I’ve seen something strange three times in the sky—in Las Piñas, Philippines—UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) or traditionally called UFO (Unidentified Flying Object).
First: a steady aircraft blinking different colors, unlike any normal plane.
Second: mysterious “balls of light” gliding and shifting silently above the city.
And third—the most vivid—around 1 PM, a shiny orb in broad daylight, moving like someone pressing fast-forward then pause, again and again.
These all happened back when there were no smartphones to capture them, only my own eyes and memory.
Each time, I’m left with the same question: are we really alone?
The Bible doesn’t say “we’re alone”
If you actually read Scripture, there’s no verse declaring “Earth is the only home of life.” Instead, you find verses like:
• Psalm 19:1 — “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”
• Colossians 1:16 — “For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.”
The Bible is clear about who created everything, but silent on whether other beings exist. Even angels are non-human, intelligent creations of God—already proof that humanity isn’t alone in His design.
Theology’s open door
The Vatican Observatory’s former director, Fr. José Gabriel Funes, once said that if extraterrestrials exist, they too are God’s creatures. Pope Francis even joked that if aliens came asking for baptism, “Who are we to close the door?”
So faith isn’t threatened by the possibility. It simply affirms that whatever exists—seen or unseen, near or far—belongs to the same Creator.
A bigger, wider faith
Maybe those strange objects I saw were drones, balloons, or tricks of light. Or maybe they weren’t. Either way, the universe is so vast it reminds us we’re not the center of everything.
• Isaiah 55:9 — “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
And now comes World Space Week 2025 (October 4–10), with its theme “Living in Space.” For the rich, maybe it’s an exciting playground. But for the poor, survival on Earth is already the daily mission. Living in space only makes sense if what we learn up there helps life be better down here.
And if aliens do exist, I can only hope they’ll help us fulfill last year’s theme—“Space and Climate Action”—because saving Earth still feels like the most important mission of all. 🌍✨
ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ
