Heaven's Gate

Published: Feb. 14, 2018, 5 p.m.

Heaven's Gate\xa0was an American\xa0UFO religious\xa0millenarian\xa0cult based in\xa0San Diego,\xa0California, founded in 1974 and led by\xa0Marshall Applewhite(1931\u20131997) and\xa0Bonnie Nettles\xa0(1927\u20131985) until their deaths.[1]\xa0On March 26, 1997, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group, who had participated in a\xa0mass suicide\xa0in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial\xa0spacecraft\xa0following\xa0Comet Hale\u2013Bopp.[2][3]

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