What, exactly, does Scientology say about space aliens?
In the materials for OT III (What is Scientology?, an Operating Thetan is a state involving ” knowing=”” and=”” willing=”” cause=”” over=”” life,=”” thought,=”” matter,=”” energy,=”” space=”” and=”” time.”=”” at=”” this=”” point,=”” the=”” transition=”” from=”” clear=”” to=”” ot,=”” scientology=”” purportedly=”” shifts=”” focus=”” from=”” the=”” mundane=”” to=”” the=”” spiritual,=”” from=”” daily=”” life=”” to=”” eternity.”=””>Operating Thetan level 3), Dianetics and founded Scientology. He died in 1986.”>L. Ron Hubbard writes that, 75 million years ago, the head of the Galactic Federation, made up of 76 planets, was a being named Xenu. Faced with an overpopulation problem, he brought beings to this planet, blew them up with hydrogen bombs, and packaged them. Their spirits now infest our bodies: he says “One’s body is a mass of individual thetans stuck to oneself or to the body.” Scientologists at this level try to rid themselves of these thetans (spirits) by helping each one to rememb