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two amateur documentary makers say they've infiltrated the ufo cloning sect known as the raelians and come away with candid videos they hope will further tarnish the group's reputation and even help shut it down.
the raelians are no strangers to bad press: brigitte boisselier, a raelian bishop and biochemist, created a media furor in december 2002 when she announced the world's first successful cloning of a human. but her credibility, as well as the raelians', was questioned when she never produced "baby eve" or 12 other purported clones.
now, rare video footage of the group taken at one of its las vegas seminars has been spun into an as-yet-unreleased documentary that brings a fresh, critical slant to the raelians -- replete with allegations that the sect uses sex as a recruitment tool, targeting people most likely to sympathize with its message that aliens populated the world: "trekkies and whatnot," explained abdullah hashem, who taped the group in may as part of a broader, personal investigation of the group.
"there are a lot of people (at these seminars) who believe in aliens, and all these beautiful women who will have sex with you even though you're a dork," he said. "and that's why most people were there."
in an interview with wired news, the raelians dismissed hashem's claims as a big misunderstanding. spokesman sage ali said the group has nothing to hide, and is not ashamed of anything the team may have recorded.
raelian theology states that aliens long ago visited the earth and populated it through cloning. the religion also teaches that nudity and sexuality are pure and beautiful, and that if people were more in touch with their feminine sides, there would be less violence in the world.
in the united states, the food and drug administration has investigated the raelians for their association with clonaid and the company's cloning claim. but vorilhon has never been convicted of a crime. hashem hopes to give authorities more fodder. he claims his videos and other investigations prove the raelians deserve to be shut down.
"we love sensuality," ali said. "we're very proud of what goes on. we have nothing to hide. the footage taken at the seminar is all great as far as i'm concerned."
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