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October 7, 1999: Preparedness - Stan Deyo & Holly Deyo | NIDS Hotline Reports - Colm Kelleher

Oct 7, 1999
2h 56m
Stan DeyoHolly DeyoColm Kelleher
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Art Bell speaks with Dr. Colm Kelleher of the National Institute for Discovery Science about early results from their new UFO hotline, then shifts to preparedness experts Stan and Holly Deyo broadcasting from Australia. Kelleher describes roughly 70 reports received in just weeks, including a massive silent triangular craft spotted over Oklahoma and a deeply strange encounter on Bob Bigelow's research ranch where a glowing blue orb and a large black object were visible to one investigator but completely invisible to another standing fifteen feet away.

Stan Deyo shares alarming observations about ocean surface temperatures, describing an anomalous cold circle in the North Atlantic that behaves like a thermal sink, along with unusual solar activity including new ultraviolet frequencies the sun began emitting in 1991. Holly Deyo discusses their book Dare to Prepare, offering practical advice for urban and rural families facing potential disasters from weather disruptions to Y2K uncertainties.

The conversation turns to persistent rumors of a possible event in November 1999, asteroid detection gaps caused by the shutdown of Australia's Space Guard program, and a striking map showing that 70 percent of known meteor impact craters are concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere.

Key Moments

  1. Kelleher: invisible 60-foot black object 50 yards away: NIDS investigator Colm Kelleher recounts a field night when his partner, using Generation 3 night-vision binoculars, watched a shapeless 60-foot black object move silently through trees, blocking out stars before folding in on itself and vanishing. Kelleher, standing 15 feet away, saw nothing. Both dogs froze and pressed against the men's legs.

  2. NIDS struggles to find a pattern in UFO hotbeds: Asked why certain ranches and regions become decades-long UFO hotbeds, Kelleher says NIDS has checked magnetic fields, geology, and other 'usual suspects' and found very little commonality. Within Bigelow's purchased ranch alone they have catalogued 70-80 incidents involving a wide spectrum of craft and experiences.

  3. Australia's Spaceguard goes dark; Congress votes to cut U.S. asteroid program: Stan Deyo reports Australia's Spaceguard observatory went unfunded for three years until the University of Arizona stepped in. He notes one-third of all near-earth asteroid detections have come from that single Australian site. Meanwhile, on September 14, the U.S. Congress was voting on a 40 percent cut to U.S. Spaceguard - what scientists likened to 'a self-inflicted lobotomy.'

  4. Australia's Noah's Ark emergency drill: Holly Deyo describes seeing an Australian TV emergency-system test using a Noah's Ark image marching across the screen, telling viewers to tune their radios in a real emergency. She notes Australian Emergency Management asked the Deyos to link their preparedness site. Art and Stan agree governments would never reveal a real disaster outright - they would lead the public toward preparation gradually.

  5. 'Y2K will look like a cakewalk': Holly Deyo urges listeners not to dump their preparedness supplies after January 1, 2000. She warns that something larger is coming - referencing weather anomalies including the cold spot in the Atlantic - and reveals Art has co-authored 'The Coming Superstorm' with Whitley Strieber on this theme.