July 17, 1995: Open Lines - Alien Autopsy, Weather
Jul 17, 1995
2h 50m
Alien Autopsy
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Art Bell opens with a packed news rundown covering the worsening crisis in Bosnia, where safe areas are falling and the West debates airlifting European troops using American helicopters. He reports that Moscow has released fabricated photographs of Boris Yeltsin, recycling images from April to conceal what may be a serious health crisis, and predicts an imminent announcement about the Russian leader.
The broadcast takes a sharp turn toward the unprecedented heat wave gripping Chicago, where the death toll has reached 190 and the county coroner projects it may climb to 300. Art Bell questions whether modern dependence on climate-controlled environments has left human bodies fatally vulnerable when technology fails. Callers debate arming the Bosnians, the upcoming Waco and Whitewater hearings, drug policy referendums, and the excavation of Jesse James's grave in Missouri. Midway through the program, Art Bell reaches Ray Santilli in London by telephone and arranges a live interview about the Roswell autopsy film, while a caller raises the Patau syndrome theory as an alternative explanation for the anomalous body in the footage.
A fast-moving broadcast where breaking geopolitics, extreme weather, and UFO intrigue collide in real time.
The broadcast takes a sharp turn toward the unprecedented heat wave gripping Chicago, where the death toll has reached 190 and the county coroner projects it may climb to 300. Art Bell questions whether modern dependence on climate-controlled environments has left human bodies fatally vulnerable when technology fails. Callers debate arming the Bosnians, the upcoming Waco and Whitewater hearings, drug policy referendums, and the excavation of Jesse James's grave in Missouri. Midway through the program, Art Bell reaches Ray Santilli in London by telephone and arranges a live interview about the Roswell autopsy film, while a caller raises the Patau syndrome theory as an alternative explanation for the anomalous body in the footage.
A fast-moving broadcast where breaking geopolitics, extreme weather, and UFO intrigue collide in real time.
Key Moments
300 dead in Chicago heat wave: Art reports the 1995 Chicago heat wave death toll has reached 190 with the coroner projecting 300, and questions whether the weather alone explains it - an early framing of what became a defining American natural disaster.
Yeltsin photo fakery: Art reports that a Kremlin photo released to prove a healthy Boris Yeltsin was a doctored copy of an April photograph, NBC caught it, and a second color version was released the same day - making the same image. He concludes Yeltsin is in critical condition.