September 3, 1993: UFO's + Art & Ramona's Black Triangle Sighting - John Lear
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
February 14, 202338m 36s
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Show Notes
John Lear returns to the program as Art Bell opens with a detailed account of his own UFO sighting near Pahrump, Nevada, describing a massive, silent, black triangular craft that floated just 150 feet above his car at impossibly slow speed.
Lear, drawing on his record-setting aviation career and intelligence contacts, suggests the object may have been a classified A-12 Avenger prototype, though the craft's silent operation and lack of aerodynamic lift remain unexplained. The conversation expands into the Fox television special on UFOs that aired the previous night, featuring Linda Moulton Howe, George Knapp, and Bob Lazar. Lear recounts how his public advocacy for UFO research cost him a senior captain position at a major airline after a decade of service. He describes the government's multi-layered security clearance system, with 28 levels of top secret crypto above standard top secret, and claims the president holds only a mid-level clearance. The discussion covers the alleged Mars Observer cover-up, the Face on Mars at Cydonia, and NASA's suppression of high-resolution imagery from the Martian surface.
A vivid, personal broadcast that blends Art Bell's own encounter with Lear's insider perspective on government secrecy.
Lear, drawing on his record-setting aviation career and intelligence contacts, suggests the object may have been a classified A-12 Avenger prototype, though the craft's silent operation and lack of aerodynamic lift remain unexplained. The conversation expands into the Fox television special on UFOs that aired the previous night, featuring Linda Moulton Howe, George Knapp, and Bob Lazar. Lear recounts how his public advocacy for UFO research cost him a senior captain position at a major airline after a decade of service. He describes the government's multi-layered security clearance system, with 28 levels of top secret crypto above standard top secret, and claims the president holds only a mid-level clearance. The discussion covers the alleged Mars Observer cover-up, the Face on Mars at Cydonia, and NASA's suppression of high-resolution imagery from the Martian surface.
A vivid, personal broadcast that blends Art Bell's own encounter with Lear's insider perspective on government secrecy.