Case file · Disclosure & CE-5
Diana Walsh Pasulka
Professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who studies belief in UFOs as an emerging religion.
2019 CE · 34.23, -77.94 · status: account
The account
In 'American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology' (Oxford University Press, 2019) she treats UFO belief as a cultural phenomenon reshaping religion and technology, following scientists and entrepreneurs who take the subject seriously. Her 2023 book 'Encounters' collects experiences of 'non-human intelligences'. Her work connects Vallée's ideas to religious history.
The sceptical view
Her approach brackets the question of whether the experiences are real, so her books document belief rather than test claims.