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Sir Charles Shults III

Sir Charles Shults III

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Sir Charles Shults III is an aerospace engineer and inventor who gained attention for his detailed analysis of NASA Mars rover images, claiming to identify evidence of fossils, artifacts, and signs of past biological activity on the Red Planet. As a guest on late-night radio, he presented his photographic findings and argued that NASA's own images contain overlooked proof of extraterrestrial life.

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Episode thumbnail for April 18, 2004: Fossils on Mars - Sir Charles Shults III

April 18, 2004: Fossils on Mars - Sir Charles Shults III

Apr 18, 2004
2h 53m
Art Bell interviews Sir Charles Shults III, a former Martin Marietta aerospace engineer and weapons systems specialist, about his analysis of Mars rover images that he believes reveal fossilized marine organisms. Shults describes finding structures resembling sand dollars, sea urchins, crinoids, shark teeth, and eve...
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Episode thumbnail for June 6, 2004: Martian Fossils - Sir Charles Shults III

June 6, 2004: Martian Fossils - Sir Charles Shults III

Jun 6, 2004
2h 52m
Art Bell welcomes back Sir Charles Shults III, a former Martin Marietta Aerospace engineer who wrote nuclear EMP test software for the Pershing-2 missile system and now conducts research in robotics and artificial intelligence. Their conversation begins with the coming age of robotic warfare, where unmanned aircraft...
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Episode thumbnail for October 16, 2004: Signs of Martian Life - Sir Charles Shults III

October 16, 2004: Signs of Martian Life - Sir Charles Shults III

Oct 16, 2004
2h 52m
Art Bell welcomes Sir Charles Shults III, the aerospace researcher and former Martin Marietta engineer, who presents his growing body of evidence for past and present life on Mars. Shults describes fossils he has identified in NASA rover images, including sea urchins, trilobites, seashells, coral, and sand dollars,...
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Episode thumbnail for January 22, 2005: The Schults Report - Sir Charles Shults III

January 22, 2005: The Schults Report - Sir Charles Shults III

Jan 22, 2005
2h 54m
Art Bell welcomes Sir Charles Shults III, a defense technology expert knighted for his research in robotics and artificial intelligence, for a conversation that begins with breaking news: the U.S. Army is deploying 18 armed robotic soldiers to Iraq. Sir Charles, who spent ten years at Martin Marietta Aerospace worki...
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Episode thumbnail for August 21, 2005: Space Technology and Mars - Sir Charles Shults III

August 21, 2005: Space Technology and Mars - Sir Charles Shults III

Aug 21, 2005
2h 27m
Art Bell welcomes Sir Charles Shults III for a discussion on energy solutions and discoveries on Mars. The conversation begins with nuclear fusion, where Sir Charles explains the promise of helium-3 as clean fuel found on the lunar surface but extremely rare on Earth. He describes how orbital solar power satellites...
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