The Message of the Flying Saucer

The Message of the Flying Saucer

The term “flying saucer” was coined in 1947 after Kenneth Arnold noticed flying objects moving “like saucers skipping on water” and newspapers mistakenly stated that he saw “saucer-shaped” objects. That same year, the leader of The Message sect, William Branham, changed his stage persona to include an “angelic visitation” as part of his “faith healing” performances.

In 1948, the excitement UFOs increased to a new level when Colonel William Nuckols admitted that the United States Air Force was investigating the “saucers. That same year, the healing revivals led by William Branham merged with the “Latter Rain” sect to create the “Latter Rain Revival” of 1948. Over time, the “Latter Rain Message” became simply known as “The Message,” which People’s Temple cult leader Jim Jones later referred to in private letters.

In the years leading up to Jones being ordained into the sect through Rev. Joseph Mattsson-Boze in Chicago, the Air Force testing greatly intensified the fear of invasion. Dummies with latex skin and aluminum bones were dropped across New Mexico to identify ways for pilots to survive falls from a plane – causing misinformation that aliens were falling from the skies in an unseen war with the military. It was during this time that the leaders of the “Message” sect began claiming that “wee men” were sent to the Church to test “the power of God.

You can learn this and more on william-branham.org

Jim Jones:
https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=110982