Aerial signposts point to Scientology's sacred text storage facility (CO$ hidden lair in New Mexico)

boing boing ^ | 11/27/05 | N/A

[Central Scrutiniser]

Aerial signposts point to Scientology's sacred text storage facility There are symbols in northern New Mexico that mark a Church of Scientology vault built in a mountainside. The facility contains founder L. Ron Hubbard's writings etched into stainless steel tablets that are stored in titanium capsules. The Church of Scientology apparently asked Albuquerque TV station KRQE not to air its report last week about the markings in the desert. From the Washington Post:

The church offered a tour of the underground facility if KRQE would kill the piece, the station said in its newscast. Scientology also called KRQE's owner, Emmis Communications, and "sought the help of a powerful New Mexican lawmaker" to lobby against airing the piece, the station reported on its Web site...

What do the markings mean? For starters, the interlocking circles and diamonds match the logo of the Church of Spiritual Technology, which had the vault constructed in a mesa in the late 1980s. The $2.5 million construction job was done by Denman and Associates of Santa Fe, but company Vice President Sally Butler said of the circles, "If there is anything like that out there, it had nothing to do with us."

Perhaps the signs are just a proud expression of the Scientology brand. But there are other, more intriguing theories.

Former Scientologists familiar with Hubbard's teachings on reincarnation say the symbol marks a "return point" so loyal staff members know where they can find the founder's works when they travel here in the future from other places in the universe.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Find it on Google Maps here:

http://perljam.net/google-satellite-maps/id/7365/United_States/New_Mexico/Trementina/Scientology_landing_strip_and_symbol

Also, watch a TV report about it here:

http://www.krqe.com/video/expanded.asp?ID=3368

Also a Terra server link here:

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=13&X=2694&Y=19656&W=3

And a story at the Washington Post, which you will have to link to from Boing Boing.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Xenu Ping!

[yldstrk]

What a bunch of loonies.

[satchmodog9]

Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet.

[manic4organic]

Nice place to drop a JDAM and crush Travolta, Cruise and the rest of those nutty cultists. www.operationclambake.com

[CWOJackson]

"...so loyal staff members know where they can find the founder's works when they travel here in the future from other places in the universe."

Tom Cruise's house.

[Revolting cat!]

Former Scientologists familiar with Hubbard's teachings on reincarnation say the symbol marks a "return point" so loyal staff members know where they can find the founder's works when they travel here in the future from other places in the universe.

Uhuh, makes perfect sense.

[Central Scrutiniser]

I doubt that JT's 707 or his Gulfstream could land on that strip.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

LOL

[fieldmarshaldj]

They are SOOOOO sued !

[beezdotcom]

Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet.

Yeah, but neither will Travolta.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Former Scientologists familiar with Hubbard's teachings on reincarnation say the symbol marks a "return point" so loyal staff members know where they can find the founder's works when they travel here in the future from other places in the universe."

Camden, New Jersey ?

[SteveMcKing]

$2.5 mil on a construction job is peanuts.

It probably won't last 50 years -- just compare that to the pyramids...

[sageb1]

"Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet."

I hope it's a big closet. There are quite a few others I'd like to shove back in there with him.

[Tribune7]

He needs a DC-8.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet."

"Yeah, but neither will Travolta."

And there goes R. Kelly, too...

[Disambiguator]

Trementina is near Conchas Lake, about 50 miles north of Santa Rosa, NM. Not much out there.

[HereInTheHeartland]

A Jim Jones Kool Aid party waiting to happen.

[NavVet]

What part of "Science Fiction" author don't they understand.