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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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Budd Hopkins

Budd Hopkins

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Budd Hopkins (1931–2011) was a renowned abstract expressionist painter and a pioneering UFO abduction researcher who investigated hundreds of alleged cases of alien contact using hypnotic regression techniques. As a seminal figure in abduction research and a guest on late-night radio, he founded the Intruders Foundation and authored landmark books including Missing Time and Intruders, which helped define the field.

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Episode thumbnail for April 3, 1994: Aliens, Abductions & More - Budd Hopkins

April 3, 1994: Aliens, Abductions & More - Budd Hopkins

Apr 3, 1994
2h 7m
Budd Hopkins, renowned UFO investigator and author of Intruders and Missing Time, joins Art Bell for a Dreamland episode that opens with Linda Moulton Howe reporting live from Philadelphia Airport on a 1971 alleged UFO landing at Holloman Air Force Base.Hopkins discusses over 450 abduction cases he has personally in...
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Episode thumbnail for February 23, 1996: Alien Abduction Show on Nova - Budd Hopkins & John Mack

February 23, 1996: Alien Abduction Show on Nova - Budd Hopkins & John Mack

Feb 23, 1996
1h 20m
Budd Hopkins, best-selling author of Intruders and Missing Time, joins Art Bell along with abductee John to expose what they describe as a deliberately dishonest NOVA documentary set to air on PBS. Hopkins details how the program, titled Kidnapped by Aliens, was designed to discredit the UFO abduction phenomenon by...
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Episode thumbnail for July 3, 1997: Art's Parts - Linda Moulton Howe & Budd Hopkins

July 3, 1997: Art's Parts - Linda Moulton Howe & Budd Hopkins

Jul 3, 1997
2h 55m
Art Bell connects with Linda Moulton Howe live from Roswell, New Mexico, on the eve of a press conference claiming scientific proof that crash debris is extraterrestrial. Linda reports that Paul Davids and Chris Wyatt, who organized the announcement, declined to preview their evidence on air. She reveals that a Stan...
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Episode thumbnail for August 10, 1997: Abductions - Budd Hopkins

August 10, 1997: Abductions - Budd Hopkins

Aug 10, 1997
2h 2m
Art Bell welcomes abduction researcher Budd Hopkins for a Dreamland broadcast that begins with a discussion of media attacks on UFO investigators. Budd recounts how the PBS program NOVA set him up during filming, suppressing the most compelling footage of a husband describing his family's abduction while editing hyp...
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Episode thumbnail for February 7, 1999: Alien Abductions - Budd Hopkins

February 7, 1999: Alien Abductions - Budd Hopkins

Feb 7, 1999
1h 52m
Art Bell sits down with renowned abduction researcher Budd Hopkins, author of Intruders, Missing Time, and Witnessed, for a wide-ranging discussion on the alien abduction phenomenon. The program opens with Linda Moulton Howe reporting on mysterious livestock deaths in Ash Fork, Arizona, coral reef die-offs in the Fl...
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Episode thumbnail for May 9, 2004: Abduction Enigmas - Budd Hopkins

May 9, 2004: Abduction Enigmas - Budd Hopkins

May 9, 2004
2h 52m
Art Bell welcomes Budd Hopkins, the world's foremost UFO abduction researcher, to discuss his fourth book Sight Unseen. Hopkins presents his most provocative finding: that alien abductions routinely involve a technology of invisibility, allowing craft and abductees to remain unseen even in crowded urban environments...