Miguères was a controversial figure even among other ufologists, who criticized him for illogical and inconsistent claims, and accused him of forging documents.
[6] Miguères got a diploma in first aid and became, according to his telling of events, a private ambulance driver, from which he experienced some success.
After the crash, a strange entity appeared to him and after speaking to him placed a small disc on his neck that healed his body.
[14][4] In 1971 he contacted ufologist Guy Tarade after reading his book Soucoupes volantes et civilisations d’outre espace (transl.
[14] In an unrelated incident in 1973, he claimed to the French media that there were actually 10 planets in the Solar System, resulting in widespread mockery from astrophysicists.
[2][15] The veracity of Miguères' claims was the subject of wide debate among ufologists in the late 1970s and 1980s;[15] many viewed it as a hoax, but others thought he was genuine.
[15] The book contains alleged medical documents and psychiatric evaluations which deem him sane, as well as pictures and magazine articles.
'Association for the Study of Flying Saucers') dedicated an entire special issue of their bulletin to him, which contained an examination of his claims and book, which was signed by the director Perry Petrakis.
The AESV criticized him for illogical and inconsistent claims, with the precise locations and times being inaccurate (e.g. he claimed the existence of a route between Nice and Marseille that did not exist), and criticized the narrative as illogical (namely that the aliens he said he had encountered needed computers despite being telepathic).
Miguères later obtained an apology from Petrakis in the next issue through a legal representative, who admitted their investigation had some mistakes but refused to withdraw it in its entirety.
[25] He wrote of it that it was a "fantastic spiritual movement, which shall neither be a sect, nor a new religion, but rather simply a live force at the service of the 'light'".
He heard a rumor that Miguères was going to move to either Canada[13][26] or South America,[15] with Dorysee's daughter and grandaughter.
[13][15] On 28 July,[27] Dorysse waited near Miguères's car at the Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon.
"[13][6] After his death, Yvette Genosy, one of the presidents of AFDI, stressed Miguères' beliefs in trying to make sense of the killing.
[31] In October, in response to Miguères death, Raël founded FIREPHIM (French: Fédération internationale des religions et philosophies minoritaire, lit.
'International Federation of Minority Religions and Philosophies'), in what Raël called an attempt to "counterbalance the lies and perverse effects of ADFI".
"[32] Pierre Lagrange said of his speech that it seemed to foreshadow later developments in conspiracy theory rhetoric, quoting Miguères's statement that "the levers of control on planet Earth are less and less in the hands of earthlings".