March 21, 1996: Mars & Moon Artifacts - Richard C. Hoagland & Ken Johnston
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
June 3, 20232h 50m
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Show Notes
Richard C. Hoagland and Ken Johnston join Art Bell live from Washington, D.C., hours after their press conference at the National Press Club. Johnston, who served as data and photo control department supervisor at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory under a Brown and Root-Northrop contract, describes how he preserved a personal collection of approximately 1,000 first-generation Apollo photographs rather than destroying them as ordered by superiors.
Johnston recounts a private screening of Apollo 14 footage for chief astronomer Dr. Thornton Page, during which lights and a plume were visible inside a large crater on the far side of the moon. When the same film was shown the following day to rank-and-file personnel, that sequence had been removed without any visible splicing. Hoagland describes computer-enhanced analysis of Johnston's photographs revealing geometric structures, glass-like ruins, and tiered formations surrounding astronauts on the lunar surface, visible in reflections on helmet visors.
The press conference drew 18 cameras and approximately 60 attendees, with Telemundo broadcasting live to South America and Spain. White House correspondent Sarah McClendon attended and invited Hoagland to present to her group of investigative reporters. Hoagland announces the renaming of the Mars Mission to the Enterprise Mission.
Johnston recounts a private screening of Apollo 14 footage for chief astronomer Dr. Thornton Page, during which lights and a plume were visible inside a large crater on the far side of the moon. When the same film was shown the following day to rank-and-file personnel, that sequence had been removed without any visible splicing. Hoagland describes computer-enhanced analysis of Johnston's photographs revealing geometric structures, glass-like ruins, and tiered formations surrounding astronauts on the lunar surface, visible in reflections on helmet visors.
The press conference drew 18 cameras and approximately 60 attendees, with Telemundo broadcasting live to South America and Spain. White House correspondent Sarah McClendon attended and invited Hoagland to present to her group of investigative reporters. Hoagland announces the renaming of the Mars Mission to the Enterprise Mission.