The conversation covers mysterious signals detected on shortwave frequencies, including transmissions on 3.39 MHz that HAARP officials denied producing. Begich describes how pulsed electromagnetic energy can trigger releases in Earth's natural systems, raising questions about recent anomalous events including an electromagnetic disturbance in Pahrump and an earthquake in Washington state.
Art opens the program with news of a record-breaking solar flare that saturated scientific instruments, earning the unofficial designation of an Omega Flare. He also addresses the U.S.-China spy plane standoff at Hainan Island, early reports on the shadow people phenomenon that generated over 2,000 listener emails, and DNA evidence from a possible Yeti specimen that British scientists cannot identify.
Key Moments
Earth-penetrating tomography requires beams to pass through people: Begich explains that to use HAARP for Earth-penetrating tomography, the extremely-low-frequency signal must first pass through populations before going through the Earth, raising serious bioeffect concerns at the levels of power involved.
Aiming HAARP at a battlefield to drive troops mad: Begich confirms that aiming a HAARP-class transmitter at the ionosphere and bouncing energy down on massed enemy troops to confuse them or drive them to slaughter each other has been seriously discussed since 1969 by science advisors to Lyndon Johnson.
Brzezinski: whoever is in power will use this technology: Begich quotes Zbigniew Brzezinski's book Between Two Ages, arguing that once these electromagnetic and behavioral technologies exist, whoever is in power - conservative or liberal - will be tempted to use them and will use them for their political ends.
Microwave-induced heart failure with plausible deniability: Begich confirms that pulsed microwave energy can induce heart failure and that an autopsy on someone killed this way would typically just look like a normal heart attack, which the military views as an advantage for covert use.
Brain entrainment and engineered apathy in voters: Begich describes how an external pulsed signal can drive the brain to lock onto a target emotional state - including apathy - and Bell pushes the implication that a candidate could time such an effect to suppress the opposing side's turnout.