SCIENTOLOGY GOLD BASE

The Xanadu of Xenophobia

 

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GOLD BASE MAP

Golden Era Productions, or "Gold Base/Int Base" in Scientology slang, is the global HQ of the Church of Scientology, Intl. Any directions disseminated to the entire church come from this Hemet, CA complex. They will do anything to prevent protests there. That's because Scientology allows no internal dissent and cultists who are at Gold during protests can be de-brainwashed when they hear protesters or see signs.  Protesters have been subjected to violent guards, spraying sprinklers, dangerous traffic,  a bulldozer of manure. Even ultra-loud noises in surround sound.  You can hear this "Gold Tone" by clicking on the golden musical note at right. Make sure your speakers are turned down. For a detailed map of the Base click here.  This base is the cult's global communications nexus where leader David Miscavige can view any auditing session at major Scientology locations via plush offices at the RTC Building.  Even the local area's phone switching system is on their property. Makes eavesdropping on local politicians so easy! The cult also has owned a large number of radio licenses at this location.  Cult leader David Miscavige lives here according to voting records but he is rarely around and has not even voted in most elections, including presidential ones.  For a look at Gold Base in Scientology's own words watch this video.

Int Base is the hub where all videos, films and printed matter are created.  With over 100 buildings, 22 editing stations, audio facilities, film preservation labs and translators this place has it all.  Even an on-base dentist!  That way cultists don't have to leave to get dental care and escape or be debrainwashed. Originally a spa called Gilman Hot Springs it was purchased by L. Ron Hubbard in 1978.  He got the land cheap because it is on an earthquake fault line, is in a flood plain and has a high danger of rockslides.   During and earthquake there is a high risk of liquefaction. Everything near the castle would just sink into the ground. Worse, sewage pits have leaked into the groundwater supply and contaminated it with fecal coliform bacteria.

Currently it is on lockdown 24 hours a day and few people can be seen.  With perhaps less than 250 residents it must have been easy to clear the sets of the promotion video the Sci's made of the place (below). This response to Anderson Cooper's tepid expose features exactly zero people enjoying the amenities. Even the grassy sports areas show no sign of wear. Few people appear in Scientology images of their amenities anymore. Every time someone leaves (blows) they have to re-shoot the videos and photos. So it is easier just to leave everything looking like the ghost town it is in the presentation below.
 

THE FOLLOWING TIDBITS WERE TOLD TO ME BY VARIOUS ANONYMOUS EX-SCIENTOLOGISTS AND CULT RESEARCHER ANONORANGE …

LIFE AT GOLD IN THE 80’S AND 90’S - Back then most people were bussed to the property every day from off-base and under the leadership of David Miscavige, Gold Base grew exponentially. People were proud of their work then and were hardcore Scientologists. Until the early 1990s cultists were less aware of Miscavige’s abuses of both people and rules. Celebrity visitors were of course given special treatment and sheltered from the harsh conditions staff endured.  Punished staff were sent to the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) at “Happy Valley,” an ironically named area near the Soboba Indian reservation.  Staff who got in trouble were sec checked (interrogated) often as a security risk. One punishment was forcing cultists with ethics troubles to spend what little personal time they had making  wooden "no trespassing" signs such as the one left.  These signs are found all over Gold although they are illegible, illegal and broken. Scientology believes everything can be quantified so on Thursday (Stats Day) all Scientologists submit weekly reports on productivity or dealing with critics. Wednesdays at INT base everyone would work  late into the night in order to get their stats (efficiency) up so they would not be in a "lower condition" on Thursday.  Saturdays were renovation days where everyone was expected to clean and improve Gold Base.   Work areas were to be cleaned Saturday nights from 7-10 PM.  Sunday mornings were quiet time when people were allowed to do their laundry and clean their berthings. Personal CSP (clean ship project) was limited to 9 AM to noon. This three hour period was the only time people had to themselves and they spent it cleaning. Nobody wanted to be seen being driven around on one of the security bikes because that meant they were being taken to be punished as a security risk. Maureen Bolstad also told me that she was involved in the Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman flower nonsense. As part of the effort to get Tom an arranged marriage with Nicole Kidman a field was to be planted with flowers so he could take her there and impress her. The landscaping at Int base is quite lovely and extensive. But Maureen and other cultists were punished by being made to plant flowers in the middle of the night. It would takes weeks for the plants to grow and bloom, so why make them do this? Just another humiliation to reinforce them. When the plants finally sprouted flowers the results were unimpressive. The whole thing was torn out.

THE FENCE - In the early 1980s there was no fence but there were security problems. A building near the circular running track now called the Pure Center (previously known as the greenskeepers house) was broken into and music equipment was stolen. The fence went up. Then there were drive by shootings by local yahoos and problems with a drunken groundskeeper from a local golf course, Quail Ranch. So the fence was enlarged and festooned with security apparatus, cameras and sensors. The underground microphones didn’t work because gophers chewed the cables and caused constant false alarms. “No Trespassing” signs which didn't meet legal legibility standards were placed around the property. The sheriff’s office suggested they get highway cameras in order to scan license plates during incidents like the drive-by shootings. This allowed the base to record driving scofflaws as they passed through the property. Several times new Riverside Cty sheriff's deputies  were taken to the main security booth to see the highly effective security system. As part of the upgrade spikes called “Ultrabarrier” were installed but deliberately kept hard to see from the road.  It was used to sew up holes in the security system such as fence corners. Once bank robbers crashed by the G buildings and hopped the fence. They were badly cut up on the Ultrabarrier and could not leave once inside. This was seen as a testament to the effectiveness of Ultrabarrier.  The fence was built on public land but over time had to be moved back due to pressure from the government. Caltrans demanded that lights and sidewalks be put in as it is a state highway and there is a bus stop there.  The cult does not want sidewalks though and they erected an island in the middle of the road to eat up space. The cult location at Twin Peaks has much much more UltraBarrier. It is surrounded.

GOLD BASE TODAY – Due to protests and people leaving much of the human infrastructure that once existed at Gold Base in the 1980s and 1990s is gone.  This is forcing the cult to pay outside firms for production work once done practically free.  David Miscavige has terrorized so many people that members have either fled (blown), been transferred or are missing.  The upper level of the staff is at bare minimum. The Watchdog Committee, INT Management and the Executive Council (IMEC) no longer function. There are so few workers that everyone lives on site and the white buses which used to bring them to the campus every morning are gone.  Cult leaders Shelly Miscavige and Heber Jentzsch are missing and have not been seen in public for some time.  If Gold Base somehow “falls” due to protests then the entire cult will collapse because it has been beheaded. Currently the place is on lockdown 24 hours a day and few people can be seen, even though they have the floodlights on at night.

RTC BUILDING – The nerve center of the oddly named Religious Technology Center which owns Scientology. There is a room in this building full of monitors where David Miscavige can watch every auditing (therapy) session going on at Flag Base (Florida), INT Base (Hemet, CA), PAC Base (Los Angeles) and elsewhere via hidden cameras. It's control freak heaven.  The interior is so sumptuous one has to ask "This is a religion with a welfare tax exemption?"

THE CASTLE (Soundstages) – By far the most prominent building at Gold is the "castle" which serves as their studio.  At three stories tall and 72,000 square feet it dominates the landscape. Everyone who drives by must wonder "What is this place?"  The interior is the size of two football fields.  It opened in 1999 and here are articles about it.  It has two soundstages the largest of which is 20,000 square feet.   Scientologists claim it is one of the largest soundstages in the world.

SEWAGE PITS – Just to the west of the facility are several large sewage pits that have leaked and contaminated the groundwater with fecal coliform bacteria.  The pits are invisible from the complex or the road because the are hidden behind a long grassy mound.  Like so many things at Gold, leader David Miscavige has found a way to torture people with them.  They eventually fill with waste and dry up.  Someone has to dig out the waste to make room for more.  Ex-Scientologists have complained that they were forced to dig out the excrement without safety equipment. Breathing the dusty, dried waste is harmful because it contains bacteria, viruses and fungi which can infect the lungs.

EAGLE’S NEST – This lookout on the hill above Gold base is at the very top edge of their mountainside property.  It features a camouflaged exterior and remote operated camera.  It’s strategic location gives a commanding view of the complex.  A road behind the mountains up Castaic Canyon past the dump can be driven and people can legally go to the top and look down on the property. You can even walk very close to the Eagle’s Nest and look down on it without trespassing.  My source tells me the multiple lookout nests are not sniper posts and never have been, although the cult does own a licensed sniper rifle."  Nevertheless it is unnerving to protest there knowing these posts are up there. Another much smaller lookout points directly at the main gate.

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