Mel’s Hole: Why Art Bell Took the Story Seriously
The surviving Mel’s Hole broadcasts reveal why Art Bell trusted Mel Waters: natural delivery, interviewing experience, and the missing TerraServer picture.
Read briefingEssential Art Bell Episodes About Mel's Hole
Mel's Hole was not a constant Art Bell topic, but a small handful of episodes became part of the show's mythology. A caller named Mel Waters described an alleged bottomless pit in Washington State, and the story grew stranger through updates, follow-ups, and replayed segments that turned it into one of the archive's better-known pieces of radio folklore. These are the key Mel's Hole episodes and updates for anyone trying to follow the story from first call to later elaboration, with related paths into open lines, government suspicion, remote viewing, and other caller-driven mysteries.
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5 shows, 1997–2002
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Contact & Disclosure - Steven M. Greer | Mel's Hole - Mel Waters
Feb 21, 1997 · 2h 50m
Dr. Steven M. Greer, emergency physician and founder of CSETI, joins Art Bell to unveil his ambitious Project Starlight Initiative, a plan to bring together dozens of government, military, and intelligence witnesses for a definitive public disclosure on extraterrestrial intelligence. Greer reveals he has assembled r...Flying Sickness - Diana Fairchild | Mel's Hole Update - Mel Waters
Feb 24, 1997 · 2h 47m
Diana Fairchild, a retired flight attendant with 21 years and 10 million miles of service for Pan Am and United Airlines, reveals the hidden health hazards of commercial air travel. She explains how airlines reduce fresh air circulation to save roughly $80 per hour on fuel costs, leaving passengers breathing recycle...Mel's Hole Update
Apr 24, 2000 · 1h 10m
Art Bell reconnects with Mel Waters, the man behind one of the show's most legendary stories, for a long-awaited update on the mysterious bottomless hole on his former property near Ellensburg, Washington. Mel confirms the story is no hoax and recaps how he lowered 80,000 feet of monofilament fishing line into the n...Mel's New Hole
Jan 29, 2002 · Mel Waters · 2h 55m
Art Bell welcomes Mel Waters back after a rebroadcast reignited fascination with his original bottomless hole in Washington state. Mel recounts how the government seized his property under the pretense of a plane crash, then paid him a quarter million dollars monthly to relocate to Australia. He describes being abdu...Mel's Hole Replay Compilation
Dec 25, 2002 · Mel Waters · 2h 42m
Art Bell presents a special holiday rebroadcast compiling Mel Waters segments from January 29 and December 20, 2002. The program traces the full saga of Mel's Hole from its origins on Mel's property near Ellensburg, Washington, where he lowered over 80,000 feet of fishing line without hitting bottom, through the gov...