“Angel” which saved British troops in WW1 “may have been UFO”

[astr0144]

....."Angel" which saved British troops in WW1 "may have been UFO"


An 'Angel' which many British soldiers credited with saving their lives in one of the first, brutal battles of World War I may not have been sent from heaven after all - but from the stars.

UFO authors suspect that the famous "Angel of Mons" - described as either St George, St Michael, angels, or crowds of angelic warriors, may in fact have been extraterrestrial.

Many soldiers credited the strange apparitions with saving their lives - and it became a staple of parish magazines. The battle had been one of the first in which the British faced the Germans - and despite retreating, only 1,600 lives were lost.

Decades later, the story is still "swathed in controversy" according to Nigel Watson, author of the Haynes Manual for UFO Investigations, with some attributing the 'Angel' to a short story from the Evening Standard, others to British intelligence.

Kevin Goodman, a UFO expert and author of books of mysterious encounters in the UK, says

"The UFO enigma was unknown during the First World War conflict; the troops would relate to an event such as this in the only way they could, by thinking that they had a sign from God."



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[rdunk]

To me, it is a bit interesting that there is no mention in this report of relative comments from the other party - the German soldiers who were supposedly restrained:

"then there is the story of the 'Angels of Mons' going strong through the 2nd Corps, of how the angel of the Lord on the traditional white horse, and clad all in white with flaming sword, faced the advancing Germans at Mons and forbade their further progress".

One would think there might have been more to have been said about this unusual incident by the German soldiers than the British, doncha think? The Germans would have met this whatever head-on, and was obviously in the story stopped!

In any case, the term "extraterrestrial" would apply, whether angelic or any other off-world beings. Of course, if angelic, the spiritual is involved, and for some that explanation just won't fit their belief systems. So, for them, since it can't be angels, then, "it must have been extraterrestrials", even though they have no proof that they exist either.    What a world we live in!!!

I suppose it was Et's that have saved Israel in so many ways in so many different times - No, that is not what they think either!!! 

[ArMaP]

The first time I read about this story was the (apparently) source, a story by Arthur Machen called "The Bowmen". 

[astr0144]

Fair and Valid points rdunk,

Hard to say what it may have been...or if  any real signs of truth to it or if its a story was just sided to the British...

If ETs do such things as interviene ...I suppose anything seems possible...but what incidents that they decide to get involved with and why may seem difficult to say....How much could they be responsible for
in Earths history ?

To me, it is a bit interesting that there is no mention in this report of relative comments from the other party - the German soldiers who were supposedly restrained: