John Lear
6 archived appearances · 1992–2004
John Lear (1942–2022) was a retired airline captain, record-setting pilot, and son of Learjet inventor Bill Lear, known for his explosive claims about secret government programs, underground bases, and alleged extraterrestrial contact at Area 51. On Art Bell's programs, he captivated audiences with detailed assertions about a government cover-up of alien technology and interplanetary travel.
On the air with Art · 6
Dec 12, 1992 · 2h 9m
Area 51
with Bob Lazar
John Lear and Bob Lazar join Art Bell for one of the earliest recorded episodes of the program, delivering a sprawling discussion on Area 51 and the alleged reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial craft at the secretive S4 facility near Groom Lake, Nevada.Lear, a veteran airline pilot with over 16,000 hours of fligh...Sep 3, 1993 · 38m
UFO's + Art & Ramona's Black Triangle Sighting
John Lear returns to the program as Art Bell opens with a detailed account of his own UFO sighting near Pahrump, Nevada, describing a massive, silent, black triangular craft that floated just 150 feet above his car at impossibly slow speed.Lear, drawing on his record-setting aviation career and intelligence contacts...Feb 9, 1994 · 2h 19m
UFOs
John Lear returns for an extended broadcast as Art Bell again recounts his triangular UFO sighting near Pahrump, Nevada, before diving deep into government secrecy, alien contact, and the nature of human existence.Lear describes the multi-tiered classification system beyond top secret, revealing 28 levels of crypto...Sep 2, 1994 · 3h 28m
UFOs
John Lear, airline captain and son of Learjet inventor Bill Lear, returns to Art Bell for a rare and wide-ranging conversation tracing the history of UFO encounters from the 1947 Roswell crash through four decades of government secrecy. Holding 18 world speed records and over 17,000 flight hours, Lear brings an avia...Nov 2, 2003 · 2h 50m
Aerial Revelations
Art Bell interviews legendary pilot John Lear, son of Learjet inventor Bill Lear, who breaks a decade of silence to discuss UFOs, government cover-ups, and the nature of reality. Art reads Lear's extraordinary biography detailing over 19,000 flight hours, CIA missions, and his friendship with Bob Lazar, who claimed...Mar 21, 2004 · 2h 53m
UFOs
Art Bell welcomes back John Lear, son of Learjet inventor Bill Lear, for a wide-ranging conversation about his decades in ufology. Lear recounts his aviation career, including setting a world speed record in a Learjet and racing at Reno, before describing how Bud Hopkins' book Missing Time launched his UFO research...
