Jean Miguères

Jean-Richard Miguères (11 May 1940 – 28 July 1992) was a French UFO contactee and ufologist. He wrote several books putting forth a narrative of having been visited by extraterrestrials after a car accident in 1969. Miguères was a controversial figure even among other ufologists, who criticized him for illogical and inconsistent claims, and accused him of forging documents. His message greatly shifted over time, with his earlier books focusing more on proving his claims through medical and psychological records, and his third and final book establishing a basically religious message.

He was the founder of the UFO religious organization CEIRUS, though Miguères insisted that CEIRUS was not a religion. It was deemed a cult by the anti-cult group ADFI, and in 1992, Miguères was killed by his father-in-law, a member of AFDI, who believed he was a cult leader. Miguères was a friend of Raël, the creator of Raëlism; after his death, Raël and his followers protested the actions of AFDI.