May 26, 1997: Open Lines | Art & Ramona's UFO Sighting #2
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
September 29, 20232h 49m
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Show Notes
Art Bell and his wife Ramona take to the airwaves together on Memorial Day to describe a dramatic daytime UFO sighting they witnessed that morning at approximately 11:40 AM near their Pahrump, Nevada home. While closing a gate, they noticed a military jet leaving a double contrail at extreme altitude, and just below it, a brilliant, glowing, cylindrical silver object tracking alongside the aircraft before stopping dead in the sky.
Art details his frantic attempts to report the sighting to Nellis Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base, and McCarran Airport, all of which deny any knowledge. Callers quickly corroborate the sighting, including a deputy sheriff in southern New Mexico, a woman in Arizona's Verde Valley who watched five such objects cluster together, and a man in Henderson, Nevada who observed the same craft from Black Mountain. The consistency of the independent accounts is striking.
The second half of the program features the remarkable story of John McKinnon, a television station manager in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, who was fired and had police confiscate his tapes after producing programs modeled on Art's format covering UFO witnesses and unconventional guests.
Art details his frantic attempts to report the sighting to Nellis Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base, and McCarran Airport, all of which deny any knowledge. Callers quickly corroborate the sighting, including a deputy sheriff in southern New Mexico, a woman in Arizona's Verde Valley who watched five such objects cluster together, and a man in Henderson, Nevada who observed the same craft from Black Mountain. The consistency of the independent accounts is striking.
The second half of the program features the remarkable story of John McKinnon, a television station manager in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, who was fired and had police confiscate his tapes after producing programs modeled on Art's format covering UFO witnesses and unconventional guests.