Catalogue / DISC-0086DISC-0086 / ITEM-0046
NOTs: New Era Dianetics for OTs auditing instructions Church of Scientology · United States / worldwide
Disclosure date 2008 Date precision Year Disclosure method Leak Extent Partial Record review Reviewed View in explorer ↗ This record as JSON
Restricted material and access Restricted theory and auditing instructions concerning body thetans and clusters, as reproduced in a leaked compilation.
Material type Transmitted technique Restricted to Advanced-course auditors and case supervisors identified in limited-distribution bulletins Restriction mechanism grade_requirement, copyright_claim Stated reason Not established in the inspected sheets Tradition origins 1954 Recorded practice status Unknown
Status as of Not recorded Status claims Not recorded Disclosure dates, source publication dates, tradition origins and dates of practice are separate.
What this disclosure covers NOTs theory, restricted distribution, repair instructions and session factors; selected sheets inspected.
A byte-identified compilation, not an independently authenticated original archive.
The source Author Attributed to L. Ron Hubbard; anonymous compilers and reconstructors Original publication 2008 Linked edition Not recorded Format Collection Provenance anonymous_posting Rights of source work Copyrighted Identifiers Not recorded Source content hash sha256:c3c4977e9b31de16ce9ca0af0dd31ac0e526a3a51a341adcae0b27f9b7be190c Retrieved the 612-page PDF and torrent metadata on 2026-11-04. PDF bytes and SHA-256 match the release page. Inspected selected OT III, NOTs and New OT VIII sections, including the page image of p. 523. This establishes copy identity, not authenticity of every component. The OT VIII debrief explicitly says it was reconstructed from memory.
WikiLeaks dates release to 24 March 2008 and attributes apparent removal to Freezone participants. The original acquisition route is not independently established. The archive combines claimed original materials with reconstructions. A republished copyright demand names NOTs, OT II and OT III; it does not authenticate all sections. See artifact records for payload and torrent identities.
File or recording · Collection Open artifact / recovery route ↗
Artifact ID ARTF-0001 Inspection Partial Inspected parts 612-page container identified; contents pp. 7–8 and selected sheets pp. 247, 373, 399–400, 410 and 523–527; image of p. 523 SHA-256 c3c4977e9b31de16ce9ca0af0dd31ac0e526a3a51a341adcae0b27f9b7be190c IPFS CID Not recorded BitTorrent info-hash Not recorded Complete PDF captured; selected content inspected. Computed SHA-256 and byte count match the release page. This does not authenticate all components.
File or recording · Torrent metadata Open artifact / recovery route ↗
Artifact ID ARTF-0002 Inspection Complete Inspected parts Parsed torrent metainfo; computed SHA-1 of exact bencoded info dictionary; file name and declared payload length SHA-256 94eb443b61f573f659b14792dcdae3c1db3c5389c2ce0c9412920d84c9d6df79 IPFS CID Not recorded BitTorrent info-hash 4bc8f8fbf0bb7f7c674ae4fb21d67aed6778b6a4 Metadata-only artifact; no torrent client or swarm transfer used. Declares a 17788660-byte payload and 262144-byte pieces. Its SHA-256 identifies the torrent metadata, not the PDF.
Claims about this item These claims may cite other sources for the same restricted item. Supporting and contradicting evidence remain separate.
CLM-0158 · Content The leaked NOTs sheets are marked confidential and limit distribution to named advanced-course auditor and case-supervisor roles.
Claim support Single source Record review Reviewed Period 1978-dated sheets in the 2008 compilation Locators SRC-0097: pp. 373 and 399 Sources counted as independent Not recorded Supporting sources Contradicting sources: none recorded.
Checked the sheets and their distribution headings; not a finding that the entire compilation is authentic.
SRC-0097: Source authenticity is uncertain; this is separate from the truth of its assertions. ARTF-0001: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions. CLM-0159 · Content A repair sheet directs the auditor to review prior auditing, identify an error, locate a body thetan or cluster and address copies.
Claim support Single source Record review Reviewed Period 16 September 1978-dated sheet Locators SRC-0097: pp. 399–400, NED for OTs Series 12 Sources counted as independent Not recorded Supporting sources Contradicting sources: none recorded.
A summary of the reproduced procedure, not evidence that body thetans exist or that the process works.
SRC-0097: Source authenticity is uncertain; this is separate from the truth of its assertions. ARTF-0001: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions. CLM-0160 · Content A session sheet recommends short, frequent sessions and stopping at its defined session endpoint.
Claim support Single source Record review Reviewed Period 20 September 1978-dated sheet Locators SRC-0097: p. 410, NED for OTs Series 18 Sources counted as independent Not recorded Supporting sources Contradicting sources: none recorded.
Checked the instructions as text. Current delivery and effects are not established.
SRC-0097: Source authenticity is uncertain; this is separate from the truth of its assertions. ARTF-0001: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions. Evidence qualifications SRC-0097 · source_authenticity_uncertain: Source authenticity is uncertain; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.ARTF-0001 · artifact_partial: Artifact inspection is partial; use only its recorded inspected portions.Reviewed means checked against a source. It does not establish source authenticity, independent corroboration or present-day practice.
Item notes Selected sheets marked confidential were inspected. The compilation’s authenticity is uneven and present-day practice is not established.
