April 26, 2001: Deek Richards - Linda Moulton Howe | Antarctica - Richard C. Hoagland
Howe then presents testimony from Sergio Arellano, a retired master sergeant who witnessed a massive helmet-shaped craft over Mannheim, Germany, in April 1986. Arellano describes the object as liquid and solid simultaneously, resembling mercury, observed by roughly 1,600 military personnel. He recalls three small white objects merging into the craft from different directions before the military dismissed the sighting as space debris.
Richard C. Hoagland provides a major Antarctic update, reporting that JPL scientist Dr. Frank Carsey has confirmed on the record that the NSA previously funded operations in the polar regions. Hoagland also notes the evacuated South Pole doctor walked off his rescue plane appearing healthy, refused media interviews, and showed no signs of the serious illness that justified his unprecedented winter extraction.
Key Moments
Deek Richards confesses: 'It's all made up': On a tape played by Linda Moulton Howe, Richards admits he is the same 'Kent' who hoaxed an alleged JPL story years earlier and that the entire previous-night Fulda Gap UFO crash story is fabricated, apologizing to Coast listeners and his old unit.
Sergio Arellano: helmet-shaped craft over Mannheim, 1986: Howe presents Master Sergeant Sergio Arellano's account of a slow, silent, German-helmet-shaped craft - appearing both liquid and solid like mercury - passing over roughly 1,600 U.S. soldiers in Mannheim around the time of the Chernobyl meltdown.
Three white spheres merge with the craft: Arellano describes three baseball-sized white objects converging from different directions and passing into the body of the larger craft without slowing, while official Army channels later dismissed the entire sighting as 'space debris.'
Container ship from Port Hueneme heads to McMurdo at winter onset: Hoagland reports that a container ship loaded with 138 truckloads of gear has just departed Port Hueneme bound for McMurdo as the Antarctic winter freezes the Ross Ice Shelf - an unprecedented late-season resupply that would require an icebreaker escort.
JPL's Frank Carsey confirms past NSA presence in Antarctica: Hoagland quotes JPL Lake Vostok drilling project director Dr. Frank Carsey on the record that the NSA has historically been a major and now 'lamented' funder of polar work, while denying current NSA control of his project - confirmation that an intelligence agency was operating at the South Pole.