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al > “1 a A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE TRUE NATURE OF THE "UFO ENTITIES" A BRIEF ACCOUNT Islam knows, in fact, of the existence of "essential fire" or "essential flame", OF THE TRUE NATURE OF three entirely separate and distinct species "smokeless fire" or "smokeless flame", and THE "UFO ENTITIES" of intelligent beings in the Universe, and _ it is specifically stated in the Qur'an (surah by Gordon Creighton © 1983 indeed can furnish surprisingly precise XV, 26 and 27) that they were created details regarding their natures, roles and before mankind was. (Some scholars have This article was first published in the quar - activities. speculated that these might be the "pre- terly UFO journal Flying Saucer Review in Adamic men" whose existence is hinted at October 1983 (vol. 29, no. 1) and reprinted Angels, Men and Jinns ; here and there in the Holy Bible.) due to popular demand in FSR, Autumn The first category is, of course, that of There has been much debate among 1988 (vol. 33, no. 3). the Angels or Messengers (Greek: Angelos; modern students of Arabic as to precisely Our congratulations to Flying Saucer Hebrew: Malach; Arabic: Malak). These what these terms min nari al-samumi and Review for reaching a significant mile - © high beings created of light. min marijin min narin can conceivably The third category is that of Men, with mean in modern parlance, and some bodies created, according to the Qur'an, of scholars have concluded that, in using these — Editor clay, or, in other words, this being poetic _ terms, the Prophet Muhammad (the peace language, they have physical bodies assem- and blessings of Allah be upon him) was stone: its 50th year of publishing ground - breaking ufological news. ments of our Periodic Table—the "plane- _ occultists have tried to describe by such tary body", as Gurdjieff called it. terms as ether, or maybe the so-called The second category, however, and the — etheric or astral planes. (I have also seen one with which we are here concerned, is it suggested that some sort of plasma is the category of those beings (created before indicated.) man was) who are referred to collectively (Needless to say, such concepts as in Arabic as al-Jinn. Although there is — etheric plane and astral plane have no some dispute about it among Arabic gram- meaning for modern science and, so far as I : marians, most of their lexicologists seem to know, apart from Dirac the physicists have discovered. hold that the word derives (as Arabic words abandoned their speculations regarding the This is certainly a pity, for study of all almost invariably do) from a verb root, _ existence of an ether.) the great world-religions—and notably namely janna, "to hide or to conceal"— Islam—would yield valuable clues as to the indeed, a very fitting derivation for the The Source of the Jinns true nature of the so-called "UFO name of these creatures. Wherever it is that the Jinns are thought phenomenon" and would rapidly eliminate Whereas the bodies of Angels are of _ of as being normally located, it seems high- much of the fatuous "space-age light and the bodies of men are of the gross __ ly likely that the source of many of them, at mythology" that has been spawned in such _ elements of the Earth, the bodies of al-Jinn _ any rate, is not very distant from us. Some profusion over the last three decades. consist of what is variously translated as | Muslim scholars who have become aware the followers of the various reli- gions is that being so dogmatically certain that in their own particular little faith they already possess the whole Truth about all things in Heaven and Earth, it almost never occurs to any of them to look elsewhere and find out what the followers of other religions may know or may have . ; - bled from the mineral and chemical ele- here attempting to describe what Western QO: of the more curious features of — Editor ne of the more curious features of QO’: followers of the various reli- gions is that being so dogmatically certain that in their own particular little faith they already possess the whole Truth about all things in Heaven and Earth, it almost never occurs to any of them to look elsewhere and find out what the followers of other religions may know or may have discovered. This is certainly a pity, for study of all the great world-religions—and notably Islam—would yield valuable clues as to the true nature of the so-called "UFO phenomenon" and would rapidly eliminate much of the fatuous "space-age mythology" that has been spawned in such profusion over the last three decades. The Source of the Jinns Wherever it is that the Jinns are thought of as being normally located, it seems high- ly likely that the source of many of them, at any rate, is not very distant from us. Some Muslim scholars who have become aware 60 = NEXUS APRIL — MAY 2005 by Gordon Creighton © 1983 www.nexusmagazine.com