July 29, 1998: Time Traveler Line
The calls range from provocative to outlandish. A caller named Jameson claims to be speaking from the year 2035 through a vortex and warns that President Clinton will be the last elected president before Congress is suspended. Another caller identifying as Night Cloud says he originates from 3050 and predicts devastating earth changes and a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest by the end of August. A self-described government agent from the future says he was sent back to prevent a world war by helping remove Clinton from office.
Between the time traveler calls, Art reads a NASA study revealing that jet contrails may be creating massive cloud systems and contributing to climate change. He also shares a letter from his bank about Y2K preparations and discusses the GM strike resolution. The night becomes a freewheeling experiment in exploring whether the future is already written or still taking shape.
Key Moments
Art opens the time traveler line: Inspired by Dr. Bruce Goldberg's recent Dreamland appearance, Art dedicates a single line tonight exclusively to physical, machine-based time travelers calling from another era.
Jameson, the police-state student from 2035: A caller claiming to be a research student calling from 2035 through a vortex says Clinton is the last elected president and society has become an oppressive police state.
Nightcloud from the year 3050: A caller named Nightcloud claims to be calling from 3050, says Dr. Goldberg, Whitley Strieber and Hoagland are not who they appear to be, and predicts a Pacific Northwest tsunami by end of August.
Linto calling live from November 8, 2022: A caller named Linto says he is calling from 2022 by scanning for old radio waves; warns of a 2008 genetic discovery introduced by extraterrestrials to cap human evolution.