Pastor with ties to San Antonio searches for extraterrestrial intelligence
The Rev. John Fluth has long turned his thoughts to the heavens — in more ways than one.
Fluth, the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Del Rio, has been a minister for almost 19 years. He also has devoted more than 20 years to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI research, which since the 1960s has analyzed signals from across the cosmos for evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
Fluth, whose ties to San Antonio include some graduate work at Our Lady of the Lake University, preaches both his passions in a new episode of the documentary television series “Vice.” The episode debuts at 6:30 p.m. Friday on HBO, with encore presentations on HBO channels and streaming services.
Fluth first heard about SETI research more than two decades ago as a member of Mensa, the high IQ society. He belongs to a Mensa group based in San Antonio, which also is the hometown of his late father, Methodist pastor John Adam Fluth Sr.
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