Scientology vaults

The Church of Spiritual Technology (CST), part of the Church of Scientology's corporate empire, owns and operates several mysterious vaults, said to hold copies of Hubbard's writings and lectures. These are some of the most secretive of Scientology's properties, and so far, there have been few tours to outsiders and few vault staff who have left CST and told their version of what goes on inside these locations. The vault locations frequently have an aerial marker of CST's double circles and diamonds logo.

The titles to at least some of the vault properties are held by Mile High Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CST.

Contents

Sample nickel audio record.

• Special audio records.
• Etched stainless steel plates.
• Titanium storage boxes.

Locations

Some of these locations are referred to in Scientology's and critics' documents under various names. When it's clear that the same location is being discussed, the names have been combined. The expenses, where given, are not the total spent on the project, just the largest individual outlay.

Creston, California

While not a vault location, the Creston Ranch, where Hubbard died, is marked with the CST logo.

• Location: Google Maps

Petrolia, California / Sunset View / Eureka

In 1988: The planned usage for the property is to build an archival document storage repository there which will store religious documents preserved by CST.

• Expense: $2,106,725.03 to International Ground Support Systems (IGSS).

• Vault: Two levels, each 372 feet long.
• Location: Google Maps

Rock Springs, Wyoming / Sweeney Ranch

On land purchased by International Ground Support Systems, work was begun in this location in 2008, but apparently stopped in early 2009 and later abandoned when local authorities objected to the lack of permits. The current status of the site is unknown, but no news of continued work has surfaced.

• Location: Google Maps

Trementina, New Mexico

CST logo markings from above at Trementina.

The site is about a 2 1/2 -hour drive east of Santa Fe, near the small town of Trementina. The Trementina location is supposedly a store for material written by L.R. Hubbard, as shown in 1998 on ABC News's "20/20.":

"Buried deep in these New Mexico hills in steel-lined tunnels, said to be able to survive a nuclear blast, is what Scientology considers the future of mankind," ABC's Tom Jarriel said in his report. "Seen here for the first time, thousands of metal records, stored in heat-resistant titanium boxes and playable on a solar-powered turntable, all containing the beliefs of Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard."

The site is marked from the air with Church of Spiritual Technology double diamonds. A runway for smaller airplanes is located on CST owned land in connection to the site. The original short strip was expanded in the early 1990s on land acquired by a land swap deal between CST and neighboring land owners in 1992.

• Expense: $2,509,692.57 to Denman & Assoc., Inc.
• Vault: 700 foot rock tunnel.
• Location: Google Maps

Tuolumne, California / Lady Washington Mine

The Lady Washington Mine and two houses on 26.23 acres were purchased in 1988 by William and Donna Daniels. In 1988, the Daniels gave the property to Norman Starkey, trustee of "Author's Family Trust." Starkey gave the property to the Church of Spiritual Technology in 1993. Digging began in 1997. According to The Los Angeles Times, the CST "is using state-of-the-art technology to protect Hubbard's writings, tape-recorded lectures and filmed treatises from natural and man-made calamaties, including nuclear holocaust."

• Vault: 250 foot tunnel, 15 feet wide.
• Location: Google Maps

Twin Peaks, California / Lake Arrowhead / Mile High / Rimforest / Rim of the World / Running Springs

As of 1988, this property has 15 buildings totaling approximately 22,000 square ft, including a three-story administration office, dormitories, dining halls, residences and other buildings and offices.

• Encrypted microwave communications link to LA and Int Base.
• Expense: $2,592,750.31 to William Kanayan Construction.
• Vault: Two 100 foot long heavy gauge steel underground structures.
• Location: Google Maps

Controversy

Shelly Miscavige, wife of leader David Miscavige, who hasn't been seen in public since 2007, is said to be held at this location.

References

• Church Scriptures Get High-Tech Protection June 24, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Joel Sappell, Los Angeles Times
• Inside the Church of Scientology December 2, 2005, Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN
• Scientology and a mysterious vault deep under the desert in New Mexico November 30, 2005, Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN
• Vault to get Hubbard's writings July 25, 1991, Bob Henderson, Editor's Note, St. Petersburg Times
• My search for the 'secret' Scientology vault July 19, 2004, James Tressler, Eureka Times-Standard
• John Sweeney and Marc Headley Visit Scientology’s Odd New Mexico Vault December 31, 2012, Tony Ortega, The Underground Bunker
• BBC reporter John Sweeney visits cult's alien cathedral December 31, 2012, John Sweeney, The Sun
• Have Scientologists constructed a 'space alien cathedral'? Not really January 7, 2013, Alan Boyle, NBC News
• Pictured up close for the first time, Scientology's 'alien space cathedral and spaceship landing pad' built in the New Mexico desert for the 'return of followers after Armageddon on Earth' August 16, 2013, Chris White, Daily Mail
• The History of Scientology’s Weird Vaults — The Bizarre Battlefield Earth Connection! August 31, 2013, Tony Ortega, The Underground Bunker
• Exclusive pictures of secret Californian Scientology base 'where Shelly Miscavage lives' November 7, 2013, Chris White, Daily Mail
• Scientology compound Twin Peaks, Shelly Miscavige’s reputed hideout, exposed November 8, 2013, Lee Moran, New York Daily News
• Here Are Photos of Scientology's Super Secret Armageddon Compound in Lake Arrowhead November 7, 2013, Adrian Glick Kudler, Curbed LA

External links

• Trementina Base, Wikipedia (Article badly needs a clean up. See the Talk page on the claimed land transfer.)
• Tour Scientology Sites! Jeff Jacobsen
• Geotechnical Engineering - Western States Mining Consultants, P.C. Company that did construction work on Trementina and Rock Springs locations.
• Twin Peaks - Scientology "Secret" Base, AngryGayPope

Videos

• AGP/AO Raid Twin Peaks Secret Base Again in Full HD, AngryGayPope, YouTube
• Scientologists Frantically Rush to Hide Secret Vault Base Twin Peaks Behind Emergency Bushes, AngryGayPope, YouTube
• New Scientology vault site near Rock Springs, WY?, by cultxpt, Vimeo
• Scientology's secret vault in New Mexico, by cultxpt, Vimeo
• Scientology secret vault Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, KRQE News, YouTube
• Hidden Scientology Compound Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, KRQE News, YouTube
• Church of Scientology Airport - Look, the signpost up ahead..., YouTube
• Scientology Circles, Anderson Cooper, CNN, YouTube
• Church Of Fear trailer John Sweeney, YouTube

WWP threads

• Vault under construction in Wyoming 02-11-2009
• Video: Scn Sekrit Base at Twin Peaks, CST 05-20-2010
• CST Twin Peaks Goes Batshit Crazy! 05-22-2010
• "Scientology's Secret Vaults" -- Tony O Interviews Ex-CSTer 2-6-2012
• Secret Scientology "Trementina Base" Fly Over 12-20-2012
• Hiding in plain sight... 05-23-2013