Dames reveals a new harbinger for listeners to watch: when a space shuttle mission is forced to abort due to an intense meteor shower, the end sequence begins. He describes a scenario involving a passing planetary body, massive solar flares striking Earth with weakened magnetic shields, sustained 300-mile-per-hour winds, and a potential pole shift generating ocean waves thousands of feet high. He also reaffirms his long-standing prediction that the first nuclear weapon used in combat will detonate on the Korean Peninsula.
Art opens the show with discussion of the Iraq war, the 9/11 intelligence briefing controversy, and a new song about the program by Canadian artist Sean Hogan. Callers weigh in on American foreign policy and the nature of patriotism before Dames takes the conversation into darker territory.
Key Moments
Shot across the bow confirmed: Art and Dames frame the November 2003 X-45 solar flare as the predicted shot across the bow before the kill shot.
Nuclear weapon emplaced in North Korea: Dames asserts North Korea has emplaced a nuclear device near the DMZ, intended to detonate like a mine when ground hostilities begin.
Shuttle aborted by meteors as harbinger: Dames names the specific harbinger of the kill shot: a space shuttle forced to land early due to a meteor shower.
Kill shot mechanics and casualty estimate: Dames describes the kill shot killing roughly two billion via heat, dehydration, and 300 mph winds rather than direct radiation.
Planet X passes Earth, three months warning: Dames identifies the passing space body as Planet X, planet-sized, and estimates astronomers would only spot it about three months out.