The Mainstreaming of UFO Discourse: Religion, Politics, and the Quest for Evidence
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Mainstream interest in extraterrestrial life and UFOs is reshaping religion and culture, prompting debate among figures like Barack Obama, Pope Francis, and Monsignor Stephen Rossetti about whether contact would expand or threaten belief, with scholars such as Diana Walsh Pasulka arguing it can widen religious imagination while many encounters remain unproven.