Diana Pasulka is a religious studies professor at UNC Wilmington who has written three books: Heaven Can Wait, American Cosmic and Encounters (links below). The first was about Catholic purgatory and when Pasulka began documenting historical accounts of “divine” or “angelic” visitations in the Catholic tradition she started to notice commonalities among them and modern alien and UFO experiences. Thus began her documentation of the modern religious aspects of the UFO phenomenon along with her journey into classified secret aerospace work in the United States. Her book Encounters served to destigmatize “disclosure” as a global, transhistorical phenomenon that transcends our myopic western frame.

It was an honor and a privilege to have her on American Alchemy!

You can find Diana Pasulka's books here:

Heaven Can Wait: https://a.co/d/0mcVUCo

Encounters: https://a.co/d/56UXbUC

American Cosmic: https://a.co/d/9VCSbYo

I'd also like to give a huge shoutout to Ammar from YesTheory for helping out on this interview! Check out the YesTheory channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@YesTheory/

For a deeper dive on UFOs, government disclosure, and the theories behind why these are kept secret, check out my full length documentary with UFO Whistleblower David Grusch here: https://youtu.be/kRO5jOa06Qw?si=S0zHzMiLT2Dm_0jj

P.S. check out this very creative paper Dr. Pasulka wrote with Grad student Mark Burchick about the intersection of AI, religious studies and the phenomenon: https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4uGGCn5NLJI77V9jt9AbfM/

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