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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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November 17, 2015: 100 Years of UFO Coverups - Kevin Randle

Nov 17, 2015
2h 23m
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Art Bell sits down with retired Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Randle, a veteran UFO researcher with over 45 years of investigation experience, to discuss the state of ufology and the contents of his new book, The UFO Dossier. The conversation opens with the recent discovery of possible megastructures around star KIC 8462852 and the limitations of pointing radio telescopes at a target 1,480 light years away.

Kevin walks through several landmark cases, including the 1957 Levelland, Texas sightings where a craft stalled car engines at 13 separate locations, and the suppression of evidence from White Sands, New Mexico. He details his ongoing efforts to decipher the text in General Ramey's memo from the Roswell incident using modern scanning technology, and explains how the U.S. Air Force actively misled Australian and British allies to discourage their own UFO investigations.

The pair debate whether UFO sightings have genuinely declined or whether modern camera culture has simply raised the bar for credible evidence. Kevin shares Steve Pierce's account of Philip Klass allegedly offering money to discredit Travis Walton, discusses the shutdown of missile silos by unknown craft, and weighs David Jacobs's theory that a slow alien integration of humanity may already be underway.

Key Moments

  1. KIC 8462852 as UFO-era megastructure: Art opens the UFO-coverup discussion by asking Randle about the Kepler megastructure story.

  2. Ramey memo scrutiny: Art asks Randle about renewed efforts to clarify the famous memo General Ramey held in the Roswell photographs.

  3. Levelland engines stall: Randle describes the 1957 Levelland case, where a low craft reportedly stalled engines and dimmed headlights.

  4. Thirteen separate witness locations: Randle says he found Levelland witnesses at 13 separate locations, beyond the narrower Air Force account.

  5. White Sands follow-up sightings: Randle links Levelland to later sightings by four military policemen at White Sands, New Mexico.