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Officer X

Officer X

1 archived appearance · 1997

Law EnforcementInvestigationAnonymous

Officer X is the pseudonym of an anonymous law enforcement officer who shared inside information about various cases and police encounters with unexplained phenomena, protecting his identity to avoid professional repercussions. On Art Bell's programs, his willingness to speak candidly from behind the shield of anonymity about what officers encounter but cannot officially report provided rare insider perspective from the law enforcement community.

On the air with Art · 1

  1. Oct 22, 1997 · 2h 40m

    Nuclear Submarine

    Art Bell interviews a former U.S. Navy submarine communications officer, identified only as "Officer X," who reveals a harrowing incident from his time aboard the USS Ulysses S. Grant during the Libya crisis of the 1980s. When a series of equipment failures cut all communications for six hours at DEFCON 3, the crew...