About 20 people leave Waldport, Oregon with a UFO group after a lecture

Name: About 20 people leave Waldport, Oregon with a UFO group after a lecture
Start: 1975-09-14
Location: Waldport, OR

When: 14 Sep 1975
Where: Waldport, OR
Sources: 2 public sources

Waldport, the Oregon coast town where about 20 people left with the future Heaven's Gate leaders in 1975 James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, later leaders of Heaven's Gate, spoke on UFOs and salvation at a Waldport inn; about 20 local people gave up their belongings and left with them. The departures became national news that fall, including on CBS's evening newscast.

Sources

PressCult's Leader Preached Metamorphosis In Space -- System Of Beliefs Blended Christ, Aliens And UFOs (opens in a new tab)The Seattle Times (Dallas Morning News, AP) / 1997-03-28
OtherHeaven's Gate UFO cult started at Waldport hotel (opens in a new tab)Offbeat Oregon History (Finn J.D. John)

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