Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon

by Joaquim Fernandes, Fina D'Armada

A meticulous synthesis of history, science, and anthropology, Heavenly Lights establishes that the Fátima Incident of 1917 involved not "Marian apparitions" — as is conventionally believed — but rather, a series of close encounters with alien beings. The first history of Fátima to be written by Portuguese historians based on the original documents, Heavenly Lights subjects all the pertinent facts of the Fátima case to a sweeping evidentiary analysis that is at once thorough and fascinating. In periodic passages describing "Parallels in Ufology," the authors identify many relevant connections between the enigmatic events that took place at Fátima and numerous other episodes in the strange and storied annals of UFO history. When it was first published in Portugal in 1995, entitled As Aparições de Fátima e o Fenómeno OVNI, the Jornal de Notícias heralded this work as "a literary success without precedent in the field of Portuguese ufological studies." This new translation offers a powerful and convincing argument for mainstream ufologists and religious researchers alike to re-examine the actual evidence that at last explains the enduring mystery of the Fátima Incident.

Genres: Aliens, Nonfiction

284 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Joaquim Fernandes é professor na Universidade Fernando Pessoa e co-fundador do Centro Transdisciplinar de Estudos da Consciência (CTEC). É licenciado em História pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, e mestre em História Moderna. Doutorou-se em História, com a tese “O Imaginário Extraterrestre na Cultura Portuguesa – do fim da Modernidade até meados do século XIX”, a primeira no seu género a ser apresentada numa universidade portuguesa e europeia.

Reviews

[Dan Zarfati · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a TOP 15 of all the UFO books I have read, and I read about 200 of them. This book is the perfect application of the passport to Magonia theory, it decodes the Fatima apparition to the minute detail, incredible read, very subestimated book.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! This book was powerful. Didn’t realize all the apparitions and accounts that have occurred within our history. I would like to continue my learning in this area.

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon examines the testimony from the Fatima apparitions of the Mary in 1917. The author not only looks at the commonalities in descriptions but also how the descriptions changed over time, particularly as the children were in contact with the local Bishop and other Catholic authorities. It is intriguing indeed intriguing that the children's descriptions transformed from not being sure if the image was Mary to swearing that the apparition was definitely the Holy Mother.

During this investigation, the author began to wonder if this incident resembled other recorded incidents of this type. Interestingly, as the author scrutinized these records he began to realize that there were striking similarities between many of the Marian Apparitions and recorded incidents of close encounters with alien beings. The only real difference was that those recorded as Marian Apparitions were noted by strict Catholics.

Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon contains some very fascinating research that raises some very remarkable questions. Do the Marian Apparitions have the same root as alien encounters? If so, what actually causes these incidents?

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This books ranks high in the weirdness category. As if the Fatima apparitions during WWI weren't strange enough the two authors of this book and its successor volumes make the claim that behind it--and covered up by the Catholic Church--were a series of close encounters with aliens. Supposedly they gained access to documents hitherto concealed, documents which, with the evidence of other witnesses, are better explained by the UFO hypothesis than by the Mariolatrous one. Perhaps this is so. The Fatima events remain mysterious to me, but I don't know enough about them to hold an opinion.

I found this volume in the incomparable library of Michael Miley while I was visiting him in Sonoma, California.

[Steve Wiggins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fatima is a fascinating religio-historical situation. A bold, unorthodox interpretation of what the children and a large crowd saw back in the early twentieth century. More comments at Sects and Violence in the Ancient World.