Raël: The Alien Prophet

Netflix’s Raël: The Alien Prophet serves as a clinical yet engrossing autopsy of one of the most persistent UFO religions in modern history. By tracing Claude Vorilhon’s transition from a French automotive journalist to a self-proclaimed messiah, the docuseries captures the strange intersection of 1970s counter-culture and technological anxiety. The production excels in documenting the movement's peak during the Clonaid media frenzy, illustrating how a fringe group commanded global headlines through bold scientific claims. It examines the psychological grip of the Elohim narrative without resorting to cheap mockery, instead focusing on the human desire for cosmic belonging. As an archival record, it preserves a bizarre chapter of the new-age movement, highlighting how charisma and science fiction can coalesce into a global phenomenon that survives into the digital age.