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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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August 10, 2001: Predictions - Sean David Morton

Aug 10, 2001
2h 48m
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Sean David Morton returns to Art Bell with predictions about secret aerospace programs, Area 51, Cuba and Atlantis, stock-market volatility, and solar flare activity after an opening hour of open lines. Art begins with calls covering the space shuttle Discovery launch, Jesse Ventura's public comments on UFOs, human cloning ethics, and a mysterious report from a Canadian listener about an entire small town's population vanishing without explanation.

Morton gives updates on secret military aerospace programs, claiming the Air Force is testing craft capable of Mach 50 and describing anti-gravity fighter disks reportedly used during the Gulf War. He recounts a visit to Area 51 where electromagnetic interference disabled all recording equipment. The conversation turns to the underwater city discovered off Cuba at 2,200 feet, with Morton connecting it to Atlantis through Edgar Cayce's prophecies and British megalithic alignments.

Morton delivers his stock market predictions, correlating solar flare activity with market volatility and warning of a major October downturn. He also raises provocative questions about Timothy McVeigh's execution, citing anomalies including reports of breathing after death and the use of a decoy hearse. Art presses him on motivation, and Morton outlines a conspiracy theory connecting the Oklahoma City bombing to a broader cover-up.

Key Moments

  1. Pre-election October 2000 stock crash claim: Morton recounts his prediction of the October 2000 stock market crash, citing it as historically unprecedented before a presidential election.

  2. Market chaos in 2001, rebuilding in 2002: Morton forecasts the Dow stays in a 10,500 range with smaller drops, and predicts 2002 will be a numerological four-year of rebuilding from the chaos of 2001.

  3. Mount Rainier and Cayce eruption countdown: Morton predicts a deep 7.0 quake under Mount Rainier triggering eruption within two years, naming Etna, Vesuvius, and Montserrat as the countdown to Cayce's mega quakes cracking the western U.S. shelf.

  4. Briefcase nuke strikes Jerusalem and DC: Morton describes a future-vision of Jerusalem destroyed by a briefcase nuke around 2004-2005, plus a biological or nuclear attack on Washington DC forcing a federal move to Denver.

  5. U.S. vs China war with clone soldiers: Morton recounts a 1994 future-vision of the United States fighting China around 2015-2017 using clone soldiers that later have to be hunted down as roaming killing machines.