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Can Malta's Contact Gatherings Prove Alien Encounters?
Local contact gatherings mix skywatching with meditation, but their reported lights lack controlled evidence of non-human intelligence.
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- How organised contact sessions work
- Satellites, aircraft and night vision artefacts
- What a controlled observation would need
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Introduction
Malta has a small but active community of UFO enthusiasts, yet the country’s organised contact movement remains limited in size and has produced no verifiable evidence that its activities establish communication with non-human intelligence. The most visible development has been the emergence of public “Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind” (CE-5) gatherings, where participants combine meditation, group intention and skywatching in the hope of attracting extraterrestrial visitors. These events are noteworthy as a social and cultural phenomenon rather than as scientific evidence. Reported sightings during the sessions have consistently consisted of distant lights, satellites and other ambiguous aerial observations that cannot demonstrate an extraterrestrial origin, and no controlled observations have independently verified contact claims.[Times of Malta]timesofmalta.comTimes of MaltaIn Malta's countryside, a group meditates to make contact with aliensJuly 15, 2025…
Unlike countries with long-established civilian UFO organisations that publish investigation reports or maintain extensive sighting databases, Malta’s contact scene revolves largely around informal communities, social media and occasional public gatherings. This makes it an interesting case study in how belief, expectation and observational ambiguity interact under real night-sky conditions.
How organised contact sessions work
The best-documented Maltese contact initiative centres on public CE-5 events organised by Keith Ellul through the Facebook community Kuntatt – UFO Malta. Public reporting has described gatherings of several dozen participants meeting at relatively dark coastal locations such as Miġra l-Ferħa, where they spend several hours observing the sky after taking part in guided meditation.[Times of Malta]timesofmalta.comTimes of MaltaIn Malta's countryside, a group meditates to make contact with aliensJuly 15, 2025…
The structure closely follows the international CE-5 model popularised by American ufologist Steven Greer:
- Participants gather in a location with relatively unobstructed views of the sky.
- Guided breathing and meditation are used to encourage a shared mental focus.
- Some sessions include visualisation exercises intended to “invite” extraterrestrial intelligences.
- The group then conducts extended skywatching while discussing unusual lights or movements.
- Observations are shared collectively after each viewing period.[Times of Malta]timesofmalta.comTimes of MaltaIn Malta's countryside, a group meditates to make contact with aliensJuly 15, 2025…
Organisers generally present these meetings as peaceful attempts to explore consciousness and possible extraterrestrial communication rather than scientific experiments. Participants often describe the events as personally meaningful regardless of whether any unusual aerial phenomena appear. However, personal significance is different from objective evidence, and the gatherings themselves do not provide a method for independently confirming extraordinary claims.
Why reported lights remain inconclusive
The strongest limitation of Maltese contact claims is not necessarily the sincerity of participants but the quality of the observations themselves.
During one documented CE-5 gathering, attendees reported seeing numerous moving lights. By the organisers’ own discussions afterwards, many of these objects were readily recognised as satellites. Others described a green light visible in one sector of the sky, but no photographs, triangulated observations, calibrated measurements or independent sensor recordings established what it was.[Times of Malta]timesofmalta.comTimes of MaltaIn Malta's countryside, a group meditates to make contact with aliensJuly 15, 2025…
This illustrates a recurring problem with contact-based observations:
- distant points of light offer almost no information about size or distance;
- observers frequently interpret movement differently depending on where they are standing;
- expectation may influence which lights attract attention;
- isolated visual impressions cannot distinguish satellites, aircraft, atmospheric effects or genuinely unidentified phenomena.
Because no objective measurements accompany most reports, the observations cannot establish whether anything unusual occurred beyond normal night-sky activity.
Satellites, aircraft and night-vision artefacts
Malta’s geography creates conditions where ordinary aerial traffic is especially easy to misinterpret.
The islands sit beneath busy Mediterranean air routes, experience frequent satellite passes and have extensive coastal horizons where lights appear against a dark background with few terrestrial reference points. Earlier Maltese UFO reports have already shown that bright planets, meteors and atmospheric effects have repeatedly generated UFO interpretations before later receiving conventional explanations. This wider national pattern provides important context when evaluating contact-session reports.[maltastro.org]maltastro.orgContact Us – L-Għaqda Maltija tal-AstronomijaContact Us – L-Għaqda Maltija tal-Astronomija
Several additional factors complicate observations during organised skywatchs:
- Satellite constellations. Modern satellite networks produce numerous moving lights that may brighten, dim or disappear as their reflective angles change.
- Commercial aircraft. Aircraft approaching or departing Malta can appear stationary for long periods before suddenly changing apparent direction because of perspective.
- Light pollution. Malta is among Europe’s more light-polluted regions, reducing contrast and making faint objects harder to interpret accurately. Scientific measurements show that only limited parts of the islands retain comparatively dark skies suitable for astronomical observing.[arXiv]arxiv.orgarXiv A photometric mapping of the night sky brightness of the Maltese islandsA photometric mapping of the night sky brightness of the Maltese islandsFebruary 11, 2020…
- Night-vision equipment. Some enthusiasts use night-vision devices or high-sensitivity cameras that amplify noise, reflections and atmospheric effects alongside genuine celestial objects. These systems increase detection capability but also increase the chance of recording artefacts that require careful technical interpretation.
None of these explanations automatically accounts for every reported light. Instead, they demonstrate that conventional possibilities must be systematically excluded before extraordinary conclusions become justified.
Why meditation cannot verify extraterrestrial contact
A defining feature of CE-5 is the claim that consciousness itself can initiate communication with extraterrestrial intelligence.
This hypothesis remains outside accepted scientific evidence. No controlled experiment has demonstrated that meditation or collective intention reliably produces measurable aerial phenomena or communication with non-human intelligences. Scientific and sceptical organisations therefore classify CE-5 as an unverified practice whose extraordinary claims have not been supported by reproducible evidence.[Skeptical Inquirer]skepticalinquirer.orgOpen source on skepticalinquirer.org.
That distinction matters because two separate questions are often merged together:
- whether participants genuinely experience unusual or meaningful personal events; and
- whether those experiences demonstrate the presence of extraterrestrial visitors.
The first concerns subjective human experience. The second requires objective physical evidence that has not been produced in Malta.
What a controlled observation would need
If a Maltese contact gathering were to produce genuinely compelling evidence, it would require documentation well beyond eyewitness testimony or smartphone videos.
Useful scientific documentation would ideally include:
- simultaneous recordings from multiple independent cameras positioned at known locations;
- precise timestamps synchronised across all recording devices;
- raw image files with complete metadata preserved;
- independent observers separated geographically to allow triangulation;
- astronomical checks excluding satellites, planets, meteors and known aircraft;
- weather and atmospheric measurements;
- where possible, radar, radio-frequency or other independent sensor data.
Modern proposals for scientific investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena increasingly emphasise multi-sensor observations because isolated visual reports rarely contain enough information to distinguish genuinely anomalous objects from ordinary ones.[arXiv]arxiv.orgThe Scientific Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Using Multimodal Ground-Based ObservatoriesMay 29, 2023…
No publicly documented Maltese contact event has yet produced this level of evidence.
How Malta’s contact movement fits within the wider UFO landscape
Malta’s organised contact gatherings represent a small but visible strand of the country’s broader UFO culture. Unlike historical sighting reports, which concern unexpected observations, contact groups deliberately attempt to create conditions under which an encounter might occur. That makes them culturally distinct but evidentially more demanding.
At present, the available evidence supports several cautious conclusions:
- organised CE-5 gatherings unquestionably take place in Malta;
- participants sincerely report unusual lights and personal experiences;
- many observed objects are openly recognised by attendees themselves as satellites or ordinary aerial traffic;
- no published investigation has demonstrated that a Maltese contact session produced verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence;
- the claims remain unconfirmed because they rely primarily on subjective interpretation rather than independently corroborated physical data.[Times of Malta]timesofmalta.comTimes of MaltaIn Malta's countryside, a group meditates to make contact with aliensJuly 15, 2025…
Within the broader study of Malta’s UFO history, these groups are therefore best understood as an example of contemporary belief and community practice rather than as evidence that alien contact has been established.
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Endnotes
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Source: maltastro.org
Title: Contact Us – L-Għaqda Maltija tal-Astronomija
Link:https://www.maltastro.org/contact-us/
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Source: maltastro.org
Title: L-Għaqda Maltija tal-Astronomija – The Astronomical Society of Malta
Link:https://www.maltastro.org/
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Source: arxiv.org
Title: arXiv A photometric mapping of the night sky brightness of the Maltese islands
Link:https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.04435
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A photometric mapping of the night sky brightness of the Maltese islandsFebruary 11, 2020...
Published: February 11, 2020
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Source: arxiv.org
Link:https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18566
Source snippet
The Scientific Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Using Multimodal Ground-Based ObservatoriesMay 29, 2023...
Published: May 29, 2023
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Source: timesofmalta.com
Link:https://timesofmalta.com/article/in-malta-countryside-group-meditates-make-contact-aliens.1112641
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Times of MaltaIn Malta's countryside, a group meditates to make contact with aliensJuly 15, 2025...
Published: July 15, 2025
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Source: skepticalinquirer.org
Link:https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/08/csi-statement-expresses-concerns-about-ufo-coverage-offers-tips-for-reporters/
Additional References
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Source: youtube.com
Title: Kif issejjaħ il-UFOs ma’ Keith Ellull
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADmFN0pLD4w
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Filmati esklussivi ta' UFOs ma' Keith Ellul...
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Source: youtube.com
Title: Searching for aliens in Malta
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObDeWwVNjfw
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Suspicious Alien Activity Reported in Malta...
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Source: youtube.com
Title: Suspicious Alien Activity Reported in Malta
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7FZS41g1QI
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Keith Ellul minn Kuntatt-UFO Malta...
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Source: meetup.com
Title: CE5 Orange County | Meetup
Link:https://www.meetup.com/ce5-orange-county/
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CE5 Orange County | Meetup...
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Source: youtube.com
Title: Keith Ellul minn Kuntatt-UFO Malta
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhyM1K8bfTc
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Kif issejjaħ il-UFOs ma' Keith Ellull...
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Source: youtube.com
Title: Filmati esklussivi ta’ UFOs ma’ Keith Ellul
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9TPcxaKLfk
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UFO sighting in Malta?...
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Source: youtube.com
Title: UFO sighting in Malta?
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvM74XZPyLM