Hello, friends, Father Martins here.

I hope you're having a wonderful advent.

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Now on to this week's episode.

Today we look at the issue of UFOs.

This show gets hundreds of emails monthly, and not an insignificant number of

these concern UFOs and extraterrestrial life. These topics have made a renaissance in the last 10 years or so

due to two things. One, the U.S. government has released records pertaining to UFOs, and two, there have been a number of recent high-profile UFO sightings.

The acronym UFO simply means an identified flying object.

Well, anything unrecognizable to the viewer, such as a new piece of top secret technology, is, by definition, a UFO.

However, discussion about UFOs usually gravitates into discussion about alien or extraterrestrial

life. There's no official Catholic position on the existence of alien life. While sacred scripture does

not state that material life beyond planet Earth exists, neither does it state that it cannot

exist. Today, Ryan interviews Nathan and Luke, hosts of an immensely popular podcast called Blurry Creatures. Both Ryan and I have

been guests on their show before, and it's clear that Nathan and Luke have thought deeply

on this topic. I appreciate the humility they bring to the subject. We share some agreements,

but differ in our conclusions.

I'll provide some commentary during the show and share my thoughts at the end. I hope you are all having a blessed advent and that you enjoy the show. Welcome back to the Exorcist Files in the studio today.

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