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August 23, 2001: Vampire Hunter - Rev. Sean Manchester | Crop Glyphs - Richard C. Hoagland

Aug 23, 2001
38m
Reverend Sean ManchesterRichard C. Hoagland
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Art Bell opens with breaking news about a face-shaped crop glyph that appeared overnight near the Chilbolton radio telescope in Hampshire, England. Richard C. Hoagland analyzes the formation, noting it uses varying pixel sizes to create light and shadow effects resembling both the Face on Mars and a primitive hominid with heavy brow ridges. He connects it mathematically to Cydonia through the global grid work of Carl Munck and Michael Morton.

Hoagland then presents a stunning comparison between a rectangular crop glyph found in the same field and the Arecibo message sent to deep space in 1974. The differences between the sent and received versions include an added element (silicon), a changed population figure of 21 billion, an altered solar system diagram showing additional planets, and modified DNA with an asymmetrical helix. He argues these differences constitute a coherent response, possibly representing first contact or a message about humanity's ancient origins.

Bishop Sean Manchester of Great Britain joins to discuss his decades of investigating the occult and performing exorcisms. He describes infiltrating witchcraft covens in the 1970s and finding that leaders privately admitted to dark practices including death curses and animal sacrifice. He warns that practitioners of alternative belief systems now outnumber Christians in Britain and criticizes mainstream churches for abandoning the fight against supernatural evil.

Key Moments

  1. Crop glyph echoes the 1974 Arecibo message: Hoagland recognizes the new Chilbolton crop glyph as resembling the layout of Frank Drake and Carl Sagan's 1974 Arecibo radio message sent toward globular cluster M13.

  2. Recursive message at the radio telescope: Hoagland describes the new glyph appearing in the same field as a 2000 face glyph, directly across from the Chilbolton radio dish, calling the pairing a recursive redundant message that intercepted Arecibo's signal.

  3. Manchester ordained as exorcist in 1973: Bishop Sean Manchester explains he entered the minor order of exorcist in early 1973, placing himself in a lineage including Montague Summers and Father Brochard Sewell.

  4. Lifelong crusade against supernatural evil: Manchester describes his lifelong crusade against the devil and a ministry begun in the mid-1980s to those in cults and the occult, anchored in his personal experiences with supernatural evil.