UFO Researcher Becomes Christian, Claiming 700 Abductions Were 'Demonic' Entities Stopped by Jesus Christ

Joe Jordan, a Florida-based UFO investigator who became a Christian in 1996, says testimonies he has collected since 1997 led him to believe some alleged alien-abduction experiences have a spiritual or demonic explanation.

Jordan began studying UFO reports in the early 1990s after reading about the 1947 Roswell incident. He says he became a Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) field investigator in 1992 and later held a state section director role.

In the years that followed, his research increasingly focused on alleged alien-abduction experiences. In a July 2026 interview, Jordan said he had dealt with 'well over 700' case histories since 1997 involving people who reported alleged abduction encounters.

The 'Bill D' Case and the Pattern Jordan Describes

Jordan's turning point came with an experiencer he identified only as 'Bill D.' Jordan said the man described the experience as dark and having satanic overtones. According to Jordan, the man cried out, 'Jesus, Jesus, help me!' and reported that the experience immediately stopped, he then said he woke up in his bed.

Jordan said the account surprised him because, in his view, researchers he had encountered at the time generally treated alleged abductions as experiences that could not be stopped once they began.

He says he subsequently collected numerous similar testimonies from people who reported that prayers, hymns or invocations of Jesus ended their experiences, and said he had repeatedly encountered testimonies in which the reported experience ended after the person invoked Jesus.

'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. 'You call on him for help, he's there for help.'

Jordan rejects the idea that people are physically transported aboard spacecraft. He instead describes the experiences as 'demonic spiritual visionary experience[s]' and says, 'Nobody's getting taken anywhere.' He has also argued that involvement with occult or paranormal practices can, in his view, make people more vulnerable to such experiences.

Jordan's Demonic Interpretation Has Echoes in Wider UFO Debate

The idea that some UFO phenomena may have a non-extraterrestrial or interdimensional explanation has been discussed by researchers including Jacques Vallée, while Hal Puthoff has discussed a range of possible 'ultraterrestrial' interpretations, including demonic or djinn-like possibilities. Some Christian commentators have also argued that alleged extraterrestrial encounters could have a demonic explanation.

The idea has even reached the highest levels of US politics. Vice President JD Vance said during a March 27, 2026, podcast appearance that he did not think UFOs were aliens, adding, 'I think they're demons.' Vance added that, in his view, major world religions have long recognised phenomena that are difficult to explain.

Jordan alleges that some UFO researchers have encountered similar testimonies but chose not to discuss them publicly because they feared the effect on their credibility. He has not publicly identified those researchers. Jordan has described the alleged withholding of such accounts by researchers as a 'cover-up.'

Jordan's Conversion and Background

Jordan says his Christian faith predates much of his later research. He has described himself before his conversion as a New Age practitioner who used crystals and said he became a Christian in the autumn of 1996 after a Christian acquaintance gave him a Bible.

Jordan has described himself as a safety professional working for Blue Origin in Florida. He pointed to the US government's longstanding lack of verified evidence that UFOs or UAPs are extraterrestrial.

In a 2024 historical review, the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office said it had found no evidence that any US government investigation, academic-sponsored research or official review had confirmed a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology.

Jordan's own research describes the alleged phenomenon in terms of interdimensional, extradimensional or ultradimensional possibilities rather than 'extraterrestrial biological entities.'

What Has Not Been Verified

The accounts described in this article are based primarily on testimony and claims made by Jordan and people he says he has interviewed. Reports have not independently verified the alleged abduction experiences or established that they were caused by extraterrestrial or demonic entities.

According to Jordan, some of the people whose testimonies he has collected described paralysis, fear and encounters with entities they believed were extraterrestrial, followed by an end to the experience after they invoked Jesus.

Whether the reports reflect a spiritual phenomenon, a psychological or neurological experience, or another explanation remains unresolved. For now, the available evidence establishes the existence of the testimonies, not the supernatural explanation Jordan assigns to them.