September 9, 1996: TWA 800, Arts Parts, Crop Circles - Open Lines
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
July 11, 20232h 47m
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Show Notes
Art Bell opens the phone lines on a night loaded with breaking developments, beginning with the TWA Flight 800 investigation and a chilling report that an American Airlines pilot witnessed a missile pass his jetliner hundreds of miles from the crash site. Art questions why President Clinton is rushing to spend a billion dollars on airport security before investigators have determined what actually brought down the plane, suggesting some funds should go toward electronic countermeasures for commercial aircraft.
The conversation shifts to a sensational Canadian newspaper article that Art ridicules on air, its tabloid-style headlines screaming about feds ready to swoop on his alleged Roswell fragments. New electron scanning microscope photographs of the layered metallic samples are now posted on his website for public scrutiny. Callers weigh in on topics ranging from Hurricane Hortense battering the Virgin Islands to the gender gap in presidential polling, the proposed Harry Brown debate alternative, and a caller from Jacksonville who earnestly identifies himself as a werewolf sworn enemy of vampires.
The episode is a quintessential open lines night, veering from geopolitics and conspiracy to the deeply personal and absurd. Art navigates compass deviation reports from a Southern California boater, anti-gravity research from Finland, and a listener's telescopic observation of a moving object on the lunar surface, all while maintaining the spontaneous energy that defines his unscreened format.
The conversation shifts to a sensational Canadian newspaper article that Art ridicules on air, its tabloid-style headlines screaming about feds ready to swoop on his alleged Roswell fragments. New electron scanning microscope photographs of the layered metallic samples are now posted on his website for public scrutiny. Callers weigh in on topics ranging from Hurricane Hortense battering the Virgin Islands to the gender gap in presidential polling, the proposed Harry Brown debate alternative, and a caller from Jacksonville who earnestly identifies himself as a werewolf sworn enemy of vampires.
The episode is a quintessential open lines night, veering from geopolitics and conspiracy to the deeply personal and absurd. Art navigates compass deviation reports from a Southern California boater, anti-gravity research from Finland, and a listener's telescopic observation of a moving object on the lunar surface, all while maintaining the spontaneous energy that defines his unscreened format.