Heaven's Gate (1974-1997).

[DOCUMENTED] Real NRM operating 1974-1997 under many names (Human Individual Metamorphosis, Bo and Peep, Total Overcomers Anonymous, The Away Team, Heaven's Gate); funded itself building client websites; heavensgate.com survives. [DOCUMENTED] On 26 Mar 1997 San Diego County deputies found 39 members dead (21 women, 18 men) from phenobarbital+vodka+asphyxiation, in matching dark clothes and Nike sneakers, $5 bills and quarters in pockets - the largest mass suicide on US soil. Several male members, including Applewhite, had earlier undergone voluntary castration. [CLAIM] Cosmology: the human body is a 'vehicle'; members could shed it to ascend to 'The Next Level' / TELAH (The Evolutionary Level Above Human); the soul of Jesus and the soul in Applewhite were the same Next-Level visitor; 'Luciferian' space aliens kept humanity trapped. [CLAIM] A spacecraft hidden behind Comet Hale-Bopp would carry them to the Next Level to rejoin Ti (Nettles, d.1985). Final website message: 'Hale-Bopp brings closure to Heaven's Gate.'.