On December 13, 1973, a 27-year-old French young man, Claude Vorilhon (the real name of Rael) who was a car racer and a sports journalist encountered extraterrestrials, the Elohim, who came in a UFO. He was given a Message about the principal of the universe and the origin and future of humanity. The International Raelian Movement was founded to spread the Message all around the world.