I've come around to some of Alberino's frameworks, and appreciate that he is familiar with the abduction literature and research, which begins in the 1950s, much of it quite rigorous.
One essential point is demon - ic, meaning ancient Near East people considered "demons" to be a rather narrow and specific thing. We have to consider such contexts. Collins Elite types (Elizando says they exist and are organized, even if that name is ridiculous) miss this distinction: the nefarious and harmful and parasitic (to borrow from the excellent Jerry Marzinsky) are demonic, but not necessarily "demons."
Like us hominids, some creations are faithful and some are fallen.
Here is Alberino recently on YouTube:
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With respect to gray aliens, I do believe they are 'demonic' in the sense that they are nefarious and deceptive; however, I do not believe they are 'demons' in the strict biblical sense. Within the cosmological worldview of the ancient Hebrews, demons are understood to be the disembodied spirits of dead giantsthe Nephilim, as attested in Second Temple literature. These are ravenous, feral, unclean spirits that seek embodiment through the possession of human hosts. In the New Testament, demon possession is not subtle: the afflicted are violently maniacalfoaming at the mouth, throwing themselves into fire, screaming, blaspheming, and collapsing into epileptic convulsions.
In contrast to the chaotic behavior associated with demon possession, gray aliens are dispassionate, calm, and composed, operating like emotionless automatons within a meticulously organized and highly methodical abduction program. Some researchers have suggested that gray aliens are merely "meat suits" for demons, but their behavior contradicts this theory. In the body of competent abduction research (Mack, Hopkins, Turner, Jacobs, et al.), there are virtually no documented cases in which gray aliens exhibit behavior consistent with demon possession. My own interactions with abductees regularly confirm this pattern, aligning closely with the findings of the researchers cited above.
One of the main reasons so many Christians confidently classify gray aliens as demons is their uncritical acceptance of the idea that they automatically flee when rebuked in the name of Jesus. Well-meaning Christian researchers, including Joe Jordan, Guy Malone, and Gary Bates (producer of Alien Intrusion), have popularize this misconception. The supposed "evidence" is misleading at best: it cherry-picks successes, ignores the many failures of the invocative formula, and completely overlooks the influence of screen memories. Abductees typically only remember the beginning and end of an abduction episode, which their minds reconstruct as a seamless experience. In other words, they recall being lifted from their bed at the onset of an abduction, rebuking the aliens in the name of Jesus, and then being promptly returned to their pillow. In reality, they were transported onto an alien vessel, subjected to the routine procedures of the breeding program, and returned to their beds with screen memories implanted to obstruct any conscious recollection of the intervening events.
While there may indeed be isolated cases in which gray aliens retreated when the name of Jesus was invoked, these instances are the exception, not the rule. The vast majority of abductees who contact me are sincere Christians (including pastors) who have exhausted every means at their disposal in an effort to stop the abductions. To insistdogmatically and without regard for the factsthat aliens are demons who flee at the name of Jesus is intellectually irresponsible, pastorally reckless, and spiritually injurious to Christian abductees.