UFO Files - UFO Cults

Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religion based in San Diego, California and led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.The group's end coincided with the appearance of Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. Applewhite convinced 38 followers to commit suicide, which he claimed would allow their souls to board a spaceship that they believed was hiding behind the comet.

Further, Heaven's Gate believed that the planet Earth was about to be recycled (wiped clean, refurbished and rejuvenated), and that the only chance to survive was to leave it immediately. While the group was formally against suicide, they defined "suicide" in their own context to mean "to turn against the Next Level when it is being offered",and believed that their "human" bodies were only vessels meant to help them on their journey.

The group believed in several paths for a person to leave the Earth and survive before the "recycling", one of which was hating this world strongly enough: "It is also possible that part of our test of faith is our hating this world, even our flesh body, to the extent to be willing to leave it without any proof of the Next Level's existence".

The members of the group added "-ody" to the first names they adopted in lieu of their original given names, which defines "children of the Next Level." This is mentioned in Applewhite's final video, "Do's Final Exit," that was filmed on March 19, 1997, just days prior to the suicides.

For a few months prior to their deaths, three members, Thurston-ody, Sylvie-ody, and Elaine-ody, worked for Advanced Development Group (ADG), Inc. (now ManTech Advanced Development Group), a small San Diego-based company that developed computer-based instruction for the U.S. Army. Although they were polite and friendly in a reserved way, they tended to keep to themselves. When they quit working for ADG, they told their supervisor that they had completed their mission.

Unarius is a non-profit organization founded in 1954 in Los Angeles, California and which is now headquartered in El Cajon, California. The organization purports to advance a new interdimensional science of life. The history of the organization can be marked by distinct periods of activity. The interdimensional science of life is based upon purported fourth dimensional physics principles. The founder, and subsequent "channels" and "sub-channels" have written books filled with such channeled dissertations from alleged advanced intelligent beings that exist on higher frequency planes.

Over 100 volumes have been published since 1954. The membership over the decades is unknown, but based upon literature published by the organization approximately 100,000 people all over the world hold or maintain Unariun beliefs and live by them. Unarius centers exist in Canada, Japan, Nigeria and in various locations in the United States.
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