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Ron Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a> and licenses their use</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">25406 State Highway 189, <a href="/wiki/Twin_Peaks,_California" title="Twin Peaks, California">Twin Peaks, California</a> 92391</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data">Latitude: 34.229853 Longitude: -117.25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Product</th><td class="infobox-data">Preservation and archiving of L. Ron Hubbard's writings and lectures.<sup id="cite_ref-scnfaq_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scnfaq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Religious_Technology_Center" title="Religious Technology Center">Religious Technology Center</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Miscavige" title="David Miscavige">David Miscavige</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Russell Bellin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Secretary</div></th><td 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Ron Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a> and licenses their use. CST <a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">does business as</a> <b>L. Ron Hubbard Library</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-scnfaq_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scnfaq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church of Spiritual Technology points to Hubbard as the “focal point,” with the structure designed to realize what Scientologists understand to be his vision. The stated purpose of the archive in CST, according to the church is “so that future generations will have available to them all of L. Ron Hubbard’s technology in its exact and original form, no matter what happens to the society.” <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_information">Corporate information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Corporate information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) was <a href="/wiki/Incorporation_(business)" title="Incorporation (business)">incorporated</a> by Sherman Lenske in Woodland Hills, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, on May 27, 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bylaws" class="mw-redirect" title="Bylaws">Bylaws</a> of CST were signed on June 7, 1982, by its General and Special <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">Directors</a>, who were at that time Lyman Spurlock, Rebecca Pook, Maria Starkey, Stephen A. Lenske, Sherman D. Lenske and Lawrence A. Heller. In 1986, CST's <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Incorporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Articles of Incorporation">Articles of Incorporation</a> were amended to clarify the "<a href="/wiki/Disposition" title="Disposition">disposition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation">corporation's</a> <a href="/wiki/Assets" class="mw-redirect" title="Assets">assets</a> upon <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_(law)" title="Dissolution (law)">dissolution</a>". On August 18, 1993, CST filed an application for <a href="/wiki/Tax_exemption" title="Tax exemption">tax exemption</a> under section <a href="/wiki/501(c)(3)" class="mw-redirect" title="501(c)(3)">501(c)(3)</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Code" title="Internal Revenue Code">Internal Revenue Code</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> granted CST's request for exemption through an official recognition letter on October 1, 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of the filing for <a href="/wiki/Tax_exemption" title="Tax exemption">tax exemption</a>, the following individuals held <a href="/wiki/Corporate" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporate">corporate</a> positions at CST: The <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trustees">Board of Trustees</a> was composed of John Allcock, David Lantz and Russell Bellin. Thomas Vorm, Russell Bellin and Catherine Schmidt formed the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Directors" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Directors">Board of Directors</a>. CST's <a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">President</a> was Russell Bellin, its <a href="/wiki/Vice-President" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-President">Vice-President</a> Thomas Vorm, its <a href="/wiki/Secretary" title="Secretary">Secretary</a> Jane McNairn and its <a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">Treasurer</a> Catherine Schmidt.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Licensing_of_trademarks_and_service_marks">Licensing of trademarks and service marks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Licensing of trademarks and service marks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IRS-CST-Denial-Letter.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/IRS-CST-Denial-Letter.pdf/page1-220px-IRS-CST-Denial-Letter.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/IRS-CST-Denial-Letter.pdf/page1-330px-IRS-CST-Denial-Letter.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/IRS-CST-Denial-Letter.pdf/page1-440px-IRS-CST-Denial-Letter.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2093" data-file-height="2712" /></a><figcaption>July 8, 1988 <a href="/wiki/IRS" class="mw-redirect" title="IRS">IRS</a>, final adverse ruling letter with regards to application for tax exempt status of Church of Spiritual Technology</figcaption></figure> <p>The existence and founding of CST is intimately connected to the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Religious_Technology_Center" title="Religious Technology Center">Religious Technology Center</a> (RTC), which was incorporated on January 1, 1982. Shortly after its inception, RTC received on May 16, 1982 "the ownership, supervision and control" of the <a href="/wiki/Trademarks" class="mw-redirect" title="Trademarks">trademarks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Service_marks" class="mw-redirect" title="Service marks">service marks</a>, identifying "Scientology applied religious philosophy" and "Dianetics spiritual healing technology" by the originator and founder of Scientology, <a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard" title="L. Ron Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a> through a so-called "<a href="/wiki/Assignment_(law)" title="Assignment (law)">Assignment</a> <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">Agreement</a>". </p><p>This agreement was subject to an additional "Option Agreement" between Hubbard, RTC and CST. In two so-called "Option Agreements" from May 1982, Hubbard granted CST the right to purchase at any time from RTC the "Marks", the "Advanced Technology" and all the rights to them for the sum of $100. </p><p>Parallel and similar-sounding agreements between Hubbard, RTC and CST were created during that period concerning the so-called "Advanced Technology," which consists of unpublished derivatives of Scientology's confidential "Advanced technology". </p><p>Under these agreements, RTC is forced to turn over 90% of its net income to CST. A document from 1991, reflecting the "financial money flows" of RTC during the year 1989, actually showed a turnover of 59% of RTC's net income towards CST. </p><p>Other examples of <a href="/wiki/Trademarks" class="mw-redirect" title="Trademarks">trademarks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Service_marks" class="mw-redirect" title="Service marks">service marks</a> owned by CST are <a href="/wiki/The_Way_to_Happiness" title="The Way to Happiness">The Way to Happiness</a> and The Way to Happiness symbol. As such, CST operates as the L. Ron Hubbard Library.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archival_project">Archival project</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Archival project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CST oversees the Scientology scriptural archiving project, which aims to preserve the works of Hubbard on stainless steel tablets and encased in titanium capsules in specially constructed vaults throughout the world.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Copies of Hubbard's works go through a rigorous process, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Mass_deacidification" title="Mass deacidification">removal of deterioration-causing acid from the paper</a>, and then being placed in plastic envelopes. They are then placed in the titanium "time capsules." The writings are also carved into stainless steel plates, which, according to <a href="/wiki/Scientology_officials" title="Scientology officials">Church of Scientology officials</a>, can withstand being sprayed with salt water for a thousand years. Hubbard's taped lectures are recorded again into gold compact discs encased in glass.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Church places prime value to Hubbard's volumes of works and because of this has instituted the CST to “engrave the entire corpus of Hubbard’s original texts on steel plates.”<sup id="cite_ref-Cowan_2015_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowan_2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most famous example is the <a href="/wiki/Trementina_Base" title="Trementina Base">Trementina Base</a>, an underground vault built into a mountainside near <a href="/wiki/Trementina,_New_Mexico" title="Trementina, New Mexico">Trementina, New Mexico</a>. It is marked by a CST logo visible only from a high altitude and was built in the late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Leiby_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leiby-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former members claim that the purpose of CST's archival efforts is to ensure that Hubbard's work survive a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_apocalypse" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear apocalypse">nuclear apocalypse</a> and reform civilization.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church believes that these plates will last beyond a thousand years and that Hubbard's teachings will be vital for "rebuilding civilization," in the event of global turmoil.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowan_2015_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowan_2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former members of the church also claim that the symbols in the logo are “guide markers for Scientologists returning from other parts of the universe," according to <i>Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for Legitimacy.</i> </p><p>According to the Scientology website, the Church of Spiritual Technology “is not involved in the ecclesiastical management of Scientology churches or the delivery of Scientology religious services. Its day-to-day activities are the long-term archival preservation methods to ensure that Mr. Hubbard’s written recorded works will be preserved for future generations.” The website also states that the archive's purpose is to make available L. Ron Hubbard's technology “in its exact and original form, no matter what happens to the society.”<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additional archive sites exist in <a href="/wiki/Tuolumne_County,_California" title="Tuolumne County, California">Tuolumne</a>, California<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Petrolia,_California" title="Petrolia, California">Petrolia</a>, California.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facility_locations">Facility locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Facility locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CST operates numerous bases throughout the western United States. Locations include: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_Peaks,_California"><span id="Twin_Peaks.2C_California"></span>Twin Peaks, California</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Twin Peaks, California"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This location is said to be where Shelly Miscavige is kept by the Church. Located at 25406 California Highway 189, Twin Peaks, California, this location is one of the more secretive within the Church. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creston,_California_(Creston_Ranch_/_Whispering_Winds_Ranch)"><span id="Creston.2C_California_.28Creston_Ranch_.2F_Whispering_Winds_Ranch.29"></span>Creston, California (Creston Ranch / Whispering Winds Ranch)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Creston, California (Creston Ranch / Whispering Winds Ranch)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_Spiritual_Technology_ranch_Creston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Church_of_Spiritual_Technology_ranch_Creston.jpg/220px-Church_of_Spiritual_Technology_ranch_Creston.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Church_of_Spiritual_Technology_ranch_Creston.jpg/330px-Church_of_Spiritual_Technology_ranch_Creston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Church_of_Spiritual_Technology_ranch_Creston.jpg/440px-Church_of_Spiritual_Technology_ranch_Creston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Creston Ranch. Note CST logo top center)</figcaption></figure> <p>While not a vault location, the Creston Ranch, where L. Ron Hubbard spent his last days, is marked with the CST logo. It is located at 4675 Coyote Creek Lane, <a href="/wiki/Creston,_California" title="Creston, California">Creston</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, with coordinates <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&params=35_27_13_N_120_30_0_W_region:US-CA_type:compound&title=Church+of+Spiritual+Technology"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°27′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°30′0″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.45361°N 120.50000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.45361; -120.50000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Church of Spiritual Technology</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Triple_Jay_Ranch,_California"><span id="Triple_Jay_Ranch.2C_California"></span>Triple Jay Ranch, California</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Triple Jay Ranch, California"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Petrolia,_California_(Sunset_View_/_Eureka)"><span id="Petrolia.2C_California_.28Sunset_View_.2F_Eureka.29"></span>Petrolia, California (Sunset View / Eureka)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Petrolia, California (Sunset View / Eureka)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The property is used as an archival document storage repository, which will store religious documents preserved by CST. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tuolumne,_California_(Lady_Washington_Mine)"><span id="Tuolumne.2C_California_.28Lady_Washington_Mine.29"></span>Tuolumne, California (Lady Washington Mine)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tuolumne, California (Lady Washington Mine)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located at 18749 First Avenue, Tuolumne serves as archival storage for the writings of L. Ron Hubbard. 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 <a href="/wiki/Norman_Starkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Starkey">Norman Starkey</a>, 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 calamities, including <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_holocaust" title="Nuclear holocaust">nuclear holocaust</a>." </p><p>According to plans filed with the Tuolumne County Building Department the facility features a 15-foot-wide, 250-foot-long-tunnel. The first 98 feet from the entrance are improved, with a 10.5-foot domed ceiling. At the end of the 98 feet is a 10-foot-long storage room. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trementina,_New_Mexico_(San_Miguel_Ranch_/_Trementina_Base)"><span id="Trementina.2C_New_Mexico_.28San_Miguel_Ranch_.2F_Trementina_Base.29"></span>Trementina, New Mexico (San Miguel Ranch / Trementina Base)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Trementina, New Mexico (San Miguel Ranch / Trementina Base)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scientology_Trementina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Scientology_Trementina.jpg/195px-Scientology_Trementina.jpg" decoding="async" width="195" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Scientology_Trementina.jpg/292px-Scientology_Trementina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Scientology_Trementina.jpg/390px-Scientology_Trementina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1428" data-file-height="1466" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Trementina_Base" title="Trementina Base">Trementina Base</a> <a href="/wiki/Runway" title="Runway">runway</a> and CST Logo</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trementina_Base" title="Trementina Base">Trementina Base</a></div> <p>According to CST, the purpose of this base is to provide storage space for an archiving project to preserve Scientology founder <a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard" title="L. Ron Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Scientology_bibliography" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientology bibliography">writings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scientology_filmography" title="Scientology filmography">films</a> and recordings for future generations. Hubbard's texts have been engraved on stainless steel tablets and encased in titanium capsules underground. The project began in the late 1980s. </p><p>The base includes a number of dwellings and the archives themselves, the latter in a network of tunnels. The base also has its own private, concrete airstrip, the San Miguel Ranch Airport (NM53). </p><p>The site is about a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-hour drive east of Santa Fe. Access is through a gated road and a private concrete airstrip, the San Miguel Ranch Airport (NM53). The Trementina location is supposedly a store for material written by L.R. Hubbard, as shown in 1998 on <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a> <i><a href="/wiki/20/20_(U.S._TV_program)" class="mw-redirect" title="20/20 (U.S. TV program)">20/20</a></i>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-Leiby_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leiby-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Spiritual_Technology&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first time the Church of Spiritual Technology was mentioned publicly to Scientologists was by <a href="/wiki/David_Miscavige" title="David Miscavige">David Miscavige</a> in 2000 at the New Year's event.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its founders included <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meade_Emory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meade Emory (page does not exist)">Meade Emory</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a non-Scientologist who used to work for the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> (IRS) but went into private practice as a tax lawyer. He was hired as a specialist for the complex Internal Revenue Codes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Church of Scientology International and most Scientology organizations settled with the IRS about 11 years later when the service passed a resolution in 1993 declaring the Church tax-exempt. </p><p>Other Scientology organizations require all corporate officers to be Scientologists in good standing, along with Scientologist general directors and staff. 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Ron Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Sue_Hubbard" title="Mary Sue Hubbard">Mary Sue Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Miscavige" title="David Miscavige">David Miscavige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelly_Miscavige" title="Shelly Miscavige">Shelly Miscavige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Adams_(American_football)" title="Bob Adams (American football)">Bob Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carmichael_(Scientology)" title="John Carmichael (Scientology)">John Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Davis_(Scientology)" title="Tommy Davis (Scientology)">Tommy Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Feshbach" title="Jessica Feshbach">Jessica Feshbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gaiman" title="David Gaiman">David Gaiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leisa_Goodman" title="Leisa Goodman">Leisa Goodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_Jentzsch" title="Heber Jentzsch">Heber Jentzsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Moxon" title="Kendrick Moxon">Kendrick 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Kobrin">Moxon & Kobrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narconon" title="Narconon">Narconon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rescue_Workers_Detoxification_Project" title="New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project">New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Capacity_Analysis" title="Oxford Capacity Analysis">Oxford Capacity Analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safe_Environment_Fund" title="Safe Environment Fund">Safe Environment Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Chance_Program" title="Second Chance Program">Second Chance Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_trademarks_owned_by_the_Church_of_Scientology_and_its_affiliates" title="List of trademarks owned by the Church of Scientology and its affiliates">Trademarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Ministers" title="Volunteer Ministers">Volunteer Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Way_to_Happiness" title="The Way to Happiness">The Way to Happiness Foundation</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/A_Very_Merry_Unauthorized_Children%27s_Scientology_Pageant" title="A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant">A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Stand_Tall" title="We Stand Tall">We Stand Tall</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Scientology" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Special:Search/Scientology"><span style="color:#002BB8;">Wikibooks</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scientology" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Scientology"><span style="color:#002BB8;">Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:Scientology" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Category:Scientology"><span style="color:#002BB8;">Wikinews</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Scientology" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Scientology"><span style="color:#002BB8;">Wikiquote</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Category:Scientology" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Category:Scientology"><span style="color:#002BB8;">Wikisource</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" class="extiw" title="wikiversity:Church of Scientology"><span style="color:#002BB8;">Wikiversity</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scientology" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Scientology"><span style="color:#002BB8;">Wiktionary</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="L._Ron_Hubbard" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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Ron Hubbard from 1911 to 1950">1911–1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_of_L._Ron_Hubbard_from_1950_to_1953" title="Life of L. Ron Hubbard from 1950 to 1953">1950–1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_of_L._Ron_Hubbard_from_1953_to_1967" title="Life of L. Ron Hubbard from 1953 to 1967">1953–1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_of_L._Ron_Hubbard_from_1967_to_1975" title="Life of L. Ron Hubbard from 1967 to 1975">1967–1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_of_L._Ron_Hubbard_from_1975_to_1986" title="Life of L. Ron Hubbard from 1975 to 1986">1975–1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudobiography_of_L._Ron_Hubbard" title="Pseudobiography of L. Ron Hubbard">Pseudobiography</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard_bibliography" title="L. Ron Hubbard bibliography">Bibliography</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Written_works_of_L._Ron_Hubbard" class="mw-redirect" title="Written works of L. Ron Hubbard">written works</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_career_of_L._Ron_Hubbard" title="Military career of L. Ron Hubbard">Military career</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_PC-815" title="USS PC-815">USS <i>PC-815</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_YP-422" title="USS YP-422">USS <i>YP-422</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard_House" title="L. Ron Hubbard House">L. Ron Hubbard House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard_and_psychiatry" class="mw-redirect" title="L. Ron Hubbard and psychiatry">Relationship with psychiatry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_L._Ron_Hubbard" title="Timeline of L. Ron Hubbard">Timeline of L. Ron Hubbard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founded</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dianetics" title="Dianetics">Dianetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientology" title="Scientology">Scientology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" title="Church of Scientology">Church of Scientology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scientology_beliefs_and_practices" title="Scientology beliefs and practices">beliefs and practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientology_controversies" title="Scientology controversies">controversies</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Novels_by_L._Ron_Hubbard" title="Category:Novels by L. Ron Hubbard">Novels and<br />novellas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(novel)" title="Battlefield Earth (novel)">Battlefield Earth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Branded_Outlaw" class="mw-redirect" title="Branded Outlaw">Branded Outlaw</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buckskin_Brigades" title="Buckskin Brigades">Buckskin Brigades</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death%27s_Deputy" title="Death's Deputy">Death's Deputy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Excalibur_(L._Ron_Hubbard)" title="Excalibur (L. Ron Hubbard)"><i>Excalibur</i> (unpublished)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fear_(Hubbard_novella)" title="Fear (Hubbard novella)">Fear</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Final_Blackout" title="Final Blackout">Final Blackout</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_I_Were_You_(Hubbard_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="If I Were You (Hubbard novel)"><i>If I Were You</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Earth_(novel_series)" title="Mission Earth (novel series)"><i>Mission Earth</i> series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slaves_of_Sleep" title="Slaves of Sleep">Slaves of Sleep</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_the_Stars_(novel)" title="To the Stars (novel)">To the Stars</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Duke_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Iron Duke (novel)"><i>The Iron Duke</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Typewriter_in_the_Sky" title="Typewriter in the Sky">Typewriter in the Sky</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short story<br />collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kingslayer" title="The Kingslayer">The Kingslayer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ole_Doc_Methuselah" title="Ole Doc Methuselah">Ole Doc Methuselah</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Science-Fantasy_Quintette" title="Science-Fantasy Quintette">Science-Fantasy Quintette</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Triton_(collection)" title="Triton (collection)">Triton</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_of_Treasure_Island" title="The Secret of Treasure Island">The Secret of Treasure Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(film)" title="Battlefield Earth (film)">Battlefield Earth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Revolt_in_the_Stars" title="Revolt in the Stars">Revolt in the Stars</a></i> (screenplay)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dianetics and<br />Scientology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affirmations_(L._Ron_Hubbard)" title="Affirmations (L. Ron Hubbard)">Affirmations</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dianetics:_The_Evolution_of_a_Science" title="Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science">Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dianetics:_The_Modern_Science_of_Mental_Health" title="Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health">Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Science_of_Survival" title="Science of Survival">Science of Survival</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scientology:_A_History_of_Man" title="Scientology: A History of Man">Scientology: A History of Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Have_You_Lived_Before_This_Life%3F" title="Have You Lived Before This Life?">Have You Lived Before This Life?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_About_Radiation" title="All About Radiation">All About Radiation</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:L._Ron_Hubbard_albums" title="Category:L. 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