# Scientology and Aliens **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 22, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614 "2004-10-22T16:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![l0cke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@l0cke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0cke)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614/1 "2004-10-22T16:32:51Z")
So. . .what’s the deal? I was talking to my buddy last night, and he told me that scientology has nothing to do with aliens. However. . .every other person I know makes the jump from scientology to aliens whenever we talk about it. I just read Cecil’s article on scientology and I didn’t find anything in there on aliens. . . So. . .can someone else out there give me the straight dope on this? ---
**Author:** ![l0cke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@l0cke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0cke)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614/2 "2004-10-22T16:39:05Z")
ah, crap. . I forgot to include the link. here it is: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_134.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_134.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614/3 "2004-10-22T16:43:22Z")
> [@l0cke](#): > > ah, crap. . I forgot to include the link. here it is: > > [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_134.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_134.html) [Operation Clambake](http://www.xenu.com/). In particular the information on [Xenu](http://www.xenu.com/archive/leaflet/xenuleaf.htm). Or you could just go watch Battlefield Earth. ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614/4 "2004-10-22T17:31:49Z")
It should be noted, however, tha the DC-8 was a jet. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614/5 "2004-10-22T20:39:26Z")
From the column: > [@](#): > > Even Cecil has been the target of the Scientologists’ wrath. Not long after my column on Scientology was published in the newspapers, I got a call from a radio show producer asking me to answer questions from listeners on the air. This happens fairly often and I didn’t give the timing much thought. When the first called lambasted me for dissing L. Ron, I started to get suspicious, and when every caller for the next half hour did the same I knew I’d been set up. Not that they laid a finger on me argument-wise. But swatting mosquitoes for 30 minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Cecil’s voice has been recorded? :eek: But I thought… ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614/6 "2004-10-22T21:34:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > From the column: > > Cecil’s voice has been recorded? :eek: But I thought… Sure, his voice shows up on tape. It’s his reflection in a mirror that’s the trouble. … Okay, how do _you_ think he’s still going after all this time? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-and-aliens/270614/7 "2004-10-23T03:15:36Z")
> [@Mathochist](#): > > Sure, his voice shows up on tape. It’s his reflection in a mirror that’s the trouble. > > … > > Okay, how do _you_ think he’s still going after all this time? Something like [this](http://popculture.incompetech.com/robots/landru.html)