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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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November 23, 1998: Pegasi Hoax - Richard C. Hoagland

Nov 23, 1998
43m
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Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland for an update on several developing stories, including anomalies surrounding the Leonid meteor shower that arrived 19.5 hours ahead of schedule. Hoagland presents frames from NASA video showing an unidentified object captured during the Leonid observation flights over Okinawa, raising questions about what the space agency inadvertently recorded.

The conversation turns to the Pegasus signal controversy and reports of a possible landing event predicted for December 6th or 7th. Hoagland shares intelligence from a Pentagon source claiming a hostile object is approaching from the constellation Pegasus, while ground reports of military activity near the alleged landing site add further intrigue to the unfolding story.

Art also speaks with former submariner Howard Weinstein about life aboard a nuclear submarine commanded by the technical advisor for The Hunt for Red October. Callers weigh in on the Dr. Reed alien encounter story and the recent Church of Satan interview, while Art addresses his philosophy of presenting stories and letting listeners decide for themselves.

Key Moments

  1. Earth hits the Leonids 19.5 hours early: Hoagland points out that the Leonid meteor storm peaked over Israel rather than the predicted spot near Okinawa, arriving more than nineteen hours ahead of NASA's calculations - and ties the suspicious 19.5-hour offset to his ritual hyperdimensional numerology.

  2. NASA's Leonid frames show an unknown object: Hoagland describes four frames grabbed from NASA's Leonid Watch aircraft video over Okinawa: a slow object drifting across the field of view that a Leonid streaks directly through at the dead center of the frame - the only clip NASA released.

  3. Pentagon source: hostile object inbound from Pegasus, December 6: Hoagland reports that a UK Skywatch director and his own Pentagon source are now claiming a hostile object is incoming from the constellation Pegasus, due to arrive around December 6 or 7, with military activity already reported around a designated Arizona landing site.

  4. Why December 7 - Pearl Harbor and the 19.5 ritual calendar: Hoagland argues December 7 is no accident: it lands on a 19.5 ritual Egyptian calendar date NASA has supposedly been honoring, and is freighted with the Pearl Harbor anniversary and Independence Day imagery.