Robert Dione (also known as R. L. Dione) (February 23, 1922 in

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– December 12, 1996 in

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) was a school teacher in

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and an author on two books on

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s and

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Life and career

During World War II he was a

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in the

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. He obtained a B.S degree from the

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and an M.A. Degree from

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. He traveled widely, and authored two books on ancient astronauts, ''God Drives a Flying Saucer'' and a later book ''Is God Super-Natural? - The 4000 Year Misunderstanding''. He was married and fathered five children.

''God Drives a Flying Saucer''

Dione wrote ''God Drives a Flying Saucer'' in 1969.God Drives a Flying Saucer RL DIONE (1969; 1973, Bantam, New York) The book is known for its eccentric claims: *God is not supernatural but is a technologically advanced Ufonaut (Saucerian God) *The

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hypnotized

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and injected her with a hypodermic needle with God's sperm in it *

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was born by

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*Extraterrestrial visitation from aliens is common in both the Old and

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s visions were hallucinations caused by UFOS *UFOS are God's messengers *God is immortal through technology *Heaven is a supertechnological society *All

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are to be explained by flying saucer technology *The human brain is akin to a radio: it can receive and emit electromagnetic signals *The

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was a luminous flying saucer Dione believed that

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could track a particular person on earth and beam in thoughts to control them by using "God's radio frequency". Dione claimed that the God was upset with

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because of its atheism, so God manipulated

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by sending Hitler electromagnetic brain signals to overthrow the Russian Empire. Dione also claimed in the book that Jesus did not perform any miracles in the Bible, the miracles were actually due to mind manipulation caused by alien technology. According to Dione, “By the use of hypnotism He (Saucerian God) created the twisted, blind and insane subjects Jesus was to cure at a later date.”

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dione, Robert 1922 births 1996 deaths People from South Portland, Maine Pseudohistorians Ancient astronauts proponents American UFO writers United States Army personnel of World War II University of Maine alumni Teachers College, Columbia University alumni United States Army soldiers

Life and career

''God Drives a Flying Saucer''

See also

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