Are UFO encounters a sign of the Nephilimās return? The mythoi of our ancestors seem outlandish with tales of flying vehicles and wars in the heavens. The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is filled with accounts of encounters with divine beings; Abraham and the āsmoking firepotā and a flaming torch that appeared in the sky as a sign of acceptance of his sacrifice, the āpillar of cloudā by day and the āpillar of fireā by night that led Moses and the Israelites, God landing on Mount Sinai in smoke, with a sound of a trumpet before them, Elijah being ācarried up to heavenā in a āchariot of fireā which created a whirlwind, and of course, Ezekielās famous close encounter. The origins of modern civilization on planet Earth has always been extraterrestrial.