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October 5, 1999: Dreams - Katia Romanoff & Lauri Loewenberg

Jul 29, 20242h 53m

October 5, 1999: Dreams - Katia Romanoff & Lauri Loewenberg

Art Bell welcomes dream interpretation experts Dr. Katia Romanoff and certified dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg for an exploration of the hidden meanings behind our nightly visions. Art shares his frustration with an intense period of vivid dreaming, describing a recurring sense of being chased by the mafia and a disturbing dream where a doctor repaired his hearing by twisting scissors into his ear. The interpreters suggest these dreams point to issues he is avoiding in waking life.The discussion covers the science of dreaming, including the fact that every person dreams approximately two hours per night regardless of whether they remember. The guests explain precognitive dreams and the strict criteria required to validate them, prompting Art to share his own dramatic precognitive experience in Santa Barbara where an overwhelming sensation correctly warned him someone was about to hit his parked car.Callers share their own dreams for interpretation, including a recurring vision of a powerful tiger that kills others but only bats gently at the dreamer. The interpreters identify the tiger as a personal symbol of suppressed power and advise the caller, an artist, to paint it. The conversation also touches on out-of-body experiences, shared dreaming, and the striking difference in how frequently men and women think about sex.

Jul 29, 20242h 53m

September 29, 1999: Gordon Lightfoot | Soviet UFOs - Paul Stonehill

Jul 28, 20243h 12m

September 29, 1999: Gordon Lightfoot | Soviet UFOs - Paul Stonehill

Art Bell interviews legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in a rare and personal conversation about music, creativity, and life. Lightfoot reveals the deeply personal origins of his iconic songs, explaining that "If You Could Read My Mind" emerged from the painful end of his first marriage, while "Sundown" was born from a period of infidelity and heartbreak. He describes his creative process as arriving in intense binges, working through the night when inspiration strikes.The second half features Soviet-born researcher Paul Stonehill discussing UFO phenomena behind the Iron Curtain. Stonehill describes how Stalin was briefed on UFO documents, including materials related to Roswell, and how Soviet naval intelligence amassed extensive files on unidentified underwater objects moving at impossible speeds. He recounts an incident where Soviet divers attempting to capture a nine-foot humanoid "swimmer" at the bottom of a lake were violently expelled and killed by decompression.Stonehill also provides a sobering analysis of post-Soviet Russia, warning that economic collapse and military frustration could lead to a military dictatorship under figures like General Lebed, with dangerous implications for nuclear security and Western relations.

Jul 28, 20243h 12m

September 28, 1999: Nostradamus - John Hogue

Art Bell is joined by prophecy expert John Hogue for a wide-ranging exploration of Nostradamus and the predictions surrounding the approaching millennium. Hogue interprets the famous 1999 prophecy about the "king of terror from the sky" not as a single figure but as a reference to climate disruption and the growing environmental crisis, connecting it to global warming, collapsing fisheries, and rainforest destruction.The discussion covers potential Y2K disruptions, with Hogue warning of power outages in the former Soviet bloc and developing nations, along with longer-term economic consequences. He addresses the symbolic meaning of Nostradamus's vision of the world plunging into "perpetual darkness," suggesting the prophet may have been witnessing massive electrical blackouts from his 16th-century perspective. Hogue also examines prophecies about water wars in the Middle East and the Temple Mount as a flashpoint for conflict.Art and Hogue debate whether humanity can navigate what Hogue calls a critical 30-year transition period. Hogue argues that the real transformation must be individual rather than collective, with each person examining their own contribution to the problems facing civilization. He notes that many prophetic traditions also foresee an extraordinary future if humanity survives this passage.

Jul 27, 20242h 53m

September 28, 1999: Nostradamus - John Hogue

Jul 27, 20242h 53m

September 24, 1999: Nanotechnology - Charles Ostman

Art Bell sits down with Charles Ostman, a senior fellow at the Institute for Global Futures with 25 years of experience in electronics and physics, to explore the emerging world of nanotechnology. The discussion begins with Y2K concerns, where Ostman warns that disruptions to global supply chains could trigger economic consequences lasting nine to twelve months beyond the rollover, particularly as third-world manufacturing hubs experience severe failures.The conversation shifts to artificial intelligence, where Ostman describes autonomous battlefield agents capable of strategizing and negotiating, as well as evolvable systems that learn from input stimuli. He explains how companies like Affymetrix are placing human DNA on silicon chips, creating biochip technology capable of precise diagnostics tailored to individual genetics. Ostman details how modified viruses called quasi-viral components could target specific cell types, with the protein P53 serving as a molecular switch to shut down cancerous cells.Art raises the alarming possibility that engineered biological agents could mutate beyond their intended targets, creating what Ostman calls a "biological Y2K" scenario far more dangerous than any computer glitch. Both agree that policy and ethical frameworks lag dangerously behind the science.

Jul 26, 20242h 40m

September 24, 1999: Nanotechnology - Charles Ostman

Jul 26, 20242h 40m

September 23, 1999: Loss of Mars Orbiter - Richard C. Hoagland

Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland to discuss the sudden disappearance of NASA's $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter, which vanished as it approached the red planet after traveling 416 million miles. Hoagland questions the official explanation of a navigation error, noting that the spacecraft dove 12 to 15 miles deeper into the Martian atmosphere than planned, a mistake he considers nearly impossible given 30 years of precision spaceflight experience.The conversation draws parallels to the 1993 loss of the Mars Observer probe and explores Hoagland's theory that a rogue element within NASA may be deliberately sabotaging missions to prevent the public from seeing certain discoveries on Mars. Hoagland reveals that four engineers contacted him after the Mars Observer incident claiming the spacecraft was still operational and had been taken into classified programs.In a surprise announcement, Hoagland discloses that he and filmmaker Paul Davids have spent six years developing a major motion picture about the Face on Mars, with the script currently under review by Universal Pictures chairman Ron Meyer. He urges listeners to email Universal in support of the film as a means of bringing public pressure to bear on the secrecy surrounding Mars exploration.

Jul 26, 202442 min

September 23, 1999: Loss of Mars Orbiter - Richard C. Hoagland

Jul 26, 202442 min

September 22, 1999: The Ultimate Frontier - Richard Kieninger

Art Bell speaks with Richard Kieninger, author of The Ultimate Frontier, a book that has remained in print for 36 years since its 1963 publication. Kieninger explains that since the age of 12, he has received teachings from individuals representing an ancient organization called the Brotherhood, a group he describes as saints who have preserved knowledge across millennia. He outlines a cosmology involving seven planes of existence and describes human consciousness as something that persists through multiple incarnations.Kieninger discusses his prediction that May 5th, 2000, when the visible planets align on the far side of the sun, could trigger a displacement of Earth's crust relative to its core. He cites geological evidence of three separate polar ice locations within the past 30,000 years and references Albert Einstein's endorsement of Charles Hapgood's crustal displacement theory. He also points to increasing solar flare activity and seabed volcanism driving El Nino patterns as compounding factors.The broadcast also features Colm Kelleher of NIDS announcing a new 24-hour national hotline for reporting UFOs, animal mutilations, and other anomalous phenomena. Kelleher describes the organization's capabilities including eight simultaneous phone lines, PhD-level scientific staff, and contracts with ten nationally accredited laboratories, all privately funded by Robert Bigelow at no cost to the public.

Jul 25, 20242h 44m

September 22, 1999: The Ultimate Frontier - Richard Kieninger

Jul 25, 20242h 44m

September 16, 1999: CSETI & Alien Contact - Dr. Steven M. Greer | UFOs - Peter Davenport

Jul 24, 20242h 55m

September 16, 1999: CSETI & Alien Contact - Dr. Steven M. Greer | UFOs - Peter Davenport

Art Bell welcomes Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center to present dramatic new evidence from the September 1st event over Oregon. Multiple witnesses describe an enormous object, compared to a flying skyscraper, that entered the atmosphere engulfed in fire, then stopped burning, leveled off glowing blue, and accelerated beyond any known aircraft. Audio recordings from a federal law enforcement officer and a broccoli farmer near Corvallis paint a picture of something far more complex than the Russian booster re-entry that NORAD officially claimed.Davenport reveals that the Oregon Air National Guard failed to issue its standard press release before the scramble, making it the only such omission on record. Witnesses report F-15s departing Portland at full afterburner, shattering windows in their wake. A second sighting that same evening describes a massive stationary dome glowing maroon-red near Interstate 5.Dr. Steven M. Greer of CSETI joins to describe a triangular formation observed over Mount Shasta during a week-long contact expedition. He outlines the Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind protocols his team uses, involving lasers, tones, and directed consciousness. Greer discusses his meetings with CIA Director Woolsey and argues that many abduction experiences could involve military disinformation using reverse-engineered technology.

Jul 24, 20242h 55m

September 15, 1999: Long Call with JC

Art Bell opens with world news including China's disclosure of its neutron bomb capability, Y2K preparation concerns for major U.S. cities, and reports that a regular caller known as Dr. Reed may have been shot. He also discusses the mysterious failure of New Mexico's chili pepper crop and heavy military helicopter traffic over his valley near Area 51.The centerpiece of the evening is an extended call from JC, a bombastic recurring caller who has not been heard in over a year. JC delivers passionate declarations about the decline of civilization, insisting that women should be subservient to men and that Art is working for Satan. Art turns the tables by opening the phone lines and letting listeners question JC directly, leading to heated exchanges about biblical interpretation, religious freedom, and the proper role of women in society.The second half features Chuck Missler, a former defense contractor executive, joining Dr. Mark Eastman to discuss UFOs from a biblical perspective. Missler reveals personal knowledge of government disinformation programs, describes classified levels of secrecy beyond standard black operations, and shares his suspicion that the 1997 Phoenix Lights may have been a military holographic projection test. The guests also explore the connection between Genesis Chapter 6 and modern UFO encounters.

Jul 23, 20241h 2m

September 15, 1999: Long Call with JC

Jul 23, 20241h 2m

September 14, 1999: Open Lines - Hurricane Floyd

Art Bell tracks Hurricane Floyd in real time as the massive Category 4 storm bears down on the southeastern United States, prompting the largest evacuation in American history. With 2.6 million people fleeing the coast, Art monitors radar imagery showing the enormous eye of the storm east-southeast of Cape Canaveral. He fields calls from listeners across the country sharing local conditions, evacuation experiences, and storm observations while reading the latest meteorological updates throughout the broadcast.Between hurricane coverage, callers weigh in on a wide range of topics during open lines. A self-proclaimed fertility goddess delivers a comedic exchange about her divine responsibilities, while a commercial pilot explains the strict cockpit sterilization protocols that prevent any non-essential conversation during takeoff and landing. A listener from Nova Scotia calls seeking a past broadcast, and others share webcam links and personal weather reports from areas in the projected path of the storm.Art recalls his own storm-chasing days in the Air Force, pursuing tornadoes across Oklahoma in a Volkswagen with his friend Lynn Whitlake. He compares the size of Floyd to Hurricane Andrew, noting that if Andrew were a dime, Floyd would be a half dollar. The broadcast serves as both a community lifeline and a window into the anxious anticipation gripping the eastern seaboard as the storm approaches landfall.

Jul 23, 202429 min

September 14, 1999: Open Lines - Hurricane Floyd

Jul 23, 202429 min

September 9, 1999: NASA Career & UFOs - Gordon Cooper

Jul 22, 20241h 13m

September 9, 1999: NASA Career & UFOs - Gordon Cooper

Art Bell welcomes Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper to discuss his extraordinary NASA career and personal encounters with unidentified flying objects. Cooper recounts his time as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, his record-setting 22-orbit Mercury mission, and the harrowing moment he lost all electronics and had to manually guide his capsule back to Earth. He also shares his belief that the saucer shape holds untapped potential for aircraft design through his company Galaxy Group.Cooper describes chasing metallic, wingless craft over Germany during the Cold War and reveals that photographers at Edwards captured images of a saucer-shaped vehicle with tricycle landing gear that landed on the dry lakebed. After reporting the incident through official channels, a general ordered the negatives shipped to Washington immediately. Cooper confirms he never received an explanation. He also recounts flying alongside Neil Armstrong when they investigated a distant object that turned out to be a weather balloon.Throughout the conversation, Cooper states his strong belief in extraterrestrial intelligence and criticizes Project Blue Book as a cover-up. He expresses disappointment that America has not returned to the Moon or reached Mars, and advocates for privatizing space travel. Cooper discusses his forthcoming book Leap of Faith and offers his perspective on shuttle footage from STS-80 that appears to show an object launching from Earth at tremendous speed.

Jul 22, 20241h 13m

September 8, 1999: Near Death Experiences - Betty Eadie | Canadian Crop Circles - Linda Moulton Howe

Art Bell begins with Linda Moulton Howe reporting on a wave of Canadian crop formations discovered during the summer of 1999. Farmer Clint King describes finding wheat stems intricately braided and woven in a 300-foot pictogram near Hagersville, Ontario, while a neighbor reports observing a large red glowing object moving above the tree line near the field. In Saskatchewan, farmer David Robertson recounts discovering 11 circles while swathing wheat, noting perfectly bent stalks with undisturbed soil.Betty Eadie then joins to discuss her near-death experience and new book The Ripple Effect. She describes dying from a hemorrhage after surgery in 1973, leaving her body through her chest, and traveling to her home where she observed her husband and children in specific detail later verified as accurate. She recounts passing through a darkness filled with overwhelming love before following a pinpoint of light, encountering beings in brown robes, and undergoing a life review revealing that simple acts of kindness carried far greater spiritual weight than grand gestures.Eadie addresses the nature of God, hell, and reincarnation, explaining that hell exists as a state of mind rather than a physical place, and that cellular memory accounts for past-life recall. She emphasizes that no single religious path holds exclusive truth and that the fundamental nature of existence is love without conditions.

Jul 21, 20242h 42m

September 8, 1999: Near Death Experiences - Betty Eadie | Canadian Crop Circles - Linda Moulton Howe

Jul 21, 20242h 42m

September 7, 1999: Parapsychology Research - Russell Targ & Peter Davenport

Jul 20, 20242h 49m

September 7, 1999: Parapsychology Research - Russell Targ & Peter Davenport

Art Bell interviews physicist Russell Targ, co-founder with Hal Puthoff of the Stanford Research Institute's classified remote viewing program. Targ recounts how the CIA-funded initiative began in 1972 when he and Puthoff bet their careers on developing repeatable psychic experiments. He describes the landmark test where psychic Pat Price accurately drew both the exterior and interior of a secret Soviet weapons factory from geographical coordinates alone, stunning the CIA contract monitor and launching two decades of intelligence work.Targ explains the methodology of remote viewing, emphasizing that successful practitioners must surrender ego, quiet analytical thinking, and avoid guessing. He discusses teaching six Army intelligence officers at Fort Meade, noting four achieved independently significant results. The conversation explores distant healing research, where healers demonstrate measurable effects on patients thousands of miles away, and the "distant staring" experiments showing physiological changes in subjects whose video images are being observed.Art shares his own experiments with audience participation, including a mass remote viewing test that yielded two exact drawings from listeners, and rainfall concentration exercises that produced consistent results. Targ discusses silver market forecasting that went nine for nine and his views on consciousness surviving death based on Ian Stevenson's reincarnation research.

Jul 20, 20242h 49m

September 4, 1999: Hilly Rose - Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Dr. Ann Blake Tracy

Jul 19, 20242h 10m

September 4, 1999: Hilly Rose - Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Dr. Ann Blake Tracy

Guest host Hilly Rose welcomes Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, executive director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness, for an extensive examination of serotonergic medications including Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Luvox. Dr. Tracy draws connections between these drugs and a growing list of violent incidents, from the Columbine shooting to the killing of Phil Hartman by his wife Brynn, whose family is now suing Pfizer. She reveals that the driver in the Princess Diana crash was on these medications and that Monica Lewinsky's recent single-car accident may also be linked.Dr. Tracy explains that these drugs function similarly to LSD and PCP in their effect on serotonin levels, causing patients to enter REM sleep states while appearing fully awake. She presents brainwave evidence showing patients in total anesthetic sleep with eyes open, acting out nightmares without awareness. The discussion covers Ritalin's classification as a methamphetamine, its effect of reducing brain blood flow by 20 to 30 percent, and the military's policy of permanently rejecting anyone who has ever taken it.Callers share contrasting personal experiences with these medications while Dr. Tracy advocates for natural alternatives including omega-3 oils, hypoglycemic diets, and early sleep schedules. She warns that long-term use gradually overwhelms the liver enzyme system responsible for metabolizing these drugs, leading to dangerous toxic buildup.

Jul 19, 20242h 10m

September 2, 1999: Gulf War Syndrome & Waco Investigation - Joyce Riley

Art Bell welcomes Joyce Riley, registered nurse and spokesperson for the American Gulf War Veterans Association, for an urgent broadcast covering two major investigations. Riley details the plight of Gulf War veterans suffering from undisclosed biological experiments, including a disturbing new development involving parasitic organisms emerging from the skin of affected soldiers. She describes four documented cases of what the VA internally labels "Biological Agent A" while medical records are being systematically sanitized from VA facilities.The conversation turns to Waco as Riley reveals testimony from a Gulf War veteran stationed at Fort Hood who claims 20 Apache attack helicopters from the F-227 Aviation Squadron were fully armed with Hellfire missiles, Sidewinder missiles, and 20-millimeter cannons for deployment at Mount Carmel. The source states the helicopters returned with approximately half their ordnance expended. Riley confirms Delta Force presence and notes this information has been shared with attorney Dick DeGuerrin and the Texas Rangers.Art connects these stories to a broader pattern of government accountability failures, from Agent Orange cover-ups affecting his late friend John Pyre to Title 50 U.S. Code Section 1520-A, which Riley says expanded rather than restricted the government's authority to conduct experiments on American citizens.

Jul 18, 20241h 52m

September 2, 1999: Gulf War Syndrome & Waco Investigation - Joyce Riley

Jul 18, 20241h 52m

September 1, 1999: Streaking UFO - Peter Davenport

Jul 17, 20242h 0m

September 1, 1999: Streaking UFO - Peter Davenport

Art Bell reports live as a massive aerial event unfolds across the western United States. Multiple witnesses from Oregon to California describe a formation of glowing objects traversing the sky for up to two minutes, with reports of maneuvering and formation changes. A valley-wide power outage strikes Art's broadcast location simultaneously, forcing the show onto emergency generator power.Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center presents recorded witness accounts describing clusters of seven or more objects trailing sparks, with one witness noting an object leaving and rejoining the formation. Reports emerge of F-15s scrambling from Portland, military scanner traffic continuing past midnight, and a couple in Utah describing a U-turn maneuver followed by an apparent ground impact. News outlets attribute the event to a Russian booster rocket reentering early.UFO attorney Peter Gersten joins to discuss his new lawsuit under Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution, arguing the federal government must protect states against invasion. He details his unsuccessful attempt to subpoena Davenport regarding a meeting with federal officials who privately confirmed UFOs are real, intelligently controlled, and a source of concern to their agency.

Jul 17, 20242h 0m

August 26, 1999: Doomsday - Philip Hoag

Jul 16, 20242h 1m

August 26, 1999: Doomsday - Philip Hoag

Art Bell speaks with Philip Hoag, author of No Such Thing as Doomsday, a 406-page preparedness manual covering everything from water filtration to underground shelter construction. Hoag, who built a 7,000-square-foot underground facility with three diesel generators and a ham radio communications room, argues that rational preparedness is the sensible middle ground between panic and denial.The discussion covers practical survival priorities in order of importance: portable water purification devices, long-term food storage, heating alternatives like wood stoves and propane radiant heaters, and backup power generation. Hoag explains how to legally stockpile antibiotics through veterinary supply catalogs and extend medication shelf life through freezer storage. He also addresses disaster communications, recommending ham radio equipment and hand-crank radios for situations where phone systems and power grids fail.A police officer calls in to report that his department was instructed to watch for citizens stockpiling supplies, and a Canadian caller describes authorities confiscating a private generator during an ice storm. Art and Hoag debate the tension between personal preparedness and government overreach, with Hoag quoting George Washington on the dangerous nature of unchecked governmental power.

Jul 16, 20242h 1m

August 25, 1999: Living off the Grid - Edmund Pankau

Art Bell welcomes back Edmund Pankau, one of the nation's top ten private investigators and author of Hide Your Assets and Disappear, whose book shot to number one on Amazon after his previous appearance. Pankau discusses the case of Marty Frankel, who allegedly stole up to a billion dollars from insurance companies and was spotted wandering Rome with gold bars and diamonds, making rookie mistakes that any competent fugitive would avoid.The conversation shifts to practical strategies for Americans considering life abroad. Pankau describes countries like Belize, Estonia, and Costa Rica as affordable havens where retirees can stretch Social Security checks three times further, earn high interest rates on deposits, and enjoy longer life expectancy than in the United States. He explains how international bank accounts and offshore MasterCard or Visa cards can provide financial privacy without leaving a domestic paper trail.Art and Pankau also examine the recent Cayman Islands banking scandal, where an informant turned over 1,500 client names to the IRS. Pankau warns against ever entrusting a third party with offshore funds, stressing that the safest approach is to personally open and manage foreign accounts.

Jul 15, 20242h 54m

August 25, 1999: Living off the Grid - Edmund Pankau

Jul 15, 20242h 54m

August 18, 1999: Coral Castle - Richard C. Hoagland

Jul 14, 20242h 40m

August 18, 1999: Coral Castle - Richard C. Hoagland

Art Bell investigates a striking confluence of anomalous events surrounding the August 11th solar eclipse. He presents an unverified Associated Press story about Lloyd Albright, a NASA Kennedy Space Center computer programmer found hiding in an Ohio cave with 16 guns, 200 pounds of wheat, and camping supplies, claiming a meteor would strike the Atlantic and generate a massive tidal wave.Richard C. Hoagland joins to analyze NASA video from Turkey showing three bright objects visible near the sun during totality. Hoagland argues these objects align precisely with the orbital path of Comet Encke and the Beta Taurid meteor stream, suggesting a potential collision scenario in November. He theorizes that exotic spacecraft visible in prior NASA footage may be monitoring the situation. Charlie Plyler also calls in to describe ultra-low frequency signals he has been tracking that peak when the sun is overhead.In a surprising turn, Art reaches Albright by phone. The NASA contractor attributes his flight to marital stress and psychic correspondence with a woman in Ohio, downplaying any connection to secret NASA data. Hoagland remains skeptical of the cover story, noting inconsistencies with the original reporting.

Jul 14, 20242h 40m

August 17, 1999: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - Bruce Friedrich

Jul 13, 20242h 53m

August 17, 1999: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - Bruce Friedrich

Art Bell opens with news of the devastating 7.8 earthquake in Turkey, the safe passage of the Cassini probe past Earth, and a mysterious photograph from Peru that appears to show a glowing portal in the side of an Andean mountain. He also shares his obsessive search for a song that has been stuck in his head all weekend, which callers identify as "Isn't It Time" by the Babies.Bruce Friedrich, vegetarian campaign coordinator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, joins the program after a previous caller's spirited defense of vegetarianism prompted a flood of calls to PETA. Art and Friedrich debate the ethics of eating meat, with Friedrich citing heart disease research from Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Esselstyn showing that low-fat vegetarian diets can reverse arterial blockage and restore health.Art pushes back as an unapologetic meat lover, arguing that quality of life matters more than longevity and advocating for better treatment of farm animals rather than full abstinence. The two spar over factory farming conditions, the taste of Boca Burgers versus real beef, and whether the concept of stewardship can justify raising animals humanely for food.

Jul 13, 20242h 53m

August 12, 1999: Water Shortages - Ed Dames

Art Bell welcomes Major Ed Dames, former military remote viewer and head of SciTech, for a wide-ranging discussion on technical remote viewing and its alarming environmental predictions. Dames warns that dwindling water supplies across North America will soon trigger food shortages, mass migration from cities, and the collapse of social systems, urging listeners to relocate near large freshwater sources like Glacier National Park.The conversation turns to geopolitics as Dames reveals his team's remote viewing data on North Korea, predicting that Kim Jong-il plans to launch a nuclear-armed missile into the Pacific Ocean as an open-air test rather than a direct attack. He describes this as a form of nuclear blackmail designed to extract concessions from the international community without crossing the threshold for military retaliation.Art and Dames also revisit the solar "kill shot" prediction, the possibility of extraterrestrial contact through symbolic communication involving a mother and infant, and the discovery of seas on Saturn's moon Titan, which Dames claims his team remote viewed years earlier. Callers press Dames on his track record and the Nostradamus quatrain about the King of Terror.

Jul 12, 20242h 39m

August 12, 1999: Water Shortages - Ed Dames

Jul 12, 20242h 39m

August 11, 1999: Psychic & Spirit Medium - Sylvia Browne

Jul 11, 20242h 22m

August 11, 1999: Psychic & Spirit Medium - Sylvia Browne

Art Bell welcomes renowned psychic Sylvia Browne for a wide-ranging conversation about her predictions, spiritual philosophy, and views on the state of humanity. Browne shares her forecast that within 30 to 40 years, environmental degradation will force people to live in domed cities, attributing atmospheric damage partly to rocket fuel tearing through the upper layers. She discusses immune deficiency illnesses she foresaw 15 years prior and predicts major advances in gene therapy and molecular surgery.The conversation deepens as Browne describes her inability to see anything beyond the year 2100, a blank vision that troubles her despite repeated attempts. She and Art explore reincarnation, the nature of consciousness, and spirit guides, with Browne explaining that the other side operates at a faster vibration in a dimension layered directly upon our own. She recounts her regression work uncovering an ancient dialect later validated by a Stanford linguistics professor.Browne offers predictions including the end of the U.S. presidency in favor of a Greek senate model within 20 years, the gradual surfacing of Atlantis by 2023, and West Coast submersion by 2026. She and Art discuss the rise of random violence, the importance of restoring family bonds, and why she believes genuine extraterrestrial contact is imminent.

Jul 11, 20242h 22m

August 10, 1999: Corporate Espionage - John Nolan | Miami Circle, Cydonia - Richard C. Hoagland

Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland back from recovery at his New Mexico home for a rapid preview of developing stories. Hoagland reports that the Wall Street Journal is preparing a front-page piece on how grassroots activism saved the Miami Circle, and he announces plans for a celebrity benefit concert in early October ahead of the eminent domain trial. He urges listeners to fax NASA administrator Dan Goldin and Ted Koppel at Nightline, pushing for a proper full-resolution photograph of the Cydonia region when Mars Global Surveyor passes overhead on August 21st.Hoagland connects the unprecedented complexity of 1999 crop circle formations in England to hyperdimensional physics and suggests the approaching total solar eclipse could become a catalyst for disclosure. He references Comet Lee brightening beyond projections and mysterious internet reports of unidentified objects, cautioning that none of this is confirmed.In the second half, retired military intelligence officer John Nolan discusses corporate espionage and counterintelligence in the business world. He explains how companies legally gather competitive intelligence through vendor contacts, former employees, and elicitation techniques, and shares a story of an Asian delegation caught broadcasting plant tour details via hidden body microphones to a bus outside.

Jul 10, 20242h 45m

August 10, 1999: Corporate Espionage - John Nolan | Miami Circle, Cydonia - Richard C. Hoagland

Jul 10, 20242h 45m

August 9, 1999: Eclipses & Meteor Showers - Hilly Rose, Steve "Dr. Sky" Kates

Jul 9, 202432 min

August 9, 1999: Eclipses & Meteor Showers - Hilly Rose, Steve "Dr. Sky" Kates

Guest host Hilly Rose is joined by astronomer Steve "Dr. Sky" Kates for a preview of an extraordinary week of celestial events. The centerpiece is the last total solar eclipse of the century, set to cross Cornwall, England, and sweep through Europe on August 11th. Dr. Sky explains eclipse safety, describes the experience of witnessing totality, and notes that the average town sees a total solar eclipse only once every 410 years.Beyond the eclipse, Dr. Sky covers the Perseid meteor shower building toward its peak on August 12th, a rare grand cross planetary alignment spanning multiple zodiac signs, and the upcoming Cassini spacecraft flyby on August 18th. He warns that solar activity is on the rise and will intensify into the year 2000, bringing potential effects on radio signals and power grids along with spectacular auroral displays.Callers contribute theories connecting solar flare activity to weather pattern disruptions and propose that a sufficiently powerful flare striking from the solar equator could theoretically cause a magnetic pole flip. Dr. Sky directs listeners to his website for live NASA eclipse coverage and ongoing sky-watching updates.

Jul 9, 202432 min

August 3, 1999: UFO Research - Joe Firmage

Art Bell interviews tech entrepreneur Joe Firmage, who left his position atop a multi-billion dollar internet company to pursue breakthrough physics research through his nonprofit organization ISSO. Firmage describes how discoveries about the nature of mass and inertia convinced him that advanced propulsion beyond conventional rocketry is not only possible but likely already achieved by other civilizations. He also recounts a personal experience involving a translucent figure and a sphere of blue energy that left a lasting physical impression.The conversation turns to a groundbreaking French report in which former defense and space agency officials concluded that the extraterrestrial hypothesis represents the most efficient explanation for UFO evidence. Firmage notes that ISSO is studying four interconnected domains: new physics for propulsion, alternative energy sources, societal implications of such breakthroughs, and the physical dynamics of consciousness.Art and Joe discuss cosmological anomalies involving quasar redshifts that challenge the expanding universe model, the SETI at Home project and Team Art Bell, and the possibility that humanity may be approaching a transformative moment of broader contact with intelligence beyond Earth.

Jul 9, 20241h 50m

August 3, 1999: UFO Research - Joe Firmage

Jul 9, 20241h 50m

July 30, 1999: UFO Propulsion Systems - Hilly Rose, Mark Bean

Jul 8, 202445 min

July 30, 1999: UFO Propulsion Systems - Hilly Rose, Mark Bean

Guest host Hilly Rose welcomes researcher Mark Bean for a discussion on electrogravitics and the propulsion systems behind unidentified flying objects. Bean explains how charging metal discs with high voltage creates directional movement, comparing the effect to a horse chasing a carrot. He details the classified work of Thomas Townsend Brown, whose 1950s demonstrations of levitating discs for the U.S. Air Force were buried under Project Winter Haven.Bean describes his own experiments replicating symptoms reported during UFO encounters, including corona discharge lights around disc rims, ozone production, and even the euphoric effects of nitrous oxide emissions. He connects these findings to the consistent disc shapes photographed and videotaped by unrelated witnesses across the globe, arguing the evidence would settle any court case.The program opens with Hilly Rose fielding wild open lines calls, including a caller claiming 355 U.S. spacecraft sit grounded at Baker Lake, Canada, following a supposed galactic war. Rose also covers Y2K preparedness concerns from callers warning about the FCC and FEMA contingency plans for the coming conversion period.

Jul 8, 202445 min