Davenport details his passive radar proposal: antennas listening for reflections of FM and television signals off airborne objects, covering North America with six to eight stations under $750,000. He reveals in 2004, a CIA officer delivering the daily presidential briefing called to say building the system would answer whether UFOs are real. The broadcast turns when Davenport ventures into what he calls ufology's darkest territory: the possibility a landing has already occurred and alien species may be manipulating events. He emphasizes he has no proof, basing this on instinct from decades of immersion. He revisits the Phoenix Lights, describing the chevron as 7.4 miles tip to tip, and recounts its instantaneous jump from Camelback Mountain to Sky Harbor faster than a witness could track. He connects the timing to President Clinton's knee injury and a reported jump from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 3.
Art Bell closes noting this marks the most profound statements Davenport has ever made on the air.
Key Moments
102,000 UFO reports: Davenport says the National UFO Reporting Center has between 100,000 and 102,000 written reports posted after 21 years of his tenure.
Passive radar could end ufology: Davenport explains passive radar as listening for broadcast-signal reflections from objects, then says six to eight stations could cover North America.
Phoenix object measured 7.4 miles: Davenport describes the Phoenix Lights chevron as at least 7.4 statute miles tip to tip, then claims it jumped from Camelback Mountain to Sky Harbor.
CIA officer says system will work: Davenport recounts a senior CIA physicist calling about his passive radar proposal and saying it would answer whether UFOs are real.
Phoenix Lights and DEFCON 3: Davenport links the Phoenix intercept to a claimed jump from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 3, allegedly confirmed through a general officer.