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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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Officer X

Officer X

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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. As a guest on late-night radio, 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.

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October 22, 1997: Nuclear Submarine - Officer X

Oct 22, 1997
2h 40m
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...