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James McCanney

James McCanney

PhysicsCometsAstronomyElectric Universe

James McCanney is a physicist and mathematician who developed alternative theories about comets as electrically discharging bodies and the electrical nature of the solar system, challenging mainstream astrophysical models. As a guest on late-night radio, he has argued that NASA and the scientific establishment have suppressed the true plasma physics of planetary formation, weather systems, and cosmic interactions.

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Episode thumbnail for September 20, 2003: Extreme Weather - James McCanney

September 20, 2003: Extreme Weather - James McCanney

Sep 20, 2003
2h 50m
Art Bell returns to weekend broadcasting and explains how a call from KFI's Robin Bertolucci led to his comeback on the full network. He shares news about a magnetar burst from 45,000 light years away that overwhelmed solar X-ray levels, a star caught swallowing three planets, and a genetics professor at Oxford warn...
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Episode thumbnail for December 27, 2003: Space Programs - James McCanney

December 27, 2003: Space Programs - James McCanney

Dec 27, 2003
2h 52m
Art Bell welcomes Professor James McCanney to discuss private space ventures, Tesla technology, and the future of space exploration. McCanney reveals that Russia's Cosmos program conducted some 1,600 missions between 1962 and 1977, dwarfing the United States' roughly 300 astronauts sent to space. He argues that priv...
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Episode thumbnail for December 12, 2004: Comets & Electrical Energy - James McCanney

December 12, 2004: Comets & Electrical Energy - James McCanney

Dec 12, 2004
2h 53m
Physicist James McCanney joins Art Bell in the second half to discuss comets and electrical energy in an electrically active solar system, after Whitley Strieber and Dr. Roger Leir examine a mysterious piece of material allegedly recovered from a New Mexico crash site, possibly connected to the 1947 Roswell incident...
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Episode thumbnail for March 19, 2006: Comets and Catastrophes - James McCanney

March 19, 2006: Comets and Catastrophes - James McCanney

Mar 19, 2006
2h 28m
Art Bell welcomes physicist James McCanney to discuss his plasma discharge comet model and its implications for Earth. McCanney argues that NASA's Stardust mission results prove comets are not dirty snowballs, as the returned samples contained calcium-aluminum inclusions formed at extreme temperatures rather than ic...