Gold Base
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Gold Base is the de facto international headquarters of the Church of Scientology, located north of San Jacinto, California, United States, about 85 miles from Los Angeles. The heavily guarded compoun
Aerial view of Gold Base from the west
"Ultra Barrier" bladed fences at Gold Base.
A security guard videotaping the photographer.
Fencing at Gold Base showing motion-activated lights.
Sea Org
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The Sea Organization or Sea Org is the senior-most status of staff within the Church of Scientology network of corporations, but it is not itself incorporated. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Sea Org was
Gold Base
…production division, Golden Era Productions, which has its own movie studio on the site. Senior church officials, and up to 1,000 of the church's elite Sea Org live and work on the base; the church's leader, David Miscavige, also lived there until reportedly relocating to Clearwater, Florida, in the late 2010s…
L. Ron Hubbard founded the Church of Scientology in 1953 and the Sea Org in 1967.
The church's cruise ship, the Freewinds, staffed by Sea Org members
Sea Org members performing manual labor on the Rehabilitation Project Force