Today, the chariots of the gods are UFOs. What we are witnessing in the past half century is the spawning of a New Age religion. There are many other signs that UFO mythology has become a space-age religion and that it is not based on scientific evidence so much as emotional commitment. This celestial burial is symptomatic of the New Age religion, in which our sacred church is outer space. The religious temptation enters when romantic expectations outreach empirical capacities.
Science is based on factual observation and verification.
It was perhaps best illustrated by the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp. That the comet has been captured by the paranormal imagination and transformed into a religious symbol is unfortunate. Alan Hale deplored this extrapolation of his observations. Yet the transcendental temptation can at times be so powerful that it knows no bounds. The members expressed beliefs in astrology, tarot cards, psychic channeling, telepathy, resurrection, and reincarnation.