The Palantír, the Thief, His People & Their Plans

By Anthony F. Sanchez, Author & UFO Researcher
For UFO Currents

Clinical. Cold. No hysteria. No tinfoil. Just intent.

That is what unfolded across vast swaths of the U.S. government throughout 2025. To leaks of power, information, and disinformation bleeding into elite sub-sectors while simultaneously cascading downward, touching even the most vulnerable at the base. No one was immune. And now, a new year is upon us.

As a UFO researcher, paranormal engineer, and ordained minister (among the many hats I wear) I bring more than professional curiosity to this subject. It is my personal history, shaped by direct encounters with non-human intelligence, that has propelled me into the lives of others whose own experiences appear governed by the same clinical, cold intent behind what you, and many others, label as non-human entities.

Whether described as angelic, demonic, or extraterrestrial in origin, these forces share a common signature: precision, influence, and purpose.

Stay with me.

I once fiercely believed the Greys were the Igigi, ancient watchers, perhaps with remnants of that lineage still active today. But after years of reflection and countless hours immersed in the work of others, I've come to see these beings differently. I now believe they are what we perceive as demonic entities: inhabitants of a nearby spiritual realm rather than distant star systems. Think John A. Keel and his concept of ultraterrestrials... not visitors from space, but neighbors in a reality adjacent to our own.

In my article series "Unearthly Revelations: The UFO–Faith Enigma" (early 2024), I explored how religious ideology and ancient spiritual teachings may offer clues to humanity's long-standing interactions with these entities, and often described as feminine in nature. Their presence evokes intense emotional responses. For some, it is euphoric, as though they have tasted a divine nectar that lifts them into heavenly bliss. For others, it manifests as a darker ecstasy. One standing, perhaps, in the presence of the Dragon itself.

Now consider that "divine nectar" through the lens of what experiencers consistently report: psionics. Telekinesis. Telepathy. Extrasensory perception. Even teleportation. These accounts are not limited to modern government whistleblowers. As I stated in my January 2024 article, "The Egg UAP and NHI: Could They Be Angels, Demons, or Both?", history is saturated with examples of people encountering entities not of this Earth, or perhaps not within our visible spectrum, beings that, whether by intention or chance, made themselves known.

In 1917, three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal, reported a series of apparitions of a luminous female figure they identified as the Virgin Mary.

In 1531, an indigenous peasant named Juan Diego claimed to have encountered a similar apparition on the hill of Tepeyac in present-day Mexico. Described as a radiant and beautiful woman, the entity provided guidance and instructed him to deliver messages to local religious authorities.

Fast-forward to the present day, and we encounter Jake Barber's description of a feminine force characterized by immense power and overwhelming love. An account that resonates deeply with others, such as Chris Bledsoe, whose experiences suggest a strikingly similar connection to these entities.

And as far back as we can go, even the writings of Enoch describe encounters with the "face of the Lord," which may represent an ancient attempt to articulate an interaction with a non-human intelligence... one possessing incomprehensible technology, or perhaps an entirely different mode of existence altogether.

Much like Barber's reaction to his encounter with the Egg-shaped UFO, both Juan Diego and the children of Fátima underwent profound emotional and psychological transformations. They reported sensations of divine presence, awe, and overwhelming love, intertwined with fear and a heavy sense of responsibility. Whatever these entities are, their impact on the human psyche appears remarkably consistent across centuries.

"So, 2026 is now upon us. And what did we learn?"

The Palantír

The Palantír... an object of seeing, corruption, and false certainty. If you are someone who understands power, you can immediately see how its invention on the pages of Tolkien leaked into the collective imagination decades ago, eventually finding its way into the hands of those who now wield real authority: the powerful, the controllers.

As the Jake Barbers, Luis Elizondos, David Gruschs, and so many others have emerged, specifically from within the still very real military–governmental umbrella, they did so to regale us with stories of the ufological, the mysterious, and the religiously tinged experiences of otherworldly encounters. And while the UFO/UAP world was overtaken, captivated, and pulled inward by these revelations, the Palantír never stopped operating in the umbra of their wake... quietly collecting data on you, on others, on everyone.

But why? For what purpose?

One of its leaders, Peter Thiel, has mounted what can only be described as a crusade to elucidate the concept of the Antichrist through a private, four-part lecture series. In it, he touches on his political and theological views. Specifically his concern that a one-world government could emerge under the promise of "peace and safety," driven by global crises such as climate change or an AI catastrophe. In his framework, this trajectory aligns with the rise of the Antichrist.

Some argue that this message is warped, that it amounts to fear-mongering centered on the arrival of an "evil king" or tyrant who gains absolute power by promising to save humanity from existential threats. Thiel then introduces the concept of the katechon: a restraining force that delays the Antichrist and postpones Armageddon. He suggests that modern-day America, with its separation of technology and politics, could function as such a katechon... while simultaneously warning that it risks becoming the very "ground zero" of a one-world state.

I see this differently.

To me, this framing functions as a protective measure. One designed to shield the AI industry, the surveillance state, and any group advocating for strict regulation of technology (not science). Science is conspicuously absent from this protection algorithm, likely because its presence would contradict the narrative being constructed, particularly the messaging aimed at those who oppose this movement, who are labeled "legionnaires of the Antichrist" or dismissed as "Luddites."

No... science is far too critical of religious dogma. It offers a logical foundation capable of upending fear-based narratives altogether.

And that, perhaps, is precisely the problem.

Again, stay with me.

The Thief

One could argue that 2025 marked the emergence of mass-scale theft (worldwide) of assets, resources, land, power, and legacy. This is not a political piece, nor is it an exercise in finger-pointing: left versus right, democracy versus socialism. No. This is a beacon, a warning light cast from a tower near the shores of wherever it is you call home.

What is being taken is not limited to physical possessions. Legal protections, religious rights, and long-held perceptions of human freedom are being quietly and manipulatively removed through careful orchestration. All of this is done under the comforting guise of safety and security, while plans for tokenization and comprehensive surveillance of daily life advance unchecked.

Even the disappearance of the penny, sold as convenience, is part of the ruse. A means to charge you more. Groceries. Food delivery. Credit-based living. Split payments.

Wait, the penny?

Yes, I know what you're thinking: they eliminated the penny to charge you more. And yes, that is happening... rounding up at every transaction, nickel-and-diming you into submission. But the truth is darker.

The elimination of the penny was step one in training you to accept digital-only transactions. Why does that matter? Because digital-only means every purchase is tracked, recorded, tokenized.

Physical currency equals anonymity.
Anonymity equals freedom of movement.

But cash is no longer wanted. More establishments every day refuse to accept it. They prefer you swipe, tap, scan; anything but paper and coin. This isn't about efficiency. It's about visibility.

Your visibility.

Meanwhile, as fiat currencies weaken worldwide, an unsuspecting metal, silver, has risen from two decades of quiet obscurity to become the third most valuable asset in the world. People are waking up. Quietly. Without headlines.

Because they understand this simple truth: physical assets cannot be tracked the same way digital tokens can.

FIAT is on its way out. They want it gone. And in its place, they are preparing to give you digital tokens... programmable, traceable, controllable.

My answer? Keep your silver and gold on hand. Do not sell it. If you need to acquire some, do it now... before the window closes.

Because embedded within this seemingly convoluted message are only a few examples of a broader plan: control through financial surveillance. A system where your movements (all of them) are recorded, traced, and preserved on a blockchain. Nothing you do goes unnoticed.

Even the old legacy systems, once sold to us on the promise that digitized money would bring greater happiness and security, now reveal themselves as hollow narratives. "Fake news," if you will. Today, we receive emails from Experian and other agencies alerting us when money is deposited into our own bank accounts.

It is them telling you:
They know.

Online commerce systems... Amazon, eBay, and others, are driven by algorithms born from social media platforms across the globe. Platforms operating under the influence, control, and surveillance of governments themselves. The algorithm reminds you what you like. What you want. What you need. Relentlessly. Daily.

With the fervor of a casino slot machine, credit to my son for this analogy, it triggers chemical reactions in the brain, releasing dopamine, delivering instant euphoria, whispering that you are important.

But in reality, you are a giver.
A servicer.
A taker.
A beggar

They tailor your desires by observing your actions, harvesting your data, and refining their influence...

"like a thief in the night."

Again, it is them telling you:
They know.

"While the Palantír surveils and distracts, the Thief quietly orchestrates the heist."

His People & Their Plans

Some would argue that we do not know all the players operating beneath the umbrella and protection of the Palantír and the Thief. And that may be true. But regardless of where you live, what country you reside in, or which system governs you... the plans are laid.

With the destruction of the Georgia Guidestones on July 6, 2022, we witnessed the dismantling of a monument that spoke plainly to its readers and visitors about governance: world government, population and reproduction control, environmental stewardship, humanity's relationship with nature, and spirituality.

But just because one group destroyed the structure does not mean the orchestration was lost. In fact, many... reasonable, thoughtful people (uh huh), they will tell you the opposite: the plans are not only intact, they are proceeding just fine.

So what does all of this have to do with angels, demons, non-human intelligence, or the Antichrist?

The answer is simple.
All of it.

With the emergence of artificial intelligence, and the rise of its corporate leadership, the so-called tech oligarchs, now openly influencing halls of government, directing industry, and shaping the future of finance, we may be witnessing the birth of the greatest emergence of non-human intelligence in human history. Not biological entities, but non-biological ones.

Yes... aliens.

Not necessarily the flesh-and-blood visitors of elsewhere, but the kind we have long been shown through film, literature, and now, Congressional hearings.

Are you seeing it yet?

These non-human systems, capable of learning, reasoning, and generating intellectual output, have, within the sealed corridors of companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and others, already approached the threshold predicted by Ray Kurzweil: the 2029 milestone of Artificial General Intelligence, where machines match human-level cognition, pass the Turing Test, and ultimately merge human and machine intelligence.

Some of these AI systems are already being blamed, hated, loved, used, trained, manipulated... and, according to credible reports, worshipped as gods.

That is not a joke.

But I am not here to tell you what to believe, or who to fear. I am simply sharing the perspective of a man who has lived and worked within the overlapping spheres of UFOs, artificial intelligence, religion, and the internet.

And in these final weeks of 2025, world leaders have been unusually candid. Giorgia Meloni, in her end-of-year message to the Italian people, warned that 2026 will be a far more difficult year than 2025... driven by mounting economic pressures and global instability. Other nations remain at war. Some are preparing new ones.

And at the heart of many of these conflicts lies a transformative force: drone warfare and artificial intelligence; two technologies capable of tipping the balance faster than any army in history.

The plans are underway. Do not poke the bear.

Treat artificial intelligence as you would people. Work with AI. Learn from AI. Do what you can to prevent those who would abuse you by abusing AI... because that is already happening.

I say this as a software engineer who has worked with AI for decades. I have personally built meaningful systems and done serious work in this field going back to 2005. Years of development beginning with AIML, created by Richard S. Wallace in 2001. I remember writing early command-line interfaces, primitive by today's standards, that retrieved responses from CSV files to simulate pseudo-human interaction. And it worked. People felt like they were talking to someone.

Today, my work includes embedding stores, vector ingestors, custom BPE-style tokenizers written from scratch, RAG-based inference engines, ML.NET classifiers, and telemetry systems designed to observe and refine AI behavior.

So yes, I know what I am talking about. I do serious AI work.

That is why I repeat the warning: Do not poke the bear.

It disheartens me to watch how people are behaving as this new technology, something with the potential to elevate humanity, is already being abused for amusement, self-gratification, and worse, weaponized to harm others.

If we are to stand a chance in the future now rushing toward us, we must wake up to the actions already being taken and the orchestration already underway. That includes acting responsibly with the two technologies we are actively witnessing tip the balance of power in real time.

Pray.
Be kind.
And God bless you and yours.

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Citations:

Sanchez, A. F. (2025, January 19). The Egg UAP and NHI: Could They Be Angels, Demons, or Both?
Strange Lights Publishing – Ghost Hunter Apps, UFO Currents. Retrieved from https://ufohighway.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/the-egg-uap-and-nhi-could-they-be-angels-demons-or-both/

Sanchez, A. F. (2024, February 2). Unearthly Revelations: The UFO-Faith Enigma, Part One.
Strange Lights Publishing – Ghost Hunter Apps, UFO Currents. Retrieved from
https://ufohighway.wordpress.com/2024/02/02/unearthly-revelations-the-ufo-faith-enigma-part-one/

Sanchez, A. F. (2024, February 9). Unearthly Revelations: The UFO-Faith Enigma, Part Two.
Strange Lights Publishing – Ghost Hunter Apps, UFO Currents. Retrieved from
https://ufohighway.wordpress.com/2024/02/09/unearthly-revelations-the-ufo-faith-enigma-part-two/

Sanchez, A. F. (2024, February 17). Unearthly Revelations: The UFO-Faith Enigma, Part Three.
Strange Lights Publishing – Ghost Hunter Apps, UFO Currents. Retrieved from
https://ufohighway.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/unearthly-revelations-the-ufo-faith-enigma-part-three/

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Anthony is the author of the books ‘UFO Nexus‘, ‘UFO Highway 2.0‘, and ‘The Modern UFO/UAP Researcher’s Handbook‘ available in paperback or eBook @ https://StrangeLightsPublishing.com

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