The guess increases as calls increase to reveal UFO files that the Vatican may be hidden in the archive. Credit: New Africa, Shutterstock
For centuries, the Vatican has brought cards closer to their chest. The Apostles archive, located behind a closed door and 80km shelf, features some of the Catholic Church’s most closely guarded records.
That last person may sound like something from a sci-fi film, but more and more researchers, scientists and filmmakers are asking the church to be clean. The latest wave of interest? It was caused by David Grush, a former US intelligence officer. He argued that insofar as the Vatican helped relocate UFOs that had recovered in Italy during Mussolini’s rule to the United States, the Vatican helped the Vatican cover up evidence of alien life.
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Of course, not everyone is sure. Vatican archivist bishop Sergio Pagano says there is absolutely nothing about aliens in the archives. He asked the researchers to stop wasting their time. Still, rumors continue. Experts like Professor Diana Walsh Paschulka are religious studies scholars who have spent years on how faith and UFO stories overlap.
She points out that she sees a historical example once described as a miracle: the story of sparkling orbs, flying buildings. But if she insisted, would they really claim that it was another kind of encounter? The problem is that these stories have not attracted much attention from Vatican archivists, who focus on the digitization of more traditional “priority” documents. So the rare ones are buried.
Filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee, directed by God vs. Alientake it a step further. He believes that not only does he know more than the church says, but there are cardinals specially appointed to handle future “first contact” scenarios. According to Lee, recent guidelines on the illusion of the Vatican may suggest paranormal openness, without loudly uttering quiet parts.
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And then there is Jaime Mausan, a Mexican journalist and veteran UFO researcher. He says the church is actually ready to embrace alien life, but it won’t be official until the science community does. In a conversation with former Vatican figure, Conrado Barducci, Massan says it was revealed: the church does not see it as an extraterrestrial threat.
Past Popes, particularly John Paul II and Benedict XVI, were reportedly open to this idea. Benedict once suggested that if aliens were present they would become our “brothers.” However, under Pope Francis, the tone appears to have changed. The Vatican Observatory is once again active on these topics and is now quiet. Massan believes it will be up to the next Pope’s director to decide whether to reopen the doors.
So the Vatican knows that we don’t? perhaps. Probably not. But curiosity doesn’t go away anytime soon. As governments and scientists around the world continue to explore unidentified aerial phenomena, pressure is being built to make the church a part of that conversation.
After all, if alien life is authentic, it would raise a big question not about science, but about faith, humanity, our place in the universe. And if the answer is sitting in a safe in a Vatican city, many believe it is time for us to see.
