Xenu (pronounced
/ˈziːnuː/[1][2][3] ZEE-noo), also spelled
Xemu, was, according to the founder of
Scientology and
science fiction writer
L. Ron Hubbard, the
dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions
[4][5] of his people to
Earth in a
DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around
volcanoes and killed them using
hydrogen bombs. Official Scientology
dogma holds that the essences of these many people remained, and that they form around people in modern times, causing them spiritual harm.
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