Shock as Nazi flag soars over Long Beach Jewish community

Plane flying Nazi flag and word 'Swastika' soars over Long Beach Jewish community 

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 12:03 EST, 24 June 2012 | Updated: 12:28 EST, 24 June 2012

Beachgoers were stunned on Saturday when a plane flew over Long Beach Island and along the Jersey Shore, towing a Nazi flag.

On the sign was written the word ‘Swastika’, showing the anti-Semitic symbol intertwined with the Hebrew Star of David. 

It was spotted as far north as Manhattan and prompted several calls from concerned viewers to the Long Beach Township Police Department.

Spotted: Beachgoers were stunned on Saturday when a plane flew over Long Beach Island and along the Jersey Shore, towing a Nazi flag

Officers believe the plane was sponsored by an organisation connected to the Raelian Movement, which preaches that earth life was scientifically created by the Elohim, a species of extraterrestrial beings. 

In a press release the Raelians claimed responsibility for the banner, adding that Saturday was their 3rd Annual Swastika Rehabilitation Day.

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The group asked spiritual groups who use the symbol to stand up and show their support, insisting that its true meaning is misunderstood.

But the Jewish Community Centre of Long Beach Island is skeptical and has demanded answers.

‘We're trying to find out - what are their intentions?’ President Don Pripstein told the Manasquan-Belmar Patch.

The symbol of the Raelian movement is a hexagram intertwined with a right-facing Swastika

On its website the Raelian Movement describes the swastika as ‘a symbol of peace and good luck in many Eastern religions’ and a ‘good luck symbol’.

‘The star of David represents infinity in space whereas the swastika represents infinity in time i.e. there being no beginning, no end in time and everything being cyclical,’ it writes.

The movement’s ‘official’ symbol features the swastika intertwined with a hexagram or the Hebrew Star of David, as reportedly seen by people on the beach.

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