Heaven's Gate and Hale-Bopp: One Year Later

• Heaven's Gate Flyer (GIF, 63k)

  Years before the suicides, when the Heaven's Gate cult traveled across the country in search of new members and funding, they posted flyers like this to announce their meetings. This image is scanned from an original flyer posted in Atlanta.

• Hale-Bopp Comet Madness

  Months before the Heaven's Gate suicides, astronomer Alan Hale, co-discoverer of comet Hale-Bopp, penned this essay.

• An Astronomer's Personal Statement on UFOs

  Alan Hale, in the same issue of Skeptical Inquirer, discusses skepticism and UFOs.

• UFO Mythology: The Escape to Oblivion

  CSICOP founder and chairman Paul Kurtz analyzes the Heaven's Gate suicides.

• Art Bell, Heaven's Gate, and Journalistic Integrity

  Tom Genoni, the CSICOP West Coast Bureau Chief at the Center for Inquiry-West, interviewed late night talk-radio host Art Bell.

• Steve Allen on Entertainment Tonight

  Steve Allen, co-chairman of CSICOP's Council for Media Integrity, spoke about his own experience in 1971 when his son joined The Church of Armageddon, "a cult fanatically devoted to the teachings of Jesus Christ". His son remained in the cult for eleven years.

Related Information

• Heaven's Gate web site
• Hale-Bopp homepage
• Revelation 8:10-11
• Art Bell
• Chuck Shramek
• Whitley Strieber
• Farsight Institute
• One year later, Heaven's Gate suicide leaves only faint trail (CNN)

• Search Yahoo: Heaven's Gate, Hale-Bopp
• Search CSICOP: Heaven's Gate, Hale-Bopp