For most of human history, accounts like Ezekiel's were the domain of theology. They were miracles. Proof of the divine. Untouchable by science because they belonged to faith.

But in the 20th century, something changed. Pilots began reporting objects in the sky that moved in ways physics said were impossible. Military radar tracked craft that accelerated at speeds no human could survive. Footage emerged of objects performing maneuvers no known aircraft could replicate.

And governments, after decades of denial, began to acknowledge that something was happening. Something they could not explain.

In 2017, the Pentagon released three videos showing encounters between U.S. Navy pilots and unidentified aerial phenomena. The objects moved without visible propulsion. They rotated mid-flight. They accelerated instantaneously. The pilots, trained observers with years of experience, had no explanation.

In 2021, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report to Congress on UAPs. It confirmed 144 incidents since 2004 that could not be attributed to known technology. It acknowledged that some of these objects demonstrated advanced capabilities, including trans-medium travel (moving seamlessly between air and water) and hypersonic speeds without visible exhaust.

The report did not say the objects were extraterrestrial. It did not need to. The implication was clear: whatever these things were, they were not ours. And they had been here for a long time.

Suddenly, the ancient accounts took on new significance. If advanced beings visited Earth in the past, and if they possessed technology far beyond human comprehension, how would ancient witnesses have described what they saw?

They would have used the only language available to them. Divine chariots. Angels. Wheels of fire. Beings of light.

Ezekiel's vision, read through this lens, becomes a first-hand account of contact. The cherubim are not angels but occupants of the craft. The wheels are propulsion systems. The throne above the dome is a command deck. The figure of light is a pilot or commander. The transportation Ezekiel experienced is exactly what modern abductees describe: a beam of light, a sensation of being lifted, rapid displacement to another location.

This is not to say Ezekiel was abducted by aliens. It is to say that his account, when stripped of theological interpretation, describes an event consistent with modern UAP encounters.

And he is not alone. Enoch describes passing through walls of fire and being taken to a structure made of crystal, where beings taught him knowledge of the heavens. Elijah is taken into the sky in a vehicle described as a chariot of fire, surrounded by a whirlwind. The Hindu texts describe vimanas, flying machines piloted by gods. The Sumerian texts speak of the Anunnaki descending from the heavens in craft that shook the ground.

Every culture. Every continent. The same story, told in different words.

For millennia, these were myths. Now, they are data.

The question is no longer whether unidentified objects exist. The evidence is undeniable. The question is what they are and what they want.

Some researchers believe we are on the verge of disclosure. That governments, having monitored these phenomena for decades, are preparing the public for an acknowledgment that we are not alone. That contact, in some form, has already occurred.

Others believe the phenomena are non-physical. Interdimensional. Manifestations of consciousness or quantum effects we do not yet understand.

Still others believe the phenomena are a threat. That the silence of governments is not about preventing panic but about concealing the fact that we are being observed, studied, and possibly manipulated by intelligences we cannot control.

What is certain is that the conversation has changed. UAPs are no longer fringe. They are discussed in congressional hearings, analyzed by scientists, reported by credible witnesses.

And if these phenomena have been present throughout human history, if they shaped our myths and religions, then Ezekiel's vision is not an ancient curiosity. It is evidence. A record of interaction between humanity and something other.

The cherubim may not be angels. But they were real. And they may still be here.