UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe

by Chris Bledsoe, Jim Semivan (Foreword), John B. Alexander (Introduction)

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Are the biblical stories of angels in the Old Testament being witnessed today? Are UFOs messengers from God?

The case began 16 years ago and the government was the only one that listened. Why is that? “ The Invisible College took notice…and so should you.” — Jim Semivan, CIA

“The most interesting autobiography I’ve ever read. It’s an absolute page turner.” —T.H.

“The content is gripping and beautifully written. An instant classic. ” — Laurie Rosenfield, Ontario

Chris Bledsoe, a deeply religious family man and successful business owner from North Carolina was on the verge of the unthinkable after losing everything in the 2007 financial crisis and suffering from a debilitating chronic disease. Fishing along the banks of the Cape Fear River with three co-workers and his teenage son, he walks away from the group and cries out to God in a desperate prayer for help. Suddenly, a UFO appears and saves his life and cures him of his illness. Experiencing four hours of missing time, he returns to his group and finds them troubled. Terrified, they run for their lives as several UFOs chase them home.

This is the true story of hope, love, lies and deception, involving NASA, the CIA, a string of professors, and the church.

Prepare to go on a spiritual journey of awakening and transformation with a visit from the Lady, the Vatican, remote viewing, assassination plot of the Pope, dripping orbs, a burning tree, the Monroe Institute, and healing the son of an elite Washington DC power broker with ties to the White House. 16 years on, the phenomena still visits the Bledsoe family and affects the lives of people who come in contact with them. To outsiders this can be seen as demonic, but to those who are willing to keep an open mind, it is a blessing.

“Do not be surprised if you, the reader, become one of them. Strap in for a wild ride.”
—Col. John B. Alexander, PhD. Retired U.S. Army

Governments around the world acknowledge UFOs are real. And millions of people believe God is real. Mark 10:27 says, "All things are possible with God." So, UFOs must be interrelated with God if holding the scriptures to be true. It would be impossible to have one without the other.

“Reader beware - reality is much more multidimensional and full of love than you ever imagined. Everyone who is interested in the nature of reality should read this book!”
—Sean Esbjörn-Hargens Ph.D., Dean, California Institute for Human Science

Genres: Nonfiction, Paranormal, Spirituality, Memoir, Religion, History, Audiobook

362 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2023

Reviews

[Steve Stred · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is 100% the first book I’ve purchased because of a Tik Tok video. And it was a random Tik Tok video at that. I know my algorithm will be such to push a video like the one I saw for this video to me, but it wasn’t from an account I follow or one I’d watched any content from.

From a very young age, the idea of UFO’s has fascinated me. I’m not smart enough to completely grasp or understand just how BIG the universe is, I do know it is huge. And I can’t fathom the idea that we’re alone. If we exist, so might others. Maybe not ‘humans’ as we are, or even as little grey figures, but I fully believe that there are other beings out there, some where. Saying that, I don’t believe in a God, as how the Bible portrays one or as Jesus Christ being what he was purported to be. I’m stumped that people believe in a Creationist viewpoint, that the Earth is only thousands of years old, versus what dating data shows us, but this review isn’t to get into any arguments or anything with anyone else about their beliefs, I simply wanted to go into this review sharing a bit of my viewpoint.

The Tik Tok video was from a guy – someone who I guess has a large following in the UFO community – who simply walks down a sidewalk and asks the viewer, if you’ve heard of Chris Bledsoe. This viewer had not. The guy goes on to say how Chris was a successful businessman, lost it all, had an experience, became a local pariah because of sharing his experience, but over the years he’s been repeatedly visited by intelligence members and invited to high level government events regarding his experience. That had me intrigued. For most people, they see videos like this and think that either UFO’s are crazy (even though the US government just released a bunch of interesting info about them) or the person is crazy. Most people can’t accept that something like this might ACTUALLY be real.

So, having watched the video, having went to Instagram and watched some of Chris’ orb videos, I bought it for Kindle and dove in.

What I liked: Opening with a foreword and introduction from two highly esteemed former US government officials kicks this one off with a bang. It lends an air of importance and professionalism that sets this book apart from a lot of the other true-story experience novels I’ve read that end up feeling more like someone trying to make a quick buck than someone who actually had an experience.

The book is exactly what the random guy from Tik Tok said it was. It follows Chris – who wrote it (believe he had a ghostwriter help) in first person POV – from childhood to present day. We see how he came from a poor family, worked his butt off to become a successful contractor, to lose it all to health issues and have to start over. I really liked this opening backstory stuff. It helped me, the reader who couldn’t pick Chris out in a photo, understand that this is a hardworking man, a man of faith and a man who no matter how down he was, would do what it took to provide for his family. That included growing their own food and harvesting their own manure (chicken manure, not their own manure, sheesh), so that he could overcome his health concerns and support them.

The big event, the ‘Fire in the Sky’ moment comes when Chris is at his lowest. Taking his son and some co-workers out fishing near their home, he goes for a walk, stressed about his health and what people say about him. It’s here that he has an experience with lights, figures and missing time. I won’t go too far into it, as I don’t want to be a total spoiler, but it is a gut wrenching, tension-filled section that had me captivated. It was also interesting to learn that not only did his son, Junior, experience ‘things,’ but so did the co-workers. I’ll come back to that in a minute.

From that point on, we get to share in the very low-lows that Chris and his family go through, up to the very highest of highs, with involvement in some phenomenal moments, meetings and events. It was staggering to read this and see who is interested in Chris’ story and what he ends up being involved with. Again, spoiler free, but it absolutely heightens that air of professionalism and believability.

I will say, throughout, the narrative voice doesn’t change or flicker. No disrespect meant to Chris, but it is told through a ‘good-ole-boy-awe-shucks’ writing voice that really works and helps humanize Chris time and time again. It never feels like he’s speaking down to the reader, never saying ‘hey, look what I got to do and you didn’t,’ which again, really works to make this book relatable.

As for the title of the book, this is in reference to not only Chris’ long time belief in God and having solid faith, but also about the vision he sees, the lady that visits him and his own interpretation of this. I think he does a remarkable job of walking the line between stating he believes it is God, but also that it is an unknown entity. I would argue that if this had happened to me – someone who doesn’t believe in God – I may very well interpret it as a space traveler, an inter-dimensional being etc. Chris really remains neutral and never once comes across preachy or holier than though, which works to not turn off any readers who don’t believe in Christianity or God.

Lastly – I thought it was wonderful to read lines that shared this sentiment – I waited until now to publish my story because I was able to gain approval/time clearance etc to share it. That was a stamp of approval for me for believability. That certain key moments in here were only able to be shared after a certain legal time period had past, really levels this up.

What I didn’t like: A few things stood out for me. The first was what I mentioned before. Chris states that Junior and the co-workers all also had experiences. While this profoundly devastates and crushes Junior, I would’ve liked to have heard a bit about what happened with the co-workers. Were they ridiculed? Did they ever speak out about it or in support of the Bledsoe’s?

Secondly, I have come to learn Junior has a podcast etc, but we don’t really hear much about Junior’s interpretation of the events. I know this was Chris’ story and in his POV, but I wanted to hear a bit about how Junior was handling things.

Lastly, the book kind of just ends. The ending works, but we go from a really amazing event Chris is at, to a few paragraphs about believing in that which we can’t see and then it just ends. Will we get a second novel? Is there more to come? What’s next? It wasn’t necessarily a cliff-hanger, more of just air being let out of the balloon.

Why you should buy this: If you’re like me and love reading about UFO stuff, cryptids, paranormal events etc etc, then this book will be right up your alley. The Bledsoe’s story is phenomenally engaging while also shows what can happen to the best of folk in the worst AND best of times. This was riveting and highly engaging and has some truly amazing UFO/unknown entity moments you’ll ever read. Even better – there are videos on his Instagram of some of these events which really ramp up the ultimately overwhelming sense of ‘you’re not alone’ that you’ll experience.

Really enjoyed this one.

[Jordan · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I first learned of “UFO of God '' through the large online paranormal community, I was excited to get my hands on a copy. The reviews were nothing short of fawning, and according to readers, the Bledsoe story is one of the most remarkable in recent years. I should preface by stating, I have seen UFOs myself, and have nothing against that community. In fact, I would consider myself a part of it. But that being said, I made a conscious decision to enter this reading with a rational and cautious frame of mind. I will let the reader make their own decision, and simply summarize my thoughts and findings working my way through this odd little tale. Let me also add, there may be spoilers here for those who know nothing about the Bledsoe case, but I assume if you are choosing to read the book you are familiar with it. This summary is intended to suit those about to read the book, and those who have finished it but remain curious for varied opinions. I will note my own points of contention, the reader will have to make their own verdict.
The Bledsoe story begins with two short introductions, one by a supposed CIA spy Jim Semivan and another by a “Col. John B. Alexander, PhD”. Both of these introductions hold nothing back in their almost excessive praise of Bledsoe and his family. His honesty, bravery, and loyalty to family is heavily emphasized. Jim Semivan’s introduction is fairly straightforward, offering a brief primer of things to come, and had me excited to read more. It is with “Col. John B. Alexander, PhD”’s introduction that my doubts began to surface. The writing of this particular introduction was, to put it politely, questionable. I will give a direct quote for example: “The most significant was the observation that we jointly made occurred while standing in the field above the banks of the Cape Fear River where Chris had his first encounter in January 2007.” (Page 3). This was the first of many sentences displaying the book's need for further editing. Alexander writes “Since I have a solid scientific background..”(page 2), it was this statement combined with amateurish writing and grammatical errors, which left me with questions. It seems to me one thing credentialed professionals have in common, is a general hesitation to put PhD in their signatures if not writing academically. The overuse of this credential in every signing raised some eyebrows.
At this point I decided to briefly research John B. Alexander and his “strong scientific background”. With a PhD and military background, I could only assume his education to be in physics, mathematics, chemistry perhaps, maybe even astrophysics or another engineering discipline. He is proud of his PhD, and speaks with brevity of his scientific knowledge, so it must be from a respected institution. A little research (which you can perform on your own to verify), confirmed his PhD is in “thanatology” from an online school, “Walden university online” a controversial and not particularly well respected institution. His thesis is unavailable online, but could possibly be requested from the school (I am curious to read it). His bachelors is in sociology, his masters in education. We would be hard-pressed to call that a “strong scientific background”. These findings left a rather poor taste in my mouth as I moved past introductions, beginning the actual book.
The writing style striked me as odd, at times both terse and flowery. Bledsoe shies away from extensive background details, or descriptive metaphor, yet will engage in the use of this flowery emotional language. I got the distinct feeling that Bledsoe did not write this himself, it certainly didn’t read like the words of a hard-working southern construction foreman. In fact, it read more like the journal of a middle-aged aunt, half-drunk on prosecco. I do recall Bledsoe mentioned hiring a ghost-writer on one podcast or another, but any further mention of help ghost-writing seems to be scrubbed. It appears the official stance is that Bledsoe wrote every word of this himself, over a number of years, but that seems very hard to believe. This is of course besides the point, authorship doesn’t change the facts of the case, which are the main interest in the story. I raise this point as yet another idiosyncrasy in the facts of this situation.
Another point of complication is the number of names in this book, which begins with two introductions of government officials, then balloons to something very difficult to track. This book would certainly have benefitted from a list of important names in the beginning, or some other method to track a growing list of characters scattered in at random. Chapter one opens to Bledsoe, on an adventure with another of numerous government officials buddies. We find Bledsoe on a journey to save the pope, with the help of his new found psychic powers. Powers so rare the government keeps him on speed dial for occasions such as this. Where did he get these magical, god-like abilities? The viewer is informed to read on to find out, and even learn how to call upon your own alien’s at home.
Chapter two begins with a moment by moment recap of a disaster during his youth. As a child Bledsoe suffered severe burns on an outdoor trash-fire. The chapter is complete with descriptive details, and his thoughts and feelings at the time. The only problem is, Bledsoe also makes a point of mentioning his age, two and a half years old. I don’t know about you, but I have very few memories of kindergarten, let alone being two and a half. Of course, maybe severe injuries would hold more power in memory, but the level of description here seems odd. Bledsoe apparently has a near-photographic recollection of this time.
At this stage, Bledsoe recounts his numerous near death experiences, and the story of his upbringing continues. I found other strange statements in these passages. For example, “Daddy was a truck of a man at 6 foot 3 and 250 pounds. All muscle.”. It was here, I began to get the sense of Chris Bledsoe as a man prone to wild exaggeration, and I didn’t find much in the material to prove otherwise. Apparently, when not avoiding death, or hanging out with his father, (a hunter, fisher, and carpentry expert built like a human truck), the young Bledsoe could be found tinkering away. That’s right, he had a “deft intuition for all things mechanical”, and could “crack open any mechanical panel, and know how it worked and how to fix it. Apparently he made a side-hustle in school, by fixing small appliances and converting AM radios to FM. Let’s focus on this statement, “I would also enable car radios to receive FM signals in addition to AM”. This would be a monumental task given the time-period, it would require research, specialized tools, and a thorough background in electronics. Bledsoe did this as a young child in grade-school, for pocket change, having never been exposed to electrical training. In my view, either Bledsoe is lying, or he was an electronics prodigy at an early age, and it’s a tragedy he never got the scholarship to MIT he rightfully deserved.
The rest of the chapters tell the story of Bledsoe’s journey into adulthood. He survived these near death experiences, and witnessed the death of his first wife in an unfortunate car wreck. These experiences left him with a lasting impression and connection with God. His mechanical talent led to a profitable career in the construction industry, and he also found time to obtain a private pilot's license. Unfortunately, this period of fortune came to an end around 2007. As his health was affected by Krohn’s disease, it was this along with an economic downturn that led to the collapse of his construction empire. Broke, sick, and at rock bottom, Bledsoe found himself in an extremely depressive state. He was also over prescribed Lithium at this time and overdosed, poisoned by a negligent doctor. It does seem that Lithium can cause symptoms of psychosis if over-prescribed, but this was corrected long before he had any UFO visitation, so it doesn’t seem a likely explanation.
With all this exposition out of the way, we finally find ourselves at the true beginning of the story. This is the key tale told time and again on podcasts, interviews. Suffice to say, Bledsoe goes to a wooded area with colleagues and one of his sons. At this low emotional point, Bledsoe encounters UFO’s and has a loss of time event. According to Bledsoe, he was with three other colleagues who witnessed this event. They were all so traumatized by this event, as to believe the world was ending. At one point in the truck, the group screams for Bledsoe to drive faster, as the UFO literally chases on their heels. Now these 3 witnesses are sources of vindication, key figures in the entire story. Though after the event ends we never hear from them again, at no point have their names been released. For all intents and purposes it’s as if they never existed. However, if Bledsoe is such an important figure in all of this, to the point that government actors from across various agencies contact him, then why have these witnesses never come forward? They have never been named, and exist only as background characters in the story. In fact, in the story they are never even described. We don’t know what they look like, or any descriptors other than it was a group of guys who used to work for him. It’s yet another point that leaves the thinking reader with a vague feeling they aren’t being given the entire truth.
Afterwards his community ostracized him, including the church and neighbors. They accused him of drug abuse and satanic worship among other things. Isolated by his community, Bledsoe slipped into a state of simultaneous depression, merged with awe toward the beings he saw. The narrative begins changing here, moving forward multiple years. The general sense of this period is that Bledsoe is “broker than broke”. He takes pains to inform us of his dire financial straits. During this time period he prays, receiving a visitation from an entity he refers to as “the Lady”. This is a goddess-like figure, holding parallels to many deities from religious texts, such as Mary, Hathor etc. After his encounter with the lady things merge towards a culmination, in which Bledsoe is almost entirely cured of disease, gaining a new level of consciousness. In this enlightened state, he develops a newfound respect for animals, and stops hunting and fishing entirely.
This part of the narrative has some of the most glaring issues in my opinion. But it’s paradoxically the section most accepted by the community. Many reviews offer praise towards the hope and connection to God offered by Bledsoe’s story. But the issue here is, if Bledsoe is so broke during these years, how was he supporting his family exactly? That part is never clearly answered. What is offered is numerous renditions of similar statements, that due to his illness Bledsoe could really only isolate in his study. That’s when he wasn’t working on his garden. This garden must have been more of a farm, as it apparently provided food for his entire family with great surplus left over for the community.
Let’s address the life of the “hopelessly broke” Bledsoe. He lives in a house with enough land to maintain a small homestead, adjacent to his parents property. On that land he purchased high-speed internet pre 2010. It’s also mentioned in later chapters that he has a boat. Another section describes events that took place when he was cutting grass with a large riding mower. Finally, all of his kids go off to college. While all this is happening he has multiple dogs, tools, a vehicle and begins a new art hobby. Not bad for “hopelessly broke”, I think many would pray for that level of financial success. By the end of the story, Bledsoe’s financial situation seems to have repaired itself. He is taking multiple vacations and flights to different areas of America, as well as dining out with various government officials. It’s never stated exactly how he managed to recover from financial devastation, but it was enough to sell his old home and buy a lakeside property. It’s up to the thoughtful reader to question exactly how this sequence of events situated itself.
These are only some of the most glaring issues a skeptic will encounter, there are many others throughout this book. For example, his dog miraculously heals from a mysterious gaping wound. The book includes an image of this “miracle”, which is just a photo of a dog with a red cloth on its neck. It’s also strange that someone managed to snap a photo during the alleged panic. In the middle of the book, his son Chris junior runs away from home and becomes homeless. They end up rescuing him off the streets in California, but that entire dramatic situation is never explained in-depth or mentioned again. I would like to have known more about what led him to run away from the family, and what he was doing on the streets at this time.
Later in the book, Bledsoe sells his house and purchases a lake side property. The question I had was, if this house is supposedly the site of alien visitations and other powerful events, why would you sell it to random buyers? At the very least, wouldn’t some of the many government contacts be interested in studying the property. Around this time, he mentions that he had prophecies predicting covid in 2019. I haven’t seen any statements or independent witnesses verifying this other than the Bledsoe family.
In one extremely suspect passage, Bledsoe mentions (for the first time), that he has been collecting material from the UFO’s and orbs as they visit. With the help of one of his many government contacts they send it off to an unnamed lab, the lab simply states that “the material cannot be verified”, and they never see the material again. Which seems oddly convenient, also why would he send all of the material to the lab, rather than a small sample?
On page 276 he mentions eating BBQ, so it seems he had a mind-altering spiritual awakening on the profundity of life, compelling enough to stop hunting and fishing. Not compelling enough however to adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet, which is one of the common first steps for those who have begun a spiritual awakening. It is also worth noting that one of the many people mentioned in the book, Diana Pasulka, was included without authorization. These are only some of many issues skeptical readers will encounter.
Finally, if Bledsoe truly was such a mechanical prodigy, could “crack open any mechanical panel and see how it operates”. If he was a stellar pilot, a master of tools and construction, and a genuinely intelligent and honest person. It seems strange to me that he would ever encounter years of constant financial hardship, surely he could have found a way to put some of those rare and useful skills into play? Bledsoe never could, but somehow shortly after beginning to tell this story and put his family on TV, he found financial success (though it’s never explained how) and his family now seem to be living in comfort and success. Again, the answers are not clear and remain to be pieced together, but one thing is clear, there is much to question about Bledsoe's narrative.

[Rich Flanders · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn’t want this tale to end. I grew to love Chris Bledsoe, his family, and the mystical, often beneficent encounters that are a regular occurrence in their lives. I feel privileged to write about it.

You don’t have to be religious, or a believer in God, to want to read this mind-bending account of a North Carolina working man’s very real encounters with UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) and NHI (nonhuman intelligence) over the past 15 years. In fact, being open is a necessary attribute for taking in a tale that plays at the edges of our ‘’reality.’’

Efforts to understand the anamolous phenomena that increasingly seem be entering our world these days are accelerating, as we hear in reports of whistleblowers, Congressional Hearings, and more and more frequent encounters with UAP around the globe. Among the most spectacular ongoing UAP/NHI events are those occurring in and around Chris Bledsoe, his family and home.

Beginning in 2007 in an encounter with three globe-shaped UAP’s, 4 hours of missing time, the subsequent healing of his advanced Crohn’s disease, and continuing down the years with visitations by glowing, healing ‘’orbs'' and appearances by ‘’The Lady,’’ the story of '’UFO of God’’ is an enthralling account of interactions with wondrous anomalous phenomena, often witnessed and well documented.

Consequently, Chris is being studied by some of the keenest scientific minds in our defense, intelligence and military branches of government, and the events are being taken with the utmost seriousness. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly clear that our current physics and scientific models are unable to adequately address such events. Events that are impossible…yet ongoing.

As an experiencer, I would highlight this landmark book in any inquiry into UAP/NHI. Along with Ross Coulthart’s ‘’In Plain Sight,’’ Steven Greer’s ‘’Unacknowledged,’’ Diana Pasulka's ‘’American Cosmic,'' Kelly Chase’s ‘’’The UFO Rabbit Hole'’’ and Whitley Streiber’s ‘’Them,'' Chris Bledsoe’s ‘’UFO of God’’ triggers the expansion of mind required to grapple with the new frontiers in consciousness we are now being confronted with.


Rich Flanders, ‘’UNDER THE GREAT ELM - A Life of Luck & Wonder''
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[Luke Shea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Usual caveat for UFO memoirs: I am a skeptical atheist materialist who doesn't buy any UFO stuff but is fascinated with it from a sort of comparative religion angle. I don't think aliens or interdimensional NHIs or time travelling ultratempestrials are among us, but I'm fascinated with experiencers and why they believe what they believe, I think the majority of them are genuinely and truthful in their accounts of their subjective experience, and I do not approach them from a place of ridicule. I have a sort of inside-out Jaques Vallee interpretation of "The Phenomena": UFOs are a part of the category of human experience where we file away angels and demons and ghosts and apparitions. Masks of God and all that. I just think that all of that (real!) category of human experience is primarily psychological and interpretive. But Vallee and I would broadly agree that Paul on the road to Damascus and Chris Bledsoe on a fishing trip are describing the same kind of experience.

This book is an important entry in the current Ufological Canon because of its time and place and overlap and influence with other major players in the space. It also looks to be a kind of dark horse that is beloved by ufology insiders but widely unexamined by the skeptical community, at least at time of writing. The kind of oddity that can have vast and outsized influence on the trajectory of what I view to be a modern folk religion without outsiders seeing it happening.

It functionally feels like a kind of publicly digestible Grand Unified Theory of Ufology-as-religion and Bible-belt Christianity for the disenfranchised cultural Christians disillusioned with more institutional Christianity. A distillation of "Spiritual But Not Religious" for the UFOs Are Biblical Angels crowd. (tho in my external reading on Bledsoe I think his core views are less Christian than he would like to have his audience believe. He openly identifies The Lady as Hathor/The Mother Goddess /The Divine Feminine in other interviews.)

It also ends up feeling like a kind of marvel-movie-fication of Streiber's seminal COMMUNION. It feels modern and snappy and compelling in comparison, but it also feels somehow too sleek and clean. Bledsoe is fundamentally unplagued by the self doubt and intellectual humility that makes Streiber's baffled wonder so compelling. Bledsoe wrestles with his place in the world and how to deal with his strange experiences, but the experiences are so clear and certain, at least in his presentation, that some of the ineffable intrigue of "The Phenomenon" feels lost. The NHIs will hand him a metaphor and then explain it to him. He's coy in the book, but in reality he feels confident about who The Lady is and what she wants, down to dated predictions. This makes it more interesting to me as a checkable claim, but less functional as a work of evocative mystery. In the end, this is a man who feels justified and confident about his (often troubling) behavior and its consequences.

I really enjoyed reading it as a narrative on its own terms, but one can't help but get the sense that there are two aspects of Bledsoe at play: one who is a very sympathetic (tho deeply flawed) modern day Job (tho one who says that about himself in print), sticking to his principles in spite of the hardship being a famous UFO guy put on his family. The other is a gullible un-self-aware accident prone goofball who seems to constantly self sabotage and have a very low bar for being amazed by things, who gets sucked into the world of the usual suspects of UFO media and ends up finding immense comfort amongst their ranks after a couple bad first dates. Both of them seem sincere to me. But they're both unreliable narrators in different ways.

I hesitate to do anything like diagnose from afar, but in the same way that Streiber accidentally puts his VERY extreme paranoia on display before The Entities even begin to show up, Bledsoe reads as, if not actually bipolar, than someone who is at least prone to very extreme mood swings, grandiosity, and impulsive risk-taking behavior. He feels as though he has survived extreme hardship for a reason, but many of his catastrophic woes seem like his own dumb problems. He blasts himself on the face with hot radiator fluid in the side of the road. He walks into a fire. He falls off some construction equipment. He drops a TV on his own head. He drops a map out the window of a plane while flying in the fog at night. He is capable of obsessive isolated wallowing and a pervasive self perception of unjust victimhood that seems to have done real harm to his family.

And at the same time, he can present an almost psychedelic sense of cosmic calm and distance and comfort and certainty, when he's in Mission From God mode. The relationship between his financial and physical well-being and his interaction with "The Phenomena" are telling. When this guy has meaning and a mission, be it gardening or believing himself to be on a mission to save the Pope from assassin via psychic information or becoming some kind of folksy front porch UFO prophet, he's on cloud 9. When he's directionless or powerless, he reads as dissociative and borderline suicidal.

One of his sons has a podcast, which I have started listening to in order to get more perspective on what life in this household was like during the time covered in the book. I haven't gotten very far, but he interviews many of the family members eventually, so I'm curious to see how that informs my reading of the situation. I'm also curious to read Diana Walsh Pasulka's AMERICAN COSMIC, to get a handle on this Tim Taylor character and how he fits into the current hierarchy of UFO gurus.

I came away from this broadly sympathetic to Bledsoe but concerned for his family. As usual, I feel a genuine warmth and love for the community of experiencers who hold each other and take each other seriously when others don't. There is something moving and beautiful and unequivocally good about that, to me.

And yet I feel the usual Reddit Atheist anger and "here we go again" when I see stuff like hypnotic memory regression enter the story, or the Men Who Stare At Goats guy shows up, or when Tim Taylor gets Bledsoe to meditate over an alleged piece of an alien spacecraft in order to psychically bolster his cancer research. The weirdly glossed over Psychic Pope Assassination Prevention story raises my eyebrows several inches. Bledsoe claims to have thousands and thousands of pictures and videos of his interactions with The Orbs, but his Instagram reveals only blurry zoomed in cell phone footage of distant blinking lights. Bledsoe's seemingly sweet and thoughtful podcaster son is a regular guest on a pretty gnarly conspiracy theory podcast by Sam Tripoli, a guy who unironically uses the word "plandemic" in 2024. On some level, we do owe it to each other to try and agree on the reality we all share in order to make mutually beneficial choices about how we live, and this, though thoughtful and a brisk read full of fascinating moments that gives me genuine sympathy for how hard it must be to live as an experiencer of something all consuming which you cannot explain, still feels like an onboarding ramp for a worldview that ends in toxic conspiracism.

I suspect my views will evolve as I learn more about Bledsoe and his family, but this is where I'm leaving it after a couple days mulling it over. Next up: AMERICAN COSMIC and maybe Lue Elizondo's new book, which I suspect will out him as a much less trustworthy character than he likes to play on TV. I just can't get enough of this strange little world.

[Christopher · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am a firm believer in this phenomenon. With that said, here are some examples of why this book does not come off credible.

First off, where is the proof? Chris had his first experience along with four unnamed coworkers. No one took out their cell phone while forty foot orbs blocked their path on a dirt road. Even after the beings gave Chris the "OKAY" to film them, those films cannot be found. All we have are blurry footage of something blinking very far away in the sky. These beings walked up to him within four feet and escorted him across his backyard, yet the most descriptive he gets in the entire book about them is this: They were the color of the moon with red eyes, and a red triangle on their chest. He doesn't say if they had toes, fingers, clothes, ears, mouths noses? One night they handed him a limbless creature and said he had to take care of it, it is of the upmost importance for humanity. Well it could not have been that important since he put it in his dog kennel and never mentions it again. It is completely forgotten about, this alien creature he was supposed to raise.

Chris says he has thousands of videos taken on expensive cameras of his experiences. But the internet does not have them. He says his friend filmed him heal his dog. The dog one day began spraying blood randomly from a three inch gash in its neck. Chris put his hand over the gash, prayed, and when he removed his hand the wound was gone. He says this was witnessed and on tape, I cannot find these miracles he's been told to share by the beings.

The book mentions a device near a tree that tells of future acts of violence. It mentions it, and does nothing to explain it.

I know these phenomena exist. I know people that have witnessed them. But these claims without proof read so poorly and so unconvincing I cannot recommend this book.

[Linda Edmonds Cerullo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure what to think after reading this book. It certainly is a compelling read and thought-provoking. I am also not sure what the author wants people to believe after writing about such a large piece of his life and the trials that he and his family were put through due to what amounts to multiple UFO sightings and the disruption they caused to their life. He does claim to be a Christian man and, as a result of his assertions, found himself a pariah among his church community. There were parts where I felt he was claiming that these "orbs" represented the presence of angels watching over him and his family. As a Christian myself, I do not believe that but am hesitant to deny what he claims to have witnessed. There are many things beyond our understanding that people insist occurred and I would hate to one day be one of them wanting people to believe something so outrageous. There were some inconsistencies, as when he tried to predict events that would happen in the future. Nothing further from him on whether those things occurred when he claimed they would. I never believe that these alien beings or orbs are of God. It is clear from Scripture that angels, when they have appeared in the past, immediately say "do not be afraid". They also don't sort of menace people. They come right out with the message that needs to be delivered because that is what angels are -- messengers. Throughout this book I could not help but remember another verse from Scripture: "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light." 2 Corinthians 11:14. Chris Bledsoe and his family alone know if this book is the Truth. But I do know that the Holy Bible IS the Truth so by all means, always use that as your final authority.

[Ryan Madison · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book. I knew very little of the Bledsoe story before picking it up. However, I have followed the recent UAP hullabaloo and this story has come up in the ether of the conversation.

The writing is amateurish, but I wasn’t expected expert prose. It languishes in parts building up the tale of Chris.

Put UFOs aside. You do feel for his trials and tribulations as a human. If what he says is real (in terms of setbacks, health, finances) then you really feel for the man. He has not lived an easy life.

That being said, a lot doesn’t add up. The story with the friends by the river - no names are given to those in the truck, details or numbers. It’s glossed over. This is one of the most important part of the story and should have been excruciatingly detailed. The men, their personalities, descriptions, backstories. This should have been 25% of the book.

Same with all the events where the aliens/entities are involved.

A better editor developmental editor could have helped perhaps get this is a more engaging story.

Side note - if you are paying attention and have read this book and “American Cosmic” you’ll piece together exactly who “Tyler” is IRL.

[Eli · Rating 5 out of 5]

GREAT BOOK!

Great book. If you have ever wondered about paranormal/religion/ufo, this book is worth a read. A very personal experience that has been delivered with a great personal touch.

[HillbillyMystic · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and could not put it down. One of the most convincing parts to me is how the military is aware of the Lady of All Nations, whom I choose to call Sophia, but She will not speak to them. Mi6 brags about making their agents ESP Perfect, whatever that means, but I bet the Lady won’t talk to those checker-heads either. It is a personal goal of mine to someday be as blessed as Señor Bledsoe, but I am thoroughly convinced Sophia, with the assistance of my guardian angel and The Spirit that Moves Through All Things, led me out of hell, out of an awful marriage to a democrat, not to mention the plebeian state of ignorance. The social engineers at The Tavistock Institute coupled with USAID funded LSD or Large Scale Social Deception try desperately to keep us all in base consciousness, which is fairly simple nowadays in this post-Truth, post-apocalyptic, dystopian nightmare featuring ubiquitous, crippling digital dopamine addiction. In fact, I am writing a book about it right now titled Everything in Modern Life is Fake, Gay, Retarded and Hella Satanic. You’ll want the Lodge Edition, if you can find a copy.

[Raywat Deonandan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is this Booker-worthy high literature? No. Is it peer-reviewed science or a ground-shaking nonfiction exposé? No. But for some reason I could not put this book down.

I've known the story of Chris Bledsoe for some time but didn't really take much notice. In these pages, though, it's hard not to pay attention to the man. He paints the story of a simple honest stricken with hard luck at every turn, who nevertheless becomes blessed when the eye of a non-human intelligence decides to look upon him.

Is it believable? It actually is. Is he credible? I find him so. But weirdly, the charm of this book is not the promise of UFO revelations, but the quality of the author himself, who somehow manages to draw you into his world.

I will say this, as well. Chris Bledsoe reminds us constantly of his many Job-like misfortunes. But all I kept seeing in these pages was familial love. None of his suffering left an impact on me as I kept sensing that he was wrapped in the protection of his loving family. And maybe that's reason enough to read this. For it might just be a story of love, and not of UFOs.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m giving it three stars because Bledsoe seems like a really good guy and very likable. But the story is just not supported by evidence. If he truly did heal a very sick son of an ‘elite DC power broker’ why can’t he tell us who they are? Why don’t they speak on his behalf? There are many claims in the book that are not backed up by the individuals involved. It takes more than hearsay to convince me. It’s true that he and his family do seem to have experienced some unexplainable things. But why would they continue to attend a church where the people ridicule him and the family? Why did the beings cure him of Crohn’s but let him suffer from rheumatoid arthritis? So many questions and no definitive answers.

[Craig Pywell · Rating 5 out of 5]

An important book in our time of need.

Who are we? Where have we been? Where are we going? Humanity, listen up. The universe hears your call and is responding. Chris Bledsoe has written a wonderful book about the adventure of life and our interactions with higher or more advanced beings. It comes in the form of UFOs, Orbs, and a Lady of Light. And it fits in beautifully with other teachings we are being sent, such as the books: Deep Weird, The Mind of God, and Communion.

Great book. Very well written and easy to read.

[Kelsie Kline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chris tells an interesting story. It had my attention very early on in the book but I felt it drug along with the same experiences and stories until you reached the end. I feel like this book could’ve been 100 pages shorter and still get the same story across. Crazy life experiences from this guy!!

[Priscilla Lorentzen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I believe every word.

Great book. Chris Bledsoe is the real deal. The phenomenon is good. They care about you and me. They want us to grow spiritually. That is our next step. Do yourself a favor and read this book. Continue to seek, seek the love and the light of the creator.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting story! I had heard Chris speak before but it was interesting to read it and get other details. After hearing him speak, he seems very credible and his story exemplifies his struggle and his outcomes. Whether you believe in UFOs or not, this is a story that should be heard.

[Melanie Mansfield · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know, I know… it was just for kicks and giggles.

[Hana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very grateful that Chris wrote about his experience and in awe of him and his family’s resilience. A good reminder that rejecting others experiences because you haven’t had the same experience is ultimately limiting yourself. The world is bigger and more filled with wonder of you just open your mind and allow yourself to see.
Excited for the movie!

[Rip Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

NEW REVIEW OF OLD EXPERIENCE

This book captured me. Very well written, Chris is a natural author, as well as a specially chosen man. My birth certificate is 86 years old. I’ve been involved with the phenomena since age nine, but only as a first kind observer, for the most part. I am about to begin my second read of Chris’ book. He is a truly special person who handles his gift gracefully. Would that the phenomena would arrange for he and I to meet.

[Holly Kern · Rating 2 out of 5]

From a biblical standpoint, Chris Bledsoe’s views blend Christian language with New Age mysticism and Gnosticism which makes them theologically questionable. While he may sincerely believe his experiences are divine, they do not align with biblical doctrines of God, angels & prophecy. One example that bothered me was “The Mother” figure he speaks of. Chris has encounters with this female entity which he sees as a divine or angelic being yet the Bible does not describe a divine female entity. Any supernatural spirit presenting itself as a “divine mother” could be viewed with caution as a deceptive spirit (1 Timothy 4:1). Christians are warned to be discerning about extrabiblical revelation (Colossians 2:8, 1 John 4:1). His experiences should be compared to deception through signs and wonders (2 Thessalonians 2:9-11) or mystical encounters that do not originate from God (Deuteronomy 13:1-3).

[Lly_th · Rating 4 out of 5]

I believe Mr. Bledsoe experiences but I’m not convinced that they are benevolent. Some of the encounters seem horrifying.

It all feels off. I’ve had experiences with shadow people and all that stuff. It ain’t good.

There’s only one Lady and that’s the glorious Holy Theotokos. This other one seems to like hurting people and pets so that Mr. Bledsoe can heal publicly in her name. That’s not an angel.

Overall the writing is good. I wish more details were given but since there are close relationships with government officials not much is revealed.

Could be a psyop. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Kerry W. Kastanek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining story

I found the book enjoyable and interesting. The title states it is a true story, but the book contains nothing to back this up. Carl Sagan said: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” This book had plenty of the former, but none of the latter. The author stated that “the lady” gave him permission to photograph the phenomenon, which he said he did. Why not show these photographs?

[Steve Goebbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book far exceeded my expectations. Holy smokes! Seriously. It is not what you think - a guy sees a UFO and then all of a sudden believes in Jesus as our lord and savior. It is a matter of fact description of Bledsoe’s experience with unexplained phenomena. It makes you re-evaluate your perceptions of what UFO’s are. It furthers the idea we are all connected, there are unseen forces in the world, and God (AKA the Universe) works in mysterious ways. I highly recommend.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

“There is a hidden world around is asking to be recognized. It’s up to us to open ourselves to the possibility of seeing it.”

If only a quarter of what Chris Bledsoe recounts is true, then it’s already an amazing story. From what I’ve seen of comments under videos of his on his Youtube channel and various podcast appearances, he seems to be an honest, humble man, which would add weight to his account, on top of ringing endorsements from two former UFO heavyweights Jim Semivan (Former CIA, clandestine Directorate of Operations) and John B Alexander (retired US Army Colonel). I’m inclined to believe the author is telling the truth and recounting what he has genuinely experienced.

It would go a long way towards making sense of the Jesus mystery too, as there are many parallels between both. I’m not saying Chris is the new Messiah (probably far from it) but it would be remiss to not at least mention these similarities.

INTRODUCTION

Chris’ life starts with much pain: “My many near-death experiences caused my interest in the church to deepen, starting with the omen of the owl outside the church just a few days before I was shot. These experiences raised questions in me that I still wrestle with. Why did I survive being lit on fire at three, getting half my teeth knocked loose at six, getting shot at ten, third degree burns at seventeen, falling four stories through scaffolding at nineteen? What meaning could be gleaned from so many near misses and so much pain?” [He also lost his first wife at twenty, in a car crash.]

He then started showing signs of IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which made his life very uncomfortable, necessitating many trips to the bathroom throughout the day (up to 25!) He was given a dangerously toxic brew of medications to take to reduce the symptoms, waking up in the emergency room. At the same time, his once thriving building business was floundering, forcing Bledsoe to downsize and risk bankruptcy. This sets the scene nicely for the UFO encounter.

FIRST ENCOUNTER

“On January 8th, 2007, our lives changed forever.” Read the account for details (incidentally, Bledsoe, or whoever corrected his draft, is a great writer; the story flowed), as I’ll mention a few details I took away from it. After being chased by glowing orbs, at home he was confronted by a three and a half foot tall being “gently glowing the colour of the moon. Two red eyes. A glassy translucent triangle was fixed on its chest. “I’m sorry. You got me. I’m sorry for running. I surrender.” [said Bledsoe.] The being was responding: “You don’t understand. We are not here to hurt you. We are here to help you.”

After this terrifying encounter, two days later, another ‘being’ joins the first in meeting with Bledsoe and this is what he says happens:

“As we stood there looking at each other, an overpowering emotional understanding crashed over me. They communicated to me this obliterating epiphany: the singular, ultimate importance of all living beings. It was a thought and a philosophy as much as it was sweeping emotion. All my memories, all my thoughts, all my emotions were changed. My whole worldview reorganized itself around this foundational priority. A scope of meaning, grander and nobler than anything I had ever felt, bloomed around every lifeform. We living things shared this meaning that summoned in me the utmost care, respect, and, above all, love.”

Following this encounter, all his IBS symptoms disappeared; he had been cured by the encounter it seems. But, unfortunately, was quick to discover that this encounter would render him a pariah in his community. Formerly a church-going family man, he was accused of being cursed by evil forces, and he (and his family) bore the brunt of this degrading interpretation.

Over time, interestingly, “the beings “had started to appear more often, and it seemed they were becoming more and more sensitive to our behavior. A more or less consistent call-and-response was beginning to form between us and them.” At a later point, Bledsoe said that the encounters were increasingly exponentially for reasons unknown to him. Why? I’m curious.

SECOND ENCOUNTER

The next encounter he had is fascinating (I’m omitting some probably crucial points): “Before me, a woman floated in a circle of light. Poised still and silent, she gazed down at me. Her beauty tranquilized me and my fear vanished. (…) She communicated to me that the orbs, the beings, the missing time, were all tools she had been using. She talked of the beings as guardians she sent to do her bidding, of my apocalyptic visions as a possible future for earth, of our agreement requiring absolute trust in her. She vowed that if I continued in this mission, she would protect my family and me, she would allow the orbs to be photographed, and she would allow me to show these phenomena to witnesses outside of my family. If I continued to talk about what I saw, she said that she would never leave my side. (…) Toward the end, she conveyed the importance of my visitations. She warned that there were forces at work to cast phenomena like this in a negative light, and that if this view won out, humanity would be set on a path to ruin. She said that my work was to prevent this dangerous deception from taking root. She did not tell me why, but I had been chosen to tell humanity of the phenomena’s benevolence. The first step in this work was the simple acknowledgment of what I saw.”

“A NEW KNOWLEDGE MUST ARRIVE. MANKIND MUST AWAKEN TO IT.”

Something that impressed me was that, during a presentation at some conference, Bledsoe (apparently not voluntarily) made a prediction that (allegedly) came true: “There will be a 6.8 magnitude earthquake on September 23, 2012 in Baja, California. In New York this fall the elections will be disrupted.” This came true, even though some of the details are slightly off: a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck on the 25th September of 2012 off Mexico’s Baja peninsula: https://www.reuters.com/article/quake... (I say ‘allegedly’ because I would need to confirm that he had actually said this during the MUFON conference earlier in 2012 as he said he did. If he did, then how do these entities themselves know? Did they cause it themselves? Or are they experienced seismologists? Are they dogs? (Joking lol))

He met the lady for the second time in 2013: “Just forty feet away and twenty feet above me, she spoke a parable that took a long time for me to process. “When the red star of Regulus aligns just before dawn in the gaze of the Sphinx, a new knowledge shall come into the world.” I was not sure what that meant. I have come to understand that around Easter 2026 there will be the end of an old way and the beginning of a new.” In light of the previous prediction, should I take this date seriously? Hmm…

“The thoughts and emotions of others seemed vitally, extraordinarily connected to me. She communicated to me that she could now trust that I was forever committed to sharing what I knew with the world, whatever the cost. She wanted the world to know and trusted me to deliver as much of this knowledge as I was meant to.”

Later on he would say: “I cared about people, even the ones who said I’d lost my mind, and it hurt deep down to hold in all these experiences with leading NASA scientists and doctors. I wanted to shout it from the rooftops every time a debunker waged a campaign against my family and me, and there were far too many of them. This book is my shout from the rooftops: the celestial world is all around us, interacting with us all the time.”

Writing all this out seems unbelievable now. Honestly, he’s brave enough for saying this in the first place, leaving aside whether it’s true or not for the time being (although I think it probably is.) I’ve tried to speak about UFOs and alien encounters with those around me and the looks of abject ignorance, pity, nonchalance, or even at times anger I’ve experienced are enough to make me think something deep is at play here. (And I’ve never had a contact experience!) I’m reminded of that quote by Gurdjieff (when speaking to Ouspensky) where he says that most people are simply asleep. It’s that simple. You’re not speaking to them as awake, curious, interested people, but sleepwalkers. And it’s infinitely frustrating! So I appreciate all the work that Chris has done to bring forward this message, and empathize with him and his family’s pain as they dealt with the social consequences of such a message. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

ET TECH and BLEDSOE

There’s another piece to the puzzle. At one point, Bledsoe meets with Tim Taylor, an accomplished man with many patents to his name. (I believe he was the ‘Tyler’ in Diana Pasulka’s book too, the other being Garry Nolan.) These patents were inspired by the UFOs in some sense (how? I have no idea). Anyways. Taylor placed a piece of alien technology in Bledsoe’s hands: ““Out of nowhere, energy jolted through me. My eyes darkened with tunnel vision as if I had just gone into g-LOC in a fighter jet. “Why you? Why you?” Tim asked. (…) He indicated that this material had isotopes that came from fifty million light years away. These materials and their composition had yet to be understood: they hadn’t been made by human hands and nothing like them occurred naturally on earth. He said that of all the people he had tested with these materials, only two people previously had a reaction, and that this confirmed for him the truth of my experiences. What that meant, I don’t know. Beyond this, my biological reaction was the strongest he had seen.” Spooky.

From that point on, Taylor would invite Bledsoe to events filled with top scientists, researchers, government officials, etc, but Bledsoe always felt a little bit uneasy. “Tim, I’m flattered, but why on earth did you need me on this trip?” I asked. He trained his dark, focused eyes on me and his face went blank. In his efficient, deliberate manner of speaking, he said, “We see them, but they don’t seem to want anything to do with us. For some reason, they like you. They let you see them and experience them. We need to learn why.”

Why did they pick Chris? Is it random? (Highly doubt it.) Is it lineage related? Does Bledsoe descend from Jesus Christ and other people who have similarly been ‘chosen’? I’m throwing out random ideas here. (Also “Chris” and “Christ” are real close to one another haha)

UFOs and HISTORY

He also spoke with Pasulka, as she’s a religious professor, linking this phenomenon to people’s visitations in the past: “The more I talked with Diana and learned about the history of world religions, the more certain I became that the phenomena were a worldwide and angelic presence. Native American folklore described the appearance of white stone canoes flying overhead. There were multiple reports of glowing, flying ships all through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: one report even described a ship dropping anchor down into a London chimney. These western accounts are just the tip of the iceberg. Diana said that one of the biggest stumbling blocks for people when it comes to reckoning with the phenomena was a mistranslation of the word cloud in both the old and new testaments.”

“Alternate, and sometimes flat-out wrong, translations were substituted for the word cloud. In most of these cases, the intent of the translator was to make the text easier to comprehend and therefore believe in. Instead of clouds, words like weather, rain, sky, angel, and voice were used. Of course, it would be easier for a reader to believe that an angel spoke to someone rather than a cloud, or that lightning lit up the sky rather than a brilliant glowing cloud. With all of these texts, Diana and I discussed the likelihood of these clouds being orbs like the ones I was seeing. Some seemed like a stretch, but most of them struck a deep, resonant chord in me.”

“To paint with a very broad brush, various politically-affiliated religious sects and institutions have told us that they alone hold the keys to religious experience, meanwhile casting all outsiders as damned in the eyes of their god. This profound spiritual division among people has caused endless misery, isolation, dehumanization, and violence. The orbs were always here and open to all of us, ready to give us the signs and messages we need.”

A similarity with the Jesus story involves Bledsoe beginning to heal people; first someone who had a deep purple bruise on his knee, then a sick Jewish boy who went on to do his Bar Mitzvah, and many others too. Are the UFOs granting him the power to heal others to help spread the message that they want to spread?

THIRD ENCOUNTER

His last visitation is interesting: “was full of convictions and understandings that I didn’t remember being told. Like the first time seeing the lady, it was as though I’d been programmed like a computer. The messages came through in brief phrases. “We will allow you to film us more and share with witnesses. Share the truth. Difficult times ahead.”

“Famine, plague, and unrest were just over the horizon. My work was now to prepare for this in addition to getting the word out about the phenomena. (…) “My understanding of these troubled times was that people would need to stock up on food and prepare to live at home without the help of modern comforts. It wasn’t so much a doomsday prophecy where toads would fall out of the sky, but a broader warning.”

Eerie. And I don’t mean the lake. That’s spelt Erie anyway. But you get the point. Now go and read the book.

[Jakob Cullins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heads up because this will be a long review, there will be a TL;DR at the end for simplicity’s sake.

Odds are, if you’ve willingly picked up this book without being handed it by a friend, it’s because you’re somewhat deep into the UAP/UFO phenomenon rabbit hole.
You’ve reached the point where the nuts and bolts ideas and the concepts of intergalactic armadas and visitors coming to probe our buttholes is just not making sense; and you’re probably at least aware of Jacques Valleé and Diana Walsh Pasulka’s works and their hypothesis that this phenomenon has been around for thousands of years if not the entirety of humanity’s existence.
This book is where these concepts converge and we see what a look into a truly spiritual experience with the phenomenon is like and opens us up to the possibilities that there is at least some air of truth to this phenomenon, in all of its forms, may be some kind of divine emanation sent to humanity from somewhere that is not the earth and space we inhabit.

Chris Bledsoe’s story is, at its surface level and without context, absolutely crazy.
We have a proud southern born-n-raised man who works his ass off early in life, has multiple near death experiences, and loses the first love of his life in an unfortunate and freakish accident, comes to a breaking point in his life and at that point somehow, IT GETS WORSE(!) by having a full blown close encounter with a group of men and his son.
The aftermath of this event on himself and his family is shattering to say the least. A respected Christian church going man and community member is instantly cast to the wayside because a real event that happened to him and his family is seen as demons and the devil when that is simply not the case.
And what happens? The encounters and events kick-up, and ridicule inevitably gets worse.
Eventually though these experiences show themselves to more than just Chris and Jr, the entire Bledsoe family, and incredibly enough even high level government officials and scientists.
Which is another area I think is important to touch on for this story.
The reason I said Chris’ story was crazy is because it IS and sounds like the rantings of a Christian-spiritualist until you realize that he has vindication and a metric fuck-ton of it if you ask me.
If you claim that these Nasa officials and government entities are family friends then show the receipt’s, right? Well he has, he has pictures of these people at his local hometown football games, at dinners with the family, and I believe there’s a photo of them all together before a homecoming or a prom.
Why would these people be interested in someone who’s crazy?
What is the point of these people essentially wasting their time analyzing this man and his family if nothing is happening?
The simplest answer is that something incredible IS happening to Chris.
Something is happening to his family and the people that interact with them and it’s showing itself not only more frequently but more readily to those who are ready.

There are, of course, portions of this book that will draw my criticism regardless of the things I’ve looked into after reading the book.
Stories of miraculous healings of any sort draw questions from me because evidence of this event is usually stories from witnesses who were also there for the “healing”.
I’m not saying these things didn’t happen to Chris or the people around him, but I am saying that extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence and for these claims specifically, I haven’t seen much.

If you’re interested in the phenomena, read this book to open yourself up to the idea that little green men and mummies from Peru aren’t the end-all-be-all.
If you are an experiencer yourself, it would behoove you to read this book because it may hold some personal truths about your own life.

And if what Chris Bledsoe said in the last few chapters holds any truth; look up and when you look up and believe with your whole heart that something will happen, eventually it will show itself to you when you are ready.

TL;DR: A southern guy has some crazy ufo stuff happen to him and his family and now the government and important scientists are close friends with him in a desperate attempt to understand why it chose him. Look up to the sky and believe that the phenomenon is there and can happen and it will, according to him AND the avatar of the holy mother/holy spirit.

[Pat Padden · Rating 3 out of 5]

I could only muster up three stars for this book, not so much for the ideas it presents, but because I wish Mr. Bledsoe had tried harder to find a real publisher for it. There's a lot to be said for a good copy editor. Chris Bledsoe is a construction contractor, and by his own admission, a good ol' Southern boy from Fayetteville, North Carolina (best known as the home of Fort Bragg), who loved hunting, fishing, and attending the Pentecostal Holiness Church, where he served as a deacon. His literary skills are only passable. If I were grading his work, I'd give him a C+. The story he uses them to tell, however, is passing strange.

The real estate crash in 2008 caused a global financial crisis and Bledsoe, who was in the business of building homes, lost everything he'd worked for for decades. He went from having a thriving business and owning apartment buildings and real estate developments to having to sign his kids up for the free school lunch program. As a result, his health declined rapidly. He developed severe Crohn's Disease (IBS) which left him debilitated, unable to work, and caused him to feel so weak and oppressed by his financial problems that he was ready to end his own life.

He was on a fishing trip with his teenage son and several members of his work crew when he wandered off, fell to his knees, and began to pray. Much to his amazement, his prayers were answered in a miraculous series of events involving what he believes are either aliens or interdimensional beings, but whichever they are, he believes they're also spiritual entities (perhaps what have been thought of as gods or angels in times past) with a message for all humankind, not just him.

Chris looked up from his prayerful entreaty to see what appeared to be two suns on the evening horizon. These huge red orbs seemed to be trying to communicate with him. When they finally shot off into the darkening sky and he made it back to the river where he'd left his son and their buddies it was dark, and he was shocked to be told that he'd been missing for hours.

What follows is a fun read, deeper than you'd expect at first, and spring-loaded with some surprises. Mr. Bledsoe's interdimensional interlocutors have imparted a wealth of information to him and given him some wild talents (such as making him a healer and endowing him with telepathic abilities). He now believes that all things on earth, from bacteria to billionaires, rocks to roses, and even what we think of as inanimate, manmade objects such as furnishings and buildings, have lives and sentience of their own. (I've always believed this, too.) It's caused an amazing paradigm shift for him. He's given up hunting and fishing, which were two of his most well-loved pastimes. He says he now lives with a deep sense of dismay at all the lives he took over the many years when he pursued those sports. He's also stopped attending the Pentecostal Holiness Church, where he served as a deacon, after his pastor and fellow congregants began to suspect him of having truck with the demonic.

There's a lot more to the story, and I think it's not going to be over any time soon. The entities who first contacted him seem to have been in touch with other folks, as well, and to have some sort of Alien Agenda. So far, according to Chris Bledsoe, all seems benign, and the orbs of light - which are the visible means by which they choose to present themselves to him (along with a beautiful blond woman he calls "The Lady") - have conveyed only positive messages of hope and regeneration for our struggling planet (albeit after some cataclysmic setbacks), mysterious healing powers, and ways of communicating, traversing through time and space, and manipulating the physical world we inhabit with a set of laws markedly different from the familiar ones postulated by Newton and Einstein.

Then again, there WAS that Twilight Zone episode called, "To Serve Man"...

[AJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is hard to believe and I can understand why. I also find myself grappling with believing everything Chris says because a lot of it sounds like fantasy. However, I had the opportunity to meet Chris a few months ago outside a small church in rural North Carolina. Chris was warm, personable, kind, and composed. He carried a very relaxed aura to him, one that you can’t help but feel calm around. But that’s not why I started to consider his story. I questioned it even then. But then, something unexplainable happened. A group of us gathered at a nearby small park for a sky watch. And then, “they” arrived. Orbs after orbs darting in the sky. I think we must have counted about 70. Chris was able to tell us what direction they were coming from by just closing his eyes and sensing. It was quite spectacular and still something I don’t know if I have come to terms with processing. All I can say is that I have never witnessed anything like this in my life before. Chris has some sort of telepathic connection with these orbs. And I got to see it live quite unexpectedly. Chris was kind enough to also let me use his high-tech binoculars to see these orbs close up. Big balls of fiery, orange, red translucent light shifting into different shapes and sizes. Well, I got to capture some on my phone, but of course it doesn’t capture the essence of what I felt or saw in that moment.

Since meeting Chris, what he writes in the book about other people seeing orbs after meeting him has also come true. My husband has had quite a few encounters with orbs since then. Each one more intense than the last. Chris provides a religious context, but also states that that is just his personal opinion not something the orbs or these beings have told him. Just because Chris is religious or comes from a religious background does not take away his credibility here in my opinion. Again, all of this may seem far-fetched and I’m not looking to convince anyone one way or the other because I myself would have had many many questions had I not witnessed his ability firsthand. I still have questions but I’m also open to answers outside the box. There is so much more to this reality than we think we know as we certainly don’t know at all. Chris story just provides a starting point.

[Anna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave this book a one star because of the many things that quite frankly pissed me off. I had to make myself finish which always sucks when wanting a good read.

I just have to write in regards to Chris and his experience with the Lady. As a Christian who has been warned that the very elect can and will be deceived in the last day, I warn people who come across this book to not be deceived by the beauty, power and knowledge and healing acts of this Lady. It boggles my mind that Chris, knowing the scriptures and what it says about fear (it’s not of god) as well as Ashurah (whom the Israelites were DESTROYED for worshipping) has been sold this lie. Satan can and has shown up as an Angel of light. Also there are spirits of evil, whom the Lady is a part of who want the destruction of Jesus Christs followers and his plans for us. She told Chris that she was the same spirit who came to the people as Ishtar, Ashurah, Isis, Horus, even mother Mary. To be worshipped. God is to be worshipped. This is the great deception. The whole story behind Chris and his trying to convince his son and family that The Lady was actually good was repulsive to me. Imagine your child going through something that was so terrifying that he chose to be homeless instead of live in a home where it happened then trying to convince him it was actually God?? That’s abusive. I pray for Chris and his family. As the fear of these happenings was so great and so destructive it truly harmed his family for a long while. When a spirit or entity uses fear then gives special powers to entice, it’s NOT a spirit of God or good.

Chris’s use of biblical scripture to back up his desire to see the Lady as righteous and good instead of as it truly is (which is evil) is sickening. This Lady used Chris’s pain and heartache to bring about her own purposes, not gods but her own.

Also:
The cover of this book is concerning and telling, a woman using the same hand symbols as the baphomet of the church of Satan. Why would he do this? It’s evil.

[Sarah Huntington · Rating 3 out of 5]

I started this a few days ago and I forgot to add it. I didn't like this, but I did finish it, although I did get bored. This is where we put our opinions about books and in this world, it's almost as if I feel I have to apologise for having one. Chris Bledsoe seems like a really nice person. A little bit naive maybe, but a sweetheart all the same. My problems were as follows, the religions of our world, I don't like them, any of them. They are harmful. We keep looking to the sky, wanting to be saved by an invisible entity, or wanting answers. Shouldn't we be looking for those ourselves? And trying to save ourselves? It's nothing but passing responsibility. I guess that's beside the point mind. The biggest issue I had was this. If you know anything about this phenomenon, you will know it wears a mask and is, essentially, deceitful. There could be reasons beyond our current knowledge for that behaviour, but what is true is that there have been thousands of people just like Mr Bledsoe. All have been told and shown different things etc. IF Bledsoe is telling the truth, and that's a big IF, it's the truth as he sees/experiences it and no more. It will not be and never will be, the definitive truth. There are two sides to every single coin and if people read this and enjoy it, it's best to read Messengers of Deception by Jacques Vallee afterward, and then form an opinion. People who act like Bledsoe is a messiah of some kind need to stop. He is a cog in a wheel of a machine we cannot and likely will not ever understand. Remember. This is just my opinion. I am allowed one. Don't let your cognitive dissonance get in a spin.

[Jassicca · Rating 5 out of 5]

My introduction to Chris came through the show 'Beyond Skinwalker Ranch'. Little did I know that his autobiography had already been released at that time, and I am excited to have stumbled upon this captivating account of Chris's life.

The narrative follows Chris's life from childhood to starting his own family, including the ordeals after sharing his experience on a television program and the recurring encounters with the Orbs. I am particularly intrigued by the entities that have a connection with him, the Lady.

The bright Orb has only been seen by me on one occasion, and I am hopeful that I will have the opportunity to encounter the lady as well. As stated in the book, the process is rather straightforward - all one must do is be modest and declare 'I am here'. Meanwhile, I will be diligently monitoring the prediction bestowed by the lady.

“When the red star of Regulus aligns just before dawn in the gaze of the Sphinx, a new knowledge shall come into the world.” I was not sure what that meant. I have come to understand that around Easter 2026 there will be the end of an old way and the beginning of a new.

I offer my sincere apologies for the verbal mistreatment that your family has endured, and I am thankful that you have taken the advice to share your experiences with the world and spread the message.

[Joe Maristela · Rating 3 out of 5]

https://amzn.to/442cJGl. It sounds like Chris Bledsoe has had an incredible series of encounters with UFOs and unexplained phenomena over the past 15 years. Some key points that stand out:

- This started with a dramatic UFO sighting in 2007 that allegedly cured Bledsoe of an illness and involved missing time.

- There are claims of ongoing visitations, orb sightings, and paranormal events involving Bledsoe and his family.

- Bledsoe connects these experiences to his Christian faith and sense of spiritual awakening.

- The book suggests involvement and interest from various government and intelligence officials, professors, and UFO researchers, implying an important case.

- There seems to be a theme of the phenomena being a blessing if accepted openly rather than something evil.

While extraordinary claims require solid evidence, I'm intrigued by how this case intertwines UFOs, personal transformation, and spirituality. The government connections also lend an air of credibility if true. However, it's important to approach fantastic stories like this analytically before concluding. Overall, this sounds like a fascinating firsthand account that raises profound questions about the underlying nature of these phenomena.