Area 51, Bob Lazar, and S4

Selected episodes

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   Area 51

   Dec 12, 1992 · John Lear & Bob Lazar · 2h 9m

   The foundation broadcast for this hub. Lazar and Lear put S4, reverse engineering, element 115, and Nevada secrecy into the same Art Bell frame.

   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...
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   UFOs & Area 51

   Sep 26, 1997 · Bob Lazar · 2h 42m

   A useful later Lazar appearance because the original story had already spread. Listen for what stays stable and what gets sharpened after years of scrutiny.

   Art Bell sits down with physicist Bob Lazar and his longtime friend Gene Huff for a rare and detailed interview about Lazar's work back-engineering extraterrestrial craft at a facility called S4, located roughly 15 miles south of Area 51 in the Nevada desert. Lazar recounts how a chance meeting with Edward Teller at...
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   Area 51 and UFOs

   Jun 6, 2002 · Bob Lazar · 2h 31m

   This episode keeps the focus on Area 51 while revisiting the technical and credibility questions that followed Lazar through the archive.

   Physicist Bob Lazar joins Art Bell to discuss Area 51, UFOs, S4, and advanced propulsion after the Amazing Kreskin UFO-prediction bust in Las Vegas. With a night vision camera pointed at the desert sky, Art takes calls from people gathered at the Kreskin event, where most report seeing only airplanes in the McCarran...
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   UFOs and Alternative Energy

   Dec 6, 2003 · Bob Lazar · 2h 51m

   Lazar moves from S4 into alternative energy and suppressed technology, connecting Area 51 claims to the archive's broader exotic-engineering lane.

   Bob Lazar, president of United Nuclear and a controversial figure in ufology, returns to Art Bell to discuss UFOs, Area S4, gravity propulsion, and alternative energy after a first-hour interview with gambler Amarillo Slim Preston. Slim shares stories from his memoir, including making a cat pick up a Coke bottle by...
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   UFOs

   Mar 21, 2004 · John Lear · 2h 53m

   Lear gets room to build the larger secrecy architecture around UFOs, government control, and hidden history.

   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...
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   UFOs

   Sep 2, 1994 · John Lear · 3h 28m

   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...
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   Aerial Revelations

   Nov 2, 2003 · John Lear · 2h 50m

   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...
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   UFOs & Area 51

   Nov 17, 1997 · David Adair · 3h 20m

   Art Bell welcomes rocket scientist David Adair, who recounts his extraordinary journey from building rockets as a child in rural Ohio to a classified encounter at Area 51. Adair describes growing up around NASCAR machine shops with access to titanium, aircraft aluminum, and cryogenic fuels, which allowed him to buil...
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   UFOs

   Feb 9, 1994 · John Lear · 2h 19m

   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...
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    Open Lines - Area 51, Earthquakes, & Crop Circles

    Aug 31, 2001 · 2h 49m

    Art Bell hosts a Friday night open lines program under a full moon, opening a dedicated phone line for Area 51 workers and government whistleblowers. He covers a wave of bizarre animal behavior stories, from deer crashing through office windows in Des Plaines to a cougar killed in Iowa for the first time since 1865,...
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    Comet Hale-Bopp Discovered | Tales from Area 51 - Glenn Campbell

    Aug 6, 1995 · 1h 53m

    Glenn Campbell, the principal local activist seeking government accountability at Area 51, joins Art Bell to share years of firsthand research from the secretive military base 90 miles north of Las Vegas. The program opens with Linda Moulton Howe reporting on the newly discovered Comet Hale-Bopp, a surprisingly brig...
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    UFOs & Predictions

    Aug 7, 1994 · Sean David Morton · 43m

    Sean David Morton, UFO researcher and self-described prophecy expert, joins Art Bell with bold claims about Area 51, extraterrestrial contact, and secret government programs hidden from public view.Morton describes his firsthand observations from a mountain overlooking the Groom Lake facility, where he says he witne...
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    UFO's + Art & Ramona's Black Triangle Sighting

    Sep 3, 1993 · John Lear · 38m

    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...
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    Open Lines with Area 51 Employees Call-in

    Sep 11, 1997 · 3h 14m

    Art Bell opens a special phone line for current and former Area 51 employees willing to share their secrets. The evening begins with a heartfelt hospital room interview with Dannion Brinkley, who describes his battle with three brain aneurysms and the healing power of prayer and love he received from listeners durin...
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    Area 51

    May 23, 1997 · Sean David Morton & Victor · 3h 19m

    Sean David Morton and the mysterious whistleblower known only as Victor join Art Bell for an extraordinary evening centered on Area 51 and a smuggled video allegedly showing the interrogation of a live extraterrestrial being. Victor, speaking through a voice-changing device to protect his identity, claims to have ex...
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    The Government & UFOs

    Jun 11, 1995 · George Knapp · 1h 13m

    George Knapp, the investigative journalist who broke the Area 51 story, joins Art Bell to discuss his groundbreaking trip to Russia and the treasure trove of previously classified UFO documents he brought back. Knapp reveals that the Russian Ministry of Defense has studied UFOs at the highest levels since the late 1...
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    Richard Dolan

    Jul 28, 2015 · 2h 37m

    Richard Dolan, UFO historian and author of UFOs for the 21st Century Mind, joins Art Bell for their first-ever conversation, bringing two decades of research grounded in declassified government documents. Dolan describes how FOIA releases hooked him on the subject, citing the 1947 Twining Memo in which a three-star...
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    UFOs & Alien Abductions

    Sep 24, 2015 · David Jacobs · 2h 21m

    Art Bell welcomes retired Temple University history professor Dr. David Jacobs, who has investigated over 1,150 abduction cases during his decades of research. Dr. Jacobs presents his controversial conclusion that the alien abduction phenomenon is not benevolent but represents a systematic program of hybridization,...
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    UFOs & the Paranormal

    Jul 29, 2015 · Preston Dennett · 2h 29m

    Preston Dennett, MUFON field investigator and author of 17 books on UFOs and the paranormal, joins Art Bell for a detailed exploration of out-of-body experiences drawn from thousands of his own conscious astral travels. Dennett describes passing through solid objects with startling specificity: brick feels grainy ac...
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    Turkish UFOs & Alien Implants

    Oct 21, 2013 · Dr. Roger Leir · 2h 57m

    Art Bell welcomes Dr. Roger Leir, a podiatric surgeon who has performed 16 surgeries to remove suspected alien implants from abductees. Leir discusses his return after a severe bout with shingles and shares remarkable findings from years of laboratory analysis on the recovered objects, including the discovery of car...
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    UFOs and Parallel Realities

    Jan 3, 2008 · Whitley Strieber · 2h 36m

    Art Bell welcomes Whitley Strieber, who reveals a new encounter experience from December 7th that left him questioning the nature of human existence. Whitley describes waking in the night and finding himself in a different house with dogs that should not have been there. As the experience unfolded, he became aware o...
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    Skinwalker Ranch and Area 51

    Feb 11, 2007 · George Knapp & Colm Kelleher · 2h 36m

    Art Bell welcomes investigative journalist George Knapp and biochemist Dr. Colm Kelleher for a discussion about Utah's Skinwalker Ranch, the subject of their book, and an update on Area 51. Kelleher, who served as project manager at Robert Bigelow's National Institute for Discovery Science, describes the ranch as a...
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    UFOs and Crop Circles

    Jan 14, 2007 · Ed Sherwood & Kris Sherwood · 2h 34m

    Art Bell is joined by crop circle researchers Ed Sherwood and Kris Sherwood, who bring more than 30 years of combined experience studying the worldwide crop circle phenomenon. The couple, based in Santa Monica, California, report having videotaped over 40 daylight UFO sightings above their apartment since June of th...
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    UFOs and ETs

    Dec 24, 2006 · David Sereda · 2h 39m

    Art Bell welcomes filmmaker and researcher David Sereda for a Christmas Eve discussion about UFOs, extraterrestrial contact, and the future of humanity. Sereda describes his own close encounter with a triangular craft in Berkeley in 1968 and outlines a theory connecting the Phoenix Lights to Pythagorean mathematics...
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    Abductions, Area 51, and Alien Implants

    Nov 4, 2006 · Dr. Roger Leir · 2h 41m

    Art Bell welcomes Dr. Roger Leir, a podiatrist who has become one of ufology's leading figures in physical evidence research. The program opens with election coverage before turning to Dr. Leir's work removing suspected alien implants from abductees. Now on his twelfth surgery, he describes extracting a metallic rod...
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    Gilliland Ranch Sightings - James Gilliland | Space, Climate, & UFOs - Robert Zimmerman

    Feb 19, 2006 · 2h 29m

    Art Bell welcomes UFO researcher James Gilliland from his ranch at the base of Mount Adams in Washington state. Gilliland brings multiple witnesses, including aerospace professionals who describe seeing objects that stopped mid-flight, flared brilliantly, then zigzagged into space at impossible speeds. An aviation e...
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    The Hutchison Effect and UFOs

    Jun 4, 2005 · John Hutchison & David Sereda · 2h 30m

    Art Bell speaks with inventor John Hutchison and researcher David Sereda about the controversial Hutchison Effect, a phenomenon involving RF frequencies and high-voltage electrostatics that reportedly produces levitation of heavy objects, metal samples turning transparent, and spontaneous fracturing of materials. Hu...
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    UFOs in the USSR

    May 29, 2005 · Paul Stonehill · 2h 54m

    Art Bell welcomes Paul Stonehill, a Kiev-born researcher who immigrated to the United States in 1972, for a deep examination of UFO phenomena across the former Soviet Union. Stonehill draws on decades of research into declassified Soviet military reports, intelligence files, and eyewitness accounts to reveal encount...
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    Poker Champion - Chris Moneymaker | UFOs and Coverups - Timothy Good

    Feb 19, 2005 · 2h 54m

    Art Bell interviews Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker champion who turned a forty-dollar Internet entry into a 2.5-million-dollar prize. Moneymaker describes the mental exhaustion of fourteen-hour sessions and how he learned to read tells, shift between aggressive and conservative play, and exploit op...
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    Finding UFOs

    Jul 25, 2004 · Peter Davenport · 2h 51m

    Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center joins Art Bell to discuss finding UFOs with passive radar after a Seattle triangular-craft eyewitness report. Art presents a UFO eyewitness named Jim who describes seeing a silent, perfectly triangular black craft gliding over Seattle's Interstate 5 corridor. Jim,...
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    Mexican UFOs

    Jun 13, 2004 · David Sereda · 2h 52m

    Art Bell speaks with David Sereda about the Mexican military's release of infrared footage showing multiple unidentified objects tracked by an Air Force surveillance plane. David brings a unique perspective as someone who spent years working alongside top physicists on nuclear fusion and hydrogen energy breakthrough...
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    UFOs and Alien Abductions

    Sep 27, 2003 · David Jacobs · 2h 50m

    Art Bell opens the program with Jose Escamilla to examine new photographic evidence challenging the existence of rods, the mysterious elongated objects Jose has filmed for years. A website called UFO Theater presents compelling images suggesting rods may be insects captured at low shutter speeds, and Jose concedes t...
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    Mars & UFOs in Chile

    Apr 16, 2002 · Richard C. Hoagland & Whitley Strieber · 2h 48m

    Art Bell welcomes Whitley Strieber with breaking news from Chile, where a UFO congress reportedly produced extraordinary close encounters. Witnesses describe a craft landing with beings standing six and a half feet tall in shiny body suits, while 24 conference attendees allegedly experienced a form of teleportation,...
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    An Astronomer Examines the Science of UFOs

    Jan 14, 2002 · Dr. William R. Alschuler · 2h 36m

    Art Bell welcomes astronomer Dr. William R. Alschuler, who holds a PhD from UC Santa Cruz and a BA from Harvard, to discuss the science behind UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Unlike most astronomers who avoid the topic, Alschuler has devoted his career to public science education and authored several books including...
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    The Case for NASA UFOs

    Dec 5, 2001 · David Sereda & Dan Aykroyd · 2h 47m

    Art Bell hosts researcher David Sereda and actor Dan Aykroyd for a wide-ranging discussion on UFO phenomena, NASA space shuttle footage, and ancient civilizations. Aykroyd shares his personal UFO sighting over Martha's Vineyard, describing two glowing white discs traveling at extreme speed across the sky, and announ...
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    UFOs and Abductions

    May 29, 2001 · David M. Jacobs · 2h 50m

    Art Bell speaks with Temple University Associate Professor of History David M. Jacobs, a 35-year veteran of UFO research who has conducted over 800 hypnotic regressions with more than 130 abductees. Jacobs discusses his latest edited volume from the University of Kansas Press, featuring contributions from ten resear...