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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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September 2, 2015: Open Lines - Married to an Alien Line

Sep 2, 2015
2h 23m
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Art Bell opens a special phone line out of Roswell for anyone who believes they are married to an alien. The lines fill immediately and stay jammed all night, Skype crashing under the volume.

A Midwest caller describes his wife of fifteen years as devoid of emotion, functioning perfectly but disconnected from feeling. From New Orleans, a man claims his wife bleeds "Gerber green," the color of baby food. Most dramatically, a caller who witnessed his wife shape-shifting in sleep, skin turning grayish and reptilian, loses the connection when she apparently overhears. Beyond the alien line, an Apple Valley caller describes a time-slip where his bedroom reverted to childhood and he regressed to age nine. A first-time caller shares an abduction memory from age four where everyone went catatonic and floated toward a spacecraft while a helmeted being lifted her. An Australian named Peter was woken by a whispered voice and found his stepdaughter suffocating between bed and wall. Art Bell reaffirms belief in Colonel Corso's Roswell testimony, calls Bob Lazar a friend whose story never changed, and clarifies he never spoke with John Titor.

Art Bell drops "America" from his sign-off, acknowledging the worldwide audience with a simple "Goodnight."

Key Moments

  1. Art on Titor and Lazar: Art clarifies he never spoke with John Titor, then says Bob Lazar remains a longtime friend whose story never changes.

  2. Gerber-green blood: A caller claims his wife bleeds baby-food green, prompting Art to coin the phrase 'Gerber green.'

  3. Helmeted being lifts her: A caller recalls long fingers wrapping around her waist and lifting her as she glimpsed a reflective helmet-like mask.

  4. Bedroom reverts to childhood: An Apple Valley caller describes waking to find his bedroom reverting to childhood as he becomes nine years old again.

  5. Wife shapeshifts in bed: A caller says he wakes at night to see his wife shapeshifting into reptilian-like skin while she sleeps.