# World's Largest UFO Cult Lands in Cambodia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-ufo-cult-lands-in-cambodia/682487 "2014-02-28T04:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-ufo-cult-lands-in-cambodia/682487/1 "2014-02-28T04:33:17Z")
The Raelians. [They’ve set up a base in Phnom Penh.](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/396475/the-raelians-are-coming) As if we didn’t have enough crazies on this side of the world. They want to build an embassy there. They’ve been wanting to build one in Israel, but since their symbol is a swastika inside a Star of David, they’re banned in that country. Hmmm. I wonder if this could explain [the abduction of Dave Walker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=716237) near Angkor Wat two weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-ufo-cult-lands-in-cambodia/682487/2 "2014-02-28T04:44:12Z")
Low taxes. Weak central government. Long way from the major media centers. Easily bribable officials. Best place for a cult. Hell…I’d move there except that I don’t already have malaria or yellow fever and I can live the rest of my life without them. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-ufo-cult-lands-in-cambodia/682487/3 "2014-02-28T04:47:53Z")
[Yellow fever is a South American and African ailment.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever#Epidemiology) We don’t have that over here. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-ufo-cult-lands-in-cambodia/682487/4 "2014-02-28T19:04:24Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The Raelians. > They want to build an embassy there. They’ve been wanting to build one in Israel, but since their symbol is a swastika inside a Star of David, they’re banned in that country. I was thinking “Best. Troll. EVAR.” (them, not you) but in [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raelian_in_Tel_Aviv_Israel.jpg) image it’s not quite what you describe it as. It’s a swirly six-fold swastika rather than a rectangular four-fold Nazi one. And it’s clearly meant to be continuous with the star motif, it’s not really meant to be seen as a swastika at all. But I guess it is a bit tone-blind. It looks like a garment washing label. Wash this brain only at 40C, do not iron (the creases are a big deal). ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-ufo-cult-lands-in-cambodia/682487/5 "2014-02-28T19:50:11Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > I was thinking “Best. Troll. EVAR.” (them, not you) but in [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raelian_in_Tel_Aviv_Israel.jpg) image it’s not quite what you describe it as. It’s a swirly six-fold swastika rather than a rectangular four-fold Nazi one. And it’s clearly meant to be continuous with the star motif, it’s not really meant to be seen as a swastika at all. But I guess it is a bit tone-blind. It looks like a garment washing label. Wash this brain only at 40C, do not iron (the creases are a big deal). [This was their previous logo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raelian_symbols.svg). Definitely swastika-ish. StG ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-largest-ufo-cult-lands-in-cambodia/682487/6 "2014-02-28T19:55:58Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > [This was their previous logo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raelian_symbols.svg). Definitely swastika-ish. > > StG Yikes. :eek: Okay, my initial reaction stands.