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<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/JeffWells/scientology-newmexico.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>A Place in the Desert for New Mexico's Most Exclusive Circles</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>By Richard Leiby<br>Washington Post Staff Writer<br>Sunday, November 27, 2005; Page D01<br><br>Secret Flying Saucer Base Found in New Mexico?<br><br>Maybe. From the state that gave us Roswell, the epicenter of UFO lore since 1947, comes a report from an Albuquerque TV station about its discovery of strange landscape markings in the remote desert. They're etched in New Mexico's barren northern reaches, resemble crop circles and are recognizable only from a high altitude.<br><br>Also, they are directly connected to the Church of Scientology.<br><br>(Cue theremin music.)<br><br>The church tried to persuade station KRQE not to air its report last week about the aerial signposts marking a Scientology compound that includes a huge vault "built into a mountainside," the station said on its Web site. The tunnel was constructed to protect the works of L. Ron Hubbard, the late science-fiction writer who founded the church in the 1950s.<br><br>The archiving project, which the church has acknowledged, includes engraving Hubbard's writings on stainless steel tablets and encasing them in titanium capsules. It is overseen by a Scientology corporation called the Church of Spiritual Technology. Based in Los Angeles, the corporation dispatched an official named Jane McNairn and an attorney to visit the TV station in an effort to squelch the story, KRQE news director Michelle Donaldson said.<br><br>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.<br><br>McNairn did not respond to messages requesting comment; an employee said that McNairn was traveling last week, and that no one else from the church would be able to comment.<br><br>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."<br><br>Perhaps the signs are just a proud expression of the Scientology brand. But there are other, more intriguing theories.<br><br>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.<br><br>"As a lifetime staff member, you sign a billion-year contract. It's not just symbolic," said Bruce Hines of Denver, who spent 30 years in Scientology but is now critical of it. "You know you are coming back and you will defend the movement no matter what. . . . The fact that they would etch this into the desert to be seen from space, it fits into the whole ideology."<br><br>...<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/26/AR2005112601065.html">Washington Post</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

"The archiving project, which the church has acknowledged, includes engraving Hubbard's writings on stainless steel tablets and encasing them in titanium capsules."<br><br>LOL <p></p><i></i>

Wow, weird!<br><br>A while back I was looking for area 52 type things in the desert on google maps... I didn't discover anythign interesting myself, just found a website with links to the locations of all sorts of weird runways, giant triangles, targets and other shapes. Odd stuff, mostly I guess for whatever millitary test purposes rather than anything particularly symbolic.... but it's interesting to learn that at least some of them do have crazier meanings after all! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://perljam.net/google-satellite-maps/id/7365/United_States/New_Mexico/Trementina/Scientology_landing_strip_and_symbol">perljam.net/google-satell...and_symbol</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>here's a satellite view! <p></p><i></i>

re: Local news station video<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.krqe.com/video/expanded.asp?ID=3350">www.krqe.com/video/expanded.asp?ID=3350</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"Some government and corporate networks have blocked the "port" used by streaming video. This may prevent you from viewing KRQE video clips."<br><br>More here:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://fpinews.blogspot.com/2005/11/video-krqe-news-13-krqe-investigates.html">fpinews.blogspot.com/2005...gates.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/us/2005/12/03/gt.scientology.circles.cnn','2005/12/10');<br><br>Can't link directly to the file, but if you paste that address into your browser while at cnn.com you'll open a 4-5 minute video about the compound. A former Scientologist says that the giant design is a landmark for 'ressurected scientologists' returning to Earth. A Las Vegas Sherrif also said when asked about whether or not it appeared to be a survivalist compound, he replied that if the shit hits the fan, that's where he'd want to be.<br><br>So when will the FBI/ATF be showing up with some M1's? <p></p><i></i>

et in Arcadia ego is correct - I saw the entire Anderson Cooper segment on CNN last night. The segment was long enough to merit 2 commercial breaks, even. The sheriff says that the Scientologist's paramilitary wing is armed to the hilt. Also mentioned is the fact the several helicopter pilots from the community (Las vegas, NM) refused to fly over the area with a film crew because they did not want to "upset the scientologists". CNN eventually found a willing pilot. The former Scientologist says that the goal of scientology is to "clear the planet". And if they fail, real bad things will happen. Clearing the planet refers to a mental state apparently, but I am not up on my Dianetics. "Clearing" doth have negative connotations in my mind when refering to the planet in eschatological terms. I wandered into a discrete scientology office in Xela, Guatemala and was pounced on by a very assertive (strong handshake, fierce eye contact) representative. The building facade was regular for a Guatemalan city, but inside there was money money money. The scientologist kindly gave me some written information, an invitation to return, and I got the hell out. <p></p><i></i>