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Cult Scientist Claims First Cloned Baby Is in Israel

The key scientist linked to a cult group who boasted to have created the first human clone said Wednesday that the cloned baby girl, nicknamed Eve, is now in Israel.


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The key scientist linked to a cult group who boasted to have created the first human clone said Wednesday that the cloned baby girl, nicknamed Eve, is now in Israel.

Brigitte Boisselier, chief executive officer of Clonaid, a company founded by Raelian religious sect which believes first humans on Earth were cloned by extraterrestrials, made the disclosure under oath at a hearing in Broward County in Florida, the United States.

Baby Eve exists and so do the other two cloned children, Boisselier said, adding that she had only seen Eve on videotape.

After Boisselier's brief testimony, Broward County Circuit Judge John Frusciante ruled that he had no jurisdiction and threw the case out, saying that "at this point, I will not give any more credibility to this situation than it has already been given."

The hearing was scheduled after Florida attorney Bernard Siegelfiled a petition seeking a guardian for Eve to protect the interests of the child. He filed the petition in Broward County because that is where Boisselier announced the birth of Eve on Dec.26, 2002.

Clonaid also claimed that a second cloned girl was born to a Dutch lesbian on Jan. 3, and clone No. 3, a boy, was born in Japan last week.

However, the group so far failed to provide details of the three babies or any scientific evidence that they are indeed clones, which has provoked worldwide skepticism.


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