Raël
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Raël[lower-alpha 1] (born Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon,[lower-alpha 2] 30 September 1946)[2] is a French journalist who founded and leads the Raëlian Movement, an international UFO religion.
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Born | Claude Maurice Marcel Vorilhon (1946-09-30) 30 September 1946 (age 77) |
School | Raëlism |
Main interests | Universal morality |
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Before becoming a cult leader, Raël, then known as Claude Vorilhon, worked as a sports-car journalist and test driver for his car-racing magazine, Autopop.[3][4] Following a purported extraterrestrial encounter in December 1973, he formed the Raëlian Movement and changed his name to Raël.[5] He later published several books, which detail the encounter with a being called Yahweh in 1973.[5] He traveled the world to promote his books for over 30 years.[6]