Episode 0576 · Dec 23, 1998 · 40m
December 23, 1998: UFO Footage - Robert Kiviat
Key Moments
Open transcriptAnonymous North Bay, Ontario saucer videoArt Bell describes an anonymously submitted UFO video from Mark Hutchins, allegedly shot near North Bay, Ontario about three years earlier. He calls it one of the best he has ever seen, with audible British narration and a saucer that has clear structure as it passes overhead.
Sharon Rowlands' Bonsall video sells to HollywoodBell reads the BBC report that Sharon Rowlands, a 44-year-old housewife from Bonsall in the Peak District, was paid roughly twenty thousand for camcorder footage of an unknown craft she filmed in October the previous year, with NASA reportedly asked to compare it to space-shuttle imagery.
Kiviatprovenance is what separates real cases from junk: Kiviat argues that the central question for any UFO video is not how striking it looks but where it came from, who shot it, and whether its history can be tracked, like a painting in an art museum. He says the Rowlands case is unusual because it has that provenance.
Six and a half minutes of structured craft, close approachKiviat says the Rowlands footage runs six and a half minutes, captured during a UFO wave over that part of England, and shows what may be the best visual evidence of a structured craft approaching the witness, holding position, and retreating repeatedly.
What makes the footage particularly significant is its striking resemblance to objects captured by NASA cameras during the famous space shuttle tether incident. Both show disc-shaped craft with a distinctive notch on the edge and a pulsing circle in the center. Kiviat plans to challenge NASA to publicly address the similarity between their own space footage and this ground-level recording from England, testing whether the agency will finally acknowledge what their cameras have captured.
Art also showcases an anonymously submitted UFO video from North Bay, Ontario, that he describes as one of the most impressive he has ever seen. Kiviat discusses his upcoming series "Could It Be True," additional cases involving UFO footage from a family traveling through Texas, and a Bigfoot video from the Florida Everglades.
Preserved source
From the original ArtBell.com archive
The 2003 commemorative archive preserves the contemporary listing for this broadcast. Links and descriptions reflect the original site and may be outdated.
View the original program listingContinue exploring