Government Secrets & Conspiracies
The Philadelphia Experiment, the Montauk Project, Men in Black, mind control, and the conspiracy researchers who brought hidden-history claims to late-night radio.
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Al Bielek, Jim Marrs, Richard C. Hoagland, Capt. William S. Donaldson and 29 more
36 shows, 1993–2015
- High Desert Origins1992–96 · 12
- UFO / Y2K Boom1997–99 · 19
- Post-Millennium Coast2000–09 · 2
- Return and Midnight Era2010–16 · 3
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The Philadelphia Experiment
Jun 20, 1993 · Al Bielek · 4h 53m
Al Bielek joins Art Bell for a riveting three-hour interview in which the self-described electronic engineer and alleged participant claims firsthand involvement in the Philadelphia Experiment, the Navy's classified World War II project to render a warship invisible.Bielek traces the project back to 1931 and the wor...Montauk Project
May 27, 1994 · Preston Nichols · 2h 53m
Preston Nichols, electrical engineer and self-described participant in the Montauk Project, tells Art Bell about a secret military program that evolved from the Philadelphia Experiment into research involving mind control, time manipulation, and interdimensional exploration at the decommissioned Montauk Air Force St...Casebook on the Men In Black
Jul 24, 1997 · Jim Keith · 2h 44m
Art Bell interviews author Jim Keith about his book Casebook on the Men in Black, a serious investigation into the phenomenon behind the Hollywood comedy. Keith identifies at least four categories of men in black encounters: government agents silencing witnesses, hoaxers, delusional reports, and a residual percentag...Encyclopedia of Conspiracies - Robert Anton Wilson | Remote Viewing Training - Ed Dames
Jul 17, 1997 · 3h 18m
Art Bell welcomes author Robert Anton Wilson, whose 31 books include the legendary Illuminatus trilogy, written during his years as associate editor at Playboy. Wilson explains that the trilogy was born from letters sent to the Playboy Foundation by people claiming government conspiracies against them, blended with...Modern Mind Control
Dec 7, 2015 · Neil Sanders · 2h 22m
Art Bell welcomes Neil Sanders, a British mind control researcher and author of Your Thoughts Are Not Your Own, for an expansive discussion on modern psychological manipulation. The conversation opens with Sanders describing his background as a qualified hypnotherapist and past life regressionist before turning to t...Global Conspiracy
Nov 11, 1998 · David Icke · 2h 0m
Art Bell hosts David Icke, who lays out his theory that a network of interbreeding bloodlines originating from ancient extraterrestrial-human hybridization has maintained control over global affairs for thousands of years. Icke traces these lineages from Sumerian texts and the Caucasus Mountains region through the r...The Philadelphia Experiment
Jun 12, 1998 · Al Bielek · 2h 34m
Art Bell interviews Al Bielek, who claims to be a survivor of the Philadelphia Experiment, the Navy's 1943 attempt to render the USS Eldridge invisible. Bielek provides an extraordinarily detailed technical description of the Tesla-based technology used, including a rotating RF antenna system operating at 160 megahe...The Philadelphia Experiment
Mar 20, 1997 · Al Bielek · 2h 2m
Al Bielek, self-described survivor of the Philadelphia Experiment, delivers a meticulous technical account of the Navy's alleged 1943 attempt to render the USS Eldridge invisible. Beginning with the project's origins in 1931 under Nikola Tesla, Bielek details the interplay of rotating RF fields at 160 megahertz, pul...The Philadelphia Experiment
Mar 12, 1994 · Al Bielek · 2h 34m
Al Bielek returns with his account of the Philadelphia Experiment, alleged naval invisibility tests, time displacement, and the later Montauk Project.Art Bell takes the story from its claimed origins through the USS Eldridge experiment and Bielek’s assertion that he personally survived it under another identity. Cal...Open Lines - Flight 800, Drugs & Military Conspiracies
Jul 25, 1996 · 2h 45m
The investigation of TWA Flight 800 dominates open lines alongside arguments over drug policy and claims of secret military activity.Callers present missile sightings, mechanical explanations, and suspicions about the official inquiry while Art Bell distinguishes observation from rumor. The conversation broadens to...TWA Flight 800
Aug 19, 2015 · Jim Sanders & Bill Birnes · 2h 19m
Bill Birnes, bestselling author, and Jim Sanders, retired police investigator turned journalist, join Art Bell to present evidence that TWA Flight 800 was accidentally shot down by the U.S. Navy during a 1996 exercise. Sanders argues the automated Cooperative Engagement Capability system locked onto the delayed 747...Mars Conspiracies
Dec 7, 1999 · Richard C. Hoagland · 2h 21m
Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland to discuss NASA's loss of the Mars Polar Lander, the latest in a string of failed Mars missions. Hoagland argues that the failures are not accidents but the work of a rogue group within NASA that is deliberately sabotaging missions to prevent the public from learning about ancie...Open Lines - Secret Societies Hotline
Oct 20, 1999 · 3h 17m
Art Bell opens the phone lines with a special challenge, dedicating one line exclusively to members of secret societies willing to share something about their organizations. The evening draws multiple callers claiming Masonic membership, including a self-described Master Mason who insists all Masonic secrets are pub...Conspiracy Theory Movie
Apr 16, 1998 · Bruce Wallace · 44m
Art Bell welcomes Bruce Wallace, who claims to be the real-life inspiration for the Mel Gibson character in the film Conspiracy Theory and the ghostwriter of the original screenplay. Wallace says his manuscripts were plagiarized by Hollywood after the CIA censored his work, and he holds Writer's Guild registrations...Open Lines - Men in Black, Time Travelers
Aug 8, 1997 · 2h 42m
Art Bell opens the phone lines on a Friday night with a twist, designating his first-time caller line exclusively for men in black, time travelers, and anyone claiming to possess a time machine. Several callers rise to the occasion, beginning with a self-described "auditor" who claims men in black are outdated biolo...Secret Societies and Ancient Thought
Sep 17, 2006 · Philip Gardiner · 2h 37m
Art Bell welcomes Philip Gardiner, British author who has infiltrated secret societies and studied ancient serpent worship across cultures. Gardiner recounts being driven to a Berlin cafe decorated with portraits of Hitler and Himmler, where members of the Holy Vehm, a medieval German secret court, confirmed their c...Hurricane Hunter - Mark Suddeth | HAARP Weather and Mind Control - Dr. Nick Begich
Oct 23, 2005 · 2h 28m
Art Bell opens the broadcast with live coverage of Hurricane Wilma as it barrels toward Florida, speaking with hurricane hunter Mark Suddeth who is stationed in Everglades City monitoring the Category 3 storm. Suddeth describes the record-breaking hurricane season, the dangers of storm surge, and the alarming trend...TWA Flight 800 Investigation
Dec 1, 1998 · Capt. William S. Donaldson · 1h 20m
Art Bell welcomes retired Navy Commander William S. Donaldson, a career naval aviator and aviation safety expert, for a detailed investigation into the TWA Flight 800 disaster of July 1996. Donaldson presents his case that the official explanation of a spontaneous center fuel tank explosion is scientifically impossi...Toxic Chemical Waste - Linda Moulton Howe | Mind Control - Steven Jacobson
Jun 14, 1998 · 1h 59m
Art Bell hosts a two-part Dreamland broadcast beginning with Linda Moulton Howe's report on environmental contamination in the Arctic. She interviews Canadian zoologist Dr. Andrew DeRocher about polar bear cubs discovered near Svalbard, Norway with both male and female sexual organs. The researchers link these abnor...Alien Agenda
Jan 26, 1998 · Jim Marrs · 2h 38m
Art Bell welcomes investigative journalist Jim Marrs to discuss his book Alien Agenda and the broader implications of government secrecy. Marrs argues that the Clinton scandal has conveniently derailed a growing momentum toward government openness on the UFO issue, noting that plans for a full-page Washington Post a...BIG UFO Disclosure Show
Jan 5, 1998 · Stephen Bassett, Richard C. Hoagland, Dr. Steven M. Greer, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Peter Gersten, Robert O. Dean, Jim Marrs · 3h 20m
Art Bell assembles a landmark panel of seven researchers and figures for a night centered on one word: Disclosure. Washington UFO lobbyist Stephen Bassett serves as the thread connecting each segment, while Richard C. Hoagland opens the broadcast discussing Webster Hubbell's reported admission that he was tasked by...Cancer Treatments - Dr. Joseph Gold | TWA Flight 800 Investigation - Capt. William S. Donaldson
Nov 24, 1997 · 3h 13m
Art Bell opens the program with Dr. Joseph Gold of the Syracuse Cancer Research Institute to discuss hydrazine sulfate, an inexpensive compound he has researched for decades as a cancer treatment. Dr. Gold explains that the drug works by inhibiting an enzyme in the liver that drives cachexia, the wasting process res...Men in Black - Jim Dilettoso | Open Lines
Jul 28, 1997 · 2h 55m
Art Bell opens an evening of wide-ranging open lines by reflecting on animal communication, the Honda P-2 humanoid robot, and the latest budget deal in Washington. A fax from Arizona reports that optical analyst Jim Dilettoso appeared on Phoenix television claiming he was visited by figures resembling the Men in Bla...Alien Agenda
Jun 11, 1997 · Jim Marrs · 2h 55m
Art Bell welcomes journalist and author Jim Marrs to discuss his comprehensive new book Alien Agenda, which examines the extraterrestrial presence from ancient astronauts to modern abductions. Marrs, a lifelong researcher of the UFO phenomenon and author of the Kennedy assassination book Crossfire, describes himself...Open Lines - Politics, the Philadelphia Experiment & Cattle Mutilations
Oct 22, 1996 · 2h 34m
Open lines combine election-year politics with questions about the Philadelphia Experiment, cattle mutilations, and other unresolved claims.Callers move from government accountability and campaign arguments to alleged military technology and disturbing livestock cases. Art Bell presses for sources and physical evide...Open Lines - The Missile Theory Behind TWA Flight 800
Aug 27, 1996 · 2h 45m
Art Bell gives the phones to callers advancing and challenging the theory that a missile destroyed TWA Flight 800.Witness accounts, military exercise claims, radar questions, and competing mechanical explanations are examined against the information then available. Art asks what evidence would separate a missile str...TWA Flight 800 | Manson prosecutor - Vincent Bugliosi
Jul 23, 1996 · 2h 54m
Legendary prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, whose book Outrage sits atop the New York Times bestseller list, delivers a devastating indictment of the prosecution's handling of the O.J. Simpson trial. With 105 convictions in 106 felony trials, Bugliosi argues the verdict resulted not from jury bias alone but from prosecut...Open Lines - Art's Parts, TWA Flight 800, Crop Circles & Remote Viewing
Jul 22, 1996 · 2h 33m
Art Bell combines an Art’s Parts update with breaking questions about TWA Flight 800, crop-circle evidence, and remote viewing.Callers debate whether the airliner was brought down by mechanical failure or a missile, then connect official secrecy with other unresolved cases. The program also revisits physical testing...Philadelphia Experiment
Apr 30, 1996 · Marshall Barnes · 49m
Marshall Barnes, an independent researcher who spent three years investigating the Philadelphia Experiment, presents his scientific case that the legendary 1943 naval invisibility test actually occurred. Preparing to address Columbus State Community College, Barnes explains how he bypassed government channels entire...Linda Moulton Howe interviews Jim Marrs | Remote Viewing & Past Lives - Dr. Bruce Goldberg
Nov 26, 1995 · 1h 54m
Linda Moulton Howe and author Jim Marrs join Art Bell to examine the U.S. government's secret remote viewing program. Marrs explains how military-trained psychics at SRI discovered that remote viewing operates across both space and time, citing Pat Price's ability to describe target locations before observers arrive...George Carlin & Government Agents
Nov 10, 1999 · 2h 55m
Art Bell opens with Y2K updates and listener mail before taking calls from a man claiming to be a former Illuminati controller and liaison to the Pleiadian Supreme Commandant. The caller insists he has traveled through time and holds secret knowledge about the New World Order. Art presses him for verifiable evidence...Unsolved Mysteries
Sep 28, 2015 · Nick Redfern · 2h 23m
Art Bell welcomes British-born author and journalist Nick Redfern to discuss the real Men in Black, a phenomenon far stranger than its Hollywood portrayal. Redfern traces the mystery back to Albert Bender, a 1950s UFO researcher in Connecticut whose International Flying Saucer Bureau was thriving until three pale, s...Hollywood & UFOs
Mar 5, 1998 · Bruce Rux · 2h 22m
Art Bell welcomes author Bruce Rux to discuss his book "Hollywood vs. the Aliens," which argues that U.S. military and intelligence agencies have used Hollywood films to shape public perception of UFOs since the 1950s. Rux has analyzed over 600 movies in the genre and traces connections between filmmakers and defens...Ham Radio & More
May 28, 1997 · Wayne Green · 2h 43m
Wayne Green, legendary publisher of 73 Magazine and founder of Byte magazine, joins Art Bell for a sprawling conversation that covers nearly every frontier of human curiosity. Green, who has visited 132 countries, piloted nuclear submarines, and helped launch the personal computer revolution, brings his trademark ma...TWA 800, Arts Parts, Crop Circles - Open Lines
Sep 9, 1996 · 2h 47m
Art Bell opens the phone lines on a night loaded with breaking developments, beginning with the TWA Flight 800 investigation and a chilling report that an American Airlines pilot witnessed a missile pass his jetliner hundreds of miles from the crash site. Art questions why President Clinton is rushing to spend a bil...Paranormal Topics
Oct 8, 1995 · Brad Steiger · 1h 45m
Brad Steiger, author of over one hundred thirty books on the paranormal, shares formative experiences that launched his lifelong research, including a childhood encounter with a large-headed, reptilian-eyed being at age five and a near-death experience at age eleven following a severe farm accident. During his near-...