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Upon investigation, Dr. Ross consistently found a connection between occult involvement and residual UFO encounters. For example, he said, countries with a high degree of occult activity such as Russia during the Soviet era, France, and certain parts of Brazil also had high percentages of UFO encounters. During Russia?s Soviet period when every expression of religion except occult activity had been outlawed, he said, “Russians were seeing UFOs at five to eight times the rate Americans were.<ref>http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?SearchID=73122266402007&Avis=TO&Dato=20030104&Kategori=NEWS10&Lopenr=101040052&Ref=AR</ref>}}

Upon investigation, Dr. Ross consistently found a connection between occult involvement and residual UFO encounters. For example, he said, countries with a high degree of occult activity such as Russia during the Soviet era, France, and certain parts of Brazil also had high percentages of UFO encounters. During Russia?s Soviet period when every expression of religion except occult activity had been outlawed, he said, “Russians were seeing UFOs at five to eight times the rate Americans were.<ref>http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?SearchID=73122266402007&Avis=TO&Dato=20030104&Kategori=NEWS10&Lopenr=101040052&Ref=AR</ref>}}

Given that the current [[origin of life|naturalistic explanations for the origin of life are inadequate]] and that a number of [[conservative Christians]] disagree with the [[theory of evolution]] there have been a number of other arguments in the field of [[Christian apologetics]] regarding UFO's being spiritual in nature and not explainable by naturalistic explanations. <ref>http://www.probe.org/cults-and-world-religions/cults-and-world-religions/ufos-and-alien-beings.html</ref><ref>http://www.letusreason.org/NAM25.htm</ref>

Given that the current [[origin of life|naturalistic explanations for the origin of life are inadequate]] and that a number of [[conservative Christians]] disagree with the [[theory of evolution]] there have been a number of other arguments in the field of [[Christian apologetics]] regarding UFO's being spiritual in nature and not explainable by naturalistic explanations. <ref>http://www.probe.org/cults-and-world-religions/cults-and-world-religions/ufos-and-alien-beings.html</ref><ref>http://www.letusreason.org/NAM25.htm</ref><ref>http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/lifemars.html</ref>

== Extraterrestrial life as a scientific hypothesis ==

== Extraterrestrial life as a scientific hypothesis ==