This link from my friend Mike. A report which was drafted by the Civil Protection Department has suggested that mysterious, spontaneous  fires, which destroyed household appliances and furniture in an Italian village during the Spring of 2004, could have been caused by extra-terrestrials. Residents living in Canneto di Caronia on Sicily's northern coast believed the strange phenomenon to be caused by demonic activity, and requested a Catholic priest to perform an exorcism in the village. The problem became so great that the mayor ordered the evacuation of the entire village, and brought in a team of electrical engineers to try and locate the problem. One scientist was amazed as he watched an unplugged power cable burst into flames of its own accord. Some experts have suggested volcanic activity could produce tremendous electro-magnetic currents in the earth, while others thought the culprit could be some unknown power testing a new weapon that unleashes massive amounts of energy. The problem ceased after the engineers replaced grounding cables in the village, but the exact cause of the fires is still unknown.  

Quote: "Now, a report of the $2 million investigation by the Civil Protection Department, ordered by the Italian government and prepared by a team of experts including a NASA scientist, seems to back up Pezzino's laymen opinion that other-worldly forces are to blame. Leaked copies say the bizarre fires were "caused by high-power electromagnetic emissions which were not man-made and reached a power of between 12 and 15 gigawatts." The report also references a possible UFO landing close to Caronia where "burned imprints which have not been explained were found in a field." The space-alien explanation is a departure from both the demonic and natural ones proposed earlier.

Of course there may be another explanation. During the 1960s, American and Russian scientists researched the effects of detonating nuclear weapons in the upper atmosphere. The high-altitude electro-magnetic pulse (HEMP) generated from such blasts is large enough to cause significant damage to electrical equipment on earth. It would only take one device, detonated at around 250 miles above the continental United States, to severely damage electrical and communications equipment in 48 states. And this is one of the reasons why Western nations are so keen that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons.

Quote: "One of our earliest experiences with HEMP dates back to the resumption of atmospheric nuclear testing in 1962 following a three year testing moratorium. Starfish Prime, a 1.4 megaton device, was detonated at an altitude of 400 kilometers over Johnston Island. Failures of electronic systems resulted in Hawaii, 1,300 kilometers away from the detonation. Street lights and fuses failed on Oahu and telephone service was disrupted on the island of Kauai. Subsequent tests with lower yield devices produced electronic upsets on an instrumentation aircraft that was approximately 300 kilometers away from the detonations. Soviet scientists had similar experiences during their atmospheric test program. In one test, all protective devices in overhead communications lines were damaged at distances out to 500 kilometers; the same event saw a 1,000 kilometre segment of power line shut down by these effects. Failures in transmission lines, breakdowns of power supplies, and communications outages were wide-spread.

Of course that is not to say that the explanations citing alien or demonic activity are any less valid. From watching that video on UFOs recently, it has made me realize that Satan is indeed masterminding a plan that will explain away the rapture and prepare mankind for his one world government. People involved in the occult, New Age movement and the "alien" abductions are all told that this earth must be cleansed if mankind is to reach the next stage of evolution. Part of this cleansing includes the removal of many of earth's inhabitants to giant spaceships, where they will await the regeneration of this planet. The following quotation is not taken from a Christian website... 

Quote: "When the ancient prophecies of major floods and earthquakes are suddenly fulfilled, many of Earth's people are rescued by spacecraft and taken to huge mother ships, where they are received as honoured guests while Planet Earth undergoes a complete restructuring. As they enjoy the enriching experiences of daily life on these giant spaceships, they debate and plan their New Society. Rejecting outright any form of aggression and planetary pollution, they develop new ideals of law and liberty based on one simple, all-embracing principle reflected in a full program of land and resources-use, economy, business, and personal liberties. Just as many intrepid souls once crossed the Atlantic from the Old World to a new continent and a new life, so the time finally comes when Earth's people return to their 'new' planet, now cleansed, refreshed and replanted.

Question. Why are "many" of earth's people taken and not all, if indeed the desire of the aliens is to preserve us while the earth is "restructured"? Perhaps this is Satan's attempt at explaining away the rapture of the Church, why only "many" people are missing and the rest must remain behind. Guess what? The "many" are those who have accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour. We will be beamed up into heaven, when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to take us home (John 14:6). We will enjoy the "enriching experiences" of being with our Lord Jesus Christ (John 14:2). And we will be coming back again to establish a new government on earth (Isaiah 9:6-7), one built on righteousness and peace. Deceit is a lie wrapped up in the truth, and that is the way Satan has always worked from the very beginning. If you want to know the truth, read the Scriptures. Although we shouldn't use Satan's lies to confirm the truth of the Bible, it is remarkable that even Satan admits there will be a rapture and that it will come before God's judgement on this earth. Perhaps it will be soon. Even so, come Lord Jesus.

1st Thessalonians 4:16-18
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 

Source WorldNetDaily, Star Wars, The New Earth