December 7, 1998: Arizona Storm at Turret Peak - Richard C. Hoagland | MUFON - William A. Lester Jr.
Richard C. Hoagland then delivers an update on the December 7th Turret Mountain situation in central Arizona. He reports that an extraordinary and historically unusual snowstorm blanketed the region, closing Interstate 17 and the Beeline Highway. Simultaneously, geophysics researcher Charles Plyler recorded an intense electromagnetic pulse at 2:37 Greenwich Mean Time that nearly overwhelmed his instruments at multiple widely separated monitoring stations.
Hoagland correlates HAARP ionospheric heater activity with the storm timing and presents Phoenix weather radar data showing an anomalous circular ring formation centered precisely over Turret Mountain. He also discusses newly released Majestic 12 documents and previews an upcoming disclosure program featuring Dr. Robert M. Wood and Ryan Wood with Linda Moulton Howe.
Key Moments
Lithia Springs domed-craft scorch-mark case: Georgia MUFON director William Lester recounts a 50-year-old horticulturist's September sighting near Atlanta of a house-sized domed craft hovering over a ballpark with rib-mounted lights. Days later witnesses found scorched marks on the ground and on a concession-stand roof, and MUFON has taken samples.
Turret Peak weather and the missing landing: Bell describes the unprecedented weather over central Arizona on December 6-7: snow in Phoenix at 2 PM, Interstate 17 and the Beeline Highway closed, dense fog so thick witnesses couldn't see a hand in front of their face. Hoagland argues that even if something landed at Turret Peak, the weather would have prevented anyone from observing it.
Charlie Plyler's planetary-scale ELF pulse: Hoagland reports that geophysicist Charlie Plyler's equipment recorded a massive electromagnetic pulse at 02:37 GMT on December 7 - powerful, rhythmic, ionospheric pulsations picked up at multiple widely separated stations including the East Coast, indicating a planetary-scale event rather than a local one.