UFO Disclosure Before UAP Became Official Language

Selected episodes

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   UFO Incidents

   Mar 3, 2007 · Nick Pope & Whitley Strieber · 2h 38m

   Pope brings the official-files perspective, while Strieber keeps the conversation tied to experiencer culture and public interpretation.

   Art Bell speaks with Whitley Strieber and Nick Pope about a massive wave of UFO activity, with particular focus on sightings near nuclear installations in Iran. Strieber connects this to historical patterns, citing General Arthur Exons confirmation that the Roswell debris was not of this world and Eisenhowers allege...
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   UFO Sightings

   Mar 18, 2006 · Nick Pope · 2h 29m

   Art Bell speaks with Nick Pope, who ran the British government's UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. Pope describes how his initial skepticism faded after years of investigating military and civilian reports, with roughly five percent of cases defying explanation. He recounts a 1993 wave of UK sightings when a m...
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   Open Lines | UK Disclosure & Crop Circles - Nick Pope

   Nov 10, 2006 · 2h 38m

   A useful disclosure episode because official UK file language shares the stage with caller questions and crop-circle context.

   Art Bell opens with open lines as Typhoon Queenie threatens the Philippines. He covers the Democratic sweep of Congress and poses a pointed question: can the American psyche survive another military defeat after Vietnam? Callers weigh in on Iraq, immigration, and U.S. policy.The show takes an unexpected turn when a...
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   SETI and ET - Dr. Steven M. Greer | World War III and Nostradamus - John Hogue

   Jul 30, 2006 · 2h 41m

   Art Bell welcomes Dr. Steven M. Greer, head of the Disclosure Project, who confirms explosive claims that three separate insider sources within the SETI program have verified the reception of multiple extraterrestrial signals. Greer describes how these signals were so numerous that an unknown human agency began elec...
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   The Government & UFOs

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

   Knapp anchors disclosure in reporting, Nevada secrecy, and the harder work of sorting witnesses from mythology.

   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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   UFO Disclosure

   Apr 30, 1998 · Stephen Bassett & Dr. Steven M. Greer · 2h 42m

   Art Bell hosts UFO lobbyist Stephen Bassett and Dr. Steven M. Greer of C-SETI for a wide-ranging discussion about the state of UFO disclosure. Bassett announces the launch of his Paradigm Research Group website featuring the "Paradigm Clock," modeled after the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock, tracking...
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   UFOs & Government Knowledge

   May 7, 1998 · Robert O. Dean · 3h 17m

   Art Bell welcomes retired Command Sergeant Major Robert O. Dean, who spent 27 years in the U.S. Army and held a cosmic top-secret clearance at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Dean describes a classified 1964 NATO study called "The Assessment" that concluded Earth has been under survey by multiple e...
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   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

   The natural anchor for this hub: disclosure as coalition-building, public testimony, government records, and pressure for release.

   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...
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   Disclosure

   Oct 14, 2015 · Steven Greer · 2h 22m

   Art Bell opens with breaking news about the star KIC 8462852, where astronomers detected a light pattern suggesting possible alien megastructures, before welcoming Dr. Steven M. Greer of the Disclosure Project. Greer reacts by noting that classified programs have already imaged massive artificial objects in our own...
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    Grand Funk Railroad - Mark Farner | Alien Presence & Government Disclosure - Sgt. Major Robert O. Dean

    Jun 25, 2005 · 2h 29m

    Art Bell interviews rock legend Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad and retired Command Sgt. Major Robert O. Dean in two distinct segments. Farner reflects on the music industry's shift from personal radio to corporate programming and discusses how lyrics shape culture. He shares a 1968 UFO sighting involving a 200-f...
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    Disclosure Project, Government Coverups

    May 4, 2001 · Steven M. Greer · 2h 51m

    Greer shifts the frame toward witness testimony and organized disclosure as a public campaign.

    Art Bell welcomes journalist Leslie Keane, who reports on a new study by retired NASA scientist Richard Haynes documenting over 100 cases where pilot UFO sightings affected aviation safety. TWA Captain Phil Schultz described a round silver craft with portholes that descended from above and nearly collided with his a...
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    New Energy

    Sep 17, 2013 · Steven Greer · 3h 29m

    Art Bell welcomes Dr. Steven M. Greer, founder of the Disclosure Project and the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, for a wide-ranging discussion on UFO secrecy and suppressed energy technology. Greer recounts his private briefings with CIA Director James Woolsey and the head of the Defense Intel...
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    Economic Meltdown Prediction - Michael Shedlock | ET Contact and Energy - Steven Greer

    Mar 30, 2008 · 2h 36m

    Art Bell opens with a discussion of the faltering U.S. economy, rising oil prices, and the weakening dollar before welcoming economic analyst Michael Shedlock. Shedlock warns that the recession will be longer and deeper than most expect, with housing needing at least four years to recover. He cautions listeners abou...
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    Disclosure 2000 Is This the Year

    Jan 26, 2000 · Stephen Bassett · 3h 4m

    Art Bell hosts the third installment of the Disclosure series with political activist Stephen Bassett, the only registered lobbyist in the United States representing extraterrestrial phenomena research organizations. Bassett recounts how the first two Disclosure programs in 1998 and 1999 raised expectations that the...
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    ET Disclosures

    Sep 10, 2006 · Dr. Steven M. Greer · 2h 38m

    Art Bell welcomes Dr. Steven M. Greer, founder of the Disclosure Project, who delivers explosive claims about extraterrestrial contact during the Apollo moon missions. Greer states that multiple sources confirmed Neil Armstrong encountered extraterrestrial vehicles upon stepping off the lunar module, and that Armstr...
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    Government Disinformation Programs

    Feb 27, 2005 · Greg Bishop · 2h 53m

    Art Bell interviews Greg Bishop, author and researcher who has spent years investigating the intersection of UFO phenomena and government disinformation. Bishop describes how intelligence agencies actively plant false information within the UFO community to discredit genuine witnesses, create confusion, and protect...
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    UFOs and Alternative Energy

    Dec 6, 2003 · Bob Lazar · 2h 51m

    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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    ET Disclosure

    Jun 15, 2001 · Dr. Steven M. Greer · 2h 48m

    Art Bell welcomes Dr. Steven M. Greer, founder of the Disclosure Project, fresh from his landmark May 9, 2001 press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Over 20 military, government, and intelligence witnesses testified before a global audience of more than one billion people about extraterrestr...
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    UK UFO Reports

    Jul 22, 1999 · Nick Pope · 1h 47m

    Art Bell interviews Nick Pope, a Ministry of Defence employee since 1985 who investigated approximately 300 UFO cases per year for the British government. Pope describes how roughly 10 percent of those reports involved structured craft capable of speeds and maneuvers far beyond known technology. He details the 1978...
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    Disclosure '99

    Jan 8, 1999 · Peter Davenport, Stephen Bassett, Joe Firmage, Dr. Steven M. Greer, Richard C. Hoagland, Peter Gersten & William J. Birnes · 2h 45m

    Art Bell hosts a special UFO-disclosure roundtable with Peter Davenport, Stephen Bassett, Joe Firmage, Dr. Steven M. Greer, Richard C. Hoagland, Peter Gersten, and William J. Birnes. Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center opens the show with a fresh sighting report from Paradise, California, where a pi...
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    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...
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    ET Disclosure & Area 51

    Nov 3, 1997 · Stephen Bassett · 2h 37m

    Stephen Bassett argues for organized political pressure to end government secrecy about extraterrestrial contact and activity around Area 51.Art Bell asks how disclosure advocacy can move from conferences and testimony into Congress, elections, and public policy. Bassett discusses witnesses, classified programs, med...
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    Contact & Disclosure - Steven M. Greer | Mel's Hole - Mel Waters

    Feb 21, 1997 · 2h 50m

    Dr. Steven M. Greer, emergency physician and founder of CSETI, joins Art Bell to unveil his ambitious Project Starlight Initiative, a plan to bring together dozens of government, military, and intelligence witnesses for a definitive public disclosure on extraterrestrial intelligence. Greer reveals he has assembled r...
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    UFOs

    Apr 25, 1996 · Richard C. Hoagland · 3h 14m

    Richard C. Hoagland returns to break down a cascade of extraordinary developments. Edgar Mitchell has just appeared on NBC Dateline claiming the government covered up the Roswell crash. Carl Sagan has publicly admitted on KABC radio that Hoagland might be right about structures on Mars. And Art Bell has received all...
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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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    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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    UFOs & the Para-Sciences

    Sep 12, 1993 · Dr. Michael D. Swords · 1h 48m

    Dr. Michael D. Swords brings a scientific and historical perspective to UFO reports, parapsychology, cryptozoology, and the possibility of extraterrestrial contact.The program opens with George Knapp on the lost Mars Observer and a failed remote-viewing prediction, followed by Linda Moulton Howe reporting from the a...
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    UFO and Antigravity Disclosure - David Sereda | Mysterious Wheat Blight - Ed Dames

    Apr 15, 2007 · 2h 36m

    Art Bell welcomes David Sereda to discuss UFO and antigravity disclosure, followed by Major Ed Dames on a mysterious wheat blight threatening global food supplies. Sereda presents his research into NASA shuttle footage showing unexplained objects and explores the physics behind potential antigravity propulsion syste...
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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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    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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    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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    Disclosure Project CSETI

    Aug 8, 2004 · Dr. Steven M. Greer · 2h 52m

    Art Bell hosts Dr. Steven M. Greer, founder of the Disclosure Project and CSETI, for an explosive discussion about UFO secrecy and government cover-ups. The episode opens with open lines focused on close encounter reports, as callers from across the country share detailed sightings of massive black triangles, glowin...
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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

    Mar 21, 2004 · John Lear · 2h 53m

    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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    The Disclosure Project - Dr. Steven M. Greer | Alien Craft - Bill McDonald

    Dec 7, 2003 · 2h 52m

    Art Bell administers the John Lear test to Dr. Steven M. Greer, founder of the Disclosure Project, who surprises listeners by saying he would not release the briefing as presented. Greer estimates roughly 75 percent of the Lear scenario is inaccurate, calling much of it deliberately crafted disinformation designed t...
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    UFOs, Crop Circles, & Ancient Sites

    Apr 11, 2001 · Paul Coulbeck · 2h 52m

    Art Bell welcomes Canadian writer Paul Coulbeck, who investigated the extraordinary claims of Daniel Hammer, a French-Canadian carpenter who says he was abducted from his living room in 1975. According to Hammer, two humanoid beings took him aboard a granite-interior spacecraft, shrunk him to atomic size, and guided...