Raelians

The threat presented to us by the Raelians is one that should refocus our attention on the immediacy of passing a permanent and comprehensive ban on all human cloning.

Balloon Juice » 2003 » February 2003

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There's a group called the Raelians, which is a group that now operates in the United States.

CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2001 2001

Taking a bold step to improve the credibility of his organization and its attempts to clone a human being, the leader of the religious group known as The Raelians today announced that he was removing the hair knot that sits atop his head.

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Reason's indispensible Ronald Bailey called the Raelians on their clone hoax back on December 30:

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Clonaid was founded in 1997 by Claude Vorilhon, leader of a religious sect, called the Raelians, that believes the Earth was created by interplanetary visitors and which views cloning as a step towards eternal life.

‘SA’s first cloned baby is on the way’ 2004

The religious sect behind Clonaid, a group called the Raelians, believes life on Earth was started by space aliens.

Religious sect says it plans to provide proof of human clone soon 2003

Clonaid, a company created by a UFO cult known as the Raelians, claims to have already cloned several babies.

Human cloning ‘flawed’ 2003

If the controversial group called the Raelians was looking for congratulations, it is undoubtedly disappointed.

CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2002 2002

At 9: 00 a.m., this organization called the Raelians are going to -- we're thinking they might say that they've cloned a human being.

CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2002 2002

An organization called the Raelians, sort of a fringe organization, and I say that term loosely, but an organization that believes that the Earth was populated by genetic clones and aliens.

CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2002 2002