That day, Scientologists were not told that Hubbard died, instead, "L. Ron
Hubbard discarded the body he had used in this lifetime ... ." He had achieved a
spiritual level "unimaginable," which was achieved "in an exterior state."
No longer needing his body and unencumbered by its limits, Miscavige
explained, Hubbard could continue to research more advanced levels of
Scientology: Operating Thetan, referred to as the OT levels. The crowd broke
into raucous applause.