Scientology Gold Base DJI Phantom 4 Flight 3

Tony Ortega's Underground Bunker blog post about the video:
tonyortega.org/...
This is the third drone flight over the Scientology Gold Base near Hemet California. It is part of a series covering all of the major Scientology bases in the Western USA. This video was created for use in documentaries and may be used by anyone without credit or restrictions.
Close up views of the "Eagle's Nest".
Higher altitude view of Gold Base.
A better look at "The Hole".
Visit COB's lavish offices.
Music: "Drone in D" by Kevin MacLeod
Download the original full quality video file here:
drive.google.c...

[@TheMotz55]

When this drone passes over Gold Base the feeling is eerie, like flying over North Korea

[@TinkerHell04]

I live about 3-4 minutes away from here & drive thru it almost every single day. I’ve also been afforded the opportunity to go “inside” on 4 separate occasions, not knowing if I was coming back out, ( half kidding.) During my first visit, because I have a background in professional theatre, I was offered the chance to come & work on one of their “ movies,” as an actor. I politely declined. But was very impressed at the level of technology used in the movie studio there. And in the same turn, sickened by the young “slaves” who had been working for who knows how many hours at that point, look up with their gaunt, exhausted faces & force a smile & tell us how much they love their jobs & how lucky they were to be doing something they loved! But, as the group walked past, the smiles went right away, heads down & back to the grind they went. Every time I step foot behind those walls, it takes every ounce of me not to completely lose my shit on these people! But, if I want to go back & learn & see what others can’t & help explain what makes this place tick, then I have to play nice. It truly is the worst cult in the world.

[@menosbbgirl]

Tinker Hell be careful. God bless you 💗

[@YoungCub]

We know who you are. See you next time.

[@TinkerHell04]

@@YoungCub LOL Thank you for the laugh!

[@gaarcemail]

@@TinkerHell04 Yeah, next time you won't leave and become member of the pack. Just remember to smile while outsiders are passing by ok. (Jokes aside). I was part of their religious cult for almost 20 years, I don't like to say exactly, as you never know who's reading, lol. Don't want them to narrow me down. I am not scared of them; I just don't want any more of their ridiculous nonsense in my life.

[@knowyourrights9793]

WHERE ARE YOU @Angry Thetan ??!? ARE YOU OK?! THANK YOU for your hard Work and Courage to go out and Film these Sites!! The Videos on this channel are Amazing and all of a sudden they stopped uploading, Does anyone know why and/or what happened to @Angry Thetan ?¿!!!¡?

[@ScudAttack]

insane footage of the Eagles Nest, thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@ruthmaund4634]

Angry thetan please make a new video so we know you are with us. It is very scary seeing these empty videos.

[@CeceKruchkoSmith]

Thank you very much for your work and letting it be used by anyone.

[@mughug9616]

Seems like they got permission from the local city to build a tunnel under the public highway, to allow foot and wheeled traffic to cross from site to site. What grade of 'dollar' lubricant did they use to grease that palm.

[@satellitefeed1665]

On second thought, I cannot get over how sterile and empty it all looks. The architecture is nothing to get excited about either.

[@russellromig8969]

Scientology compounds are like North Korean compounds but with nicer painted facilities... and lakes...

[@ZeXiOn26]

wouldn't be surprised if they used a drone of their own to follow yours home

[@IgnatzKolisch]

I used to think Scientology wasn't a legitimate church, but now that I've seen they have the requisite sniper's nest, I know they're a normal, actual religion.

[@Benyikoko]

Timestamp?

[@IgnatzKolisch]

@@Benyikoko From about 3:30 to about 5:00 or so? They're on it for about 90 seconds, maybe more.

[@TinkerHell04]

Well duh.....!

[@AK.kje11]

That seems so crazy to me. A church w/ paid snipers. It laughable.

[@mstislavherasymov9037]

It’s like the beginning of the Shining

[@ZeXiOn26]

not even Stephen King could imagine the horrors going on in there

[@mbarajas2441]

never realized how nuts and insane this whole scientology thing is. holy f . scary. how is all this shit legal lol this world is insane

[@elenasimon1270]

Is there more recent footage? Wonder what it looks like today?

[@CorvusCorvidae777]

Pretty much the same.

[@ebaylistentomusic]

It gives me the feeling that a very short man is in control...

[@samlott99]

Yeah, that "little man syndrome" can trigger the worst in a man..

[@rayruiz6702]

Where the hell is everyone...

[@TinkerHell04]

Ray Ruiz Working or taking classes. It’s all they do. It’s the ONLY THING their allowed to do.

[@HappyQuailsFarm]

Oh is this the place where the ex security guy spoke out about the stories of their having a gun turret at the tup of that mountain overlooking their property where they would have a lookout? There was a story about how there was a fire started up there in the past. I will go find his name and post it, I think he has long hair . OK his name is Jackson and he worked at the Int Base as security chief and his video interview is found at the Survivingscientology Channel and the video's title starts with the name Jackson, so just do a search among their videos to find it. It is a compelling story along with another one I will find and bring back to you,,, maybe he was the one who worked at Gold.

[@toditron]

This is fantastic footage!

[@tiddlesa.6125]

Do another movie Tom, Miscarriage needs another building.

[@karenmynes8901]

I would love this video more if Mike Rinder or someone was narrating, explaining what the buildings are used for, where the "hole" is, etc...

[@CptShelby]

9:00 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Base#/media/File:The_Hole_aerial_view.jpg

[@rickdeckard1075]

ppl like rinder are never "ex"-scientologists

[@rickdeckard4213]

9:15 The Hole. That's probably where everyone is, because there's hardly a soul wandering around the base at all!!!!

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

It looks every bit as miserable as its reputation leads me to believe.

[@chuckbeattyo]

05:56 the building just at the bottom, is the records building. If the FBI plans future "raids" and wishes the records stockpile building, that's the one. My ex wife who used to be OSA Files, she even ferried some of OSA Int's files to that building. So, things change, but most likely, some of the old OSA files are still in that building.

[@samlott99]

Is there any speculation that underground tunnels go into these steep hills from Gold Base?

[@lillyflower3415]

No idea, but my grandfather said he delivered building materials to a build site a few miles past the base in the hills. He said there were a bunch of children there (even though it was still being built... Child labor?) and it looked like they were making a school.

[@KandiKlover]

Nope. They only go under the highway to connect the divided cult compound. Corroborated by the many escaped cult members who have been there.

[@cecilbuddy7472]

What water district is Gold Base in? Looks like they are sucking down tons of water to keep everything green. Do they just pay for it or are they subject to drought restrictions like everyone else?

[@Boneshaker138]

Cecil Buddy they have a well and water rights.

[@cecilbuddy7472]

Let's hope the well runs dry

[@Engelbird]

If you look down the hillside east from the bunker, you'll see a small older building in gravel yard. Behind that in some trees is a huge, round water tank/reservoir.

[@chuckbeattyo]

06:45 records building, middle bottom comes into view, same building. If I were allowed to go into that building, I could stay there for months going through a LOT of history. That building is a papertrail graveyard Valhalla.

[@ProSkateNate90]

@4:58 is that a secret exit with cameras watching and a fake rock that opens up? Reminds me of the weed cave that was raided and has pictures of a fake rock escape exit.

[@victormartinez540]

Sniper nest

[@BlackJack661]

This place reminds me of Jones Town!, very scary. God help the people if something goes bad.

[@MakerInMotion]

As the church continues to rapidly shrink, they are consolidating their U.S. presence to FLAG base in Clearwater, Florida. I wonder what will become of this base. I'm hoping they lose tax exempt status and it gets seized and sold to the highest bidder.

[@michelletetreault6119]

This drone footage shows where the major abuse accured. I think either the Aftermath Foundtion and/or Tony Ortega. I applaud with great admiration to what the people r doing to make a difference. Hope people truly recognize what the foundation and ortega have done and continue to do.. God's work...clearly. plz look up Growing up in Scientogy if u haven't. There u will b informed of the trama that occurred behind the walls of these beautiful buildings.

[@alexejnemov]

The slaves get paid $10-50 each week 16 hours a day, that is if your not on punishment, a bowl of rice will do while the boss food bills roams between $3000-20000 a week.

[@selfishstockton6123]

Slaves? The volunteered! 😂

[@AK.kje11]

In Scientology volunteer = slavery. So glad SPtv is telling the tales.

[@AR-xc7qf]

4:49 - drainage pipe lower left side of screen. Not uncommon for snipers to be stationary for long periods of time & need to piss/sh*t. Probably still a gold plated toilet seat in that dirt nest though..

[@selfishstockton6123]

Let’s be honest, if there was a sniper in there then they’ve never shot once since being there

[@AR-xc7qf]

@@selfishstockton6123 And have probably been paid $10k/mo since they started. Considering they are prob all former spec ops guys, they're not complaining about lack of action.

[@mughug9616]

Do they do any holiday rentals on that massive empty house built for the possible return of Hubbard? Seems like he is not due any time soon and they could make a mint renting it out.

[@CorvusCorvidae777]

I don't think so. It's Tom and Dave's favourite pyjama party spot.

[@Syclone0044]

They have billions of dollars they bilk from their chumps, no need

[@SuperEROQ]

They live near Soboba casino

[@CooTooF]

Is that Neverland Ranch

[@justinschrank4806]

Is there anyone actually on this base ? Looks abandoned

[@selfishstockton6123]

Most likely underground.

[@YoungCub]

4:05 Shelly current loc....

[@chuckbeattyo]

04:40 The guard post with camera, way up on the hill above the Int Base. Who's property is this? It that is state lands, then Scientology's equipment on that property can't be legal is it?

[@chuckbeattyo]

Thankyou profusely for posterity, what filming you've done on so many levels is priceless. a) For Scientologists, it lets them see where their donations truly have gone. b) Hubbard himself wished the profits of the whole shebang to go into these facilities you film, so in true fact, Hubbard himself would be the first (if he were alive) to wish to see these films and grade if Miscavige's spending of all the wealth was correct or not, and Hubbard died long before the accumulated facilities your films show today were built up as your films show them----AND thus, Scientologists ought to see what their "donations" bought their movement. c) The answer to what they bought, is they bought frankly Hubbard's "Archives" strategies, which the highest level rich Scientologists have been briefed on the Hubbard private goals, but the trickle down knowledge to the rest of the lower level members isn't there, THUS your films are just priceless valuable to the lower down people!!!! On the negative side d) Your films show to some people who knew Hubbard, his old Science Fiction colleagues, the people who today attend the yearly "L. Ron Hubbard Presents: The Writers and Illustrators of the Future" awards ceremonies in Los Angeles, those science fiction and fantasy new authors and the old sci fi authors who oversee the ceremonies OUGHT to see ALL of your films ,and see where L. Ron Hubbard wished HIS accumulated wealth to go, which is the Archives facilities and the Int Base, it is a testiment to Hubbard's end of life, what your films SHOW! To me, one who read vast amounts of L. Ron Hubbard's final bureaucratic writings, I was ASI staff in LA, I proofread the ASI final Hubbard traffic, and earlier in my 27 year Sea Org member career, I read most of the "Archives" traffic from Hubbard laying out his goals, which resulted in these facility you film. If you wish to excerpt and keep my comments, please do, I will testify to the fuller significance of what all your films mean, really mean, to Hubbard's grand megalomaniac goals, the preserving of his "legacy of writings/lectures" for LONG range future. I've praised you before, but thankyou, you did a monumentally good thing, for both those IN Scientology and for those critical and wishing to see where all the money went to a huge degree. Chuck Beatty ex Scientology "Sea Org" bureaucrat, "expert" of administrative Hubbard Scientology history and writings, 1975-2003

[@daneefulop3462]

Look for Shelly

[@cats-uk]

10:36 pretty sure ships need to be on a body of water 🤔

[@dbfjohn2502]

Oasis in the Desert, but its still a Gilded Cage.

[@IssarCerrato]

Nice work... from a drone flyer to another :)

[@cats-uk]

This is phenomenal 👏👏👏

[@jusbeeb4416]

Wow that place looks amazing.

[@ultra100able]

Waco got burned down , this place is running , all about big money .

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

Well, they're not buying up large shipments of arms and munitions, and the leader isn't raping preteens, either. I'm all for Scientology going down, but let's be fair, because the money isn't the difference between them and Koresh.

[@DrMurdercock]

@@jesusnthedaisychain So glad the gov stepped in and burned, i mean saved those kids.

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

@@DrMurdercock Koresh killed those people. What exactly should the govetnment have done? Should they have stepped awsy from the heavily armed doomsday cult that was illegally buying and selling automatic firearns? Should they have put up their hands and give in to the child-raping, self-proclaimed messiah who was preparing for Armageddon? Yeah, that's a good message to send. I notice you don't mention all of the kids and people they managed to get out. The only kids who died were Koresh's biological children, and they were kept in there because he refused to release them while he was alive.

[@DrMurdercock]

@@jesusnthedaisychain You need to do some research my dude and stop buying the "official report from 1993" 76 people DIED because the people who's job it is to PROTECT annd SERVE burnt them alive. You REALLY need to do some research dude. I can;'t stress that enough. of those 76 people, 26 were kids. WHO CARES who the parents were, THEY WERE KIDS WHO DIED BECAUSE OF CARELESS LAWMEN. Keep defending their actions. You're no better than the monsters you claim the Davidians to be.

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

@@DrMurdercock "You need to do some research" is the battle cry of the fool who has jack squat to support himself. Next I suppose you'll tell me to "wake up," "get your head out of the sand," or "quit drinking the kool-aid." Top it off with a nice "sheeple," and you'll make my week. May even make my nipples tender.

[@prof.arlenerios9697]

I guess the place have to very empty or everybody is stuck inside to have missed a drone flying by.

[@thebigdogsmac11]

Great footage! Thank you.

[@OM3N1R]

11:00 is that Miscavige's house?

[@MakerInMotion]

It has his living quarters, but I think it also has staff offices and important artifacts from Hubbard's life. The long rectangular garage to the left of the building holds Miscavige's collection of cars.

[@coffeetv1]

No, that's the Religious Technology Center building, where he works. The entire right-hand side of the second floor is Miscavige's wing, with his office and other facilities. The front corner of the building, beside the turret, that's his office. At 10:35, directly infront of the pool you can see two grey-roofed buildings. Beyond those is a third building, difficult to see due to the tree cover. That's Miscavige's villa.

[@SuperDrLisa]

so sterile yet beautiful in its own way. Who would think that something so evil could produce such beauty. Oh and there are a lot more cars on the road between the base and the adjacent housing tthan i would have thought.

[@coralaisly]

To be fair, they didn't build this. It was an old resort that went under (because it's in San Jacinto and no one in their right mind wants to be in San Jacinto, much less pay top dollar to be there) and just painted it white & blue. That's why there's a public street running right through the center of it.

[@willzville1988]

I think it seems that way because of his great drone skills and the music. There are thousands of places just like this, but without the cult occupancy.

[@TinkerHell04]

Lisa Mieth I drive thru there almost every day! It’s one of just a few ways to get out of San Jacinto/Hemet. It’s Highway 79 & it takes you to the 10 & 60 freeways. It’s also a main rd. to get to Soboba Casino & the reservation, so hundreds, if not closer to thousands of cars drive right thru there every single day! They have done their damndest though to cut it off from public use, to no avail. Obviously.

[@samsunkandroit8797]

Why is no one there? Looks like a dead base, Oh I saw someone trying to escape base!!

[@TinkerHell04]

Samsunk Androit Because they are only allowed to do 2 things, they are either working, or they are in classes. Doesn’t look like any punishment was going on that day. They will put you on yard duty, with no tools. That means pulling the grass by hand instead of mowing it, pruning rose bushes with no gloves or pruners, “ sweeping” & clearing sidewalks of dirt & leaves. All by hand! No joke!

[@mevikoyunlu]

4:24 What's that ?

[@jamieking4261]

A 'snipers nest' for base security. Within its camouflaged netting/rooftop are high powered security cameras, motion sensor receivers and various communication equipment.

[@KandiKlover]

@@jamieking4261 Nah, insiders have talked about this before. They have an actual sniper rifle in there and a 2 way radio portable and telescope they use to read and call in license plates of everyone passing by. You could hear them with a scanner radio if you went there before the abandoned it. The comms equipment and alarm receivers are down in the base.

[@chestybulldog8526]

@@KandiKlover is the base empty now , I saw cars. If people are still in the base then wouldn't the nest still have guys in it

[@selfishstockton6123]

@@chestybulldog8526 the cars are security

[@jamesskelton6744]

good work , i enjoyed this video..

[@HappyQuailsFarm]

That area seen in the back around 7:00 looks like a firing range.

[@keefjunior4061]

Lol.. this must be the reason they just spent over $20k on drone negation equipment. It would just be a damn shame if these drone operators knew the maximum effective ceiling height for their countermeasures is approximately 600 feet.

[@angrythetan3885]

Link to the $20k spent?

[@mosipd]

The key is having radar that's capable of picking up drones, without that most anti-drone equipment is easily thwarted. The trick is being able to lock-on and track the drone while in flight, and that equipment costs a hell of a lot more than $20,000. If they had advanced drone countermeasures, then the range would be closer to 10km, not 600 ft. That level of drone countermeasures is not purchasable by the general public, only industries listed as critical infrastructure can usually buy them. So while CoS might have some anti-drone capability, I highly doubt it's anything more advanced than look-at shoot-at type systems. Just stay out of sight and you'll be good to go, and if you see someone pointing something at the drone, jam the left stick up LOL.

[@keefjunior4061]

mosipd Khoi you are absolutely correct. These are basically modified AR platforms that have a large canister that holds a net like package. They are a fully manual, line of sight type of defense.

[@keefjunior4061]

Angry Thetan no. That would put people's jobs at risk. I don't know who you even are.

[@aegisfate117]

@@keefjunior4061 What the fuck dude? Do you want Scientology to stop or not? Help the fucking guy who made this video out.

[@maverick4220]

If only you had a drone where you could film this place at night, cause you might see armed men walking about the property.

[@tambert3897]

They might shoot down the drone.

[@Syclone0044]

@@tambert3897 that’s a federal offense to fire at any aircraft, manned or unmanned

[@OGDogscanlookup]

wtf is that bunker?? They went to a LOT of effort to make that shit blend in. o_O

[@chuckbeattyo]

For history, appearances and image are paramount. LRH was quite concerned about his image, in the Author Services final orders from him, of the 1982-84 period. I can somewhat see that the Scientology current leader has spruced up the Int Base, bringing it up to the same level of spiffiness that Hubbard's Author Services offices in LA/Hollywood were upkept at. Miscavige has brought the Int Base up to and beyond the level of image that ASI had during Hubbard's life. Hubbard's image was a major responsibility of Author Serivces, and that responsibility Miscavige has retained in his portfolio as default Hubbard top dog replacement. Chuck Beatty, I proofread the ASI traffic on a project in 1993-94, when I briefly (92-95) worked as the computer guy at ASI.

[@frankieannmarie1925]

I always wondered if they ever had problems with the Indians or ever had to pay $ for that land??? The soboba reservation is literally right next to them!!!

[@CorvusCorvidae777]

In the '90s scientology owned a ranch next to the reservation where they housed children of Sea Org members. The Indians used to take shots at the bus that drove the kids to and from the ranch. So it's safe to say there's no love lost there. Scn later sold the ranch to the indians for a substantial sum. Gold Base itself was never part of the reservation afaik. That used to be a hot springs resort.

[@TJXD]

I'm at the point where I'm like it's just a bunch of rich ppl lool

[@puertorico4718]

Alien headquarters

[@satellitefeed1665]

Wow. The place looks like a lot of money was spent there, but where are all the millions of scientology cultists that they like to brag about? I didn't see one happy child playing or running around. I saw hot tubs, a basketball court and a soccer field, but they really look unused. They even have a Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Was that square building that is (at 9 minutes) their private prison called "The Hole" that we hear so much about? Thanks for the fly by.

[@ClaudetteMiss]

Yes, around the 9 minute mark, we see what is or was being used as the "The Hole".

[@MakerInMotion]

There aren't bars on the windows anymore. I wonder if all the publicity prompted them to stop using the building for that.

[@satellitefeed1665]

Maybe the bars were just moved inside?

[@MakerInMotion]

Come to think of it, the bars might have been on the inside from the start.

[@moondog4147]

MakerInMotion AIUI the bars were only there for a short period of time - I think Miscavige must have realised that they could be seen from the nearby highway, and so had them removed. The real prison is in their heads...

[@maxabbey3913]

What are the small looking garage like stalls outside of the big mansion?

[@advdan_1755]

Max Abbey that is what they refer to as the “hole”.

[@banjoarefood898]

@@advdan_1755 no the hole are the two adjoining buildings with white roofs and blue facade tiled-roof siding, also technically serves the purpose of the CMO/Int Exec Strata building, now it is only nominally anything but the Hole.

[@banjoarefood898]

That Large Mansion looking building (the tan one that isn't facing the road) is actually the Religious Technology Center headquarters/main offices, of which David Miscavige is the chairman of the board, hence his nickname C.O.B. The garage stalls were built with the intention of parking the vehicles of RTC and other Scientology executives, but as Miscavige has absorbed the power of other executives and forced them into submission or the Hole, it now is largely empty except for Miscaviges vehicles, those he has taken from or were gifted by other members and executives, or vehicles of visiting VIPs or business associates.

[@gaarcemail]

@@banjoarefood898 That is what I think to. This the hole. The only places on the base that look like pictures I have seen in the past.

[@timstort8223]

The pirate ship

[@totesmygoats-bq8mk]

New sub beautiful place such a shame and waste sad when I see this I can only think of all the donors and parishioners that were robbed.

[@youbelonginthezoo]

If anyone wants to be rescued hit me up

[@datrandomboi3813]

Please

[@ishouldbestudyingrightnow5368]

Please

[@YoungCub]

Halp

[@gaarcemail]

They will never see this until they are out. They don't have free access to the internet.

[@danrodrigues3531]

What an obnoxious and unnecessary waste of money...

[@DTR89]

11:24 I honestly thought you were about to land in the yard, is that next? Cool videos but you are now crossing the legal limits in terms of your extremely low altitude. I will be very surprised if Scientology doesn't eventually file a privacy/removal complaint with KZbin, and also sue you if they can find you, but that is less likely.

[@CeceKruchkoSmith]

I disagree. The camera can zoom in giving it the appearance of low altitude.

[@DTR89]

Cece Smith -- DJI Phantom cameras can't zoom.

[@CeceKruchkoSmith]

DTR89 whoops, sorry ;)

[@willzville1988]

I thought so too, it's definitely pushing the limits and is pretty risky considering how litigious sci is.

[@MakerInMotion]

I think the church may have learned its lesson on how frivolous lawsuits can backfire. The world learned about "the hole" because scientology sued Debbie Cook and her testimony became public record. OOPS!

[@DrMurdercock]

I see people seeking answers and total insane morons in the comments. Be warned.

[@sohelpmegod51]

Is that a camera?? at around 5 minutes??

[@satellitefeed1665]

Looks like a camera to me.

[@TinkerHell04]

D Every inch of that place is covered in cameras! They even have them up & down the road that runs in between( hyw. 79)

[@AngryGayPopeStorage]

Angry Thetan shot half of Leah Remini's show!