Greenpeace Hawaii director Michael Bailey joins the broadcast to argue that the same sonar frequencies caused permanent nerve damage and memory loss in Navy divers during classified tests. He contends that the full system, once operational, could affect marine life across every ocean on the planet. A former submarine sonar operator also calls in to confirm that active pinging sends whales fleeing at high speed.
Davenport provides an update on a massive wave of sightings across Florida. Multiple witnesses, including a retired pilot, describe brilliant diamond-shaped lights performing right-angle turns at extreme speed. The official explanations shift from flares to submarine-launched missiles, but witness accounts from both coasts of Florida contradict those theories.
Key Moments
Live audio of Navy LFA sonar blasting humpback whales off Kona: KITV reporter Dick Allgaier, fresh off a Navy research ship seven miles off the Big Island, plays his TV report - including raw audio of 195-decibel low-frequency sonar from underwater speakers 300 feet down, mixed with humpback whale calls in response.
Davenport opens the March 7 Florida 'diamond lights' flap: Davenport reports his Seattle hotline lit up Saturday night with calls from Lake Okeechobee, Tampa, Fort Myers, Sarasota, Vero Beach - all describing two intensely bright diamond-shaped lights with halos. Plays Colonel Danny Oaks (30-year pilot) describing objects that approached, separated into formation, then shot straight up.
Vero Beach witness describes right-angle turn that defies ICBM theory: Davenport plays Danny Racine of Vero Beach describing two objects coming from the east that suddenly executed a right-angle pivot in less than a second. Bell and Davenport reason this rules out the Bermuda newspaper's report of two D-5 Trident missile test firings, since ICBMs from a sub off Florida wouldn't fly northwest over the U.S. landmass.
Greenpeace Hawaii: Navy SEAL divers suffered nerve damage and seizures from same sonar: Greenpeace Hawaii director Michael Bailey cites FOIA documents - 'Exposure Guidelines for Navy Divers Exposed to Low-Frequency Active Sonar' from UT Austin and Groton's Submarine Medical Research Lab - showing divers experienced dizziness, memory loss, tingling, and at least one seizure. He warns the eventual full deployment will be hundreds of thousands of times louder than what hurt the divers.