Editing Chen Tao (UFO religion) (section)

== Aftermath ==
Unlike other millennial religious groups, such as [[Millerites]], Chen Tao seems to have effectively fallen apart after its leader's prophecies went unfulfilled.<ref name="Wright2011" /> Immediately after the failed prediction, some of the members had to return to Taiwan owing to [[Visa (document)|visa]] problems; in total, roughly two-thirds abandoned the group. Later the remaining members moved to [[Lockport (city), New York|Lockport, New York]]. They continued to wear cowboy hats but began stating that a war between China and Taiwan would lead to a [[nuclear holocaust]] that would result in much death, but also God's arrival in a "God plane" to save the members.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Heard |first1=Alex |last2=Klebnikov |first2=Peter |date=1998-12-27 |title=Apocalypse Now. No, Really. Now! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/27/magazine/apocalypse-now-no-really-now.html |access-date=2010-05-03 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=41 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> They originally stated that this would occur in 1999 but later revised the date.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ostling |first=Richard N. |author-link=Richard Ostling |date=1999-12-26 |title=Some religious believers waiting for end of the world |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=47AKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O00DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6977,4207520 |access-date=2010-05-03 |work=[[The Daily Courier (Arizona)|The Daily Courier]] |pages=8A |language=en-US |via=[[Google News Archive]] |volume=112 |issue=309 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

Religious studies scholars [[Stuart A. Wright]] and Arthur L. Greil traveled to Lockport to interview Master Chen and observe the group post-prophecy.<ref name="Wright2011" />