Katy Perry’s Space Suit Design Ignites Satanic Ritual Theories About Blue Origin Flight
Katy Perry’s Blue Origin Space Mission Patch Sparks Bizarre ‘Satanic Ritual’ Conspiracy Theories
Katy Perry and five other women made headlines this week after launching to space aboard Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission. However, the crew’s mission patch ignited wild conspiracy theories online, with claims it depicted symbols tied to a “satanic ritual.”
[Image: Katy Perry and crew in blue space suits; caption: The Blue Origin crew, including Katy Perry (far left) and Lauren Sánchez (second from left), wore patches accused of resembling occult imagery.]
The patch, designed by Blue Origin, featured personalized symbols for each crew member, including a firework for Perry (nodding to her hit song), a microphone for TV host Gayle King, and scales of justice for activist Amanda Nguyen. Yet, social media users claimed the design resembled Baphomet—a goat-headed figure linked to occult traditions—when flipped upside down. “Did you notice the logo… is the satanic goat with an upside-down cross?” one X user posted. Others accused the mission of “mocking God,” citing the Bible verse 2 Corinthians 11:14.
[Image: Patch design vs. Baphomet comparison; caption: Conspiracy theorists claimed the patch (left) mirrored Baphomet (right) when inverted.]
Theories multiplied, with users noting the crew’s six members—a number often associated with the “devil”—and Perry’s gesture of placing her hand over the patch pre-launch. “They’re swearing allegiance to Baphomet,” critics argued. Some even referenced Perry’s 2010 “E.T.” music video, where she briefly sports goat legs.
Blue Origin clarified the patch’s symbols: a spacecraft at the center, surrounded by a star (for engineer Aisha Bowe), filmmaker Kerianne Flynn’s reel, and Sánchez’s children’s book character, Flynn the Fly. The company emphasized the designs celebrated each woman’s achievements, dismissing occult links.
[Image: Crew post-landing; caption: The six-member crew after their 11-minute suborbital flight.]
Further conspiracy claims arose when Perry held a butterfly-shaped setlist in zero gravity. Theorists linked it to MK Ultra, a debunked CIA mind-control program, alleging the monarch butterfly symbolizes “mind fragmentation.” An X user insisted, “It’s Project Monarch symbolism!”
[Image: Perry with butterfly setlist; caption: Perry’s butterfly prop fueled MK Ultra conspiracy theories.]
Despite the hysteria, the mission itself marked a milestone, sending six women—including the first Black female astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight—to space. The 62-mile journey offered three minutes of weightlessness before returning to Earth.
While Blue Origin’s patch aimed to honor the crew’s accomplishments, the viral theories highlight how easily symbolism can be misconstrued in the age of social media. As one skeptic noted: “They see Satan where there’s only stars.”
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