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'''The Seekers''', also called '''The Brotherhood of the Seven Rays''', were a group of [[Rapture|rapturists]] or a [[UFO religion]] in mid-twentieth century [[Midwestern United States]]. The Seekers met in a nondenominational church, the group originally organized in 1953 by Charles Laughead, a staff member at Michigan State University in [[East Lansing, Michigan]].{{sfn|The Atlantic|2015}}{{sfn | Jenkins | 2013 | p=60}} They were led by Dorothy Martin from the [[Chicago area]] (also called Sister Thedra), who believed a [[UFO]] would take them on December 21, 1954.{{sfn|Tumminia|2005}}{{sfn | Boyett | 2005 | p=50}} They are believed to be the first such group to exist.{{sfn | Collins | 2010 | p=130}} They were the subject of the book ''[[When Prophecy Fails]]'' by [[Leon Festinger]]; Laughead was given the pseudonym Dr. Armstrong and Martin given the name Marian Keech.
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