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Episode 0197 · Jul 2, 1996 · 2h 39m

July 2, 1996: Open Lines - Area 51, Tobacco & Power Outages

Open lines range across Area 51 secrecy, tobacco regulation, regional power outages, and the limits of government control.

Callers report unusual activity, debate public-health policy and corporate responsibility, and compare infrastructure failures with more elaborate conspiracy theories. Art Bell presses for firsthand evidence while following the common thread of institutions withholding information.