The Art Bell Archive

Art Bell welcomes cyber war columnist Charles R. Smith to discuss China's growing military threat and its covert support for global terrorism. Smith reveals that China has been directly supplying the Taliban with advanced weaponry, including HN-5 man-portable surface-to-air missiles, improved RPG-7s, and shoulder-launched fuel-air munitions. The weapons have been flown directly into Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan, with Iran serving as a key intermediary in the transactions.The conversation expands into China's broader ambitions, including the Taiwan question and the potential for military confrontation with the United States. Smith describes Operation Smoking Dragon, in which two Chinese operatives were caught in California attempting to sell sophisticated surface-to-air missile systems to people they believed were terrorists planning to shoot down American airliners. He also details how the Chinese military operates as a corporate enterprise, running factories that produce both weapons and everyday consumer goods sold in U.S. stores.Art opens the program with an emotional announcement of his retirement from regular weekend broadcasting, expressing his desire to spend time with his wife and young daughter Asia. Callers respond with warm wishes while also weighing in on the Roswell revelations from the previous night and ongoing terror threats in Great Britain.

Art Bell welcomes researcher Tom Carey to discuss groundbreaking developments surrounding the Roswell crash on its 60th anniversary. The centerpiece is a sworn affidavit left by Lieutenant Walter Haut, the base public information officer at Roswell Army Air Field in 1947, who kept his account sealed until after his death. Haut's document goes beyond his original story of merely distributing a press release, revealing that he personally witnessed a craft and non-human bodies at the base.Carey explains how Haut, a man of impeccable character and Blanchard's right-hand man, promised his commanding officer he would never speak publicly about the incident. Rather than cash in during his lifetime through books or television, Haut chose to preserve the truth in a sealed statement opened only upon his passing. The document represents the final chapter of Carey's new book, which had already gone to a second printing.As the interview unfolds, news of Haut's affidavit begins breaking worldwide in outlets from Australia to Great Britain. Callers share their own encounters and reactions, while Art and Carey discuss the Air Force's four increasingly unconvincing cover stories. For Art, this testimony from a man with nothing to gain finally cinches the reality of Roswell.