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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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November 14, 1996: Remote Viewing the Hale-Bopp Anomaly - Courtney Brown

Nov 14, 1996
3h 12m
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Courtney Brown, associate professor of political science at Emory University and president of the Farsight Institute, joins Art Bell with explosive claims about a massive anomalous object near Comet Hale-Bopp. Brown describes how his team of professional remote viewers targeted the object under blind conditions just hours before the broadcast, producing detailed sessions suggesting an artificial, sentient craft four times the size of Earth.

The evening begins with amateur astronomer Chuck Schramck calling in from Houston to describe a Saturn-like object he photographed near the comet, one that appears on no star charts and is uniformly lit in a way no natural body should be. Brown's remote viewers independently corroborate the sighting, describing tunnels, a guidance system composed of minerals and organic material, and a galactic federation monitoring humanity's reaction to the approaching vessel.

Brown interprets the remote viewing data as evidence of a consciousness-awakening device, not a weapon, though he warns that government secrecy and misunderstanding could lead to panic. The episode captures a pivotal moment in the Hale-Bopp saga that would reverberate through late-night radio for months to come.

Key Moments

  1. Schrammek describes the Hale-Bopp anomaly photo: Houston amateur astronomer Chuck Schrammek phones in to describe a photograph he took at 6 PM that evening showing a Saturn-like object near Hale-Bopp roughly four times the size of Earth, with what appear to be flat rings on edge.

  2. Three blind RV sessions targeted on the anomaly: Brown describes the protocol - six remote viewers in three pairs, monitor plus viewer, given only random numbers - and reports that three professional sessions on the Hale-Bopp companion came in by fax during the show.

  3. Session reports an artificial vehicle and a galactic council: Brown reads from the session: the object is partly technological and partly natural with tunnels, moving under intelligent control, and a galactic council is watching the event unfold like a 4D hologram.

  4. DNA, Atlantis, and a calibration device: Brown reads viewer notes claiming the object's guidance system is a composite of minerals and organic material in a matrix of thought, that it interacts with human DNA as a calibration mechanism, and that humans assisted the technology in the days of Atlantis.