Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii: Raelian UFO Peace Park
A small sculpture park created by adherents to the Raelian UFO religion. Includes a model of a proposed galactic embassy that the group wants to build on Hawaii, and a few peacocks. Raelists believe that we were created by Elohim aliens; they also claim to have successfully cloned humans.
- Address:
- Alii Kane St., Volcano, Big Island, HI
- Directions:
- 23 miles west of Keaau on Hwy 11. North of Volcano village, on the southeast corner of Hwy 11/Mamalahoa Hwy and Alii Kane St. Hidden somewhat in the underbrush.
- Admission:
- Free
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On the side of the highway to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is an unusual sculpture park. Several cast concrete sculptures comprise a "Peace Park" created by one of the island's adherents to the Raelian UFO religion. Several of the sculptures feature the symbol of the Raelian movement, a six-pointed star with a spiral and a six-pointed star with a swastika.
The main sculptures are a large nude woman with the Raelian symbol on her chest, and a concrete arch that advertises the group's web site address. One concrete sculpture looks like a crop circle, but it's actually a model of a proposed galactic embassy that the group wants to build on the Big Island -- after they were denied permission to build it in Israel. There are also several animal sculptures: peacocks, chameleons, native birds, and a sea turtle.
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