounters of the modern world, take place on or near mountains. Was Crowley attracted to this location to attempt communication with another non-human entity? Around this time, and into 1906, Crowley spent considerable time in China, during which time, he is said to have smoked a large amount of opium. While it is known that Crowley was certainly very hedonistic with a large appetite for both alcohol and drugs, some researchers have suggested that his trip to China was set up by the intelligence agencies so that he could explore and report back on the opium trade in the region.

Whatever the truth, it would be Crowley’s activities during the second decade of the twentieth century that would be particularly intriguing. Between 1909 and 1911, Crowley spent a prolonged amount of time in Algeria, during which time he continued to perform ceremonies and rituals. It was also around this time that Crowley was connected and initiated into the Ordo Templi Orientis, an order, incidentally, that not only counted Jack Parsons among its members but also many high-ranking members of the Third Reich, who themselves were also connected to the Vril Society, who, in turn, coincidentally or not, claimed to be in communication with non-human intelligences (although they referred to them as extraterrestrial) during which they received, much like the scientists and engineers of the space race, valuable downloads of information.

Several years after this initiation, while in New York between 1917 and 1918, Crowley performed arguably one of his most important (in terms of twentieth-century events) rituals, a ritual that would result in the opening of a portal or gateway, and then subsequent communication with a being claimed to be called Lam. What is particularly interesting about this strange entity comes from Crowley’s depiction of it – a creature with a thin frame and an overly large head and large eyes, essentially a description of what most of us would describe as a grey alien. And we should remember that this was three decades before the Roswell crash, and at least four decades before grey aliens really took hold within the collective human consciousness.

Whether or not this entity was what we would recognize as a grey alien or not remains open to debate; however, in the years and decades that followed, a “Cult of Lam” developed, essentially, people who were followers of Crowley. One of these followers was Jack Parsons, whom we mentioned earlier – the same Jack Parsons who, at least according to the research of Diana Pasulka, took part in rituals in the California desert in exchange for technological knowledge.

It is worth our time here returning to the Ordo Templi Orientis and its close connection to the Vril Society and high-ranking members of the Third Reich, including rocket engineers and scientists. Many of these engineers and scientists would, essentially, be divvied up at the end of the Second World War between the Soviet forces and those of the United States. The American side of this was named Operation Paperclip, which saw hundreds of former Third Reich engineers and scientists transplanted to the United States to continue their work for the West and, specifically, the United States. Many of these engineers found themselves working on each side’s respective space programs, with Wernher von Braun being one of the most notable names, who was central to NASA reaching the moon.

We might ask if there is also a connection between these transplanted Third Reich engineers and scientists – many of whom, remember, were members of secret societies looking to obtain knowledge from otherworldly intelligences – and the alleged ritual practices of the space race on both sides of the Cold War divide.

Perhaps the fact that Aleister Crowley was seemingly intertwined in this goings-on, combined with his alleged connections to the intelligence services, should also alert us to the possibility of some kind of discreet shadow-government-type control and coercion. And if that is true, we might ask further, were the British in control of this discreet coercion, or were British intelligence working much more closely with their American counterparts than we might think?

With all of this in mind, here would be a good time to turn our attention to the apparent Masonic connections to the Apollo space program, and specifically, the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, of which there are many. Perhaps a good person to start with would be James Webb, who from 1961 and 1968 – right before the first successful Moon landing mission – was the administrator of NASA and had influence in almost all areas of the program. He was also a known Freemason and influential in high-ranking society, particularly in Texas. The manager of the Apollo program, Kenneth Kleinknect, was also a known Freemason, as were several of the astronauts, both before and after the Apollo 11 landing mission, such as Gordon Cooper, Virgil Grissom, Donn Eisele, and John Glenn.

Perhaps most interesting of all, though, was the second person to set foot on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, who was a 33-degree Scottish Rite Freemason. It is believed that Aldrin even took a Masonic silk scarf on the Apollo 11 mission that he would then donate to the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction in Washington DC.

It was, though, the Apollo 11 Moon landing itself that drew the most intrigue. If we start with the landing site – the Sea of Tranquility – we find it is also an area of suspicion, at least to some. The official reason for this location being selected by NASA was that it provided an ideal landing spot due to its relatively flat terrain. However, according to some, this particular location was chosen so that Aldrin could perform an ancient ritual on the Lunar surface. Perhaps adding weight to these claims is the fact that the person responsible for selecting this location, as well as the exact timings of the mission, was Farouk El-Baz, whose father just happened to be an expert in ancient Egyptian rituals.

According to some research, this location was chosen because at exactly 33 minutes after landing there, Orion’s Belt would be aligned perfectly on the Moon’s horizon, at which point, Aldrin would perform the ritual, which was essentially an offering to the ancient Egyptian god, Osiris. Of course, the number 33 is of particular importance to Freemasonry, so it should be of little surprise that it surfaces in such conspiracies. Just to demonstrate these apparent conspiracies around such things, several years after the Moon landing missions, when the first shuttle mission returned to Earth, it landed at Landing Strip 33. Moreover, the only launch pad at White Sands in New Mexico was Launch Pad 33.

We might ask, then, what was the purpose of these apparent ancient Egyptian ceremonies – ceremonies that would appear to have Masonic connections, no less. According to the legends of ancient Egypt, to perform such ceremonies and to make such offerings directly under Orion’s Belt would open communications with Osiris. Was this the reason here? Were a select few individuals connected to the Apollo space missions looking to communicate with a god of the ancient Egyptian world? And if so, what does that say about the reality of such gods? Who are they, where do they come from, and where do they reside today? As truly bizarre and bordering on outrageous as these claims might be, they all fit nicely with each other – ultimately, that those looking to take humanity into space (or the Heavens!?), going back decades, have seemingly been in contact with non-human entities and have used ritual and even sacrifice to get to where they wish.

If we return to Jack Parsons for a moment, and the alleged rituals he, along with others, including L. Ron Hubbard, performed in the Mojave Desert in California in the opening weeks of 1946. In a recent interview, the previously mentioned Steve Mera spoke further about this, and how it resulted in him gaining “advanced aeronautical knowledge” which he would utilize once in his laboratory. Mera continued that to begin with, these rituals were “all very occult until they eventually punched through the spiritual stuff, and then got into the paranormal, and then they punched through that, and eventually (they got to) NHI – and when it got to that, it was simple – ‘These are the coordinates you go to out in the Mojave Desert. What do we want in return? Blood sacrifice!’”

These apparent tributes, especially within the space industry, continue in other more discreet aspects, not least the naming of the missions (Apollo being just one example), as well as the symbolism used in the logos and branding.

While this is admittedly pure speculation, it has been put forward in some corners, at least as far as online research goes, whether there could be a connection between these bizarre rituals that took place in January 1946 and one of the most infamous unsolved murders in United States history, that of Elizabeth Short, otherwise referred to as the Black Dahlia, whose mutilated body was discovered exactly a year later.

On the morning of January 15th, 1947, in the Leimert Park area of Los Angeles, the mutilated body of Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot. Short had been an aspiring actress in 1940s Hollywood, but was also known as a socialite of sorts, often seen with people of influence, both in the industry and in Los Angeles and even California, in general. Short’s body had been severed at the waist, and seemingly positioned in a very purposeful position just off the sidewalk. Her face had been cut from “ear to ear” giving the morose impression of a wicked grin. There were also other significant wounds, including a deep slash across her throat. Investigators also discovered rope-burn markings on her wrists, suggesting that she had been hanged by her wrists with rope in the hours before her death. Whoever was responsible had seemingly meticulously planned the murder, and where and how the body would be discovered.

Despite detectives having an abundance of suspects initially, all of them had alibis and were clearly not involved in the young woman’s death. Ultimately, the investigation quickly went cold. Then, The Los Angeles Examiner newspaper received a strange, ominous, but seemingly important package. Inside was Short’s address book, which had a list of all her “clients”. One of the pages, though, had been torn out. Reporters also found Short’s business card, several pictures of her, and her passport in the package. There was also a letter that had been made of newspaper clippings that read, “Here is Dahlia’s belongings! Letter to follow!” Despite this delivery being turned over to the police, it didn’t lead to any arrests. The police, though, although they didn’t say so publicly, had a prime suspect in their sights – one Dr. George Hodel. They didn’t, however, decide to prosecute.

By 1949, Hodel had been charged with sexually abusing his teenage daughter. Although he was acquitted of the charges, the publicity and revelations from the trial put him firmly in investigators’ sights, leading them to set up bugs in his home and listen to his phone calls. During one conversation, police were stunned to hear Hodel state, “Supposing I did kill the Black Dahlia. They can’t prove it now. They can’t talk to my secretary because she’s dead……Anyway, now they may have figured it out…..Maybe I did kill my secretary!” Not long after this apparent unintended admission, Hodel left the United States for Asia where he remained for a number of years.

What is interesting is that around the same time that Hodel left the United States, a series of murders that had plagued the Los Angeles Police Department for several years, including that of Elizabeth Short, suddenly ceased. One of these (still) unsolved murders was of another up-and-coming Hollywood actress, Jean Spangler, who seemingly disappeared into thin air in October 1949 (the last sighting of her was October 7th, 1949, when she left her Los Angeles home to meet her ex-husband before going to a night shoot for an upcoming film). Two days later, her purse was discovered in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, not far, incidentally, from the Hodel family home. Inside the purse was a note that appeared to suggest she was due to have an abortion – a procedure which, at the time, would have been illegal. It is thought, according to some, that Hodel would have been one of a few doctors in Hollywood who would have performed these secret abortions. Moreover, according to Hodel’s son, Steve Hodel, his father had performed such procedures on some very popular, household names.   

In fact, over half a century later, Steve Hodel, a former Los Angeles police detective, conducted his investigation and concluded that his father was indeed the killer of Elizabeth Short. When Dr. George Hodel died in 1999, Steve Hodel took ownership of his possessions. Among these possessions was a tattered notebook that contained pictures of Short. Ultimately, Hodel Jr. believed his father was almost certainly having an affair with Short and almost certainly killed her, in part because she likely knew of his unsavory activities.

Of course, whether Dr. George Hodel was a killer is open to debate. Some researchers into the case, however, or more specifically, into the strange goings-on of the rocket engineers and scientists of the mid-1940s space program attempts, have suggested the possibility that the Black Dahlia – Elizabeth Short – could very well have met her untimely and brutal end as part of a sacrifice connected to the ancient rituals that allegedly took place in the Mojave Desert the previous year. It is important to stress that there is no evidence to back up such rash claims. It is also intriguing to note that Hodel was an influential person in Hollywood and Los Angeles, and who operated in the circles of the elite. With this in mind, and given his discreet goings-on behind closed doors, however, it is not that much of a stretch of the imagination to think that he would, at the very least, have been an “approachable” person to undertake such drastic action.  

There are, though, other suspicious deaths seemingly connected to the space race, one of which is perhaps the most famous murder in history – that of John F. Kennedy. In the book Ancient Aliens and JFK: The Race to the Moon and the Kennedy Assassination, researcher and author Mike Bara made some intriguing claims with some equally compelling arguments regarding the assassination of President Kennedy that featured many of those involved with the Apollo program at NASA, whom we mentioned earlier. In the book, Bara highlights how Kennedy had a persistent desire to pursue a joint mission to the Moon with the Soviet Union, something that almost everyone around him, from Vice President Lyndon Johnson to higher-ranking staff at NASA, was steadfastly against. The reason for this stance, differences in political ideologies aside, was the alleged knowledge that the remains of extraterrestrial bases were on the Lunar surface.

According to Bara’s research, some of the same people who were a part of the eventual Apollo 11 Moon landing missions – all connected to secret societies – were also involved in the plot to assassinate the (to them) meddling president. One of the people said to have been crucial in this plot, at least according to Bara, was Congressman Albert Thomas, who had close ties to both NASA and fellow Texan Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and was also a 33-degree Scottish Rite Freemason. Thomas, who had complete access to NASA’s finances due to his position, had been openly vocal about his opposition to a joint US-Soviet Moon landing mission.

Perhaps the most compelling piece of evidence Bara presents for his argument, at least that Thomas and other secret society members from both Texas and NASA, were involved in the assassination of President Kennedy was a picture that can be found in the previously mentioned book Ancient Aliens and JFK, a picture that appears to show Thomas winking at Lyndon Johnson only moments after he was sworn in as president only hours after Kennedy’s assassination. Was this confirmation that they were involved in some kind of plot, possibly the assassination? Or perhaps, at the very least, it was an expression that they were now clear to pursue their cosmic ambitions without fear of Soviet interference. Or perhaps, in a similar way to the alleged sacrifices in return for advancement that are put to those involved in the initial advancements of aviation, this was confirmation of a necessary offering that might have somehow guaranteed the success of the Moon landing missions. Speculating further, we might ask if the apparent offering on the Moon following the landing was also connected to the technical know-how that made the landing possible.

While NASA and the shadow government being aware of extraterrestrial bases on the Moon is not completely beyond the realms of imagination, we might ask if Kennedy’s death, at least partially, was another of the sacrifices to non-human intelligence in return for technological knowledge and information, however bizarre that might seem.

Of course, to many, even those in UFO and conspiracy circles, the idea of contact with ancient non-human intelligence and sacrifices to these entities in exchange for the knowledge that allowed humanity to reach the stars is nothing but speculative nonsense that is dismissed unreservedly without further contemplation or investigation. The fact is, though, there does appear to be at least partial truths in such claims – at the very least.

One case to bring to our attention would be one of the truly bizarre cases on record – both in the UFO world and that of unsolved deaths – that referred to as the Lead Masks case. The account was detailed by Jacques Vallee in his book Confrontations, although several other publications also picked up the case, with Flying Saucer Review also giving it considerable space in its March 1967 edition. The account begins with the discovery of the dead bodies of two young men in a clearing in the woods at around 9 am on the morning of August 20th, 1966, near the small town of Niteroi in Brazil by a local teenager. It would come to light that the teenager had actually seen the two men in the same clearing several days earlier, at around 5 pm on August 17th. He claimed he had watched them from a distance for several moments before going on his way. Furthermore, he claimed he had walked past the same clearing the following day (August 18th) and had witnessed the two men lying down in the clearing. It was only when he saw them lying in the same position two mornings later that he reported what he had seen to other villagers, who, in turn, reported the discovery to the police.

When authorities ventured to the spot where the two dead men lay, they discovered that both were dressed in new suits and ties, with a brand new raincoat over the top. Perhaps strangest of all, though, each was wearing a strange, crudely-made lead mask over their eyes. The men were eventually identified as 43-year-old Jose Viana and 32-year-old Manuel Pereira da Cruz, two electricians from the nearby village of Atafona. Initial investigations suggested both of the men were well-liked in their community, with no known enemies and no reason for authorities to suspect they were involved in any type of unsavory activities. Moreover, there were seemingly no signs of any kind of struggle at the scene where the bodies were discovered. It appeared to police as if the two men had simply lain down side-by-side and passed away peacefully, as opposed to being attacked in some way. When initial autopsies were conducted, it was determined that both men had died from a massive heart attack – each within seconds of each other. As we might imagine, the chances of this happening are astronomical. Indeed, the police believed that something, whatever it might be, had to have caused the two men to have sudden heart attacks at the same time.

As police conducted their investigations, they began to receive reports of a strange, glowing, orange object hovering over the same clearing where the two bodies were discovered on the night of August 17th, with some people even reporting seeing a strange, orange beam of light emerging from the bottom of the object and stretching down to the ground. One of these reports, that of Senhora Gracinda Coutinhjo da Sousa, even made it into the Jornal do Brazil newspaper. She also claimed to have seen a glowing orange object directly over the location where the two bodies were discovered as she was driving along a nearby road with her three children. She stated that the object was “sending out rays in all directions” as it hovered overhead.

As strange as these reports and details were, the case would take a further twist when investigators learned of another bizarre incident in the two dead men’s home village only several weeks previously. On the evening of June 13th, a “violent explosion” rocked Atafona after several days of persistent UFO reports. Despite initial reports by local and national Brazilian newspapers, they suddenly dropped the story, something that investigators found strange, not least when they were informed that a “cloak of security” had been placed around the case. Investigators discovered, however, that some locals reported seeing a “ball of fire” streaking across the sky shortly before the explosion, while several fishermen attested to seeing a “flying saucer” crash into the sea. Rumors also swirled locally of some kind of bizarre experiment involving several local electricians being behind the strange explosion. Perhaps strangest of all, though, both Viana and Cruz were present at this bizarre event. We might ask if they were behind the alleged electrical experiments that had caused the explosion, and if that explosion was a UFO, perhaps somehow electronically summoned by the pair. Moreover, had they continued these experiments in Niteroi several weeks later, which, ultimately, appeared to lead to their deaths?

With the idea of ritualistic practices seemingly undertaken by individuals in the United States as far back as the mid-1940s, themselves seemingly stretching back to Third Reich Germany in the 1930s, we might ask if these “electrical experiments” were some kind of off-shoot experiment, either one performed independently by local electricians looking to establish similar communication, or even at the discreet behest of the intelligence agencies, who were perhaps using the two unfortunate young men, and perhaps others in the region without their consent or knowledge. And when we look at the timeline established by the police, we see that this could very well have been the case.

Investigators discovered the two unfortunate young men had left their village at 9 am on the morning of August 17th, the same day the teenager who eventually discovered their dead bodies had seen them – alive, remember – in the clearing. They had claimed they were traveling to São Paulo to purchase new electrical equipment, as well as a new car. They had with them (in today’s equivalent) around $4000 in cash, however, despite there being no evidence they purchased a car or equipment, only a fraction of this money was discovered on them (although robbery was ruled out due to the lack of a struggle or injury to either of the men). Where did this money go, and what was it really for?

According to receipts found on the pair, the two men arrived in Niteroi around 2 pm, where they promptly bought raincoats (which could have been purely because of a sudden rainstorm) and two bottles of water. Investigators reasoned that the fact they had kept the receipts suggested the pair very much expected to return and pass back through the village as they could claim money with them when they returned their water bottles, and, more importantly, that the pair had not traveled to the clearing in the woods to end their lives.

Perhaps what most suggested some kind of ceremony or ritual being involved in the two men’s sudden demise was the discovery of several notes with what appeared to be instructions on them. One of these read:

“Sunday, one pill after meal. Monday, one pill after breakfast. Tuesday, one pill after meal. Wednesday, one pill lying down!”

While this note appeared to document a daily regime for the days leading up to the fateful evening in the woods, another note appeared to be instructions for the night in question. It read:

“4:30 pm, be at appointed place. 6:30 pm, swallow pill. Then protect face with metal and await for signal to show itself!”

What made these notes even more interesting – and again suggesting there was a third party involved – was that they didn’t appear to have been written by either of the two dead men. Who had written them, what did they mean, and why had they given them to Viana and Cruz? Moreover, was the UFO witnessed by several local residents connected to the two men’s deaths? Had they somehow summoned the craft using similar ritualistic methods as Jack Parsons? Had they used experimental methods, perhaps provided to them by representatives from one intelligence agency or another? Or had they somehow received information on such ritualistic experiments with electrical energy and paid for exploring such energies without supervision and full know-how of their lives? Perhaps they were even murdered to stop their experiments? The fact that the deaths remain unsolved today means that all such possibilities remain on the table.

Whatever the truth, UFO investigators would uncover an almost identical case close by four years previously, where a local television technician was found in the same position, dressed in identical clothes with a crudely fashioned lead mask over his eyes. To say this discovery was a coincidence would be bordering on irresponsible. Moreover, reports at the time suggested there was some kind of organization in the area comprised of electricians who were experimenting with “high frequency thought waves” using LSD to “step up mental alertness” and “alter the frequency of the brain!” Were the “pills” in the notes found on Viana and Cruz references to LSD? There were, though, further revelations to come that appear to tie in very nicely with the notion of secret organizations working with strange entities behind closed doors.

When he was brought in for questioning, local man Elci Gomes, who was a friend of both Viana and Cruz, claimed that both men were part of a “secret society of scientific spiritualists” whose members were “electronic specialists and enthusiasts!” Although Gomes stated he was not aware of the group’s purpose or agenda, he did know that they were devoted to spiritism, elaborating that Viana and Cruz, specifically, were looking to “communicate with beings” from another world and had “performed many strange electronic experiments” previously. Furthermore, at least according to Gomes, it was Viana and Cruz who were responsible for the object that had crashed and exploded in June 1966, only weeks before the sudden and tragic deaths.

Whether these two strangest of strange deaths are somehow connected to the apparent ritual practices of the scientists and engineers who collectively took humanity into the stars remains open to debate. It certainly appears that the tentacles of such claims stretch into many different areas.

If, as we put forward earlier, the origins of the space race resided in ritualistic practices of the Third Reich that had been practiced decades earlier, we might ask when this communication between humanity and this apparent non-human intelligence began. Has there been a long, continuous communication, perhaps handed down through secret societies for centuries? And if so, do these communications go back to the start of Freemasonry, and then even to the times of the Knights Templar, whose journey to Solomon’s Temple should, in light of what we have discussed here, be viewed from an entirely new perspective. And if the Knights Templar did discover knowledge of this ancient non-human intelligence, does that suggest, as Diana Pasulka put forward, that many of the accounts in Biblical writings have their origins in documented accounts with these otherworldly entities?

Of course, if all of this is true, if only in part, then we might ask if this communication is still taking place today, and if so, what is being asked for, by whom, and what is being asked in return? With the idea of “blood sacrifice” in mind, we might ask if the various conflicts that are raging around the planet as this is being written are, in fact, those very sacrifices. It is certainly an ominous and thought-provoking possibility and one that, if true, if only fractionally, would force us to reassess what we know of our history and our collective reality.