UFO researcher investigated 700 alleged alien abductions. He found one pattern that changed his belief about God

For more than three decades, Joe Jordan has investigated people who claimed to have experienced alien abductions. After examining roughly 700 such cases, the UFO researcher says one recurring detail changed the way he understood the phenomenon, several people claimed their experiences ended after they called on God or Jesus.

Jordan, 72, told the Daily Mail that these accounts eventually transformed his own beliefs. Rather than becoming more convinced that the experiences involved extraterrestrial beings, he came to interpret many of them through a Christian framework.

He now believes some alleged alien encounters may instead be spiritual experiences.

Case that challenged what Jordan believed

Jordan began researching UFO-related cases in the 1990s and later focused on people who claimed they had been abducted.

One case that particularly affected him involved a man identified as “Bill D.” According to Jordan, the man was experiencing an alleged abduction when he cried out: “Jesus, Jesus, help me!”

Jordan said the experience reportedly ended immediately, with the man waking up safely in his bed.

The incident stood out because researchers at the time had described such experiences as something that could not simply be stopped, Jordan said.

“I thought this just doesn’t make sense because all the leading researchers at the time in the early mid-90s were saying that these abduction experiences could not be stopped, but I had one that just said he had stopped it,” he told the Daily Mail.

More similar experiences

According to Jordan, the Bill D case was not isolated.

He said he encountered other people who claimed that their alleged encounters ended after they prayed, called upon Jesus or God, or sang a hymn. For Jordan, the repeated nature of these stories became more significant than any individual testimony.

His interpretation gradually moved away from the idea that people were physically being taken by extraterrestrial beings.

“Nobody’s getting taken anywhere,” Jordan said. “This experience is a demonic vision, demonic spiritual visionary experience that’s given to them.”

Jordan's conclusions remain his interpretation of the accounts rather than established evidence about the nature of UFO encounters.

Why Jordan began connecting UFO cases with religion

Jordan has said that his own spiritual journey also influenced how he viewed the cases.

According to the reports, he had previously explored New Age practices and believed crystals could offer spiritual protection. He became a Christian in November 1996 after being encouraged to turn to the Bible.

His subsequent research led him to connect some alleged abduction experiences with what he considers spiritual activity.

Jordan has also claimed that people who reported such experiences sometimes had earlier involvement with occult practices, paranormal activity or UFO-related interests. He believes these activities could have played a role in what they later experienced.

However, those claims have not been independently established.

From alien encounters to 'interdimensional' beings

The debate around UFOs has also expanded beyond the traditional question of whether extraterrestrial spacecraft are visiting Earth. Terms such as “interdimensional”, “extradimensional” and “ultradimensional” have been used in discussions about unexplained phenomena.

Jordan views such ideas differently from conventional extraterrestrial explanations. His belief is that some experiences described as alien encounters could have a spiritual rather than physical origin.

“The way it changed my life is seeing that the power and the name and authority of Jesus Christ convinced me 100 percent that God is real, the Bible is real, Jesus was real,” Jordan said, according to the Daily Mail. “You call on Him for help; He’s there for help.”

What the 700 cases actually establish

Jordan's reported investigations offer testimony about what people say they experienced, but they do not independently establish that aliens, demons or other supernatural entities were responsible.

The Gazeta Express report also notes that his conclusion is controversial and unverified. Some alleged abduction experiences can have other interpretations, including psychological, neurological and sleep-related explanations.