Uri Geller believes aliens gave Jesus the power to perform miracles

Uri explained to the Daily Mail: "When I was six years old, I used to play outdoors on my own with my favourite toy, a rag ball. I took it everywhere, even clutching it when I slept. And so one day, when it rolled between railings into a deserted garden, I squeezed through to retrieve it.

"What happened in that garden changed my life. It showed me beyond doubt that humans are not alone in the universe, and that some sort of extraterrestrial intelligence is watching us.

"What's more, I have physical proof of this - which I have carried with me for more than 70 years. It is the source of my paranormal abilities - including the power to bend metal with my mind.

"More extraordinary still, I have a theory that Jesus too could have received his unique powers of performing miracles from aliens."

Uri believes his life was changed forever when he was just six years old.

The TV star recalled: "A light hovered in front of me, a huge sphere, 12ft high or so. At first I thought the beam was reaching out to me, but then it zapped my forehead with such force, it threw me to the ground. I don't remember voices, yet it was as though someone or something was communicating with me. I lost consciousness and, when I came round, it was dark.

"My mother was too relieved when I reappeared to be cross with me, and she didn't pay much attention to my story. But, from that day on, strange things started to happen."

Uri subsequently questioned whether Jesus' "miraculous powers" were a "gift from God" or whether they were actually "a gift from extraterrestrials".

He explained: "Jesus never questioned the source of his miraculous powers. He accepted them as a gift from God. But I've always known different.

"I am by no means comparing myself to Jesus but I believe my powers were a gift from extraterrestrials - and that those of Christ could have been too."