Self-Proclaimed Saviors?

Rael: Claude Vorilhon, known to his followers as Rael, is a former racecar magazine journalist turned mouthpiece for extraterrestrial beings. He claims that in 1973 he was contacted by a green-skinned being that came out of a flying saucer parked on a French volcano. Rael said it revealed to him that humans were genetically engineered by a scientifically advanced people called the Elohim. Since then, Rael has led a movement, claiming nearly 40,000 members, devoted to preparing for the return of the Elohim to Earth. He made news in 2004 with claims that his company, Clonaid, had successfuly cloned a human baby. (AFP/Getty Images)