New religious movements whose teaching centers on extraterrestrial visitors, flying saucers and a cosmic destiny for believers. They combine ideas from Christian millenarianism, New Age thought and ufology, and several drew attention through contact claims, prophecy or tragedy. Their members often left detailed records of belief, which scholars of new religions use to study how modern myth and technology shape devotion. Members placed here so far include Heaven's Gate, Raelian Movement.
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Heaven's Gate (religious group) (Wikipedia)
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Scholars have described the theology of Heaven's Gate as a mixture of Christian millenarianism, New Age, and ufology, and it has been characterized as a UFO religion.
Raelism (Wikipedia)
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Raëlism, also known as Raëlianism, is a UFO religion founded in the 1970s in France by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël.
Aetherius Society (Wikipedia)
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The Aetherius Society is a new religious movement founded by George King in the mid-1950s, being the result of what King claimed were contacts with extraterrestrial intelligences whom he referred to as "Cosmic Masters".
Unarius Academy of Science (Wikipedia)
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He said that he had channeled the material via his psychic connections with extraterrestrial intelligences.
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