09/17/2026
In spring 2026, several evangelical pastors said they attended or learned about private meetings focused on how churches should respond to possible future UAP disclosure. Pastor Perry Stone said religious leaders were told to prepare their congregations for information that could raise difficult questions about humanity, extraterrestrial life, and religious belief. Bishop Alan DiDio also publicly said he had attended one of the meetings and described the discussion as serious. Some accounts said the greatest concern was how people might react if future government releases challenged traditional ideas about human origins or intelligent life beyond Earth. Later versions of the story changed in important ways, with some participants correcting details that had been overstated or mixed with personal interpretation. The meetings have added a new religious dimension to the wider UAP debate, showing that any major discovery about nonhuman intelligence could create questions far beyond science and national security.