Brigitte Boisselier, French scientist, Raelian sect member
WASHINGTON -- A religious cult that believes aliens created the first people claims it is responsible for the first cloned human baby in history being born today.
The announcement, made by French scientist and member of the Raelian sect Brigitte Boisselier, states that a baby girl was born by caesarean section, according to a report by Agence France-Presse. The birth "went very well," Boisselier is reported to have said in a telephone interview with the French news organization.
Earlier in the day, spokeswoman Nadine Gary said today the group intended to have video equipment at a news briefing in Florida and would have an "independent inspector" take DNA evidence from baby and mother.
Many scientists have been skeptical about the ability of the group's Las Vegas, Nevada-based Clonaid project to accomplish the feat. The company was founded in the Bahamas in 1997 by Claude Vorilhon, a former...