Heaven's Gate
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Heaven's Gate was an early web design company and UFO cult, led by Doe (aka Marshall Herff Applewhite, Jr.) and Ti (aka Bonnie Nettles). They achieved notoriety in 1997 when the 39-strong "Heaven's Gate Away Team" committed mass suicide in San Diego, California, using phenobarbital mixed with vodka, in order to get on board a UFO that they believed (through misinterpretation of a photograph, and remote viewing) was trailing behind comet Hale-Bopp (which had come into "close"[1] proximity with Earth). This particular suicide became famous for the eerie sameness of how all of the cultists died: All of the bodies were discovered wearing matching black sweatsuits, with brand new Nike shoes, and a square of purple cloth covering their faces and torsos.
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[edit] External links
- http://www.heavensgate.com Their homepage, maintained on another server as it was in 1997.
- A Usenet posting by "Doe" Archived on Google Groups
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ How close? 1.3 AU, farther away than the sun.