Thousands of UFO fans have flocked to a quiet destination in the south of France for a three-day event to prepare humanity for visits from extraterrestrials.
French media showed the scenes in Limoges yesterday (Monday, March 18) as hundreds, perhaps thousands, of peoples packed into a field off a highway in the city, known more for its porcelain industry and basketball.
They came from all over for the Symposium Exovision, and some forked out as much as £160 to attend talks about “encounters with celestials in altered states of consciousness”.
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The media was banned from the event but two local reporters slipped in and stated that the general director of the group Alliances Célestes, Jean-Michel Raoux, said he often meets with aliens.
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He also reportedly said he can draw extraterrestrials to specific places on earth, and that he has witnessed UFO landings.
Raoux said he is from the planet “Niam” and produced a set of grainy black-and-white photos as proof of alien life.
The event, organised by a group (self-described as an NGO) called Alliances Célestes, or Celestial Alliances, want to rid people of their pretences about alien life and prepare us for encounters.
On the event’s website it says: “The mission of this citizen delegation is to accompany humanity in this process, in order to properly inform and reduce the fear and stress that this type of encounter can generate.”
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There was concern in the lead up to the three-day conference event that it would be a «breeding grund for extremism», or at least lesson the image of Limoges.
Thierry Miguel, vice-president of the Conseil départemental in Limoges, wrote in local newspaper Populaire du Centre: “I was flabbergasted to hear that such an event was taking place in Limoges.
«Wacky people will be arriving from all over France and Europe to give Limoges a strange image. These movements will include conspiracy theorists and flat-earthists. It’s a breeding ground for extremism.”
He wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “I do not want Limoges to be the laughing stock of the world. We need science and reason, not conspiracy theories.”
There was also concern over the presence of Antoine “Q” Cuttitta. Reports state that he is a QAnon sympathiser and hosted a YouTube channel that peddled conspiracy theories before it was shut down for breaching the platform’s policies.
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He reportedly believes that a satanic elite rules the world and is behind a massive paedophile ring.
Mr Miguel said he plans to organise a public meeting on the role of science and social progress.
“We cannot stand there with our arms crossed in the face of possible charlatans who will come and talk to us about theories from another time,” he told BFMTV.
“When a society is dysfunctional, it takes refuge in values like these. But we must strive to demonstrate the truth from the false by relying on science.”
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