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Chuck Shramek

Chuck Shramek

1 archived appearance · 1996

AstronomyCometsHale-Bopp

Chuck Shramek (1950–2000) was an amateur astronomer recognized for his observations of Comet Hale-Bopp and his controversial claim of photographing a "companion object" near the comet, which ignited one of the most heated astronomical debates of the 1990s. On Art Bell's programs, his photographs and his assertions about the companion object generated enormous public interest and became a defining moment in the intersection of amateur astronomy and conspiracy culture.

On the air with Art · 1

  1. Dec 6, 1996 · 1h 19m

    Hale Bopp

    with Whitley Strieber

    Whitley Strieber and amateur astronomer Chuck Shramek join Art Bell to examine the growing controversy surrounding Comet Hale-Bopp and its mysterious companion object. Shramek, who took 161 photographs of the comet from Houston, describes how NASA and JPL rushed to debunk his findings while multiple independent sour...