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The Woo => Radio and Podcasts => Topic started by: kingart on October 18, 2018, 11:36:09 AM
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I am looking through the archived version of the artbell.com website and I found a few that are almost fully functional. This one is from September 26 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20020926171405/http://www.artbell.com:80/
The photo albums still work too. Here is one picture from his alaskan trip
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Art's ham station
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Art's new power amp
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Art and Ramona at the super bowl
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Africa vacation
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capetown
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moscow
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paris
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more from paris
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this is where he saw the clock that he bought
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Art Bell takes photo of the group at dinner. Leoni and Alan Corbeth, Sue and Bob Crane, Ann and Whitley Strieber and Ramona Bell. (10/29/99)
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Art and Ramona (11/09/99)
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Anne and Whitley Strieber in period costumes. (10/30/99)
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Whitley and Anne Strieber, Ramona and Art Bell with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tarhay.(10/30/99)
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Art's Parts
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Thanks @kingart these are great!
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April 10th, 1996
Art Bell
P.O. Box 4755
Pahrump, Nevada 89041-4755
Dear Mr. Bell,
I've followed your broadcasts over the last year or so, and have been considering whether or not to share with you and your listeners, some information related to the Roswell UFO crash.
My grandfather was a member of the Retrieval Team, sent to the crash site, just after the incident was reported. He died in 1974, but not before he had sat down with some of us, and talked about the incident.
I am currently serving in the military, and hold a Security Clearance, and do NOT wish to "go public", and risk losing my career and commission.
Nonetheless, I would like to briefly tell you what my own grandfather told me about Roswell. In fact, I enclose for your safekeeping "samples" that were in the possession of my grandfather until he died, and which I have had since his own estate was settled. As I understand it, they came from the UFO debris, and were among a large batch subsequently sent to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio from New Mexico.
My grandfather was able to "appropriate" them, and stated that the metallic samples, are "pure extract aluminum". You will note that they appear old & tempered, and they have been placed in tissue-paper, and in baggies for posterity.
I have had them since 1974, and after considerable thought and reflection, give them to you. Feel free to share them with any of your friends in the UFO Research Community.
I have listened to many people over the years discuss Roswell and the crash events, as reported by many who were either there or who heard about it from eyewitnesses.
The recent Roswell movie, was similar to my grandfather's own account, but a critical element was left out, and it is that element which I would like to share.
As my grandad stated, the Team arrived at the crash site just after the AAF/USAF reported the ground zero location. They found two dead occupants, hurled free of the Disc.
A lone surviving occupant, was found within the Disc, and it was apparant, it's left leg was broken. There was a minimal radiation contamination, and it was quicky dispersed with a water/solvent wash, and soon the occupant was dispatched for medical assistance and isolation. The bodies were sent to the Wright-Patterson AFB, for dispersal. The debris was also loaded onto three trucks which finished the on-load just before the sunset.
Grandad was part of the Team that went with the surviving occupant. The occupant communicated via telepathic means. It spoke perfect english, and communicated the following:
The Disc was a "probeship" dispatched from a "launchship" that was stationed at the dimensional gateway to the Terran Solar System, 32 light years from Terra. They had been conducting operations on Terra for over 100 years.
Another group were exploring Mars, and Io.
Each "probeship" carried a crew of three. A "launchship" had a crew of (100) one-hundred.
The Disc that crashed, had collided with a meteor in orbit of Terra, and was attempting to compensate it's flight vector, but because of the collision, the inter-atmospheric propulsion system malfunctioned, and the occupants sent out a distress signal to their companions on Mars. The "launchship" commander made the decision to authorize an attempted soft-landing on the New Mexican desert. At the same time, the inter-atmospheric propulsion system had a massive electrical burn-out, and the Disc was soon virtually helpless.
There was another option available to the occupants, but it involved activating the Dimensional powerplant for deep space travel. However, it opens an energy vortex around the Disc for 1,500 miles in all directions. Activating the Dimensional powerplant, would have resulted in the annihilation of the states of New Mexico, Arizona, California and portions of Mexico. Possibly even further states would have been affected.
Thus, the occupants, chose to ride the ship down, and hope for the best. They literally sacrificed their lives, rather than destroy the populations within their proximity.
The Dimensional powerplant was self-destructed, and the inter-atmospheric propulsion system was also deactivated, to prevent the technology from falling into the hands of the Terrans. This was done in accordance with their standing orders in regards to any compromise with contact experiences.
Grandad spent a total of 26 weeks in the Team that examined and debriefed the lone survivor of the Roswell crash. Grandad's affiliation with the "project" ended, when the occupant was to be transported to a long-term facility. He was placed on-board a USAF Transport aircraft, that was to be sent to Washington, D.C.
The aircraft and all aboard disappeared under mysterious and disturbing circumstances, enroute to Washington, D.C.
It may interest you that three Fighter aircraft, dispatched to investigate a distress call from the Transport experienced many electrical malfunctioning systems failures, as they entered the airspace of the transports last reported location. No crash or debris of the Transport was ever found. The Team was disbanded.
Well, I realize I have likely shocked you with this bizzare and incredible account, and seeking to remain "unknown" likely doesn't do anything for my credibility ...eh? And the metal "samples" only will likely add to the controversy.
But, I know you will take this with a "grain of salt", and I don't blame you, Mr. Bell.
I just hope that you can understand, my reasons and my own desire to maintain my career and commission.
I am passing through South Carolina with an Operational Readiness Mobility Exercise, and will mail this just prior to this Exercise, possibly from the Charleston area.
I will listen to your broadcast, to receive any acknowledging or confirmation, that you have received this package.
This letter and the contents of the package are given to you, with the hope that it helps contribute to discussion on the subject of UFO Phenomena.
I agree with Neil Armstrong, a good friend of mine, who dared to say, at the WHITE HOUSE no less, that there are things "out there", which boggle the mind and are far beyond our ability to comprehend.
Sign me,
A Friend
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Followup Letter
April 22, 1996
Art Bell
P.O. Box 4755
Pahrump, Nevada 89041-4755
Mr. Bell,
At great risk, I am writing you in regards to the package sent your way. I had opportunity to listen to a tape recording of the radio broadcasts, when I returned home after having participated in the Mobility Readiness Exercises.
My son, a Senior in college recorded them for me.
I must say that I was somewhat surprised by the negative and closed-minded responses directed your way, by some of your own listeners.
You seemed to indicate that receiving the package has vastly upset your life, and in this I would like to say that wasn't my intention, and I offer my apologies.
Further information regarding the Roswell Crash, and my own grandfathers affiliation would likely be potentially beneficial in your efforts at correlation & verification.
In this regards, I can only say, based on past conversations on the subject with Grandad, that the Retrieval Team, consisted of three segments. The On-site Team, the In-House Team, and the Security Team. The credentials of the team members weren't only military related. There were individuals with backgrounds from The University of Colorado,Office of Naval Research, AAF/USAF & US Army, UCLA and Atomic Energy Commision & National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics & Office of Scientific Research and Developement. Additionally, there were Consultants from England, France and Russia involved.
Grandad stated their own analysis of the samples indicated it as pure extract aluminum, as a conductor for the electromagnetic fields created in the propulsion systems. However, critically-needed data was "eliminated" by the self-destruct mechanisms on the disc vehicle itself. Furthermore, the occupant-survivor of the crash, refused to disclose technical information, despite a series of interrogative attempts to extract technological data. No means could be found to secure the information.
There were always two Security Team members present at every face-to-face meeting with the survivor. The survivor had the ability to deduce thoughts and questions, prior to them being asked. Sometimes it became frustrating.
The Disc itself was literally dissected, and it was discovered that the propupsion system had actually fused together the many interior components. There were control-type devises forged in the shape of the alien hand, which were assumed as controls and activation surfaces.
What is today fiber-optic technology, was part and parcel of the alien technology within the control panels, albeit fused and melted when the self-destruct mechanism was activated.
There were Westinghouse-affiliated persons on the Team, and Grandad always thought, some of them had gone back, with the knowledge and incorporated it into the future research with the phone systems.
Of course the Military was concerned as to the ability of the Aliens to enter our atmosphere at will, undetected, and thusly they recommended to the President that a Space Program be set into motion, and that a system of satellites be placed into orbit by 1957, and this satellite system be patched into the then DEW Line early warning system...which became later NORAD.
Grandad stated that it was his opinion, that NORAD was formed not only to track possible ICBM's from hostile nations, but as a established Detection System for UFO craft. That is why the NASA Space Agency has been "incorporated" by and large with our Armed Forces, and there are so many "classified" missions.
This is my oponion, but Grandad prophesied such occuring as far back as 1971.
Well, I am scheduled to travel back to Charleston AFB and then Pope AFB. I'll mail this from somewhere in SC.
I'll not likely communicate again. My wife is concerned, as am I that the Intelligence agencies will put two & two together, so it is inadvisable to further communicate this information. I hope you understand my position.
I could likely face a courts martial or sedition charges, for stating some of this information, and opinions.
You would be surprised at the extent of internal policies on this subject, and the consequences for current commissioned officers talking about UFO Phenomena.
I was surprised by Edgar Mitchell's statements of recent date and I imagine there are many involved with Roswell, who are a bit upset at events underway.
However, he is a man of outstanding character & integrity, and knows whereof he speaks, as do quite a few other astronauts.
I wish you all the best, and will be listening.
I commend your courage and integrity.
I hope your listeners understand, that the subject of Roswell has great potential at extrapolating the truth on UFO's, and what has come to be known as a cosmic watergate, is only the tip of an iceberg.
Grandad said that when the truth does come out, humanity will be changed beyond comprehension. He also said many on the In-House Team lobbied to release the information to the public. Not all of them were paranoid in trusting the public with the truth.
Sign me,Still
A Friend
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Third Letter
No Date (arrived May 28, 1996)
Mr. Bell,
I have listened with interests, to the ongoing reports on the samples I sent your way.
I noted that the Researcher discussing the testing of the samples noted that basically, it is merely Aluminum.
Slight variations on the testing, but indistinguishable from "normal" Aluminum.
Actually, this is precisely the same initial findings of Grandad's Team. However, I neglected to include metallic samples of the exterior of the crashed Roswell disc.
I now include the enclosed, and can only say that these scrapings came from the exterior underside of the Disc itself. It literally was a "shell-like" sheilding of the Disc. Brittle and layered, almost with a prefabricated design and placing.
Keep in mind Mr Bell, that these are the last of Grandad's samples. They have sat for years inside a closet, with his personal effects.
Because of certain concerns, I will not be contacting you on this matter. Perhaps, I am a bit paranoid, but I do have a family & career to think about. I hope you understand.
Hope these last samples are helpful.
Of course, I will be listening.
A Friend
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Letter to Linda Howe
Another letter appeared, this time sent to Linda Howe.
May 25, 1996
Dear Ms Howe,
I'm not certain if this is how your last name is spelled. Nonetheless, I wanted to "touch base" with you, personally. So I have taken this opportunity to do so.
I'm the individual who has dispatched the "artifacts" of Roswell Disc debris, to talk show Art Bell.
While I was on a flight to Hungary, with Joint Endeavor; my wife acquired your address on a "Dreamland" Broadcast. I've been able until this deployment to listen with interests to your comments & opinions, as to the "artifacts", and noted some apprehension as to the materials, itself. This is fully understandable.
When I decided over 6 months ago, to turn these "artifacts" over to the UFO Research Community, I decided that it would be accomplished by allowing Art Bell to be the mediator/trustee of the "artifacts". Partly because of his record of complete neutrality on these matters, but moreso, because I thought the "artifacts" safety would be insured completely. I regret the undue & unwarranted turmoil, caused to the Bell household, but still feel justified in my initial decision. I've been looking over Grandad's journal, and wanted to share a few brief extractions with you and Mr Bell.
Firstly, I note that the intent of your own efforts as to the exams of the "artifacts" is to confirm some sort of other-world extraterrestial, source of the metals.
This was the initial aspect of the original exams. But, what came to light was that the metal was virtually indiscernable to Earth metals. According to Grandad's notations: "this was to insure that in the event of crash or capture, that no verification as to the alien network or the homeworld confederation could be proven, and a compromise of the Alien directives transpired". Apparantly, "the probeships were constructed with metallic base metals, indistinguishable from Terran metals, as a protective measure & security safeguard".
There was a drawback to this, "a negative consequence was that the probeships would be vulnerable to radar interferance. The Aliens remedy to this was to insure the probeships maintained high velocity trajectories, and activated these velocities upon entering the Terran atmosphere".
Most of the interatmosphere operations, occured in the Western Hemisphere, and in the areas of Europe & Asia, with populations consisting of "network selectees". This was a term that the Aliens used to identify persons destined for contact. These contacts were "conceived & predestined prior to birth" and was "scheduled to be accelerated & increased throughout the three decades prior to 2000 A.C.E., when the network would initiate the "transition".
"Transition" was a term that meant full-contact, occuring around the Terran year 2025.
All this information was acquired from the sole surviving Alien occupant, and was correlated with information retrieved from the databanks of the command console panels within the Disc command center. It took a full year and a half to decipher the Alien language, which resembled ancient Babylonian script. But, with the help of World War II cryptologists who worked with the War Department, the code texts were broken, and deciphered. All the results were shared with the Offices of those overseeing The "Project" as it was known, among them General Curtis Lemay, Secretary of State George Marshall, and President Truman, and the Intelligence operatives, who oversaw Security for the Roswell "Project".
Most of these activities transpired at Wright-Patterson, and would result "in an extensive reformatting of the entire policy developments, regarding potentiol Alien Contact. Upon advice of the "Project" directors, the decision was made to incorporate a discredation campaign on those claiming Alien Contact, and those who advocated Alien existance."
Furthermore, the "Project" directors, recommended that the U.N. be granted overall command authority over the "Project". Both Secretary of Satate Marshall and his successor Dean Acheson argued against this recommendation. President Truman personally visited Wright-Patterson on a number of occasions.
So, you see Ms Howe, that there is alot more to this Roswell "Project" and "incident", then many can even begin to discern or comprehend.
Try to imagine as Grandad, used to say; that it is 1947, and the USA has just survived a global struggle, millions had been killed or injured, and suddenly, even as the dawn of the Atomic age came to being, that the existance of Alien Life has been accidently discovered. Many facets of inquiry were taken into account, and some of the most brilliant & accomplished minds in Government would do anything to ascertain the exact extent and perspective purpose of these Aliens.
What was once considered fiction, was proven reality. Absolutely every attempt was made to exhaust the efforts at understanding & comprehending this extraordinary event. It was decided to keep the information secret, classified and beyond retrieval.
It has been almost 50 years, and the secret has been steadily maintained, protected, and insured. WHY?
Grandad was one who lobbied for full-disclosure. He understood that release of the information could result in chaos, of a sort in civilization. Because of his concern for the safety of his family, he complied with the secrecy oath.
It wasn't until the mid 1960's that he talked with anyone on the "Project". He spoke with one particular person, who had promised confidentiality, and was faithful to that promise. You may have known that person: Dr J. Allen Hynek.
Other than that brief discourse with Dr Hynek, Grandad was silent.
The year 2000 approaches. It is time that the Roswell secret is disclosed. The weight of the evidence will demand a verdict. That verdict will be rendered by the people. Millions have witnessed the UFO Phenomena in the last 50 years.
Virtually thousands have claimed contact with Aliens. What happened at Roswell was a beginning. Not a beginning of the end of civilization, as some feared if the information was disclosed. But, actually a beginning of beginnings.
One can argue the impact of an accidental discovery of this magnitude.
50 years of UFO Phenomena have occurred for a purpose. A stellar purpose predetermined since that first A-Bomb was detonated in New Mexico.
Humanity has survived in spite of itself. Because of itself.
I believe that the "Transition" Grandad wrote of is underway. What I've shared with Art Bell, you, and the entire world was done in Honor of a quiet and courageous gentleman who was a witness to the wonders of this Universe.
Our world is changing.
Nothing can stop that. Nothing.
This concludes my own part in what lies ahead. I now go back to my career & responsibilities, to my family and my own life. I have dared to risk, and no matter the consequenced, I am confident Grandad would support this action.
You have the "evidence", some have sought for and demanded.
Of course, for some it will not be enough. Discount it, discredit it, so be it. It matters little in the final analysis...sound & fury signifying nothing.
The Truth will come out about Roswell.
Indeeed, it has come out. Was it not a Honorable man who once stated: "Ye shall know the Truth, and it shall set you free"?
I wish you and Art Bell, all the Best!
A Friend
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Thanks @kingart these are great!
Thank you! I did not see any of these when they were first on the web so it is all new to me.
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>Goes to Paris, wears South Park t-shirt.
Sacre bleu!
I'm willing to bet those period costume photos were from a "Somewhere in Time" convention at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
https://www.grandhotel.com/packages/somewhere-in-time-weekend/
It's the only hotel that I know of that has a strictly enforced dress code
https://www.grandhotel.com/before-you-go/dress-guide/
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Egypt cruise
Art and Ramona boarding the cruise liner.
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First stop, Art gets to visit with Zahi Hawass in his office.
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Art gets the full tour, guided by Zahi Hawass himself. Art gets to see places not everyone does
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Art's ham station
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Art's new power amp
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Thanks for posting the photos. Art's ham station looks very well organized compared to some that I have seen.
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Sue Crane, Art and Ramona Feb 97 trip to Mexico
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Art visits with Crystal Gayle after concert in Las Vegas on November 23rd, 1996.
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Art's Marconi Award Nomination for 1997.
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this is where he saw the clock that he bought
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Strange to see where that clock is placed after hearing him describe it.
I imagined it being more impressive.
Yeah, I know, that's what she said.
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Thank you, kingart, for these awesome postings! What a trip down Memory Lane for us all! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Thank you, kingart, for these awesome postings! What a trip down Memory Lane for us all! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you! They were mentioning ufo pictures that were posted to artbell.com today on the u7 stream so I looked it up on the wayback machine. I did not expect the images to be stored so it was a nice surprise.
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7/22/97 - Art receives a Humane Society Award.
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6/27/97 - Art Getting the 1997 Talkers Magazine Award.
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6/27/97 - Art's Area 51 ID Badge
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Art's dad in World War II uniform.
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7/22/97 - Art receives a Humane Society Award.
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He cared more about stray cats than he did about the stray kids he created.
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A younger Art with long hair.
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Wow this is so cool...Thanks
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What is the backstory for this badge?
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There were quite a few pictures of random girls in the Paris vacation pictures. There is no mention of who they are or why they were photographed.
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Visiting the sewer in paris
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Visiting the sewer in paris
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Must have had a shorter line than the Louvre.
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A Paris Nightmare in Broad Daylight
By Ramona Bell 6/28/98
It was very innocent, to go shopping for some dress clothing for Art and myself. We decided to go to a Paris department store called Galleries Lafayette because I felt it would have a better choice for the both of us. So on Saturday, we take a cab to the store. Now the nightmare begins.
First, it seems that Saturday is the day everyone wants to do the same thing we are doing, shopping, and this was the place to be. It was unfortunate that there was a massive discount sale in every department on every floor of this huge shopping mall. Men and women of all walks of life and cultures seem to be wandering aimlessly from table to table, department to department, level to level, searching for that all important bargain. Heaven forbide if you had your hand on an item that someone else wanted, things were snatched from my grip before I had a chance to look at the size or price. Just moving from one area to another required serious navigational skills and sometimes it was easier to just go with the flow. To top things off, we would have to wait two to three weeks just for alterations. So, with one shirt, and two pairs of pants, we went to find a cashier.
Next problem, in France, there are not cash registers in each department, there are booths called "Cassir", there are two per floor, and the line was long, checkout complicated by those returning items. It was unfortunate that the weather was scheduled for rain, very humid inside the store as well as outside, very little air-conditioning. But the tolerance of the people in the line was in a word, subdued, like it was acceptible, a part of life. In the United States, I would have left my purchases at the closest table and walked away if I had to wait more than 5 minutes.
After that, we sat on a bench outside the store to watch the masses of people walk by. Personally, if I had been alone, I may have had better luck alone, because shopping with a husband in tow is worse than having kids with you. But we survived the experience, and made note that Saturdays are not the best time to hit the stores in Paris.
All in all, at least Art will look good in his new togs, I plan to take off on my own to maybe buy a little something for myself at another time. Until then, this is Ramona Bell wishing everyone best wishes.
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Our Paris Vacation Made Easy Via The Internet
By Ramona Bell 6/30/98
We decided in early May that it was high time that Art and Ramona Bell take a long-awaited and well-needed vacation. Paris was our choice as the best place to go because we had visited the "city of lights" once before. Actually, it was five years before, we had flown over on the Concord with a group of listeners for a total of five days-too short a time to really enjoy all that Paris had to offer, plus at that time, we were both still working at K-D-W-N in Las Vegas, so in a word, we had very little money to spend. Now that our budget is a little bigger, it was time to plan our trip, without the aid of a travel agency. How was this accomplished? Through the magic of the Internet.
I first logged on to AOL and went to the travel section, typed in our desired destination, and the time that we could go and started with airline flights. There were dozens of flights leaving from different airports on different airlines, so it took more than three hours online to finally find the best route for us at a reasonable price.
Now came the hard part, where to stay. When I started to search for a hotel, I found that most of the hotels online were booked, so I called the online service to ask why I was having a problem booking a room, I was horrified to find that France was hosting the World Cup, or "Coupe du Mond" and that most of the hotels had been sold out monthes in advance. The service suggested that I call some of the major hotel chains on my own, saying that I might have better luck going that route. So with 3 hotels in mind, I started calling Paris long-distance to try and find a place to hang our hats.
One hotel was availible, but was 15 minutes outside of Paris, Art said, "Try again." So the next place I tried was availible, but they could only take our reservation if we had American Express. Art said, "Try somewhere else." Feeling mildly frustrated, I tried calling the Hilton International chain, hoping my efforts would payoff. Well, yes and no. Yes, there were rooms, but I had to reserve two nights prepaid in advance. To make the headache worse, I could not simply use my credit card over the phone, I had to fill out a prepayment form that the hotel faxed to me, plus make a photo-copy of the front and back of my card, then fax all three back to the Paris Hilton. So far so good, but I had to keep calling to be sure that my faxes were received and that my reservations were confirmed.
With that hurdle out of the way, now it was time to go back online to find information on some places to go, things to do, and how to make our way around the city, and a few other need to know things. I had to learn a little french just to make things a bit easier, like how to ask if a person could speak english, a few greetings, asking for the check, and that Art's steak has "non rouge", no red inside. This is the first time in the nearly seven years that we have been married that we have gone anywhere alone, so though is may seem a bit selfish, I wanted Art all to myself in the most romantic city in the world. So once again from the city of lights and love, Avoir and A Bientot Mon Ami.
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Taking a Walk on the Odd Side of Paris
By Ramona Bell 7/14/98
It was a dream come true, after 5 years, we were finally returning to Paris. With our hotel situated on the left bank of the "Seine" river, the "Eiffel Tower" and "Palais de Chaillot" serving as backdrops for our first vacation all to ourselves, we were ready to rediscover the "City of Lights" once again. But it was not what I expected or planned for, spending our vacation in Paris while France was in the throes of several major sporting events. With the "Coupe du Monde" or "World Cup Soccer Championship" in it's second week, the French Open Golf tournament begining on that saturday, the French Grand Prix for the formula fuel car fans and the continuing saga of "The Tour de France" bicycle competition all going on at the same time, "The City of Lights" aquired a wild, frantic air of "SportsMania", which if you are not a fan of any of these sports may seem quite boring. But this made for some of the crazier moments we captured during our treks around the city. Sunday found us heading to what may be called the main drag of Paris, the "Champs-Elysees".
From the "Arc de Triomphe" to the "Place' de la Concorde" soccer fans from France, Brazil and other countries crowded the sidewalks, their team colors on clothing, flags, scarves, in crazy hats and some of the wildest face paint jobs that I have seen since an "Alice Cooper" concert that I attended in '78. After hearing news reports of problems with English, German, and Yugoslavian fans, I will admit that we were a little ambivilent going into crowds of soccer fanaticos, but everyone we encountered expressed a true passion for enjoying themselves, even though some of that enthusiasm was due to spirited celebration of a liquid nature. Once we reached the "Place' de la Concorde", our intentions were to take pictures in front of the Egyptian Obelisk, but, due to the traffic that constantly circle it at speeds which would make any Indy 500 driver jealous, and barricades surrounding the 3500 year-old monument preventing us from getting any closer than 20 feet, we took a few long distance pics, then proceeded to the "Tuileries Gardens" to do a bit more people watching and have a short break before heading back to the hotel. Now being on vacation has this strange effect on me, I have a slight problem with judging distance and directions. It happens on every trip we have taken, but Art always seems to leave the job of map reading and finding the right "Metro" line to take in my hands. The "Metro", by the way, is the form of public transportation that links the city's 22 districts by railways. Since there is never a taxi when you need one, I had the great brainstorm that we could take the "Metro" back, but as luck would have it, I got us lost walking nearly a mile underground before finding the right number rail stop-right number metro-wrong direction, which entailed walking another quarter-mile just so we can catch our ride. By now I realized that with all that wandering around, we could have just walked back with time to spare. Just call me "Pathfinder".
Another day found us at visiting the studios of Radio France International once again, enjoying a reunion with our friend, John Maguire, who was now the Chief Editor for the News Department. My, how things change, but sometimes they remain the same. Though the station now had it's own web sites, now offered programs that can be heard on real audio, in french and english, and finding John newly promoted, the studios still use reel to reel to record news clips and commmercials. It's like finding an 8-track tape in your CD collection. We offered our congradulations to John, had a quick tour of the studios for some pictures, introduced John to Art's web site and gave him a listen to some of the show on real audio. Then, because the poor man still had to finish his workday, we said our adieus', and returned to our hotel. Our fearless leader then asked me if there were any sights that I wanted to see. Which now leads us to......
"Les egouts de Paris", The Paris Sewer System. Yes, as we descended into the depths of Paris, to see the "city beneath the city", we discovered why the guidebook said "not for the squeamish or claustorphobic". Our noses assaulted by the foul odors of sewege flowing through canals built more that 100 years ago that service Paris to this day, still marked by the original street signs of a century gone by, we learned that no other city in the world has a sewer network like this one, housing drinking and non-potable water mains, compressed air pipes, telephone cables and pneumatic tubes. And though this history of this place was very rich, the odors were starting to make me feel queasy, so we hurried through the remainder of the mueseum, purchased a coin to commemorate our visit to yet another weird place, then made our way to the surface. I had to agree with Art that it had to be the worst idea I had since we arrived. As they say in France, "C'est la Vie".
The final stop in our adventures into the strange and unusual was to visit the famed "Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise" or "The Pere Lachaise Cemetary", final resting place of "The Lizard King", rock legend Jim Morrison. I had read an article in the magazine "High Times", by John Rocco about Morrison, his fall from grace in Miami that, as rock critic Richard Goldstein wrote, was the begining of the end for the Doors and literally for Morrison, of his demise in July 1971 in Paris, the fact that the site he is buried at was leased for 30 years and that in the year 2001, when the current lease expires, it will not be renewed because of damage to surrounding sites and tombs caused by tourists. His remains will be removed, destination unknown as to where they will go, but it is said Morrison requested that his ashes be scattered along Venice Beach, where the Doors got their start. Now trying to find the man's resting place was like participating in a easter egg hunt in a haunted forest. The cemetary was huge, 115 acres, and old, established in 1626 by the Jesuits as a rest home for their order, was transformed into a cemetary by Napoleon in 1803, and is the final resting place for many famous people, Fredric Chopin, Maria Callas, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde and Isadora Duncan to name a few. Seems like Morrison was in good company. After trudging around for an hour and a half, we found his headstone. Some of the more morbid fans who were there posed with the stone for pictures, but when they were finshed, I took a small pin of an American Flag from my pocket, kissed it, then placing it at the foot of the stone, I said, "Here's a little reminder of where you will be coming back to soon, rest in peace, see you on the other side". Well that brings us to the end of our journey, Mon Amis. Merci Beaucoup and A bientot.
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The Land Yacht
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Arts home studio where the show is broadcast from. Taken 12-30-94.
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Ramona snaps this great photo of lightning striking near Art's broadcast studio, causing the satellite uplink to fail that night. And as an extra, a rainbow too! Posted August 7, 1997. Scanned by Art.
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Ramona wins awards at a recent Pahrump Harvest Festival Fair photo competition. Her photo gets 1st Place in her category, Lot Champion, and Grand Champion of the whole competition. Congratulations Ramona!!!
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Art's cat Shadow in the 'checkmate' position. Black moves first in this case. Posted August 7, 1997. Scanned by Art.
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Art and Michael Reagan size each other up at the recent Talker's Convention in Los Angeles. Posted August 7, 1997. Scanned by Art.
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Members of Korean TV come to interview Art and Ramona. Here is the reporter with Ramona. Posted August 7, 1997. Scanned by Art
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Loreena McKennitt sends Art some autographed CDs and included this personal letter.
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Brett Favre sends Art an autographed helmet from the Green Bay Packers
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A couple new cars for the Bells. Art's Pontiac Firebird And Ramona has a Camaro
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Photos of Art at his Ham Station and Broadcast studio.
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Art has found his first volunteer for the Gibbs Time Machine.
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Ramona on the Canada / Alaskan Cruise in May of 1998.
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Ramona with Stu Ferguson, GM of CFUN
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The participants of the debate held on the Alaskan cruise. From left to right are: Graham Hancock, John Anthony West, Art Bell, Zahi Hawass, Dannion Brinkley, Dr. Ed Krupp
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Frank Hoff provides photo of Art and Ramona at Vancouver airport.
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Cover of the industry trade journal, "Radio Ink."
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Here is the official photo of Neil Diamond with Art and Ramona, taken by Neil Diamond's photographer. (2/13/99)
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Art sneaks a photo from Ramona's mom to us, of Ramona in her 20's with her Dad (now passed on). (Posted 12/29/98)
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Art sneaks a photo from Ramona's mom to us, of Ramona in her 20's with her Dad (now passed on). (Posted 12/29/98)
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what a great thread.. thanks @kingart
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A photo of Art's home in Pahrump. Tall building in the back is a separate racket ball court and spa, 2 car garage on the right, new porch along the front (covering the imprint of Art's fall), completely fenced in with NO TRESSPASSING signs posted. Radio tower is for supporting a variety of ham radio antennas. (12/6/98)
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what a great thread.. thanks @kingart
Thank you!
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what a great thread.. thanks @kingart
Roswells!
Fantastic find.
Thanks
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Amazing thread, its like having Art's scrapbook and family album in front of us. Good work in finding these! I had seen some of them ten to twenty years ago, but half I have never seen before.
When you get to the KNYE related photos, please feel free to post a few in the KNYE thread, but I wouldn't want to disturb the continuity of your collection here. When they filed for the FCC license KNYE was actually Ramona's station 51%. Technicalities, I know, but it really was in a sense their child figuratively, something they built together with years of their time with in a combined "know how" and experience.
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Roswells!
Fantastic find.
Thanks
Thank you!
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Amazing thread, its like having Art's scrapbook and family album in front of us. Good work in finding these! I had seen some of them ten to twenty years ago, but half I have never seen before.
When you get to the KNYE related photos, please feel free to post a few in the KNYE thread, but I wouldn't want to disturb the continuity of your collection here. When they filed for the FCC license KNYE was actually Ramona's station 51%. Technicalities, I know, but it really was in a sense their child figuratively, something they built together with years of their time with in a combined "know how" and experience.
Thank you! I have not found any yet from knye. Each time I think I have hit the end I find another rabbit hole to go down and find new things.
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Here is Art with Lance Henriksen, star of the Fox show, "Millennium." (12/6/98)
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Here is Art with the director of "Millennium," Thomas Wright. (12/6/98)
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Two views of the New Art Bell Tower and Antenna Systems (2/13/99)
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The view from Art's front porch. (2/13/99)
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The old shoe Art promises to eat, if Harvey Ruvin's appearance on Art Bell 2/12/99 is proven to not really be Robert Ghostwolf.
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Singers of "Nothing But a Heartache, "The Flirtations" Also a hand-written letter to Art. (11/99)
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Photos of the newly installed wind powered generators at Art's place. (5/25/99)
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Art's upgraded ham station includes Nye Viking tuner, Alpha Linear Amplifier, FT-1000MP and FT-767 among other items. (6/25/99)
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Photos of the newly installed solar generation station at Art's place. Two images of the building showing the solar panels and one photo of the control circuitry, inverters and batteries. (5/25/99)
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Photo of the newly landscaped front yard of Art's house. Also seen is the new radio tower fully extended to 100 feet. (5/25/99)
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Here is an OLD captured image from an Amateur Television transmission when Art was broadcasting back in the early 80's. Maybe the ONLY television career Art agreed to. Courtesy WA6AXO/Juneau (4/15/99)
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When Art Bell reached 442 affiliates last month, he broke a long standing record set by late night talk host Larry King. Art has now surpassed Larry's previously set record and is on his way to that 450 mark. This is an AWARD that was placed in the Radio and Records trade magazine. Congratulations Art! (4/02/99)
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Ratings that keep you up all night! (4/01/99)
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Photo of Art's mom, visiting Art in Pahrump. (3/26/99)
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Art on the set with Larry King, in LA. (3/26/99)
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Thank you so much for posting these finds. He is so alive and happy in all of the photographs. This was before my time with Art and Coast, and it allows me to witness a part of his life, that I was not given the opportunity to listen to.
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Great finds for the thread! Keep it up.
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Great finds for the thread! Keep it up.
Thank you!
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Art receives an award from the Paranormal World Conference (3/24/00)
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Art receives the "Best Local Radio Personality" award, one of the Las Vegas Review-Journal's "Best of Las Vegas" Awards. (3/21/00)
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Art receives the "Millennium Award" from Magical Blend Magazine. (3/21/00)
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During the "Miami Circle" stuff back in the day. RCH was heavily involved also. It might have been a septic drain field from an old building, or ancient sacred Indian grounds with new-agey importance?
http://www.diamondimages.com/miami_circle/miami2.htm
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The latest photo of the palatial estates of Art Bell III. (2/25/00)
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Radio and Records Seminar 2001
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Art on stage with Matt Drudge
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Art Receives the Famous Alien from Rush Limbaugh
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Alan Corbeth, Kraig Kitchin and Art Bell
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Art Bell and Phil Hendrie
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Phil Boyce and Art Bell
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Great thread. Thanks.
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Art's New Alien "Carville"
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Art "Big Bird" Bell
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Outside Art's hotel window at the recent Radio and Records seminar.
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Art names the new stray cat, "Yeti."
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"Yeti" on Satellite TV
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Sleeping "Yeti"
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"Yeti" in a Box
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Premiere Talk Poster
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Art's Bushnell Telescope, with Yeti looking up.
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Our First UFO Sighting
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Arts UFO
It was after 11:30pm on August 29th, 1994, less than five miles from our residence in Pahrump, NV. After finishing Art's then Sunday show "Area 2000", which was broadcast from KDWN in Las Vegas, we were on our way home. The night sky was clear with a nearly full moon. The air temperature was around 75 degrees with little wind. Out where we live, there are no public street lights and just a scattering of homes, so other than the moonlight, it was very dark.
We had just stopped at Homestead and Kellogg, getting ready to turn. Art was driving, I was turning to look at him when I noticed a strange movement coming from the left and slightly behind us. I could see a huge, dark object moving toward us from the rear window and began to yell at Art, "What is that- What the Hell is That??" We jumped out of the car and watched this huge, triangle-shaped object float across the Pahrump valley from southeast to northwest. It was right over our heads, maybe 150 to 200 feet above us, moving slowly, too slow for aircraft we were familiar with.
There was a white, strobing light on the nose of the craft, and two stationary white lights on the rear. It was big enough blot out the stars and moon as it passed. The most unnerving part of this sighting is that for as big as this craft was, there was absolutely no noise, not a single sound could be heard except for crickets. We watched this thing drift for more than five minutes across the valley before losing sight of it.
We finally got home, sat down and compared our thoughts about what happened. Art said he had to go on the air to talk about our sighting the following night and that I had to verify the story. I was reluctant to do this, but Art was adamant that we both had to give our side of the experience. I considered myself fairly open-mined about most paranormal experiences, i.e., ghosts, witchcraft, OBEs', NDEs', clairvoyance, even UFOS and ETs', but this was more than I wanted to see or experience in my lifetime.
Now for the funny part. Two weeks after our sighting, our local newspaper ran a story saying that the object that was seen over the Pahrump valley by other people as well as the two of us, was a C-130 transport plane that was on a secret training flight passing on through the valley. This was the statement given by Nellis Air Force Base. Art served in the Air Force and knows how loud a C-130 is, that they cannot fly at such a slow speed. All I can say is what I saw was real, and still disturbs me to this day.
-- Ramona Bell
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Our First UFO Sighting
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Arts UFO
It was after 11:30pm on August 29th, 1994, less than five miles from our residence in Pahrump, NV. After finishing Art's then Sunday show "Area 2000", which was broadcast from KDWN in Las Vegas, we were on our way home. The night sky was clear with a nearly full moon. The air temperature was around 75 degrees with little wind. Out where we live, there are no public street lights and just a scattering of homes, so other than the moonlight, it was very dark.
We had just stopped at Homestead and Kellogg, getting ready to turn. Art was driving, I was turning to look at him when I noticed a strange movement coming from the left and slightly behind us. I could see a huge, dark object moving toward us from the rear window and began to yell at Art, "What is that- What the Hell is That??" We jumped out of the car and watched this huge, triangle-shaped object float across the Pahrump valley from southeast to northwest. It was right over our heads, maybe 150 to 200 feet above us, moving slowly, too slow for aircraft we were familiar with.
There was a white, strobing light on the nose of the craft, and two stationary white lights on the rear. It was big enough blot out the stars and moon as it passed. The most unnerving part of this sighting is that for as big as this craft was, there was absolutely no noise, not a single sound could be heard except for crickets. We watched this thing drift for more than five minutes across the valley before losing sight of it.
We finally got home, sat down and compared our thoughts about what happened. Art said he had to go on the air to talk about our sighting the following night and that I had to verify the story. I was reluctant to do this, but Art was adamant that we both had to give our side of the experience. I considered myself fairly open-mined about most paranormal experiences, i.e., ghosts, witchcraft, OBEs', NDEs', clairvoyance, even UFOS and ETs', but this was more than I wanted to see or experience in my lifetime.
Now for the funny part. Two weeks after our sighting, our local newspaper ran a story saying that the object that was seen over the Pahrump valley by other people as well as the two of us, was a C-130 transport plane that was on a secret training flight passing on through the valley. This was the statement given by Nellis Air Force Base. Art served in the Air Force and knows how loud a C-130 is, that they cannot fly at such a slow speed. All I can say is what I saw was real, and still disturbs me to this day.
-- Ramona Bell
I just don’t see an alien craft requiring lights at the tips.
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Whitley Strieber visits with Art recently during his book tour in January 1997.
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Desert sunset outside Art's home in Pahrump Nevada. Photo by Art Bell.
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Photo of Jane Bell (Art's Mom) during her military career.
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HTML Editing Software
I try to program the web sites to a least common set of HTML standards, to allow the pages to display correctly in as many browsers as possible. So you won't see too much in the area of special features, that only one or another browser supports. If I do use a feature of Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer, it usually won't effect the presentation of the important information. I also try to make sure that any feature I use, won't break something in another.
I don't like full WYSIWYG HTML editors. Since I want to be compatible with all browsers, I have to play a few tricks with HTML to get the pages to display properly. When using an editor that displays the page as you edit, it must take the form of one certain browser. Invariably, what looks good in one editor, fails miserably in another browser. So I prefer editors that let you work in text mode, showing HTML tags.
My Internet Software
HTML EDITOR
I personally use an editor called HotMetal Pro Vers 3.0, which is available from: www.softquad.com. It supports HTML 2.0, 3.0, Netscape and Microsoft extentions. Highly Recommended.
GRAPHICS
I use the Metaworks Editor that comes with HotMetal Pro for most graphics editing. I use this program to produce thumbnails for the pages and do the graphics editing, sizing and conversions.
FTP
For FTP file transfers, I use Cute FTP. It is available at papa.indstate.edu:8888/CuteFTP/. It supports Windows/95 long file names, which works great with Unix filesystems. It just works real slick. I like it better than WS_FTP, the standard that most others use. Try it, you'll like it.
WWW BROWSER
For browsing the WWW, I use several programs. Since I have to make sure the pages I develop will appear properly in many different browsers, I have to use them all. I do use Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is available at: www.microsoft.com/ie/default.htm. I also use Netscape 3.0, because even the latest versions of Netscape and MS differ in how they display certain HTML tags. So you can get Netscape from.... well you know.
I also keep a old copy of Mosaic around to test the pages for browsers on Compuserve, Prodigy and AOL. It was hard to find, but you don't need it. For those interested, it is Mosaic Version 2.0 Alpha 7.
For text browsers, the good old Lynx browser for Unix is great. We have many visitors who only have a text account on a college computer system. Lynx might be the only way to browse the web for them. I take special care to make sure our pages here at the Art Bell site, will display properly on Lynx.
TELNET
Telnet programs are used a lot over the Internet. There are lots of them. I recommend three. First the one I use now is NetTerm. This terminal and telnet program performs BOTH modem dialing and Telnet connections from within the same program. It has all the features I need and more. It is fast and sturdy, check it out at: starbase.neosoft.com/~zkrr01/netterm.html
Secondly, my previous best, another one with a great interface and feature set is definately EWAN, available at www.lysator.liu.se/~zander/ewan.html. But if you need ZModem file transfer over a telnet session, HyperTerminal Personal Edition is avaialable at www.hilgraeve.com. This is an upgraded version of the program that comes with Windows 95. Get it, it's free!
E-MAIL & NEWSREADER
I have switched E-Mail programs a lot lately. The one I recommend the most is Eudora Pro or Lite. I tried out Microsoft's Internet Mail and Internet News programs and while the Microsoft programs are very good, they still lack a few features I wanted. I actually purchased Eudora Pro recently and I am sticking with it for now. The one thing I always require in a Windows program is good keyboard access, that doesn't require the mouse. Both Eudora and Microsoft Internet Mail handle keyboard only access very well.
For news reading, I like NewsExpress, another well designed keyboard interface. Kill files, saved folders, nice font control, etc. 32-bit WIN95 version available.
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Taken by our very own Studio Web Cam, here Art is overcome by some mysterious entity, which Art didn't see at the time. He looked over on the Web Cam screen after the image was grabbed by the software, and saved it. This image was grabbed during Art's interview with David John Oates, during the final moments of the "Harlot The Witch" reversals on December 19, 1997.
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Also presented is a normal image, one showing that Art doesn't really have gray hair
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Taken by our very own Studio Web Cam, here Art is overcome by some mysterious entity, which Art didn't see at the time. He looked over on the Web Cam screen after the image was grabbed by the software, and saved it. This image was grabbed during Art's interview with David John Oates, during the final moments of the "Harlot The Witch" reversals on December 19, 1997.
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Also presented is a normal image, one showing that Art doesn't really have gray hair
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The webcam caught him smoking in the house. The ashtray is sitting right there on the desk.
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Art's son, Bob Crane and Art Bell in Red Square.
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Art's son interfaces with local icons in Oslo Norway.
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Ramona in front of Kremlin.
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Welcome to Coast to Coast to Coast to Coast AM and PM.
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Art was signing books at the BRAND NEW Barnes & Noble bookstore in Encinitas CA on Saturday October 25th. Here are a few photos of the event.
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And look who showed up later at the book signing, top left is David John Oates, right is Richard Hoagland, below Art and Ramona.
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Art went to the Portland Oregon Convention Center on March 16th, 1996 to sign books. Here are some picutres of the "event".
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Ramona looks on as Art gives out his hotel room number to the seventh girl in that last 45 minutes.
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Art names the new stray cat, "Yeti."
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"Yeti" on Satellite TV
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Sleeping "Yeti"
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Art names the new stray cat, "Yeti."
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"Yeti" on Satellite TV
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Sleeping "Yeti"
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So many lines...
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Bob & Sue Crane, Ramona & Art Bell in Hong Kong.
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A small Art in front of a big Thai Temple.
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This is Art's wife in a Chinese dress that reminded him of Suzy Wong
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"A truly beautiful Thai girl", says Art.
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Jacor: Signs agreement for Art Bell and KOPE
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Jacor Communications, Inc. Signs Binding Agreement to Acquire Art Bell Syndicator Chancellor Broadcasting Co., Inc., Talk Radio Network, Inc., and KOPE-FM for approximately $9.0 Million
The Acquisition of Art Bell Programs and 17 Talk Radio Network Programs Expands Jacor's Slate of Syndicated Talk Programming
COVINGTON, Kentucky - January 28, 1998 - Premiere Radio Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jacor Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: JCOR) announced today that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Chancellor Broadcasting Co., Inc. and Talk Radio Network, Inc. syndicators of Art Bell's two nationally renowned network radio programs, "Coast-to-Coast AM" and "Dreamland," and 17 other talk radio programs. In the cash transactions valued at approximately $9.0 million, Jacor will also acquire radio station KOPE-FM in Medford, Oregon. Closing of the Art Bell and Talk Radio Network transactions are anticipated within the next month while the radio station acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including FCC approval.
Art Bell's two programs are broadcast on approximately 400 radio stations in the U.S. and Canada, including top radio markets such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Millions of late and overnight listeners "tune-in" to Art Bell's two programs on a daily basis. Bell's "Coast-to-Coast AM" program is broadcast live Mondays through Fridays from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. PST, and is rebroadcast by many of the same radio station affiliates at varying times on Saturdays and Sundays. Bell's "Dreamland" program is broadcast live three Sundays per month from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. PST, and is rebroadcast approximately one Sunday each month.
Art Bell's two programs provide a forum for listeners to voice their views on nearly any topic. Alan Corbeth, President of Chancellor Broadcasting commented that, "Everything on Art's shows is fair game, from politics to aliens and UFOs, from gun control to near death experiences, and on and on. Art's shows are among the most interesting, diverse and informative shows across the country today." Bell is also the author of two books, "The Art of Talk" and "The Quickening," the latter of which was on The New York Times best seller list. Mr. Corbeth will continue with Jacor as a Vice President of Premiere Radio Networks.
Formed in 1993, Talk Radio Network has rapidly grown into a syndicator of 17 radio programs, including "The Roger Fredinburg Show" and "The Dave Dawson Show." Talk Radio Network's programs are broadcast nationally by more than 300 radio stations.
Jacor subsidiary Premiere Radio Networks, the number one syndicator of talk programming and high profile talk radio talents such as Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger, will add Art Bell's shows and the Talk Radio Network shows to its syndication platform. In addition, Jacor and Premiere also syndicate such nationally known radio personalities as Dr. Dean Edell, Leeza Gibbons, Michael Reagan and Jim Rome, in addition to its wide array of program mini-features, research services, production music libraries and jingles services. More than 4,000 radio stations utilize one or more of Jacor and Premiere's syndicated programs and services.
In commenting on the move to Premiere, Mr. Bell stated, "I am excited about the opportunities this acquisition will have for the continued success of my two programs,`Coast-to Coast AM' and `Dreamland.' It has been greatly rewarding to watch my shows blossom from literally a handful of radio stations to almost 400 today. I am extremely thankful for having the opportunity to experience the spectacular growth of my shows while participating in a career I deeply enjoy."
Randy Michaels, Jacor Chief Executive Officer commented that "I have long been a fan of Art's `Coast-to-Coast' show. His highly-rated programs are a perfect fit with Jacor's strategy to acquire and develop high quality, hard to duplicate programming. Combined with Rush, Dr. Laura, and Dr. Dean Edell we now have the four hottest radio talk shows in America. Art's programs clobber the competition in the late and overnight time slots."
Steve Lehman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Premiere, stated: "Premiere shares Randy's excitement in welcoming Art to the Jacor/Premiere family. The acquisition is an excellent strategic fit in both programming and in the continued leveraging of Premiere's sales infrastructure. More and more listeners are tuning in to late and overnight radio. Our acquisition of After MidNite Entertainment approximately one year ago was only the first step in our strategy to reach this growing base of radio listeners."
Jacor Communications, Inc. is the nation's second largest radio station group measured in terms of total stations. Including the recently announced Nationwide Communications acquisition and including other announced or pending acquisitions, Jacor owns, operates,or represents 186 radio stations in 48 U.S. broadcast areas, and one television station.
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A Conversation With ART BELL & WHITLEY STRIEBER authors of THE COMING GLOBAL SUPERSTORM
1. Art, tell us a little about your evolution as a radio talk show host. How does your on-air style differ from that of other hosts?
"I've been in talk radio for 15 years. I've always had an interest in the paranormal, which is probably why 'Coast to Coast AM' evolved as it did. I tend to book people who interest me, and so it's natural that the show has the slant that it does. I don't know how my on-air style differs from other hosts; I just get on the air and start having a conversation. That's the key to the show's intimacy."
2. Whitley, you've had a successful career as a bestselling author writing about the paranormal. Is this field gaining wider acceptance?
"The word paranormal doesn't make any sense to me. The world is made up of forces that we understand and forces that we don't. As we extend our knowledge, we also extend the limits of the known. For example, in 1850 television would have been magic and very definitely part of the 'paranormal.' But certainly that wasn't true in 1950. The same goes for all unknown phenomena. The problem is that society is continually claiming that what is known right now is the absolute limit. This is never true. As far as the paranormal being accepted is concerned, I would hope that it would never be accepted unless it is understood."
3. How did you two first meet?
Art: "We met on the radio. We became friends on-air, doing 'Coast' together."
Whitley: "Although 'Coast' is a five hour broadcast, the time just flies because of the way Art asks questions. The one thing I don't like about doing 'Dreamland' is that I'm not on 'Coast' as often."
Art: "Whit's a good guest. No dead air."
4. Why did you decide to collaborate on this book? How did the writing process work?
"We had started working together on a book about the extreme edge of science when Whitley suddenly realized that there was this huge environmental story waiting to be told. We went back to the drawing board to outline and research The Coming Global Superstorm. We work by talking things out together, making decisions and discoveries. The process flows very naturally."
5. How did you go about researching THE COMING GLOBAL SUPERSTORM?
"The researching was largely Internet based--there is tremendous amount of information out there. But there was also basic, old-fashioned book research investigating things such as how the weather actually works, and the limitations and capabilities of climate modeling. A lot of research was reading the day-to-day weather news about gigantic storms and polar melt. To a great extent, we also found that we could let the story come to us. This phenomenon is real and it's unfolding all around us right now."
6. You are two of America's leading investigators of unexplained phenomena. Why do you think your explorations of UFOs, government conspiracies, anomalies, etc., are so popular with the American public? Why is the mainstream press so reluctant to examine these same topics?
"Our work is popular because it's about things that are real, yet that science won't deal with. People are very curious about the world around them, and they are not stupid. They know they're not getting the whole story. So many people have seen UFOs, but when scientists or the media or the government say it's all nonsense, they hurt their credibility. Telling people that they didn't see what they know darned well they saw creates the need for an open-minded forum, such as the radio shows we do and the topics that often come up."
7. Do you consider yourselves optimists or pessimists?
Art: "I'm probably basically an optimist."
Whitley: "I'd like to be one, but it's getting harder."
8. What do you hope readers get from this book?
"One, that there is a serious and immediate problem with our weather and it's getting worse. Two, that the individual can take steps that will definitely make a difference. We don't need more environmental laws, we need more widespread public action, and our book ends with an outline about how to do just that."
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The Fortune of Abby's Fate
A Cat's Tale
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What would we do for our cats? I found out the day after Christmas just how far we were willing to go for our first cat, Abby. New Year's was just around the corner and Art had suggested that we take our cats on their first cross-country trip for a visit to Bob and Sue Crane in Northern California.
Now through the holidays, I tended to ignore my cats while dealing with other things. For about a week or two, Art had mentioned that Abby, our first cat, was losing weight. I just did not pay attention to this as all three cats were on a special diet food to lose weight. Abby was a big cat that had weighed up to twenty pounds, now he was thin, weak, and walking around as if in pain. I called his vet in a panic only to find that she was on vacation until after the new year. The assistant told me to get the cat to another vet as soon as possible as rapid weight loss was not a good sign. After finding one veternarian that would call me at midnight, I took him to see her later that morning. This vet said that there was something seriously wrong with Abby and we would have to take him to a specialist in Las Vegas for emergency treatment.
With Art holding our poor, sick, and very weak cat in his arms, we drove the 65 miles to the Gentle Doctor Animal Hospital. This was the first time we had to face the possiblity that Abby may not make it, and with that in our minds, Art broke down and cried. It was so hard to be positive, but we were not going to give up.
Once we got to the hospital, we met Doctor Shery D. Babyak, who specilized in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She ran a number of tests on Abby's blood and took a biopsy of his liver. The results were grim, our cat's liver had for some unknown reason, shut down. He had ammonia built up in his blood that had reached life-threatening levels and with lack of food and water was barely holding on. She administered I.V.s to hydrate and stabilize him, then told us that she would have to insert a feeding tube into his stomach so that Abby could gain some nutrition without straining his liver until the biopsy came back and we could see what we were dealing with. She said she would call us the following day after she put in the tube. So we kissed our kitty good-bye and drove home.
Once at home, I had Art print out a large picture of a healthy Abby, which I placed in an area of our living room where we could look at him all the time. I kept a white candle burning during our waking hours, gave silent prayers and sent positive energy in my thoughts to him.
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The next morning brought more bad news, during the pre-surgery, the doctor told us that Abby had started to have trouble breathing and that she had to assist him so she would not lose him. The stomach tube was abandoned and she ended up placing the feeding tube in his neck. She managed to stabilize him and told us to come into town the next day to visit him. It's now five days since we first took Abby to the vet in Pahrump and to see him with tubes in his leg and neck was heartbreaking. Doctor Babyak told us that he had a very high Bilyrubin count, a toxin that was produced as a result of his liver shutting down and his count was nearly 10 times higher than was normally found. He would have to stay in the hospital for continued care and tests. I left a little charm that was a gift from Evelyn Paglini with Abby and we returned home.
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I think during this time that we both cried enough tears to fill a swimming pool, and had a number of discussions on whether we were doing the right thing in allowing Abby to be sustained with I.V.s and the feeding tube. Each day was a waiting game, but the doctor was doing all she could for him and when she was ready to move Abby to her new base of operation, Creature Comforts Animal Hospital, he was starting to take food. With patience, and a great deal of work, on January 5th, Abby walked into the visiting room under his own power, still frail from the tests and treatment, still with I.V. and feeding tubes, but talking up a storm and so happy to see Art.
Though he was not out of the woods, it was a vast improvement from 12 days before and now we felt he had a viable chance to come home soon. Every two days or so we would go into the city to visit and the doctor called us every night with a progress report. On the 10th of January, we requested the feeding tube be removed and he started to eat solid foods. The Bilyrubin count started going down rapidly and by the 17th of January, 23 days after we first took him in for treatment, Abby came home.
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It was a moment of pure elation and awe for Art, Doctor Babyak and myself. It was a miracle that he survived, the doctor said that very few people can stick with the treatments and recovery when an animal is so sick. We still do not know what caused his liver to shut down, he weighed only 11 pounds, 2 ounces and he looked like a french poodle from being shaved for the tubes, but now he is gaining weight, chasing the other two cats around the house, and is loving and grumpy with us.
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I want to thank Doctor Shery D. Babyak for everything she has done for our Abby. She is truly a healer in every way I can imagine and words will never be enough to express my gratitude and admiration for her efforts in saving the life of our Abby cat.
At this time I think that it's important that we all realize that we as part of the human race must take a responsible role as guardians to the animal kingdom, to respect all aspects of animal and plant life, and to defend and safeguard these precious lives for the future generations.
At the time of this article, a catastrophe had occurred in the Galapagos Islands, an oil spill that threated the very existance of the eco-system of this fragile environment. Only time will tell of the extent of damage caused by human error, last report is that the spill has been carried away from the islands, but the potential for the total obliteration of an entire eco-system unique to this area was very real and I believe if the spill had destroyed the Galapagos, the human race would ultimatly pay the price.
-- Ramona Bell
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Crystal Gayle Visits Art in Pahrump Oct 2001
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ART BELL BACK ON AIR FEB. 5, 2001
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2001 Art Bell, the radio personality famous for his spontaneous and compelling conversations about all things unexplained, has announced his return to radio. Bell resumes his reign as host of the most listened to live overnight radio program, Coast to Coast AM on Feb. 5 from 1am to 6am ET.
Bell states, "The negotiation was brutal and bloody! The result... fewer commercials and back to five hours."
Bell resigned last April because of family and legal issues that required his full attention. These have been resolved. His passion for radio and his audience has propelled him back with a renewed commitment to the unique show he created in 1993. Coast to Coast AM airs on more than 430 stations nationwide.
"I am ecstatic to welcome Art Bell back to his program," said Kraig T. Kitchin, president/COO of Premiere Radio Networks. "It was a bloody negotiation – pulling someone out of retirement always is. I am wildly enthusiastic to bring the news to affiliates and listeners nationwide... imagine their reaction! I also want to add my thanks to Mike Siegel."
Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), syndicates more than 60 radio programs to more than 7,800 radio affiliations and reaches over 180 million listeners weekly. Premiere is the number one radio network in the country and features the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Jim Rome, Rick Dees, Casey Kasem, Dr. Dean Edell, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Phil Hendrie, Leeza Gibbons, Michael Reagan, Dave Koz, Blair Garner, Lionel, and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., with eleven offices nationwide.
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OS ANGELES, Oct. 23, 2002 - Art Bell, the radio personality famous for his spontaneous and compelling conversations about all things unexplained, announced his retirement on tonight’s program. Plagued with ongoing back problems, Bell named regular guest host George Noory as his successor. Coast to Coast AM will continue its current broadcast schedule (three nights Bell, three nights Noory, one night Barbara Simpson) until Dec. 31, 2002.
For further details and quotes, tune in tonight for Bell’s live announcement or go to www.CoastToCoastAM.com. Also on this site will be information on Noory - bio, black and white headshot and audio clip highlights from his broadcasts of Coast to Coast AM.
Listeners have responded very well to Noory. In a recent breakout of the top 25 markets during the summer rating period, Noory’s listenership on Coast to Coast AM was equal to or larger than Bell’s audience in most markets. (Arbitron, Summer 2002, Adults 25-54, M-F)
Since 1997, Noory has been the host of a late-night program on KTRS-St. Louis similar to Coast to Coast AM. Known as "the Nighthawk," listeners in five states regularly tuned in to hear Noory discuss unexplained phenomena. His style and pacing of that show was so similar to Bell’s, it caught the attention of Alan Corbeth, Senior VP of Premiere Radio Networks, who recruited Noory about a year ago to guest host the show for Bell in his absence due to his back problems.
Bell plans to serve as an occasional guest host for Noory.
Coast to Coast AM, the most listened to overnight radio program in the country, was created by Bell in 1993 and currently airs on 525 stations nationwide live from 1-6 a.m. ET.
Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), syndicates more than 100 radio programs and services to more than 7,800 radio affiliations and reaches over 180 million listeners weekly. Premiere is the number one radio network in the country that features the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Jim Rome, Rick Dees, Casey Kasem, Dr. Dean Edell, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Phil Hendrie, Leeza Gibbons, Michael Reagan, Art Bell, Blair Garner, Carson Daly, Jim Cramer, Glenn Beck, Kidd Kraddick, Suze Orman and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., with eleven offices nationwide.
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Ramona = A babe with brains. Art married way out of his league with her... Actually, he probably always married out of his league, that irresponsible jerk.
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Ramona = A babe with brains. Art married way out of his league with her... Actually, he probably always married out of his league, that irresponsible jerk.
Makes you wonder how things would be now if Ramona never died. :-\
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Ramona = A babe with brains. Art married way out of his league with her... Actually, he probably always married out of his league, that irresponsible jerk.
She really was very beautiful and I think kept him in line, probably one of the few people who could do that.
I love this thread Thankyou @kingart
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wowee.. i have to say it again.. what a great thread.. thank you @kingart
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Received Mar 14th, 2001 by Art Bell and posted ASIS:
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:15:48 EST
Subject: ****THE ANSWER TO WHO CUT YOUR SHOW******
To: [email protected]
Dear Mr. Bell
This is a Letter which, has taken Me
2 days to gather the courage to write. On one
hand I have information as to How, why, and
whom has Cut your show On both occasions,
On the other a very Well paying Job to protect
And a family To feed and a friendship to lose. But
after contemplating
On this matter for said time, I have decided that
this country Has nothing without Freedom, be it
Press, Speech and the Like. Two days ago I spoke
With a Friend, who works In a 3 letter Agency
N _ _ . He sounded really tired, and Being near
noon this was very unlike him, I asked Did he
have a HOT date The night Before, He answered
"No I was working Late, with TEAM "AB" , What's
that I asked?, He Replied " You know that Radio
Show You like So much?" And being I only listen
To One, Which is ArtBell, I said "yes" , He said
"Well last Night WE had to slap His hand again"
I then Followed with" and Why was that?" He
said " AB was opening Doors and topics on the
Air that Aren't Good for this Country at this time,
and so WE slapped His hand and Knocked His
butt off the air, last Time we slapped his Hand,
For
Having a TRADER LINE (I.E. AREA 51 line). WE
go thru a lot of trouble to have Top secret
personnel Sign secrecy Agreements In our
country's Best
Interest and AB openly Invites them to break the
law and Oaths they have taken, Bottom line, AB
makes Trouble for US, we make Trouble For Him"
I then asked "how can you knock Him off the air?"
"He said We have control over all media Links,
And although we Used a Different Method The
first
Time, Its just as Easy as Opening your garage,
With a push of the button" " Its getting the Order
that's hard, making the call when and where, As
AB pretty much pushes the boarder every Night
he is on the air, But last Night He was Going too
Far with names and Things said IN NASA's area
were well into the area of National Security,
, One of the Names given
as a source for information, wont be so Willing
to speak openly again after today" He then said
He had to get off the phone, His wife wanted to
use it...End of CALL Acouple of things I have
deducted from the phone calls with This Friend
1. This agency has a group of people called
TEAM AB whos job is to listen to Your show
each night your on.
2. A name given on your show the Night your
show was Cut from the air, will Not be so
open with
David B. Sereda in the future.
3. A comment was made In the fashion of
we hear everything AB does Both ON and
OFF the air. (ie BUGs).
4. He said later over a beer after softball
that same night," WE got AB from space
this time, next time we will have an EMP
truck
at his location to even handle AB's Back
Up signal, " He said EMP with
a VERY evil Grin,"then He will Really Learn
His lesson"
I have never written a show
before but, We need to Have
Freedom In this Country, without big Brothers
thumb On the Button. I may lose a Friend over
This letter, But I did what I feel was right.
Godbless
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wowee.. i have to say it again.. what a great thread.. thank you @kingart
Thank you
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I assume the Art Bell merchandise is no longer available? If so, I’m sure George “Falkie” Senda will be buying a few hundred dollars worth at the beginning of the month.
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On January 1st, 2003, Art Bell will have slipped into retirement.
Art’s own official web site, the one and only ArtBell.com,
will have retired with him.
Soon, when you try to access all of this:
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You MUST order and reserve yours before Art retires.
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Chem-Trails - Crop Circles - Shadow People
ArtBell.com is recognized worldwide as
the greatest resource and archive of its kind in existence.
Everything that is, ever was, or ever will be on the web site
will be yours - plus a whole lot more!
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There's simply too much to list everything!
All of the images and supporting topic information
that has ever been discussed on the show
WILL NOT be duplicated at the new site!
It will be gone, forever!
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Ghost Gallery
Kid Frencia sends us:
This photo was taken at my grandmother's house about a year ago in Williamsburg VA. I was setting up her new computer and had taken a test pic with the quickcam that came with it. I saved the file in an attempt to show my grandmother how to use the computer (saving files and stuff). I really didn't see what was in the picture until two weeks ago when I was installing some new software. What do you think it is? The evening that this picture was taken, my grandmothers neighbour passed away from natural causes.
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Mary Honeysuckle sends us:
This picture was taken 9/29/01 at my brother's home in Little Rock, AR. We were shocked to see the face in the fire.
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Tim Blain sends us:
The image I am sending you is an unretouched photo taken in 1980 in Louisville, Ky. The subject in the chair is my cousin. His face is blurred to protect him. My brother took the picture. He passed away 11/11/97. I was not present when the photo was taken. In the 20+ years sense this photo was taken I have asked over and over again if they used some sort of trick to get this image. The answer was and remains "no" to this day. Look close at the helmet resting on the table. The subject in the chair was recovering from a bad motorcycle accident. There had also been reports of ghosts and strange feelings from the basement of the house this photo was taken in. I never saw ghosts in the house, but I got a very uneasy feeling in the house. My mother claims to have had seen "Dark Shapes" swirling around her as she tried to sleep when spending the night. The house belonged to my aunt. I have no explanation for the image. I just know it is still makes me uneasy.
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Chuck Wood sends us: I used to work at a used furniture store and I was cleaning up an old hutch and discovered this photograph. It intrigued me so i inquired about who it was we purchased the hutch from then went to see them with the picture. After a very friendly elderly lady greeted me I showed her the photo and she turned stark white! She said the pic was of her 2 daughters on a camping trip they took not long after her husband unexpectedly died. Guess who decided to come along?
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Kevin Dubrick writes: The 3 of us (Corinna, Angela and Kevin) decided to sublet an apartment from someone rather than staying in a hotel - it turned out to be a good decision, although like most NY abodes, it got a bit cramped. We only stayed in the place for a couple months, and probably only have a handful of pictures of the place. Anyway, this was taken in 2000, and didn't even notic the "head" behind Corinna, untill one of my friends pointed out to me recently. Never thought the place had any ghosts, but I think this proves otherwise!
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J. Newkirk sends us: Here is a picture a friend gave me to send to you. This is at a house she grew up in as a kid and no longer lives there. The image appears to be leaving the chair and heading toward her bedroom. At times their dog would not enter her room and she would feel a "strange presence" as she described it.
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Art and Friends By Don Muse
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5/15/97 - Art Bell Rules the Aurora By Jim Rathshcmidt
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6/22/97 - UFO and Mic By Triaxis Imagery
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Postal addresses, E-Mail addresses and phone numbers for various people, places and things.
Art Bell
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Do not expect an answer to your FAXes or E-Mail. Since E-mail is so easy to send, he gets hundreds a day. He will print out the interesting ones and use the PRINTED HARD COPY on the next program if it applies. But any e-mail pertaining to the current guest or topics is old by the time he gets to it.
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Late night talk host Art Bell peddles weird dreams -- and nightmares -- of the future
By Dale Smith
American-Statesman Staff
Published: April 22, 1999
Last month, Art Bell became the undisputed king of late night radio. He beat a record set by late night talk host Larry King, syndicating popular programs to more than 400 affiliates nationwide. His shows, "Coast To Coast A.M." and "Dreamland," broadcast nightly from a trailer next to his home near Area 51, (a top secret military base), in Pahrump, Nev., are two of the most listened-to, talked-about programs in the country. In Austin you can tune in to 98.9 FM (KJFK) beginning at 10 for nightly broadcasts.
Bell's shows attract dissident thinkers, charismatic cultural theorists, Y2K stockpilers, paranoid doomsayers, alien abductees, ghost hunters and others attentive to catastrophic millennial prophecy or supernatural transmissions of far out experience and knowledge. Late night America -- insomniacs and graveyard shift workers -- listen to Bell's nightly broadcasts from the small desert community near Las Vegas, that boomtown built on desire and fortune. Unlike many radio talk hosts, Bell doesn't screen his calls, allowing any and all to participate. While an occasional self-righteous tone can enter his otherwise steadily-moderating broadcaster's voice, Bell channels the conflicted, unmodulated spirit of America, in all of its uncanny weirdness.
Part carpetbagger and dream peddler, Bell presents a show that is the talk radio equivalent of a small town diner or barbershop. He barters opinions balanced on facts that accelerate and then recede into the night faster than I can verify them. As moderator for this wave-linked public square, Bell's steady voice reminds me that anything is possible in America. The discontented and dispossessed zeitgeist of this country vents its exhaustion over the empirical reality structure surrounding it. But my pleasure in the show is also sociological. I listen to it with intellectual curiosity, searching for uninhibited voices carried on late night airwaves. Bell ushers us through the millennial threshold, a tragi-comic magnification of spiritual longing and social unrest. And while it's impossible to introduce sound reason to explain some of the more farfetched discussions on the show, I often fade into sleep wondering if I really should stockpile food and water for a coming crisis, so convincing are some of the arguments.
Set against the backdrop of U.S.-led airstrikes in Serbia, Bell's show lately has taken new tones of seriousness, with political address and doomsday threats. "This is the first giant step of the New World Order," he told listeners recently, in reference to the Balkan air campaign. Other topics included the rumored Presidential Directive 25 that gives NATO power over U.S. troops. Bell is courteous and cuts to the chase with his callers, but even his tolerance for the weird has limits. One caller claimed that angels would save us in the event of a nuclear war, provoking sardonic remarks from Bell and momentarily derailing the show from conspiracy to fantasy.
Bell, 53, was a FCC licensed radio technician by the age of 13. He built a pirate radio station on an Air Force base, secretly broadcasting to local fans. He lived in Japan, working for KSBK, the only English speaking station in Asia. He has worked as a talk host in Anchorage and Las Vegas, where he began all-night broadcasts to 13 Western states. Radio giant, Jacor Communications Inc, currently syndicates Bell's shows.
In October last year, Bell alarmed devoted fans when he announced that he was signing off the air.
"A threatening terrible event occurred to my family, which I could not tell you about," he told his listeners. "Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now is my final broadcast."
And that was it. He stopped the show, leaving a void in the night, with as many as 10 million listeners left to speculate on the sudden cessation of transmission. Whether it was government coercion, a personal crisis or a savvy advertising stunt, fans and the media offered theories about the strange absence of the night's most popular voice. Then, as suddenly as he left, Bell was back a week later. No explanations were given. He picked up where he left off, discussing vapor clouds, terminator seeds and crop circles. Nightly guests like superstring theorist Michio Kaku, ethnobotanist Terrence McKenna and alien abductee Whitley Strieber were back on the show, ruminating on the supernatural and bizarre.
"Art Bell is an incredible broadcaster," said local KJFK talk host Alex Jones. "He'll talk about serious issues but sandwiches them between pink elephants. He's an incredible entertainer."
"I think for one thing that people are sick to death of politics," Bell said, commenting on his popularity in an interview published late last year. "I think that there's more to life than politics."
Entertainment based on new worlds, domination, rebellion, sociopathic destruction, government and corporate conspiracy -- it's everything America loves. I envision Art Bell dressed in dusty 19th-century garb, hauling his wagon from town to town, peddling visions, stories and nightmares to make a buck. In its way, his contemporary radio version of this concept unites inspired opinion under a canopy of night sky.
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4/20/99
Art Bell glances across his technology-laden studio, takes a breath, and picks up another unscreened call.
“West of the Rockies, you’re on the air.” His warm, smoky voice resonates across the late-night airwaves.
“Hello, Mr. Bell!”
“Hello, Mr. Caller.”
“This is Robert from San Joaquin Valley, California.”
“What’s on your mind tonight?”
Robert is earnest. “This is going to be hard for you to believe,” he begins, “but I’ve got a courtyard that seems like it’s enchanted. All of the little creatures that come in there treat me like I’m family.”
“What do you mean, creatures?” Bell inquires, suspiciously.
“I get everything from red foxes to cats…”
“Oh! Oh, you mean creatures of the Earth. I thought you were talking about gnomes or something.”
“No, all of these creatures that we know about, and they come into my courtyard and they greet me. Like when my telephone rings, I got this little frog out there, and he speaks up just as though to tell me the phone’s ringing.”
Bell deadpans: “You have a frog that monitors your phone.”
“Yeah! In his own language, not English, and it’s really interesting, because…”
“I’ve heard frogs talk,” Bell shoots back, not missing a beat. “They do beer commercials all the time.”
It’s just another typically atypical moment for talk-radio giant Art Bell, whose Coast to Coast AM is a nightly cocktail of UFOs, prophecies, conspiracies, cults, crop circles, the Y2K bug, Bigfoot, alien abductees, and even the occasional enchanted-garden story. Every night from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Pacific Time, while most of America sleeps, Coast to Coast reaches out via satellite to more than 400 radio stations and at least 10 million insomniacs. That makes Bell the fourth-rated talk personality in radio, nestled just beneath daytime heavyweights Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern, and Dr. Laura Schlessinger.
Bell is on his way to becoming the biggest late-night talk host of all time. He’s already one of the few true celebrities of the paranormal world. The ordinary-looking 53-year-old broadcasts nightly from the guest bedroom of his deluxe trailer home in the remote Nevada desert, about 25 miles away from Area 51, the “top secret” military base where many ufologists believe the U.S. government’s UFO cover-up is headquartered. He’s an Air Force vet, a lifelong radio obsessive who held his first FCC license at age 13, and a card-carrying member of the Libertarian Party. Two UFO sightings of his own and handful of psychic experiences have helped give him a broad perspective on what passes for valid subject matter. “I look for the unexpected, the surprise, the shock, whatever it is on any given night,” says Bell in a FATE interview. “I let that sustain me.”
That’s for sure. While Coast to Coast is essentially a general topics show, the subject matter regularly turns to the ultra-strange, thanks to its “freaks come out at night” time slot and its enigmatic host. One night, to poke fun at Jerry Falwell’s recent declaration that the Antichrist is male, Jewish, and living today, Bell opens the phone lines to people who believe they’re the Beast incarnate. “Falwell says he’s out there, and if he’s out there, I’m gonna try to find him!” Bell tells his listeners. “Don’t disappoint me with this now! If I pick up that line, you’d better be the Antichrist!” Over the next few hours, a surprising number of Antichrist candidates — ranging from the convincing to the pretentious — make that call.
Bell has also reserved his lines for wicked witches, time travelers, extraterrestrials, or simply ordinary humans who want to air whatever’s on their minds. Part of the secret of his success, Bell believes, is that he eschews the standard practice of using a call screener — which creates a unique tension of literally not knowing what to expect. “My view is that any talk show host worth his salt can take any call, no matter how strange and bizarre and weird, and make it entertaining, informative, humorous, whatever,” Bell says. “I don’t want to know what’s coming next.” But it’s almost always good radio.
When Bell isn’t hearing from his listeners, his stable of call-in guests maintains the atmosphere. There’s Richard Hoagland, who delivers massive conspiracy theories connecting NASA, Freemasons, and UFOs. There’s remote viewer Ed “Dr. Doom” Dames, who predicts that an enormous solar flare may destroy much of the Earth’s population in 1999. Peter Davenport from the National UFO Reporting Center checks with each new discernible wave of UFO reports. And then there’s Gary North, the fear-mongering fundamentalist who appears to hope that the Y2K computer bug will bring on the collapse of civilization on January 1, 2000. (Bell was discussing Y2K months before it was a household term.)
By Bell’s own admission, however, Coast to Coast — and Dreamland, his Sunday evening show — range everywhere from “the scientific to the entertaining to the ludicrous.” For this, Bell is often attacked by rivals and the media for what they see as a dangerously uncritical stance. It’s the “scientific” part that gets others up in arms. In November, the skeptical Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) branded Bell with its backhanded Snuffed Candle Award, presented for his role in “encouraging credulity, presenting pseudoscience, and contributing to the public’s lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry.”
Bell responds to such attacks with savvy. “I said, ‘Look, a person’s mind should not be so open that the brains fall out, nor should it be so closed that no useful input can be taken in,” he says of the CSICOP award. “I listen to things that CNN and NBC and CBS and ABC don’t listen to and won’t listen to, and I think the American people appreciate that.”
Bell interviewed CSICOP leader Joe Nickell on the show, and the two mulled over their differences. “He finally had to admit that he never listens to the show,” Bell says, exasperated. “I’m afraid that in the mind of the casual listener, he hung himself. That happens with a lot of my guests. You would be surprised how useful it is to give people enough rope.”
The View from Dreamland
Pahrump, Nevada (pop. 1,300), is the last place on Earth you’d expect to find the headquarters of a talk-radio giant. But it’s a natural place for Art Bell. At this remote crossroads, anti-federal government sentiment runs high, gambling and prostitution are legal, and the notorious Area 51 — a.k.a. Dreamland — lies just beyond the nearby Spring Mountains. The so-called Extraterrestrial Highway and the Area 51 gateway town of Rachel, Nevada, are clear on the other side of the military zone from Pahrump, but Bell’s town still sits firmly in ufology’s mecca zone. Residents regard lights in the sky as a not uncommon occurrence.
When the subject of Pahrump comes up in a Las Vegas taxi, the driver immediately mentions Art Bell. “Ask anyone in that town where he lives,” the cabbie says, “but no one will tell you.” Privacy seems to be one of Bell’s top values. As a condition of this FATE story, Bell politely insisted on a telephone-only interview, citing a profound weariness with reporters, photographers, and unexpected visitors.
Find out more about Art Bell, his personal paranormal experiences, his Millennium appearance, and more in the May 1999 issue of FATE..
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12/10/98
NewTimes LA: The Art of Darkness
The night is filled with many things, not all of which go bump.
One of those things is the voice of Art Bell. That voice carries out through the darkness, riding the invisible radio waves from his broadcast headquarters--a trailer next to his house in Pahrump, Nevada--over the lizards and sagebrush, between the shadows and moonbeams, finally emerging from the speakers in millions of radios belonging to those who are more fond of that voice than sleep.
It is the subject matter that his listeners crave--a titillating goulash of paranormal activity, UFOs and the aliens who man them, cults, government conspiracies, chupacabras, Ouija boards, black holes and small greys, the New World Order, communication with the dead, and anything else seemingly abnormal in the universe.
All of this is discussed on Bell’s phone-in talk shows--“Coast to Coast A.M.,” which airs six nights a week from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., and “Dreamland,” a program especially tailored to things paranormal on Sunday nights from 6 to 9 p.m. He’s been broadcasting for 14 years--currently on more than 400 stations--and boasts the fourth largest audience in talk radio nationwide.
Yet, listening to Bell in a room with the lights out or on the car radio while following the headlights down a lonely stretch of highway, you get a seductive feeling of campfire ghost-story intimacy. It’s just you and him and his cavalcade of guests and callers, many of whom sound paranoid and insane, but this is information that must be heard. And when you hear it you’ll know why.
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New Times Article
An interview that appeared in the Nov/Dec. issue of New Times. Copies of this issue are available by sending $3 to New Times of the Southeast, 9104 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502. Email: [email protected]
Publisher Note: This exclusive New Times interview with Art Bell occurred on September 30, 1998. On October 12, Art Bell mysteriously shocked his audience and syndicator of his show, Premiere Radio Networks by abruptly resigning from his talk show. As we go to press, Art has announced he will resume to broadcast his show on Wednesday, October 28. He stated he will reveal the threat when the time is safe. Efforts to reach him for an update to this interview have been unsuccessful.
Interview
UFO and Conspiracy Theory Radio Talk-Show Host
An Interview with Art Bell by Russell McBride
NT: Your show is heard on 415 stations with the audience of ten million people. Why is a show that covers the paranormal, government conspiracies, and the unexplained being so successful?
AB: Well I think for one thing that people are sick to death of politics. I know I am. Particularly the current brand of it in Washington. I think that there's more to life than politics and talk radio is the number one format right now. If it (talk radio) doesn't realize it, and grow up soon and realize that there's more to life than politics, then it will not remain the number one format. In other words, if you were to ask yourself when you go home and talk to your family, your wife or your children, dad or mom, how many hours per day do I actually spend talking about politics I think you'd be surprised at the answer. It's not that many hours, yet a lot of talk show host go on the air and for many hours that's all they do. It gets old. So, there are other important things in our world.
NT: When you were interviewed on the NBC Today Show, they showed one of your listeners placing his hand to his throat and said, "I am fed up to here with Monica and politics." Do you think listeners reflect this?
AB: I think that the polls obviously indicate that's true. If you look at the conservative right wing in America, they appear to be completely perplexed by the continuing good poll numbers that President Clinton has, and the message there is not necessarily that the American people like what he's done, but they like what he's doing as President. They like the condition of the country right now. So I think that's the message and a lot of people aren't hearing it and they continue to force feed the American people what they don't want to hear.
NT: Your audience goes beyond the boundaries of the U.S. Does your international audience have the same concerns as U.S. listeners?
AB: Well, we do have a very, very large international audience. I think the reason for that is the kind of material that I present and deal with is universal. It plays well in Britain, or Australia, Canada, or New Zealand or anyplace where they can understand English. American internal politics doesn't export very well.
NT: Your show covers government conspiracies, the paranormal, secret governments, anomalies and a host a other unexplained phenomenon. How did you evolve from a former rock and roll DJ to a host of this type talk format?
AB: Well, that was my youth. I'm 55 years old now. I got my first job in radio when I was 16, so I spent the early days learning broadcasting technically from a programming standpoint. Early on in my 14 years of talk radio, I noticed we did shows on the paranormal, only on a sporadic basis, because I wanted to. I have a high interest in the subject and the audience response was tremendous, so I just sort of listened to my audience and began doing more shows of that sort until finally one day we turned the comer completely and here we are today.
NT: You broadcast, and live in Nevada, near Area 51. Is this by chance or do you have an agenda?
AB: I live in Pahrump, Nevada, which is indeed just across the mountain from Area 51, more by chance than with any agenda. I'm very glad that I'm here. I was living in Las Vegas and doing my radio show there and commuting for many years. That's 120 miles of driving a day. Pahrump turned out to be a nice quiet spot in the desert and a good foil for all the business that goes on in Las Vegas. In other words, I live in the country and I love it and I love the quiet and I have 5 hours on the night, every night, rather, on the air and when I get off I can just walk outside and it's quiet, peaceful and serene. And it's good balance. It gives me balance.
NT: You have had Gordon Michael Scallion on your show numerous times who is a very well respected authority on earth changes. He told you are in an area that may experience significant earth changes, possibly devastating. Why are you remaining and do you believe these predictions?
AB: Well, life goes on one day at a time. I don't want to end up at the bottom of a new ocean bed, it's true, but I'm here, I love where I live and if it turns out that this is where I'm going to die then that would be OK.
NT: So you're at peace with...
AB: So I have no intent to move is the answer.
NT: With all the programs that you've aired, is there any one show that stands out as the one of the most shocking that had an impact on you?
AB: I do many programs that are shocking. That's the business that I'm in. And I think that's what my audience has come to understand about my program, that a lot of the information is just flat out shocking. Some of it's true; some of it's not true. The way I interview my guests and my callers is to help them tell their story. I don't pin them up against the wall 60-Minutes style and sweat 'em. I let them tell their own story the way they want to tell it. I sit back and assume the audience is a group of adults who can judge the difference between truth and BS. You know I treat my audience as adults. Rush Limbaugh will frequently say you don't need to read the newspaper or TV. and he will tell you what to think. I don't tell you what to think. I present information to you and I let you think about it and come to your own conclusions.
NT: It seems you provide a forum for people to state their particular interest, or cause, or belief, and that it's the callers that quiz your guests, question their credibility, challenge or agreeing with them, rather than yourself.
AB: That's right. That's exactly correct. And that's exactly the way I intend for it to be. I don't want to do anybody's thinking for them. I don't want to tell them what to think, or what to believe. There's enough of that around the rest of the dial. On my program, you simply get information and you can sort it yourself and decide what you think. I don't feel some great responsibility to be the judge of what somebody says. I'll let my audience do that.
NT: Is a 10 million audience your verification?
AB: Well, yeah I think that speaks for itself.
NT: Did you think your show would be this successful?
AB: No, of course not. I had no idea it would be this successful. It just happened. It's one of those mysteries of life and, no... I don't know why. You asked me that earlier and I gave you my stock answer, which is that I'm doing something different. I do think that there are now a lot of people trying to imitate me, which is kind of sad. When Rush came along and got very successful, all of a sudden we had a lot of little Rush Limbaugh wannabe's and they kind of fell by the wayside one at a time, and I think that will occur with people that try to imitate me. What I would like to see is more people doing innovative things themselves instead of trying to find a format that they think is successful and duplicating it.
NT: Such as what you did.
AB: Yes. Go do something new. Do something that nobody else has done before. And I think that is the key to success. You might fall on your face, but you also might be an original. And there aren't too many originals out there anymore.
NT: The converse is when someone copies you that is the highest form of flattery.
AB: Well, it is, it's a high form of flattery all right but it's also sad that there's not more innovation in the industry. And this high form of flattery usually ends up falling flat on its face.
NT: I don't know who the producers were that were willing to take a chance but obviously you were fulfilling...
AB: Oh I give management a lot of nervous times, believe me. I still do, they have no idea what I'm going to do when I come on the air. No idea whatsoever, half the time I don't.
NT: You often mention the government monitors our phone conversations with super computers near DC and this is voice activated by some key words that someone would say. With the cellular technology it would be easy to pick up this...
AB: The national security agency does that on a regular basis both with domestic and foreign calls.
NT: Why do they do it?
AB: Extensively for national security. In other words if I'm in a conversation with you right now and I say the word bomb, or I say kilo, or I say terrorist, or I say nuclear, these are words that the big mainframe computer is going to trip, kind of like a tax audit trip, and its going to cause someone to monitor that conversation. They don't monitor everything, of course, they couldn't. But they use big Cray computers to sit and listen for key words, to trip listens. So of course it's done.
NT: You mention the Cray computer. It is believed by many those computers were used in the Philadelphia Experiment. Al Bielek, a survivor of the Philadelphia Experiment, has been a guest on your show and claims he has time traveled. With his extensive technical information about the project, do you believe his claims?
AB: Well, I'm a technical person. I was on the technical side of radio before I was on the microphone side of radio. So I'm conversant in these areas so naturally when I get somebody who is able to give me some sort of detail I pursue that angle. Which is very interesting because there is very little of that with people who describe these kinds of events. You get very few technical details generally, and I'm able to pursue that because I've got that background.
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NT: Do you find Al Bielek experiences in the Philadelphia Experiment to be scientifically possible?
AB: I think that the technical aspects that Al Bielek described are absolutely reasonable and feasible. I begin to have a difficult time with Al's story when it gets into the latter stages where he's beginning to describe himself at an earlier age and that sort of thing. I don't rule it out as a possibility, I simply can't process the information as I can the technical information that he presents as easily.
NT: Over the years you've had many shows on the near death experience with Raymond Moody, Dannion Brinkley, Beverly Eadie and others. You had a recent show that said there's been a drug in existence since the early 1970's that can induce a near death experience. Does this diminish the near death experience work or survivors and researchers?
AB: No, not at all. It probably underscores it. I think that inducing a near death experience is a rather dangerous prospect. And I know several Ph.D. types who are in the middle of doing that right now, just like the old Flatliners movie. I interviewed them. So, I'm awaiting the results of this. But you've got to be quite an adventurous spirit to take a drug that will take you to the edge of death. So I don't think that it in any way takes away from the work of the Dannion Brinkleys and Raymond Moodys. It probably will add to it.
NT: You often have shows on the new millennium and the upcoming earth changes. When guests like Gordon Michael Scallion and futurists like Sean David Morton speak about...
AB: Sean David Morton, he's been a guest probably two or three times in the last couple weeks, so I know he's a very valid person.
NT: What is your personal belief about earth changes and the coming of the new millennium?
AB: It's not a belief; it's an observation. Obviously it's going on. I mean, anybody who could now deny we are in the middle of a permanent profound weather change has just got their eyes shut. So that's already underway. With regard to other aspects of earthquakes, we just had one in Pennsylvania and in Ohio on the state line there. We had a five pointer on the big island of Hawaii Monday. We had Papaugh New Guinea that just about got wiped away by a tidal wave. These things are going on. Magma is moving, a lot of volcanoes are becoming active that were not active previously, or have not been active in a long time. There's inevitably going to be an explosion of Mt. Popoa, I call it, in Mexico. And I'm a little nervous about Mt. Shasta and some of the mountains in the northwest. So, my belief about these things is if you look at the ice in the Antarctic that's beginning to melt and break off, these things are as real as a heart attack, and that's what the earth is having, a heart attack. It's just that it occurs on a scale where a lot of people are like the frog that is slowly boiling in the water and they don't know it's going on until it's already too hot.
NT: Why do people like G. Gordon Liddy and Rush Limbaugh take such radical stances saying the exact opposite, that there are not earth and climate changes?
AB: Because that's not a scientific, but a political stand. In other words, a lot of people realize that if you admit, for example, to global warming, or the big ozone problem - and it's interesting you should mention that because on NBC they did quite an interesting piece on the size of the ozone hole and on the melting Antarctic ice. With these rabid anti-environmentalists, you're dealing with a political economic agenda, you're not dealing with science.
NT: A recent guest on your show was a high ranking Soviet defector that talked about the present day Russian nuclear arsenal controlled by a starving, unstable military. Is this a real threat, and if so, why is this information being kept from the American public?
AB: Yes to both. It's absolutely a real threat. Russia is now more dangerous than when we called it the Soviet Union, by a long shot. It's very unstable.
NT: There have been many books, documentaries, and claims about the secret government. Is there a secret government? And if it is, who is it?
AB: I can't sit here and tell you for certain that I know there's a secret government, because I don't. Are there things that our Presidents are not told? I suspect yes there are. But can I sit here and give you evidence? No, I cannot anymore than Oliver Stone's movie about the assassination of JFK. Did that prove that somebody other that Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy. NO. I think that if someone were to say today, here it is ladies and gentlemen, the absolute unvarnished truth about the assassination of President Kennedy, it would be one more theory on top of 10 thousand already existing theories, and so our chance of ever really knowing the truth is zero.
NT: Tell us about your UFO experience.
AB: My wife and I were coming back from Las Vegas. I was driving. We were about, I don't know about 1/2 mile from home. You've got to understand that it's very quiet out here. It was about 11:45, no actually about 11:20 at night, and my wife said, "What the hell is that?" and something caught her attention, and she looked behind the car and here comes this giant thing coming toward us. So I pulled the car over and we both got out, and looked up and here comes this giant triangular craft. It couldn't have been more than 150 feet above us. I felt like I could throw a rock and hit the damn thing. It was totally utterly silent, I mean it was quiet enough out there that you could hear crickets a good quarter a mile, and it was making zero noise. And it was not flying. I was in the Air Force and I know what aerodynamic flight is. It was floating, or put another way, it was defying gravity. It was moving forward at about 30 miles an hour. I'd say it was a minimum of 150 feet from one point of the triangle to the next. When it passed over us, the stars went away, the moon which was almost full, went away, but there was enough reflective light to actually see the metallic or whatever it was; it seemed like a black metallic bottom to the craft. We stood and we watched it float out across the valley. It just floated out toward Area 51. Now this is an interesting story, and a true story. It's interesting in one of two ways, either it's an extraterrestrial of some sort, or the U.S. government has antigravity technology that we don't know anything about. Either way, it's a pretty interesting story. That's my take on it, and as a matter of fact, on my web site you will find a painting that is very accurate. I worked with an aeronautical illustrator who got every detail down. And we put that up on the web site. So if you want to see what I saw, there it is.
NT: Of all the shows that you've done, which ones made you nervous?
AB: The series of shows that I'm doing with Sean David Morton probably has me a little more on edge than anything I've done in quite a while because he's eerily accurate. In other words, Sean David Morton has not only made predictions that come true, but he's nailed them down right to the very day. In so many instances now, that I'm beginning to wonder where his information comes from. It's even making a lot of religious people rather nervous. I think that a lot of religious people, when it comes to prophets manage to turn them off very easily in their mind, because their predictions frequently don't come true. When you have hit after hit after hit after hit, as Sean David Morton has, then you begin to get a severe reaction from the religious community, who begin to yell 'false prophet, false prophet, Antichrist', you know, whatever. I guess it's a little like an author - it's always your last book that's the best. So it's your last show, the best. But I think Sean David Morton has me pretty freaked out right now.
NT: Is that because it's valid information that is scientific and can be validated.
AB: He makes short term predictions that come true on the date specified. How much better does it get?
NT: How come CNN, NBC, ABC, MSNBC and the media are not giving the attention if he's able verify this information?
AB: You could ask that question and a lot of other questions about why the mainstream press in America doesn't cover a lot of things that are going on, I mean we are sitting here talking about Monica Lewinski and President Clinton, and there are 1.5 million people who are having their food rationed in Australia, in the big cities in Australia because they've lost all their natural gas because it exploded. The gas plant exploded, and that news isn't even hitting our wires. There's plenty of good questions to ask about why our mainstream press does what it does. It's pack journalism. They're lazy. They all cover the same thing. They rip and read the same wire, so what's fed to them from the networks is what gets reported, and nothing else does.
NT: It seems that it's more important who got the story first, verses the content of the story.
AB: What the American press does, is they decide how a story is going to be told and then anything that interferes with that, they disregard. In other words, the facts be damned. If they want a certain angle on a story, they tell it that way and any fact that would get in the way of telling it that way gets disregarded. Now that's lazy journalism.
NT: Being someone who has put themselves personally out in a very vulnerable position subject to attacks, have you been visited by men in black suits coming to your house and have you ever been threatened? What has been their reason for coming to...
AB: Yes. I can't talk about it.
NT: You can't talk about it?
AB: Nope. I can answer your question, but I can't give you details.
NT: Would it be safe to say that it falls under the basic umbrella of national security?
AB: I've told you as much on that as I can.
NT: The X Files television show covers a lot of the topics or has the same viewership that your show does. Is there a parallel? Is this another indicator that people don't trust the government and want true information?
AB: Well, I was already on when the X Files came on. I think that it's one more indication that the American people are interested in things that the mainstream press doesn't report on, but nevertheless are every bit as, I say this on Dreamland, every bit as real as the air that you breath. You know, they're real things. It's just that they can't quantify them in the way they usually want to quantify them on the network news so they can't touch them. Or won't.
NT: What's your view on crop circles? There have been a host of specials on Discovery and...
AB: Some are fake, but most are real. And anybody who looks at the series of crop circles this year in Great Britain, for example, and doesn't understand that they were not made by human beings is a complete blithering idiot. These in some cases cover as much as ten acres, they are precise. When the crops are tested they show molecular changes that could not be made by people with boards and chains. They are intricate and show every sign of exhibiting fractal geometry. So my take on them, is they are not made by human beings. What they are, I don't know. They could be one of many things. They could even be some sort of geo magnetic anomaly - they could be a lot of things, but they are not made by guys with boards and chains.
NT: It's not Doug and Dave.
AB: Yeah.
NT: Have you ever heard of Drunvalo Melchizedek?
AB: Yes.
NT: Have you ever had him on your show?
AB: No. He's out too far on a limb for me. It's a little too far out for even me, so I don't have anything negative to say about him, except that I wouldn't choose to have him on the program.
NT: On your Today segment there was a professor in Upstate New York who is blaming you for the Heaven's Gate mass death by placing a fake photo on the Internet.
AB: No actually, that photo came from Professor Courtney Brown at Emery University, and indeed I put that photo on the internet and I proved that it was a fraud, two months before these people committed suicide, so that professor was a tip of the hat on the part of NBC to try and put something challenging in there, but obviously, it has been long known by all the American media that Heaven's Gate people did not commit suicide because of what Art Bell had on the air. As a matter of fact in their own suicide note it said that they knew Comet Hale Bop did not have a companion and that the reason for their suicide was the comet itself. It was the marker, telling them it was time to go. But it goes back to what I told you earlier, about when the American press decides how they are going to tell a story. They don't let anything get in the way of that. And when those people committed suicide the American press decided they were going to blame it on Art Bell. Unfortunately, the facts did not fit. So they would come out here and they would interview me and I would show them the facts as documented with dates and all the rest of it, and they would kind of go, "Oh." And they would go away and you wouldn't hear anything more about it. You see, so again if their story is not told the way they want to tell it; they simply ignore the facts.
NT: Our readers are mostly in Virginia and North Carolina and in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We don't have the liberal openness attitude of Southern California, but there seems to be a movement in this area of the Southeast US that has a common bond. With your vast audience, what is your feeling about the country now? AB: I don't think there's a whole lot of difference now. There was a day when California was a land of fruits and nuts, and I think that now in America there's not a lot of difference between California and West Virginia. There are a lot more open minds out there than there were. And I don't think that it's drugs that have opened the minds, it just people beginning to realize that there is more going on than they're being told by the mainstream press.
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Unscreened as always
Peddling 'X-File'-like tales of aliens and coverups, radio talk show host Art Bell has uncovered another dimension filled with 10 million listeners
By Marc Fisher
of the Washington Post
May 25, 1998
"If you maintain a force in the world that comes into people's sleep, you are exercising a meaningful power."
-- Don DeLillo in "Underworld"
Pahrump, Nev. -- There's a call on the Area 51 Caller Line. Art Bell answers on the air, unscreened as always.
A panicked, nearly hysterical man says he was let go from the top-secret government compound deep in the Nevada desert. The man cannot divulge his location. He is in a hurry. "They'll triangulate on this position really soon."
"Give us something, quick," Bell urges.
Through the miracle of satellite technology, the talk show host transmits the disturbing call to more than 400 radio stations across the nation -- more than any other radio show but for Paul Harvey, Rush Limbaugh and Laura Schlessinger.
(In Milwaukee, Bell has the No. 1 overnight radio show from midnight to 5 a.m. weeknights on WTMJ-AM (620), attracting a 16.4% share of the available audience, according to Arbitron ratings for the first quarter of the year. The show attracts 66,500 listeners who tune in five minutes or more a week.)
Bell broadcasts from a beige easy chair, sitting alone in a tiny bedroom of his double-wide trailer deep in the desert, one mountain range away from the mysteries of the black-budget Air Force base known as Area 51.
"What we're thinking of as aliens, Art, they're extra-dimensional beings that an earlier precursor of the space program made contact with," the caller blurts out. "They have infiltrated a lot of aspects of the military establishment, particularly Area 51. The disasters that are coming, they -- the government -- knows about them . . . They want those major population centers wiped out so the few who are left will be more easily controllable. I say we g-"
The man is weeping now, and suddenly there is only silence. One, two, three, four, five seconds of dead air -- a radio eternity. "Coast to Coast AM," Bell's program, has vanished into the ether. And then Bell's theme music swells, and the host's calm, resonant voice returns:
"Weird, weird, weird stuff. In all my life . . . My uplink transmitter was dead as a doornail." For the first time in all his years of broadcasting, Bell had lost his connection to the transmitter. Smack in the middle of that call.
Later that night, Bell offers listeners his take on the event: "That's beyond coincidence. It was done to you."
The desert, it is said, does strange things to the eye. It is true: That man with a straw hat, quivering in the remote distance, turns out to be a clump of cactus. That cloud, on closer inspection, is a mountain. That fog is faraway ice.
By day, Bell's trailer is nothing special, the hideout of just one more American who found his piece of paradise and straight away nailed up a "No Trespassing" sign.
But at night, when the crystal-black sky explodes with stars and the mountains offer a scarf of darkness, this trailer is transformed into a transmitter of freakish fear and the sweetest of hopes.
Kept company by a fistful of phone lines, a trio of computers, an atomically synchronized clock and a framed, bare-breasted photo of the actress Shannen Doherty, a 52-year-old man who hasn't had a good night's sleep in nine years offers an insomniac nation a host of extravagant, extraordinary, even extraterrestrial possibilities.
While the other big names of radio traffic in standard-issue news, politics and family concerns, Bell's all-night talkfest concentrates on conspiracies and coverups of the gravest order: alien abductions and crop circles, cloning and bird flu, El Nino, cattle mutilations and anthrax scares.
In Bell's world, visitors from other dimensions win equal time with Clinton and Lewinsky. Callers who use remote viewing to look ahead in time are taken as seriously as Washington pundits who claim to peer into the presidential future.
Bell asks that we embrace all possibilities. He is a preacher of sorts, a purveyor of gloom and doom on Earth, and of hope and possibility in the great beyond. He is a loner who lives modestly even now that Jacor Communications, which owns the Limbaugh and Schlessinger shows, has bought his weekday and weekend programs for $9 million. He is a grown-up geek who conducts his own search for meaning before a rapidly growing audience of more than 10 million listeners. He is an intelligent man who wears his gullibility proudly.
Last year, when a scientist told Bell that a UFO was hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet, he and many of his listeners took the claim at face value. So did a purple-clad cult called Heaven's Gate, whose members shortly before their mass suicide provided a link to Bell's World Wide Web site on their own site.
Shaken by news accounts linking him to the suicide, Bell would eventually spurn the notion of the secret spacecraft. Actually, he insists, he "disproved" the claim on the air well before the Heaven's Gate members took their lives. But his initial reaction was typical Bell: If you say so, sure.
In bed late at night, a seven-transistor radio tucked under his pillow, the adolescent Bell listened to the talkers who first gave voice to the great American obsessions -- the eternal debate over the John F. Kennedy assassination, the rumblings about CIA mind-control experiments, the well-worn tales of ordinary people who said they'd been abducted by creatures from outer space.
It would be many years before some of those issues would become acceptable in daylight, but the great web of conspiracy was being spun in the privacy of the night, and Bell felt himself a part of that invisible community. While his parents fought and meandered around the nation -- Bell, a Marine brat, says he attended 35 high schools -- radio was a constant. Days, he raised hell, making bombs and rockets. Nights, he pretended to be on the air, a rock deejay with a gaggle of groupies.
He got his FCC ham license at age 13. For most of his 38 years in radio, Bell, a square-faced man with a thick salt-and-pepper mustache, big ears and rectangular wire-rim glasses, had little opportunity to share his interest in the bizarre. In college he studied engineering before dropping out to do radio.
He was a rockin' boss jock spinning the hits on little stations in New England, California, even in Okinawa, where he spent six years working at a U.S. military station. He set a world record for seesawing while broadcasting -- 57 hours. But mostly, it was time, temp, a couple of quips, and bam into the music, mastering the deejay's tricks of the period -- step right over the intro, but don't ever walk on that vocal!
Bell eventually tired of radio and became a cable guy, a job that brought him to Las Vegas in the mid-'80s. An AM station asked him back to a part-time, overnight job as a talk show host. For several years, he was a West Coast phenomenon, popular enough, but among radio industry executives, considered a regional oddity.
There was something about the West, with its great expanses of empty land and sky. "Out here, everything is bigger," Bell says. "You see strange things and that changes you."
Dreamland, the name of Bell's Sunday night show, is also the name used by military pilots for the expanse of desert north of Bell's house, Area 51, where pilots get to fly experimental craft they previously could only dream about.
It was on the way home to Pahrump from Vegas one summer night that Bell had his own close encounter. Just before midnight, Art and his wife were about a mile from home when Ramona blurted, "What the hell is that?"
Art cut the engine, and the two of them looked behind the car and up. Hovering over the road was an enormous triangular craft, each side about 150 feet long, with two bright lights at each point of the triangle. After a while, the craft floated directly over the Bells. The thing was barely moving. And, Bell says, "It was silent. Dead silent. It did not appear to have an engine."
After a few moments, the craft floated across the valley and out of sight. Bell calls this his "UFO experience," and says flatly: "It really doesn't matter that much to me if anyone believes me. Thousands of people seeing the same thing cannot all be wrong."
Overnight is the only time radio is not governed by focus groups and audience surveys. It is one of radio's oldest traditions: Free from the tyranny of time and temp, news and ads, an individual intelligence can expose itself to listeners in cars and bars and empty offices and wrinkled sheets.
For more than half a century, the great clear-channel stations have carried 50,000-watt signals from the Northeast to the Midwest, from the Mississippi to the Potomac, filling the night with voices such as Jean Shepherd, who spun fabulously improvised tales of an Indiana childhood on New York's WOR; or Herb Jepko, who presided over a gathering of truckers, little old ladies and night clerks with his gentle Nightcappers club out of Salt Lake City; or Larry King, who first from Miami and then from Washington paved the way for an explosion in talk media.
But the king of the night was Long John Nebel, the onetime carnival huckster who transfixed several generations of listeners with all-night tales of UFOs and government conspiracies, multiple personalities and parapsychology.
Nebel, who once sold lucky numbers on the streets of downtown Washington, used his New York talk show to sell sand dollars, vitamins and life insurance. He might spend four or five hours on the air probing the passions of a young radical such as Malcolm X, but politics was secondary: Nebel was the first to make the connection between the night and the eerie topics that could keep listeners saying to themselves, "Well, just another 20 minutes."
It was Nebel's show that Bell listened to as a sleepless adolescent; it was Nebel who first opened Bell's ears to the possibilities of a world beyond. But while Nebel was first and foremost a pitchman, a "magnificent charlatan," as his biographer, Donald Bain, put it, Bell actually believes what he's saying. He is wedded to the night not because it is where he finally hit it big, but because it is where he is philosophically comfortable.
Everyone else in radio these days is a clone, Bell says. Limbaugh, Ollie North, Gordon Liddy -- "famous criminals, morning shows that compete to find the worst language you can manage to get on the air, the most controversial topics. Guns! Abortion!"
Outside, the sagebrush flops around in the wind. Bell seems out of sorts in the midday sun -- one reason he says he will never do TV or daytime radio. "I talk about weird stuff," he says quietly. "What I do only works at night, only on the radio."
Claire Reese, general manager of KDWN in Las Vegas, where Bell worked for six years before his show went national three years ago, put Bell on days for a brief period. The show bombed. "He didn't really tick until he was on at night," she says. "Night people are just different."
"Art is a loner," Reese says. "He's headstrong, wants to do things his way. He's so engrossed in what he does that he doesn't need anything but what he has out there in the desert."
You will never hear Bell tell off a guest, no matter how harebrained the tale, no matter how preposterous the claims. It's not that he believes every word, but that he believes his job is "to help them get their story out, no matter how wild. Unless someone is dangerously misinforming my audience, that's not the role of this host. Let the audience decide."
A guest predicts an explosion on the sun that will wipe out all plant life in Africa. Bell acts as if he's just heard that tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers.
"That comes from a remote viewer, someone reporting from a discipline that the U.S. military spent $20 million developing," he says. "Just let them unwind their story."
Is there no limit to what Bell would put on the air? "Well," he says, "I had Tom Metzger, the white supremacist, on the other night, so pretty much no."
At the end of that broadcast, Bell told Metzger, "I am married to a brown-skinned Asian woman. What does that make me?"
A traitor to your race, Metzger said.
"Thanks very much, Tom," Bell replied. "Good night."
"He sunk his own ship," the host says a few days later. "And I was only polite."
If Art Bell believes half of what is claimed on his program, he is either the world's most gullible man or a raving lunatic. Or he is right, and the people who call themselves rational are wrong.
The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, an organization of scientists and science buffs devoted to puncturing the claims of believers in alternate realities, has dissected and dismissed Bell's writings and radio rhetoric.
"The plague of pompous pieties, platitudes and propaganda never ceases!" says Robert Baker, psychology professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky, reviewing Bell's book, "The Quickening." "It is very difficult for us to believe Bell . . . would have the unmitigated gall to ask the public to pay $24.95 for 336 pages of childish inanities or to have them read such drivel as, 'Ghosts and apparitions exist and houses can be haunted. Of that there is no doubt.' "
Baker and other scientists reject Bell's notions as irresponsible, "inexhaustible ignorance," but the broadcaster is undaunted.
"Belief in the paranormal is like religious faith. It's something you can't lay your hands on," he says. "I have something beyond faith. I've gone beyond faith because I have seen these things."
Bell admits having fallen for his own listeners' hoaxes, including a 1995 scenario called Project Blackhole that predicted a Los Angeles earthquake. And he readily concedes that some of his listeners have lost contact with the rails.
"The proportion of nuts is probably slightly in excess of what the American people are, and according to the American Psychiatric Association, one in every four Americans has a mental disorder of some type," Bell says. "But I'll say this: What is weird and crackpot crazy tonight is on the front page of The Washington Post three months later. I was talking about El Nino and the weather changes we're going to face a year ago, and I was a crackpot then. I'm a prophet now." He laughs.
Internet chat lines these days are abuzz with claims that Bell is "on a secret government black ops payroll." Michael Hemmingson, a listener who first proposed the notion, wonders whether the U.S. government uses Bell to disseminate disinformation and keep tabs on what Americans believe.
The conspiracy widens with the inevitable list of Bell's guests who have mysteriously disappeared after appearing on his program. Why then, the theorist asks, has no harm come to Bell himself?
Bell has played along, posting the entire exchange about his possible government ties on his Web site (www.artbell.com) and remarking on the air that "I'm not afraid. If they're gonna come after me, they're gonna come after me."
When a Las Vegas newsman leaves a message asking about the rumor, Bell puts this shouted reply on the reporter's voice mail: "I can't talk to you! You're one of them!"
He manages to hold back his laughter until he's off the phone. "An intelligent man who wears his gullibility proudly": Art Bell's radio show provides an uncritical forum for all manner of weird tales, ranging from alien abductions and crop circles to El Nino and cattle mutilations. He broadcasts to 400 stations from a trailer deep in the Nevada desert.
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5/19/98
After Midnight, Offbeat Radio Talk Show Is Growing
By ANDREA ADELSON
Insomniacs, truckers and graveyard workers already know Art Bell, a talk-show host who in five years has become the star of late-night AM radio by encouraging his audience to share tales of strange phenomena.
Take Fred's, for example. A retired air traffic controller from McKeesport, Pa., he recently told Bell's listeners about seeing a brilliant light in Nevada near Reno, while driving to work. "I pulled over to the side of the road and timed it from Carson City to Pyramid Lake, about 77 miles. I couldn't believe how fast it was moving," Fred recalled, estimating the object's speed at 1,200 miles an hour.
"No sound?" Bell inquired.
"Nope," Fred said. "As soon as I got to work, I checked area surveillance radar. Reno air traffic control had nothing. But it went right through the Reno air traffic pattern!"
Such tales are standard issue on "Coast to Coast AM," which is heard weeknights on 390 stations. The five-hour marathon is self-produced live by Bell from a satellite-linked home studio in the scrublands 65 miles west of Las Vegas.
At WABC in New York, KABC in Los Angeles and WLS in Chicago, the show ranks No. 1 in its time slot, according to the rating service Arbitron. By one estimate, nearly 9 million people listen to Bell each week; about 500,000 people try to call him each month.
As a measure of Bell's success, last month his show and 17 other radio programs were sold by Chancellor Broadcasting Co. for $10 million to Jacor Communications Inc.
Jacor, the United States' No. 3 radio operator, now controls three of the four most-listened-to talk hosts in the nation: Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Bell; the fourth, Howard Stern, is independent. Syndicators barter programs to stations in exchange for some of the advertising time in each hour.
While politics and family issues thrive on daytime radio, "Coast to Coast" gives rein to subjects more at home in darkness, like psychic imaging and out-of-body experiences.
Bell thrives on the immediacy of radio, as when trapped storm victims call from their cell phones. He likes the spontaneity of working without a producer to screen calls. "If you're a half-decent talent you can take any call and make it humorous or interesting," he said. "I take them all on. Screeners take the edge off."
He retains his skepticism, but does not ridicule his callers. "You sure end up going down strange roads," he said. One of the strangest was getting enmeshed in the Heaven's Gate cult. He was criticized as having fueled the cult's suicides. Before the deaths, he posted photos on his World Wide Web site from a professor, who said the photos showed a "companion" spaceship alongside the comet Hale Bopp. University of Hawaii astronomers, who saw the posted images, discredited them as doctored versions of their own.
"Many times what I do shows up two or three months later in mainstream media," said Bell, who felt vindicated by having a hand in bringing the faked Hale Bopp photo to light, but he also had to deflect criticism over giving a modern-day soapbox to snake-oil peddlers.
In recent years, radio generally has relegated overnight broadcasts to repeats of daytime shows or has put on hosts who really wanted day jobs. "The perception was you couldn't make money overnight," said Alan Corbeth, the former president of Chancellor, which syndicated "Coast to Coast" beginning in 1992.
What led to Bell's present show was a stint on KDWN-AM in Las Vegas in the early 1990s. There he had a late-night current-affairs show that often caromed into fringe topics like life after death. The result recaptured the same midnight magic Corbeth remembered, but many program directors had their doubts.
The doubts have faded. Nearly 200 stations have added "Coast to Coast" in the last 18 months. One is WABC. The station's late-night ratings have increased 30 percent, to 8.9 percent of the audience, since November. "I saw the numbers from across the country," said Phil Boyce, WABC's program director. "I wanted to get on that freight train."
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Late night talk host Art Bell peddles weird dreams -- and nightmares -- of the future
By Dale Smith
American-Statesman Staff
Published: April 22, 1999
Last month, Art Bell became the undisputed king of late night radio. He beat a record set by late night talk host Larry King, syndicating popular programs to more than 400 affiliates nationwide. His shows, "Coast To Coast A.M." and "Dreamland," broadcast nightly from a trailer next to his home near Area 51, (a top secret military base), in Pahrump, Nev., are two of the most listened-to, talked-about programs in the country. In Austin you can tune in to 98.9 FM (KJFK) beginning at 10 for nightly broadcasts.
Bell's shows attract dissident thinkers, charismatic cultural theorists, Y2K stockpilers, paranoid doomsayers, alien abductees, ghost hunters and others attentive to catastrophic millennial prophecy or supernatural transmissions of far out experience and knowledge. Late night America -- insomniacs and graveyard shift workers -- listen to Bell's nightly broadcasts from the small desert community near Las Vegas, that boomtown built on desire and fortune. Unlike many radio talk hosts, Bell doesn't screen his calls, allowing any and all to participate. While an occasional self-righteous tone can enter his otherwise steadily-moderating broadcaster's voice, Bell channels the conflicted, unmodulated spirit of America, in all of its uncanny weirdness.
Part carpetbagger and dream peddler, Bell presents a show that is the talk radio equivalent of a small town diner or barbershop. He barters opinions balanced on facts that accelerate and then recede into the night faster than I can verify them. As moderator for this wave-linked public square, Bell's steady voice reminds me that anything is possible in America. The discontented and dispossessed zeitgeist of this country vents its exhaustion over the empirical reality structure surrounding it. But my pleasure in the show is also sociological. I listen to it with intellectual curiosity, searching for uninhibited voices carried on late night airwaves. Bell ushers us through the millennial threshold, a tragi-comic magnification of spiritual longing and social unrest. And while it's impossible to introduce sound reason to explain some of the more farfetched discussions on the show, I often fade into sleep wondering if I really should stockpile food and water for a coming crisis, so convincing are some of the arguments.
Set against the backdrop of U.S.-led airstrikes in Serbia, Bell's show lately has taken new tones of seriousness, with political address and doomsday threats. "This is the first giant step of the New World Order," he told listeners recently, in reference to the Balkan air campaign. Other topics included the rumored Presidential Directive 25 that gives NATO power over U.S. troops. Bell is courteous and cuts to the chase with his callers, but even his tolerance for the weird has limits. One caller claimed that angels would save us in the event of a nuclear war, provoking sardonic remarks from Bell and momentarily derailing the show from conspiracy to fantasy.
Bell, 53, was a FCC licensed radio technician by the age of 13. He built a pirate radio station on an Air Force base, secretly broadcasting to local fans. He lived in Japan, working for KSBK, the only English speaking station in Asia. He has worked as a talk host in Anchorage and Las Vegas, where he began all-night broadcasts to 13 Western states. Radio giant, Jacor Communications Inc, currently syndicates Bell's shows.
In October last year, Bell alarmed devoted fans when he announced that he was signing off the air.
"A threatening terrible event occurred to my family, which I could not tell you about," he told his listeners. "Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now is my final broadcast."
And that was it. He stopped the show, leaving a void in the night, with as many as 10 million listeners left to speculate on the sudden cessation of transmission. Whether it was government coercion, a personal crisis or a savvy advertising stunt, fans and the media offered theories about the strange absence of the night's most popular voice. Then, as suddenly as he left, Bell was back a week later. No explanations were given. He picked up where he left off, discussing vapor clouds, terminator seeds and crop circles. Nightly guests like superstring theorist Michio Kaku, ethnobotanist Terrence McKenna and alien abductee Whitley Strieber were back on the show, ruminating on the supernatural and bizarre.
"Art Bell is an incredible broadcaster," said local KJFK talk host Alex Jones. "He'll talk about serious issues but sandwiches them between pink elephants. He's an incredible entertainer."
"I think for one thing that people are sick to death of politics," Bell said, commenting on his popularity in an interview published late last year. "I think that there's more to life than politics."
Entertainment based on new worlds, domination, rebellion, sociopathic destruction, government and corporate conspiracy -- it's everything America loves. I envision Art Bell dressed in dusty 19th-century garb, hauling his wagon from town to town, peddling visions, stories and nightmares to make a buck. In its way, his contemporary radio version of this concept unites inspired opinion under a canopy of night sky.
I wonder if this is the "Dale from Austin" who pissed Heather off? I doubt it due to age but maybe possible.
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4/22/98
Peddling the Paranormal:
Late-Night Radio's Art Bell
Thomas C. Genoni Jr.
Tom Genoni interviewed Art Bell late last year. This article is based on that interview. --Editor
Quickening
Living in Los Angeles, I've grown accustomed to seeing neon-signed psychic storefronts, sidewalk fortunetellers, aura readers, channelers, spiritualists, and New Age advocates of all kinds. The "fringe" is well represented here.
But none of this -- not even the psychic cat that occasionally shows up on Venice Beach -- could have prepared me for the bizarre parade of paranormal oddities appearing regularly on the late-night radio program "The Art Bell Show." Carried live five days a week on AM stations all over the country, "The Art Bell Show," officially known as "Coast to Coast AM," is America's most-syndicated late-night talk radio program. (The show "Dreamland" airs on Sundays.)
The program began roughly fourteen years ago; that's when Art Bell says he first became interested in the paranormal. As it grew in popularity, "Coast to Coast" gradually picked up affiliates and sponsors and today leads the late-night pack in ratings with an estimated nightly audience of eight to ten million. In addition to hosting the program, Bell publishes the After Dark Newsletter, based on his show's topics, helps maintain a large Internet site (www.artbell.com) filled with images and links to pro-paranormal sites, and has published two books, The Art of Talk and, most recently, The Quickening, both available only through his 800 number. (See Robert Baker's column, "Art Bell's Quickening Is Sickening," S.B. December 1997.)
If you ever down enough coffee to catch the show (it airs live on the West Coast from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.), you are likely to hear Bell and his guests discussing topics commonly found in the supermarket tabloids: ancient structures found on the moon and on Mars; extraterrestrials living on Earth -- and how to spot them; the latest crop-circle sightings; the use of remote viewing to see into the far-off future and the distant past. (One "remote-viewer" settled a long-standing historical debate by confirming to Bell that Jesus did indeed look as modern artists have portrayed him.) You are also certain to endure one of the many lengthy on-air product endorsements, ranging from water filters to tape recorders, that Bell seamlessly (and rather sneakily) weaves into his monologues. The topic may occasionally switch to politics or current events, but it inevitably returns to the wild and fantastic tales of the supernatural -- his five unscreened phone lines for incoming calls make sure of that.
Bell says that he's been "in search of wisdom" throughout his life and has investigated many religions, but he claims he makes no judgments about whether the numerous paranormal topics he discusses are real or not. (He does, however, confess a personal interest in life-after-death and UFOs. And, yes, he has seen one.) Bell says he doesn't like to "tear apart his guests" with tough questions and frequently expresses his desire to "let listeners make up their own minds." Where, then, are the tools to enable listeners to do this? Why is the show and his regularly advertised Web site so completely devoid of any critical, skeptical material?
Bell believes there is already an "automatic skepticism" about his program's paranormal subject matter and that plenty of skeptical information is available (though he didn't mention where). Furthermore, as Bell points out, his program is simply about the paranormal, and he feels it's not productive for him or anyone else to criticize what are frequently subjective stories. Perhaps, but many of the phenomena discussed on his show do involve questions of a scientific nature -- phenomena that have been researched and investigated and can be considered without belittling the subjective experience. Nevertheless, although Bell insists he doesn't want his listeners to blindly accept the paranormal claims of his guests, he says, in apparent contradiction, that he is comfortable letting everyone have a chance to tell his or her story, unchallenged.
The Quickening Not to be eclipsed by the perpetual weirdness of his callers and guests, Bell periodically refers to his own "millennium madness" theory named, ominously enough, "The Quickening." Bell says that for about the last decade or so he has been noticing changes of ever-increasing severity in our culture and environment; that "in many areas of our lives the gravity of events seems to be intensifying" and may be leading to some great "change" -- and this by the end of the century. Bell cites the increase in violent crime and broken families, frequent climactic catastrophes of all kinds, the growing national debt, dishonest politicians, general lack of respect for others -- about any and every "bad" thing you can imagine -- as evidence of this coming global transformation. The multitude of factors contributing to "The Quickening" are conveniently vague, and, like any good apocalyptic forecast, can easily be modified and re-explained to encompass facts that may, at first, appear contradictory. For instance, when I pointed out that last year's violent crime rate was the lowest since 1989 (this according to FBI statistics released in October of last year), Bell's response was: "Yes, but the increase through 1989 was horrendous."
Does Bell fear that he may be contributing to the "dumbing down" of America by refusing to be critical of his paranormal topics? Hardly. Although he acknowledges that there is indeed a "dumbing down," Bell scoffs at suggestions that he bears any responsibility. "If America is getting dumber it's not because of my program. . . . There are a million shows like mine. Look at (the television show) `Strange Universe' -- they don't feel an obligation to present contradictory materials." For Bell, the root of the quandary is our educational system, but he's emphatic that it is not his role to instruct listeners on subject matter he regards as "absolute entertainment" -- even though comments from listeners that tout "Coast to Coast" as an informative and important source of news are proudly displayed on his Web site.
Not surprisingly, the real reason for the show's divergent postures -- simultaneously existing solely as entertainment and presenting supposedly reliable, scientific information -- has little to do with any "search for wisdom." The "Art Bell Show," and others like it, exist because of a formula, one that their producers rarely concede and one that invariably precludes any meaningful, balanced discussion of the paranormal. "These programs," Bell admits, "are on the air for a very specific reason: they're businesses. They wouldn't be in business if people weren't watching. People watching equals ratings, ratings equals money." He discusses the paranormal because, as he says, "it's what people want." And if it contributes to a population increasingly unable to critically evaluate his show's topics? "It's not my responsibility" is his refrain. Bell doesn't seem to care.
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VISUAL IMPACT
Valley man adding images to radio host's show with Web page.
By Bruce Christian
December 24th, 1996
A valley man and self-proclaimed "computer geek" may have more to do with the success of popular overnight syndicated radio talk-show host Art Bell than does the actual program.
Keith Rowland, 39, designed and operates a Web page for Bell's show, which provides 8,000 to 10,000 fans per day a running visual glimpse of what they hear during the wee morning hours.
"The Web page has had a tremendous impact", said Bell, whose show is heard in the valley from midnight to 4 a.m. on KFYI (910 AM)." It's been so successful. We had 14 million hits in the past 30 days".
"For me, and particularly for the kind of topics I do, I can say, "This is what we are talking about, and here is a picture," said Bell, who had never met or talked to Rowland before he discovered the Web page, nearly a year after Rowland launched it.
Rowland and his wife moved to Mesa about seven years ago. He operates Dayta-Co, a software and systems design company, out of his home. Much of the work is done early in the morning, and he turns to the radio for company.
"He interested me right away because we have a lot of similar backgrounds," Rowland said of Bell. "We both do ham radio, and he is into electronics. His show wasn't just politics,"
But Bell who ran a computer bulletin board, was not on the Internet.
"I just started it as a fan," Rowland said." I would take things from the bulletin board and put them on the Internet."
Similarly, Myron MacLeod of zNet Internet Services in San Diego also started a Web page covering Bell's show. But as the Internet and interest in Bell grew, MacLeod found less time to maintain the site. So he and Rowland joined forces. MacLeod's business provides the Internet path, while Rowland determines the content.
"We do it all at our own expense," Rowland said, who also operates the Web site for former CBS science correspondent Richard Hoagland, one of Bell's regular guests.
Eventually, Bell contacted Rowland and MacLeod.
"Basically he had a few questions. He said he always liked what we were doing, and admitted he didn't have the time or expertise to do it himself. His call was more of an "It's OK to do it," and then he began to promote it on his show," Rowland said.
Bell also began to send Rowland information and pictures. "I can send him a picture and it is on the page within minutes," Bell said.
The images include the mysterious beast from Latin American countries called the Chupa Cabra, and more recently photos of the Hale-Bopp comet and the phenomenon following it, which Bell calls "the companion"
"The Internet is a really neat way to expand a radio program, because you can add that visual element you otherwise never get," Rowland said. "Basically, I was just at the right place at the right time,"
Like Bell, Rowland does not believe everything he hears on the show.
"Lately, the show really has gone off on other topics, from those that attracted me," Rowland said. "But it is still entertaining."
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Radio host's overnight popularity is explainable.
By Bruce Christian
December 24th, 1996
The Hale-Bopp Comet continues to streak toward the earth, where it is scheduled for a passing rendezvous in April.
Telescopes have followed what had been the comet's uneventful solo path until about 60 days ago, when suddenly an unexplained object appeared near Hale-Bopp.
The next time photos taken from various telescopes were developed, the object was gone. Since then, the other spot of light in the pictures appears to play a cat-and-mouse game with Hale-Bopp.
It's great fodder for people who speculate on such possibilities as extra-terrestrials -- one of the many favorite topics of overnight talk radio listeners.
"I think it is something. I know it is not nothing." said Art Bell, the syndicated talk radio host whose show was the first to disclose the phenomenon. Coast to Coast AM, with Art Bell is the most popular overnight program in the country. Locally, it airs from midnight to 4 a.m. on KFYI (910 AM). The double-digit ratings share makes it the No. 1 show during its time period.
It was Bell's audience that dubbed the unexplained object, "The Companion".
"I am not an astronomer," Bell said. "Maybe it is pieces breaking off the comet. I don't think the pros know for sure."
What Bell's listeners have heard is that The Companion is not a natural object. It is mechanical, and it has emitted radio frequencies.
The mysterious phenomenon has made front page news in a handful of newspapers, but even Bell knows many people -- including other radio talk show hosts - dismiss Hale-Bopp and many of his other topics as the missives of wackos, weirdos and kooks.
"Even your Barry Young took some good shots at me," Bell said of KFYI's morning talk show host. "They are trying to paint me as a kook. OK, I'm a kook who is taking their numbers."
The reason Bell and his listeners say they are dismissed as kooks is because they dare to discuss the unexplainable. Topics touch everything from exorcisms to the possible end of the earth; from new super viruses that feed on the very medicines intended to kill them to being able to mentally project yourself into another place or another time (remote viewing); from the origins of crop circles to the secrets of the pyramids.
Bell said he does not believe everything his guests tell him. "My style is to interview and allow {the guests} to say what they want, or help them say it. A lot of the time, the audience presumes I agree, but that is not necessarily so. But if you pin the guest up against the wall, he is only going to stop."
On the other hand, some of his regular guests have established solid credentials in their fields such as Dr. Richard Hoagland {former CBS science correspondent} and Maj. Ed Dames {U.S. military trained remote viewer}. Bell also acknowledged that sometimes he is disturbed by what he hears.
For example, Bell is concerned about Hale-Bopp's Companion. He said he has received information concerning the object that indicates the U.S. Government, NASA and even the Vatican are aware of the phenomenon but have remained silent about it.
Bell has worked in radio for three decades. His current style has evolved during the past 13 years. And he appreciates the overnight audience.
"People at night are not bothered with the same noise level people have during the day. They can consider things at night without the distractions." Bell explained.
The show, syndicated by the Chancellor Broadcasting Co. evolved slowly as Bell began to realize his niche. Now, by daring to be different, Bell provides an outlet for people who are tired of the Rush Limbaugh clones.
"I think if you go up and down the dial, you can hear "I love Clinton, he is the savior" or "I hate Clinton, he is a traitor", You run into that again and again and I think people are getting sick of it.
"There are other things to talk about, and talk radio has to figure that out or it won't be the most popular format much longer."
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Art after dark
Radio personality Art Bell breaks the rules from `Coast to Coast'
By Kelly Silbernagel
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Fed up with the "gypsy-like existence" of rock 'n' roll radio, Art Bell of Nevada started a late night radio show, Coast to Coast AM, a unique brand of talk radio that allowed the audience to dictate the direction of the show by calling in. That was 11 years ago. Since the show's syndication seven years ago, Bell's affiliates have increased steadily and Coast to Coast AM is now the America's most-syndicated late-night talk radio show.
"Talk radio is the number one (radio) format in the country right now," says Bell, "but if talk radio doesn't broaden and they all go tromping down the same path as Rush Limbaugh, it won't stay on top." Bell says the open format of Coast to Coast AM exemplifies the broad capabilities of talk radio, unlike Limbaugh's strictly political agenda.
Tuning in, you'll hear the likes of Sheryl Crow or Supertramp lead in to the show, followed by Bell's throaty, sculpted voice introducing "by far the largest late-night talk show on the radio." There is no typical format for the show. Bell may start out by talking about current events, or he may introduce a guest. Sometimes he simply puts an idea or concept on the table and then opens the phone lines for callers to take over. Regardless of the night's fare, the phone lines are always open. There are five lines for incoming calls: callers from east of the Rockies, from west of the Rockies, first-time callers, satellite listeners and "wild cards." The unique element of Bell's show is that he doesn't have a call-screener. When his phone lines are open, they're wide open.
"A good talent can take a nutcase, a bad call, and make it informative, entertaining or humorous," says Bell, who thinks that a lot of talk show hosts use their screeners and producers as crutches. The unexpectedness that comes with open phone lines motivates Bell. "I couldn't do it if I knew it was going to be the same thing every night," he says. His eclectic mix of topics also ensures spontaneity. His guests have ranged from Gordon Michael Scallion, who predicts natural disasters, to a handwriting expert who explains that the suicide note from Clinton aide Vince Foster was a fraud. Bell may talk about politics, UFOs, the Ebola virus or he may spout statistics about the number of Americans who believe in Satan. But, he says, "poetry and Bible quotes I don't do."
Bell has been in love with radio since he was 12 years old, when got his first Ham radio. He got his first commercial broadcasting license at 13. Bell's parents were both Marines. His father is a retired colonel, and his mother was the first female Marine. Bell attended more than 30 high schools and has traveled around the world. He says his favorite vacation place is the Orient, specifically Bangkok and Thailand. In fact, there's a photo of a "truly beautiful Thai girl" on Bell's World Wide Web home page.
Bell's home page consists mainly of a collection of photos. They include listeners' UFO sightings, a 13-year- old Bell with his Ham radio and the Roswell alien autopsy photos. Keith Rowland, Bell's webmaster, claims that the home page was created to provide listeners with graphics of the topics that Bell discusses on his show. That explains the photo of Bell's 17-lb. cat.
Bell recently finished his book The Art of Talk, which was written specifically for his listeners. He wrote the book about himself and his philosophy on talk radio and only wants his audience (presumably people who care) to read it. The title was chosen by a listener one night when Bell opened the phone lines for book title ideas. The Art of Talk is only available by calling the show at (800) 864-7991. Art Bell's show is a different brand of radio, one which he hopes will serve as a model for other shows. He is a catalyst for people who have stories to tell. "I'm a talk show host. If I could solve the world's problems, I'd run for office," says Bell. Will he run for office? "Not likely."
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In Art Bell's radio 'Dreamland,' the truth is way out there
Last Updated: Oct. 23, 1999
President Clinton recently was caught playing golf late at night in pitch darkness, but there's a reason for that.
He's trying to send us a message about an impending global crisis.
Scientists have discovered there's a giant asteroid hurtling toward Earth; it's going to blow all of us to smithereens at the dawn of the millennium.
That's why he's playing golf; the president's hitting little white golf balls into the blackness as a cryptic metaphor for the apocalypse to come.
How do I know all this? Well, Art Bell, of course.
Art Bell is a late-night radio talk-show host who is part Orson Welles, part Vincent Price, with a healthy dose of "X-Files" thrown in for good measure.
I recently became a regular listener to his show, broadcast in Milwaukee from midnight to 5 a.m. on WTMJ radio (620 AM).
What's been keeping me up is a strange bout of insomnia, no doubt due to the stress of this job (hope the new black coaches of the flailing Green Bay Packers aren't going to make me look stupid for praising them in a recent column) plus my continuing inability to understand the opposite sex (question: if women really want men to 'listen' to them, why don't they ever shut up?).
My typical routine most nights: catch the 1 a.m. rerun of "The Howard Stern" show (hands down, the funniest show on TV, and the most socially relevant. Whenever a famous porn star or actress talks about having a sexual experience, Howard asks: "Black guy?" If they say no, he applauds), maybe watch a little CNN for intellectual balance, then it's time to listen to my man Art.
The first time I stumbled across his "Dreamland" show, it was hard to figure out what was going on.
A caller was talking about a traveling "spirit" he'd captured in his house inside a broom closet or something. For the better part of two hours, Art and his listeners suggested various solutions, including setting the spirit free, or utilizing its psychic powers in a manner designed to benefit the rest of society.
Before ending the segment, Art made the caller promise to inform him about the inevitable resolution, but with a warning: "My guess is, if you set it free, it's going to be very angry. Maybe you and your wife should leave the house first."
Another time, Art's talking to this guy who claimed to be a former government employee in Area 51, the super-secret Air Force base in Nevada somewhere, the place where Art believes the U.S. government warehouses aliens that crash-landed on Earth years ago (also known as the underground laboratory featured in the Will Smith movie, "Independence Day").
Art tried his best to get the guy to admit there were all kinds of nefarious experiments and outer-worldly stuff going on, but the caller disputed it; he said it was nothing out of the ordinary.
Art didn't sound like he bought it.
Dark government conspiracies and the existence of extraterrestrial life are his big topics; Art usually can find an expert to discuss everything from time travel to crop circles.
Predictably, the thing that has Art and his audience really buzzing these days is the coming Y2K problem. You might assume Art would be all gung-ho for the idea of Y2K ending the world, massive blackouts and worldwide catastrophe, but he actually takes a more moderate approach.
"The truth is, I'm not sure what's going to happen," he said the other night.
Just to be safe, he's announced special plans to broadcast live on New Year's Eve night, with reports coming in from various time zones, so everybody can figure out what's going to happen before it happens.
Sounds like fun.
He's become a new friend, but many of you already know about Art; "Dreamland" is No. 1 in its time slot in Milwaukee. His syndicated audience (approximately 400 stations nationwide) is larger than any other radio host save for Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Paul Harvey.
Clearly, he's tapped into something with this quirky, late-night forum for eccentrics and oddballs; folks seem to become easily addicted.
Maybe it's the way Art seems willing to believe just about anything under the sky is possible, just like when we were kids and ready to accept the idea of ghosts, witches, aliens, monsters under the bed, whatever our imaginations could create.
Maybe it's because listeners sense he's a good-natured 50-something-year-old man with inner demons of his own; last year, he caused a national furor by mysteriously leaving the air for weeks for personal reasons later connected to the sexual molestation of his teenage son.
Maybe it's because he lends credence to all the cynicism we already feel about society, a nagging suspicion that maybe somebody really is keeping important information from us.
My bet, it's his voice, a calm yet intense tone that suggests the unthinkable without making it seem ridiculous. It's like listening to a favorite uncle or teacher, the one everybody knows is a little bit off, but heck, he sure tells great stories.
In an increasingly contentious talk-radio world - where every blowhard and egghead with a microphone subjects us to diarrhea of the mouth on every subject - it's refreshing to discover this gentle soul who's more than willing to accept he doesn't know anything for certain but is willing to learn.
A genuine broadcaster who understands the concept of radio as a "theater of the mind" and challenges us to take that concept wherever we please.
Hopefully, twilight won't be a continuing companion for me. But as long as it is, at least I've got a comforting voice in the dark who can make the time go faster.
I've got my man Art.
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Sunday, December 19, 1999
The End of the World As He Knows It
The radio voice from Pahrump plans to preside over Millennium Eve, but the future is what he says we should fear.
By Joe Schoenmann
Review-Journal
He is one man, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by sky, mountains and desert, dozens of miles from what most of this world would consider civilized comfort.
Yet even from his remote home in the "Kingdom of Nye," Art Bell will likely hold more sway over a larger chunk of society on New Year's Eve than all the riot-geared police officers in all of the country's major metropolitan areas.
Bell, whose radio talk show reaches 15 million listeners through 486 radio stations each night, plans to use his unique pulpit of the airwaves to keep listeners informed as events unfold around the world on Dec. 31.
It's not a stretch to say that many of his listeners will consider his the voice of a savior.
"I feel responsible to inform them, but I'm nobody's savior," Bell said. "I've done the best I can to inform people of the possibilities or even the probabilities.
"I don't want to be called a savior or a prophet although, unfortunately, much of what I've written seems like prophecy in retrospect," said Bell, who recently has declined interviews with other publications.
On New Year's Eve, Bell's "Coast to Coast AM" program will air for eight hours beginning at a special time, 7 p.m. PST. In Las Vegas, his program is broadcast on KXNT-AM (840).
Guests will report to Bell from around North America as events unfold Dec. 31.
Bell, 54, broadcasts from his home outside of Pahrump, a Nye County town of roughly 40,000 some 60 miles west of Las Vegas. He wants to conceal the exact location of his home to dissuade the fans who seek him out. But he's not ashamed to say that it is, basically, a mobile home to which he has added a porch, racquetball court and other amenities over the years.
According to a short biography on his World Wide Web site, www.artbell.com, Bell was raised by a Marine colonel father and drill sergeant mother. By age 13, he had become an FCC-licensed radio technician. And he worked 10 years at Las Vegas 50,000-watt powerhouse KDWN-AM (720), broadcasting to 13 states, before hitting the big time via his syndicated network.
"People have heard me say this before, but I really am just a regular guy," he says.
Not to his listeners. To call him an authority on the End Times might be a stretch to some, but it's gospel to his faithful. A list of his guests reads like the episode manifest from the creepy hit television show "The X-Files."
Among the topics covered are the powers of pyramids, crop circles -- alien abductions, implants, sightings and crashes -- and other fringe ideas. Bell's charm comes from the sincerity and respect he gives his guests and callers.
One of his regulars is Ed Dames, president of PsyTech, who claims that through something called "remote viewing," he is able to see the future.
What kind of things does he see? For starters, Dames has claimed that the Antichrist was born recently -- he would not give the location, but he said the baby was found in a dumpster and is being raised by social services. He also predicted that the second Mars probe would be lost, and that the EgyptAir Flight 990 crash was not caused by mechanical failure.
As for the millennium, Dames' predictions are a quantum leap away from the computer-driven, financial disasters trumpeted worldwide for the past two years.
His are much scarier.
"His answer is that the coming Y2K question is going to be completely moot and made academic by what's going on with our sun," Bell said, summing Dames' predictions.
Solar flares will grow so intense that they will wreak havoc on Earth, possibly killing millions in the process. Dames, who lives in Hawaii, has said he would hide in volcanic tubes for safety.
The sun is also behind Bell's own dire predictions, which he and author Whitley Strieber penned in a new book, "The Coming Global Superstorm." The book went on sale Tuesday through the Internet bookstore Amazon.com, and by Saturday night it was listed as No. 19 on its best-seller list.
The book chronicles the growing intensity of storms around the world and blames it on the global warming cycle.
"What's terrifying is, when we wrote it, I would call it a researched book of fiction," Bell said last week. "But if you want terrifying, The New York Times has indicated that what we have concluded is beginning to unfold."
Though Bell is convinced global weather changes are already upon us, he doesn't think they will play much part in what happens New Year's Eve. He believes potential power outages will pose the biggest threat that night.
"It doesn't take a hell of a lot for the power grid to fail," he said.
"Most power companies, though they won't say so publicly, plan to go off the grid if they see trouble starting to cascade," he said. "That's the biggest issue at the dot of midnight."
Bell's home is on the grid -- the term used for electricity supplied by a power line -- but he says that with the flip of a switch, he can go off the grid and be completely self-sufficient. His home is supplied with power created from solar and wind generators.
He also has his own water well and some stores of food.
"I'm going to more trouble than most people have, but that's not for the millennium," he said. "Power bills out here are pretty big."
And what about the intangibles, like money in the bank? Will he withdraw it before New Year's Eve?
"I have written records of my money, which everyone would be well-advised to have," he said. "If computers fail, at least you have a paperwork trail."
As for Las Vegas on New Year's, Bell can only wonder at the mind-set of those clamoring to the Strip to celebrate. Beside the hundreds of thousands expected to go crazy, there are otherworldly considerations: The Strip is home to the largest pyramid, the Luxor hotel, in the United States.
And anyone who listens to Bell's show knows there is something oddly powerful about pyramids.
"I'm not sure of the Luxor," Bell says. "I think there is an effect of pyramids, without question. Does the Luxor fit into that category? Yeah, probably it does.
"And I think Las Vegas is going to be a prime point of national examination at the millennium."
Bell, however, will prefer to watch or listen from his tiny studio in the outback of Pahrump.
"The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce isn't going to like this, but I wouldn't be caught dead in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve," he said. "Not on a bet."
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12/27/99
Y2K-Ready or Not, He Plans to Talk Through Night
Radio * Art Bell looks to host an extended New Year's Eve version of 'Coast to Coast AM,' whatever happens.
By JUDITH MICHAELSON, Times Staff Writer
"I will be on the air from 7 at night till 3 in the morning, so my celebration is set," Art Bell said lightly. "Unless I go off the air, in which case I'll drink champagne and toast the darkness."
Bell, the king of night-owl radio, was talking about New Year's Eve. In a first for his syndicated talk program, he'll start broadcasting from his remote home base in the Nevada desert three hours ahead of his usual 10 p.m. opening Friday. Just in case.
Despite the provocative phrasing, hinting at some sort of massive signal disruption, Bell did not make the beginning of the millennium sound like the end of the world. Not once did he mention aliens, crop circles or doomsday--frequent topics of discussion with his on-air callers--and there was no edge in his voice when a simple "Happy New Year" wish to him evoked a quiet "Same to you."
Talking by phone, the seasoned radio host, whose "Coast to Coast AM" reaches 9 million listeners each week and 485 stations, including KABC-AM (790) here, sounded altogether reasoned.
"I want to be there if something happens," Bell said. "Obviously I'm going to be using this time to monitor everything under the sun that's going on, so if something does happen, I'm going to be there to cover it.
"I know what the potential is. The potential is from nothing--and everybody has a great night--to disaster. The United States is probably the best-prepared nation in the world right now . . . but nobody really knows for sure what's going to happen."
As Bell explains, when "Coast to Coast AM" begins at 7 p.m., "the millennium will be somewhere out in the Atlantic. Two hours into the show, it turns midnight on the East Coast. By then, of course, we'll have information from Australia and from Europe on what has happened, and we might have some sense of what to expect."
As is his art, Bell spun a web of mystery. He raised "the possibility" of power outages and said that if electricity is down for a while, that could trigger other downhill events.
With him in the studio at his home in Pahrump, Nev., 50 miles northwest of Las Vegas--besides his wife, Ramona, who generally sits in to keep him company--will be Gordon-Michael Scallion, a self-described prophet, or "intuitive," who for years has predicted big quakes on the so-called Pacific ring of fire, including Los Angeles.
"He's probably one of the best-known, best-respected intuitives in America, if not the world. He 1/8turned down 3/8 a lot of television offers for that night in order to come on my program," Bell said. Scallion will be on hand for the first three hours.
Does Bell believe the Big One could come that night? "No," he replied. "No, I don't necessarily. What I do expect is the possibility of power problems as midnight approaches. There are hundreds of thousands of embedded chips, and nobody knows what the hell is going to happen with those. This is not software. These are actual computer chips in power companies' switching equipment, and the power companies have not done a lot of remediation."
Bell pointed to the summer of 1996, when "the western third of the United States went down because of one little power company up in Idaho. And, in fact, western Canada and western Mexico. The whole damn grid across the West went down."
"The power companies have said they're 1/8Y2K 3/8-compliant, and they're more worried about the billing," Bell continued. "But personally, I'm worried about the power, because without power, there's no water. Without water, there's no sewage. It's a chain reaction.
"Power is what pumps your water, and when you don't have water, you can't flush a toilet. . . . And if the power goes off, I think people are not going to regard that so well. I'm more concerned about people, about the social reaction, than I am 1/8about 3/8 machines."
Does he mean riots, stuff like that?
"They're not unknown, are they?" he said, not really meaning it as a question. "And people seem to take advantage of any opportunity to go collect their favorite color TV."
Is he apprehensive? "No, I'm aware 1/8and 3/8 prepared. I have solar and wind power so I can just throw a switch and I'm off the grid. . . . I've taken all the prudent precautions that even our government and 1/8the Federal Emergency Management Agency 3/8 and the Red Cross 1/8advise 3/8: that people should prepare as though they're preparing for a bad blizzard. Plus a little."
Beyond the power issue, Bell said, he worries about Jan. 3, the Monday when people return to work. "I think that a lot of small- and medium-sized businesses, and maybe even some big ones, are going to find out that their databases don't work, and then you've got sort of a domino effect through the economy."
Barring the unforeseen, of course, Bell himself will be back on the air Monday night.
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Art visits the "Excellence in Broadcasting Studio", home of Rush Limbaugh.
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Art during the interview on WABC.
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Art views the banner in the halls of WABC and defiles Curtis' beret.
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Art has his way with Curtis.
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Art and Whitley at the book signing.
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The UNAUTHORIZED photo of the Fox News Network Reception Area / News Room.
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The Art Bell Book Signing.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2000, was a big day in the world of talk radio. Howard Stern celebrated his forty-sixth birthday. Rush Limbaugh celebrated his forty-ninth birthday. Art Bell was at the Barnes and Noble bookstore on Fifth Avenue between 48th and 49th in Manhattan for a book signing of The Coming Global Superstorm. And if Art Bell is in New York, Curtis Sliwa can’t be far behind.
Waiting on Line
I was the third person on line for the book signing. I took the 8:14 out of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and made it to Barnes and Noble around 9:30. Despite what Curtis Sliwa said the night before, there were not 92 people in lawn chairs and portable grills waiting to be the first to see the man from the Kingdom of Nye. I saw but one solitary soul. That was the line. I went The First Four People on Line into the store and looked around, and when I came back there were two men waiting. Looking down, I saw the picture of the purple thunderhead peeking through the white plastic bag. This was the line; all of two men.
"Seen Curtis yet?" I asked.
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"No," replied the first man. "Nothing yet."
We started talking. The first man’s name was Pete, and he listens to Art Bell while working in the medical records department of Our Lady of Mercy Hospital. The second was a 37-year-old man named Joe, who is a 13-year veteran of the 45 Precinct of the New York Police Department. Later Pete was joined by his friend Santiago.
We talked on all manner of subjects, including Art Bell, Curtis Sliwa, Ron Kuby, the Rolling Stones, George Carlin, the NYPD, the people on line with us, girls walking by, soccer, Pizza Punch, and so on.
We were at the front of the line beside a large sign that read, "Today! Art Bell and Whitley Strieber Book Signing!" yet people still asked us, "What is this line for?" and, "Is this the line for Art Bell?" Every now and then one of us would go down to the to see how far the line had extended onto 48th Street. And every now and then one of us would say, "Where is Curtis?"
Bookstore employees would come out and tell us to buy our books before we went in, and that it really didn’t matter if we bought our copy somewhere else. Bookstore security would inform us of the various rules: Art and Whitley would only be signing Superstorm and not any memorabilia, they wouldn’t stop signing to pose for photos, and so on.
There were all manner of people on this line. Many were normal like us (though I probably could have passed for slightly oddball since I was wearing a 3-foot-long winter cap). But then there were those like the upper-middle-aged lady behind us with snow white hair and purple lipstick. "There are some strange people in this world," we said. "The freaks come out in the daytime." At 22 years old, I was among the youngest "Art-Bellaholics."
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Moving Inside
Around 12:15 we were led into the bookstore. We went around the northern wall of the store and finally ended up by the New Age section (how apropos). They were trying to close the section off with red velvet ropes, while at the same time customers were browsing the titles or trying to get across to another section. Over the New Age shelf was a bookcase replete with copies of Superstorm, what looked like a small oddly-shaped digital camera, and a large oak table, probably four feet across.
It was getting closer to 12:30. The head security guard was running around trying to get the other guards where they were supposed to be. One was positioned on the second floor balcony immediately above the signing area. A few people in suits came up, said something to the security guard by the velvet ropes, and after being granted passage, greeted the man by the digital camera.
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A Barnes and Noble employee came up to us with a pen, a clipboard, and a pad of Post-It notes. She told us that despite the rules flyer, the authors would be personalizing their autographs if we so chose, and she asked me my name, recorded it on the Post-It, and then affixed it to the inside cover of my copy of Superstorm.
We were then approached by a couple, late 40’s to early 50’s, and wearing matching wool pullovers. She pulled out a piece of paper and started explaining how the conclusions reached in Superstorm were corroborated by research done by J. Rand McNally and matched a prophesy described in Chapter 13 of the Book of Ezekiel. She told us of a future riddled with nucular [sic] tornadoes.
Behind the table was a door. The door opened, and out came Ramona Bell, Art Bell, and Whitley Strieber.
"From the Kingdom of Nye, Here's Art"
Someone yelled out, "Welcome to New York, Art!" Then I led a round of applause.
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Ramona signed the personalizations, then Art autographed the title page, and then Whitley followed. I shook hands with Art, said how it was an honor to meet him, and he said, "How do you do." Art has this presence, this aura about him, and I’m glad that I made the trip in to meet him. I shook hands with Ramona and with Whitley, then stepped aside to take some pictures.
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Security then asked me to move along as the queue was now progressing past the table, so I moved to some other aisle to try to take a few more pictures. I soon made my way toward the door, and I wasn’t prepared for what happened next.
The Rock
There he was, in all his red-bereted glory. Curtis "The Rock" Sliwa was standing on the sidewalk directly in front of the front doors of Barnes and Noble and a few steps from the curb. Two Guardian Angels stood off to one side, holding up a large sign reading, "Art Bell is the Antichrist. " Tommy Boy Molloy was wearing signs, front and back, over his shoulders, and handing out flyers. Curtis was also handing out flyers and seemed to be having a good time, trading lighthearted barbs back and forth both with those still waiting in line as well as with the throng surrounding him. By Curtis’ count, he had 16 people with him to lead the protest. But while the 16 were protesting, it seemed like Curtis was enjoying more of a PR session. He was posing for pictures and signing autographs inside the back cover of Superstorm, "The Antidote, Curtis (Rock) Sliwa."
I asked Curtis why he was giving Art all this free hype, and that maybe if he stopped, Art just might fade away. "Nah, he’s not fading away," Curtis said.
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Maybe so, but Curtis didn’t answer why he was giving Art free publicity. One theory is that this entire campaign against Art was conceived by "Promisekeeper Program Director" Phil Boyce as a publicity stunt. Certainly no PD would ever approve of a jock talking over someone else’s show. Even if WABC liked Curtis so much that they would let him get away with that, certainly they would have stood up for him when this whole affair started and not allowed Premier Radio Network to "take" Curtis’ hour. Right now, Curtis is on solo from 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM. His first two hours are seemingly normal, debating issues of Elian Gonzalez, the NYPD, the public school system, and so forth. But when midnight rolls along, he undergoes this transformation where he ceases to be Curtis the local-affairs-radio-show-host, and becomes Curtis the obsessive-anti-Bellaholic. Curtis can be heard five hours a day on WABC, and also on Saturdays, and sometime fills in on the morning show or appears as a guest on the evening sports show. Curtis is wildly entertaining, from his vocabulary ("muckety-mucks," "the suits," "cuckoolamunga," "moolah shmoolah," "all the little kiddiepoos," "looney kazooney"), to the way he incorporates show topics into live commercials with the real Antichrist of talk radio, the "activist attorney to the left," sometimes-sidekick Ron "His Mommy is a Commie" Kuby.
But say Curtis was to get his beloved 1:00 hour back. As it is right now in his solo show, he spends two hours on issues and one hour kvetching about Art Bell. Now, he would have two hours on issues and two hours on, well, can’t kvetch about Art Bell anymore since Curtis did get his hour back. That’s why I think this is all a remarkable cherade.
After Curtis signed my book, I walked over to the two Guardian Angels. One was a man with a very determined expression. Then there was a girl with sort of a bored look on her face. I asked her what she thought about all this. She told me that she really didn’t have a position on the issue either way. Noticing her beret, and remembering from a recent visit to the Angels’ web site that the beret may only be worn while on patrol, I asked her if this was actually a Guardian Angel function. She said that since Curtis was here, it was. So can it then be said that Curtis is using official Guardian Angel resources for his own personal vendetta? Curtis would say that the Angels are protecting the public from Art Bell. That’s all I said to her; I did not try to break her down, or infiltrate the Angels, as Curtis accused me of later.
The Number One News Talk Station in the Nation
That night I listened to Curtis’ show. Shortly before midnight I called 1-800-848-WABC, and got Jason, the call screener. I told him that I was the third one in line at the book signing, and he said that he’d hold the line for me in the next hour. I put the phone down and continued to listen to the show on the stereo. For some unknown reason, during the network news at about 12:02, I felt compelled to pick up the phone, where I listened to the feed. About 20 seconds later, I hear the screener say, "Sorry, we’re changing topics," and then, <click>. Perhaps he thought I was on hold to talk about the school system.
While listening to the first caller of the 12:00 hour, I dialed in again, and on the fifth try I got the call screener back, told him "Jim from Somerset" again but did not allude to my earlier call attempt, and 30 seconds later I was on the air with Curtis Sliwa.
Jim Poserina.
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Ramona receives Blue Ribbons at the Annual Pahrump Harvest Festival, including First Place for her "Bunch o' Herbs." (9/20/99)
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2/01/00
MALACHI MARTIN, REST IN PEACE
July 23, 1921 - July 27, 1999
By Father Charles Fiore
Father Malachi Brendan Martin, a Roman Catholic priest, widely renowned theologian and bestselling author, died in New York City on Tuesday, July 27, 1999 following a stroke. Father Martin was born in Kerry, Ireland July 23, 1921. He was educated at Belvedere College and entered the Society of Jesus in 1939. He studied at the National University, taking a bachelor's degree in Semitic languages and Oriental history with parallel studies in Assyriology at Trinity College. He held degrees in Philosophy, Theology, Archeology and Oriental history from the university of Louvain, Belgium.
Father Martin was ordained on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1954. He specialized in inter-testamentary studies and knowledge of Jesus as transmitted in Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and at Oxford University. Additional subjects of intense study for him during his formal education included rational psychology, experimental psychology, physics, and anthropology.
Father Martin was known for his remarkable work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and published some two dozen articles on Semitic paleography in learned journals. The first of his 16 books was the two-volume work, The Scribal Characters of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
From 1958 until 1964 Malachi Martin served in Rome where he was a close associate of, and carried out many sensitive missions for the renowned Jesuit Cardinal Augustin Bea and Pope John VI. While in Rome he was also Professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of the Vatican, where he taught Hebrew, Aramaic, Paleography, and Scripture.
In 1964, after twenty-five years as a Jesuit, Father Martin was released from his vows of poverty and obedience at his own request by Paul VI. Following a brief stay in Paris, he moved to New York, where until his final illness and death, he continued his apostolic service to what became a vast and loyal national and international "congregation" of both Catholics and non-Catholics. He amassed a decades-long record of critical and commercial success as the author of sixteen bestselling books, many of which have defied trends and fads to remain in print for as many as twenty years or more. He wrote articles and pamphlets, and recorded audio tapes, and was widely sought by television and radio as an authoritative commentator on Vatican affairs. Considered "one of the ten best media guests in the country," Father Martin proved himself without equal in what the Washington Post characterized as "uncanny accuracy" with which he not only reported, but predicted the hidden geopolitics of the Vatican and its complex global dealings with governments and nations. Among his legacies is a decades-long public record of extraordinary understanding of the meaning and implications of events - a record of predicting the unthinkable and getting it right every time; of foretelling events over the last thirty years that seemed unbelievable but came to pass. These events in the end changed the lives of generations of men and women in every quarter of the world. Among Malachi Martin's most famous books are Hostage to the Devil. The Final Conclave, Vatican, The Jesuits, and The Keys of This Blood. Windswept House: A Vatican Novel is widely read as a candid profile of the troubled state of the Roman Catholic Church today. The work is seen as a blueprint for the near future of the Church as the pontificate of John Paul II comes to an end.
At his death, Father Martin was at work on what he said would be his most controversial and important book. Primacy: How the Institutional Roman Catholic Church became a Creature of The New World Order was to deal with power and the papacy. This work was to analyze the revolutionary shift in the ancient dogma of primacy that lies at the heart of what many see as the first breakdown of the papal power in two millennia. It was to be a book of predictions about papal power and the world in the first decades of the new millennium.
The many reviews of Malachi Martin's books over the years stand as eloquent testimony to his importance as an author, his talent and candor, his courage and impact.
"No spiritual journey is complete without a Vatican page-turner by Malachi Martin," - Forbes. "In biblical times they would have called him a prophet." The Dallas Morning News. "He fetches Christianity onto the stage of history," - The New York Times. "It is to Martin's credit that his real-life 'fictional' Cardinals have flesh, bone and blood. And sometimes the heart of a south Chicago ward heeler." - Sacramento Bee. "Whether you are a Christian or Muslim or whatever, you will find that the influence of the Vatican can affect your own life." - The Houston Chronicle "The battle that concerns Martin is the fundamental survival of the belief in God, and the struggle that supersedes our individual faiths is the one between us and those who would destroy all faiths." - Alan Caruba in The Jewish Future.
Father Martin is survived by family members in Ireland.
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People's Choice Webby Awards Winner
The Art Bell web site was nominated for a Webby Award in the radio category of Web Magazine's 1998 "Oscar of the Web" presentation. See the Press Release below.
While AudioNet won the judges voting Webby Award for our category, WE WON the People's Choice Webby Award. You can see all the awards by visiting the Webby Awards Web Site.
Thanks to all of you out there, who voted for us at the Art Bell Web Site.
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A TV crew from the NBC Today show came to Art's home studio to tape the August 6th and 7th programs, in preparation for a piece to be aired on the Today show, on September 30th near 7:30 in the first hour of the show. Art decided to get back at them and take some pictures while they were setting up. Here they are. (Don't tell them they're here.)
Hello, is this thing on???
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Art writes: This is a one in a million picture taken early Sunday morning, March 11, 2001 as Ramona and myself returned from the Radio and Records Talk Seminar in L.A. it was taken between Baker, CA and Pahrump, NV at about 5:30 AM. In the distance you can see about 2 or 3 inches of water covering the desert, lit by the moon. The reflection of the clouds at the bottom of the picture is my Trans AM where the camera was resting for the long exposure.
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The 3830 Group
NOTICE 03/01/2001: The '3830 Group' has changed frequencies to 3853 KHz for the time being, while interference is present on 3830. Should the interference move to 3853, look for us back on 3830.
The 3830 group is a bunch of Ham radio guys and gals who have a long history of conversing on technical issues and current events, on the 75-meter Ham band. The group originally started with Art (W6OBB), Bob (K6MIT) and ORV (K6UEY). Art may come up on frequency after the show and many times on Saturday and Sunday nights.
The group starts up generally about 12 Midnight, lasting until 4AM Pacific time.
Shortwave Listeners will need a radio capable of receiving SSB (Single-Side Band) signals as we use LSB (Lower-Side Band) type emmisions. Tune into 3830 KHZ, or 3.830 MHZ on your SW receiver dial. Reception is generally better on the west coast, east coast listeners may not be able to hear all stations.
Art Bell's Ham callsign is W6OBB.
Keith Rowland, your webmaster's call sign is KG7EL.
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Thank you for your interest in advertising on the Coast to Coast AM Radio Program Web Page. The page has been active for over 5 years. The program covers over 475 radio stations. With continued promotion on the air, the radio program brings lots of listeners to our WWW site.
We keep the site well maintained and as up to date as possible. Premiere Radio Networks is committed to providing the best possible information regarding the program and the topics presented. Sometimes information is added as soon as it is given out on the radio program.
Because of the diverse nature of topics on the show, we have a variety of information on many topics, that many WWW search programs will point to, even when the Internet surfer hasn't learned about our show. So many of the visitors to the Coast to Coast AM page include non-listeners as well as the hundreds and thousands of loyal listeners.
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You can be a part of the Coast to Coast AM web pages, by simply contacting us and getting our rate card.
On each page we have a top of the page banner slot. This would contain a 60 pixel high by 468 pixel wide graphic of your choice, which is linked to your site. We also have spots further down on the bottom of the page. The graphic size is also 468 x 60.
You may advertise on the top or the bottom or both. Graphics are limited to 40K in file size.
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If you are interested in advertising your web site and products on our web page, please request a rate card via E-Mail by sending a quick e-mail notating "Ad Rates" in the subject or message body, to Keith at [email protected] and we'll return you the current rates.
We reserve the right to refuse advertising orders from anyone we feel is of questionable credibility or who is selling inappropriate material.
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Video captured images of the board room scene and closeup from Art's December 14th 1996 appearance on Dark Skies.
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Art is welcoming guests to his city of Pahrump
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A view of Mt Charleston from the city
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Dannion Brinkley visits Art in Pahrump. Posted August 7, 1997. Scanned by Art.
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A rare photo of Art's cat "Comet", the stray cat Art took in over a year ago, and nourished back to good health. Looks like he fits right in with the others. BTW, Comet doesn't like his picture taken, and since this picture was taken, Coment has been hiding from Art. (01/27/00)
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Satellite Outage 2
On the March 12th, 2001 program, during a heated debate between Art's guests Jim Oberg and David Sereda, we had another satellite feed outage. Only the second in all of Art's history of broadcasting.
The previous outage, was EXACTLY two years earlier as reported by this article:
CNN: Satellite service being restored after outage disrupts TV, radio service
In addition, a wireless Internet service provider, that operates in the Pahrump valley, experienced an outage near the same time frame as the radio outage. Paul reports:
This first graph is of Art's internet radio, Note the flat line at around 2am This radio is linked via microwave to our radio "Hub" location and has a very strong signal.
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This graph is of another subscriber hub we have located WAY above town around the 200' level on a tower. This one is more susceptable to signals as it's used to receive end users from all over the valley. If you notice the graph around the same time, it flat lined alot earlier and remained after Art's did.
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Satellite service being restored after outage disrupts TV, radio service
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March 12, 1999
Web posted at: 9:18 a.m. EST (1418 GMT)
PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- A major communications satellite serving all of North America that began spinning out of control early Friday had been stabilized by mid-morning and satellite services were being restored, satellite operator GE Americom said.
The satellite failure caused a wide disruption of services to organizations that included CNN networks, the Public Broadcasting Service, The Associated Press and a number of radio stations.
National distribution of several local television stations, such as KTLA in Los Angeles and WPIX in New York, was also affected.
The GE Americom satellite known as GE-3 began spinning out of control about 4 a.m. EST and remained that way for nearly four hours, the company said. After regaining control of the satellite, GE Americom engineers said they had shut down the satellite's systems and were conducting diagnostic tests.
GE-3 is virtually the only carrier for the PBS national television network. PBS uses the satellite to distribute its network programs to the local public television outlets.
PBS said they moved some of their programming to another satellite, GE-1. In order to do that, GE, which owns NBC, had to interrupt the transmission of the news feed service of NBC Newschannel. Local PBS stations were still able to broadcast live programming and taped shows.
Some of the distribution of The Associated Press wire service was affected. The AP uses two of the transponders on the GE-3 to distribute its services in North America.
The AP turned to its Web sites to provide its customers with Internet access to their AP services. It has a backup satellite and was preparing to switch its services to it in the event GE was unable to regain control of the GE-3.
The Associated Press uses several other satellites to deliver its services, and they were not affected by the outage.
The outage affected home satellite reception of such Turner Broadcasting networks as CNNfn, CNN International, CNN-Sports Illustrated and the Turner Classic Movies channel.
The outage also disrupted CNN's Newsource news feed to 600 local television stations.
GE-3 was put in service in September 1997 and has an expected life of 12 to 15 years.
In May 1998, a failure of the Galaxy-4 satellite disrupted pager services nationwide for several days.
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Art and Ramona's KNYE-FM 95.1
On the Air November 2001
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The Art Bell Monument
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Art's Latest Construction Project
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April Fool 2002
In the usual April 1st tradition, the Art Bell website played yet another series of jokes on its visitors Monday. We are now here to let you off the hook.
The famous Microsoft "Blue Screen of Death" was simulated upon entry to the main page of the site today. Half of you got the joke, the other half are still running check disk. It had various degrees of success depending on what browser you had.
Earlier in the day, we listed this weeks program lineup. Due to black mold forming in Art's home, several guest hosts were to fill in. In reality, no black mold and Art will be on tonight.
And if your computer screen seemed a little shakey earlier, that was us too!
Dave in Erie, PA writes:
I realize now prior to reformatting my hard drive and back in the comfort of my home that I have been truly HAD : ) Mr. Bell, I work in a high school with roughly 200 computers in it. Guess how many I went through before I gave up trying to figure out the blue screen fatal exception error? Take another guess to where I have my Internet home page set? In each case, of course, I was brashly greeted by what I had begun to believe was the product of a disgruntled Microsoft programmer and that the problem lay much deeper. I am indeed grateful that my school is not in session Mr. Bell. All are still away for the Easter holiday. I would have raised the proverbial red flag to full mast and been the laughing stock of nearly 1000 students and faculty.
In conclusion, thank you for giving me something to do today. This will look exemplary on my April Fools' Day work journal.
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Art's a hit in Las Vegas cabs!
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6/04 Art's Folded 20 Dollar Bill
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Art sends us this photo of the sunset tonight, Aug 27, 2002 in Pahrump.
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ART BELL FILES SUIT FOR DEFAMATION
LOS ANGELES, July 17, 2001 - Radio talk show host Art Bell filed a complaint today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging causes of action for defamation, infliction of emotional distress and false light invasion of privacy against the Philippine Daily Inquirer, its website, inq7.net., and the author of an article falsely attributing to Bell an inflammatory and racist email attacking Filipinos.
The email in question was written in December of 1998 by a person impersonating Bell. Even a cursory glance at Bell's web site or an inquiry sent to Bell or his representatives would have established the email was a fraudulent Internet posting not written by Bell.
As a result of the Philippine Daily Inquirer attributing the anti-Filipino email to Bell, he has received hundreds of vicious emails, including death threats, which have been reported to the FBI.
Bell is represented by Gerard P. Fox at the Century City law firm of Fox & Spillane LLP. Fox stated that Bell filed suit because "publication of such statements without the most exhaustive investigation of the true source is careless, irresponsible and reckless. Bell's reputation, safety and peace of mind have been shattered by this false publication. Nobody should have to go through what Bell is going through right now." Fox also stated, "Others who have or will spread this false story will be sued as their identities become known."
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Radio talk show host Art Bell
not behind insulting e-mail
Posted: 8:09 PM (Manila Time) | July 02, 2001
NEVADA-BASED radio talk show host Art Bell is in no way connected to a “malicious and vile e-mail” that insults Filipinos and that has been attributed to him.
“The charge that Mr. Bell wrote the e-mail is a statement of fact,” Bell’s legal counsel Gerard Fox said in a letter faxed to the INQUIRER from Los Angeles. “This statement is false. Even a cursory glance at Mr. Bell’s website or an inquiry sent to Mr. Bell or his representatives would have established the e-mail was a fraudulent Internet posting not written by Art Bell.”
We did not check out Bell’s website when we received the e-mail forwarded by Alejandro. When we finally did look at http://www.artbell.com/filipino.html, it turned out Bell had printed his denial there more than two years ago.
The INQUIRER apologizes for its failure to investigate the source of the e-mail. It regrets the error.
Fox said a person impersonating Bell wrote the e-mail in December 1998.
Meanwhile, Channel News Asia newscaster Jennifer Alejandro, who is based in Singapore, forwarded the e-mail to the INQUIRER. It was the subject of this column last Sunday, July 1.
The e-mail contained offensive statements about Filipinos like, “Nothing good has ever come from Philippines and I don’t believe anything good ever will,” it said. “Your country is a disgusting and filthy place. “That’s all you are. Just Filipino. Think about what that means.”
Fox wrote: “These statements are extremely provocative and likely to incite violence against their author. Mr. Bell is now concerned about his own safety and the safety of his family. To publish such statements without the most exhaustive investigation is unspeakably irresponsible on both a journalistic and a human level.”
Filipinos from as far as Florida and Norway sent e-mail messages to the INQUIRER, some hating Bell while others were pointing out the message was fake.
Fox said “Mr. Bell has received a barrage of hate-mail, including numerous threats of violence and death. To protect his reputation and the safety of his family, Mr. Bell has gone out of his way to inform people he was in no way connected to this malicious and vile e-mail.”
We also got a letter from Keith Rowland, system administrator of Bell’s web site www.artbell.com, who said the e-mail message did not originate from their mail server.
“Back in December 1998, there were some racist posting made in several news groups on the Internet by a person/s impersonating Art Bell,” Rowland wrote. “They have used the ID of [email protected].
“The letters that show artbel-irc.com as the website are also fake and have not been written nor sent by Art Bell. Please review all the headers of all messages that you have received and send your complaints to that domain’s sysop. The messages are originating at ucsd.edu (University of California in San Diego) and the fake ‘from’ address was simply typed in.
“It is absurd to think that a public figure and professional radio host would make such a posting,” Rowland wrote.
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The Art Bell Monument
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That would make a great tombstone.
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Apologies to Art Bell
Posted: 6:54 PM (Manila Time) | July 08, 2001
Inquirer News Service
WE RECEIVED hundreds of e-mail from Inquirer readers reacting to our column, “US talk radio host insults Filipinos on Internet,” which came out last July 1. In that column, we printed excerpts from an article allegedly written by Art Bell. However, it turned out the real Mr. Bell was not behind the malicious e-mail.
The article came out in 1998 and Mr. Bell had denied having written it. The denial can be found in his website which has a link to Filipinos, particularly because of that vile e-mail.
“In no way Mr. Bell could write something like that because his wife, Ramona, is half-Filipina,” said a reader.
“I personally know Mr. Bell is not a racist or prejudiced in any shape or form,” wrote another.
A technical consultant from America Online Inc. also pointed out to us that an e-mail address can be cloned and that junk mail is one of the biggest problems on the Internet.
People working for Mr. Bell, including his legal counsel Gerard Fox, called Inquirer’s attention and pointed out the article was written by a person impersonating Art Bell.
Mr. Bell is a Nevada-based talk radio host and his program is syndicated in over 400 stations in the United States.
Most of the messages we received since the column came out blamed, reprimanded and chastised us for printing the article without verifying it from Mr. Bell’s website.
We were told Mr. Bell even got death threats, putting him and his family in danger, as a result of our column.
By printing the e-mail, we did not mean to damage the reputation of Mr. Bell nor antagonize him in any way. We do not really know Mr. Bell, so the article was printed without malice of maligning him.
We sincerely apologize to Mr. Bell and his family for printing excerpts of the article in our column and attributing the article to him.
We would also like to make it clear to all the INQUIRER readers that Mr. Bell has nothing to do with the article.
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E-hoaxes and e-scams
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INQUIRER'S retraction of story on US radio talk show host
LAST WEEK we were had. Or more precisely, one of our reporters, who also writes a column, was had. She fell victim to a hoax on the Internet. A media colleague of hers who now works with Channel News Asia sent her an e-mail on an item which she read on the Internet saying that Art Bell, a radio talk host, said nasty, racist things about Filipinos on his program which is aired in the United States.
The writer-columnist wrote about what Bell reportedly said on his program. The Entertainment editor made the column item the lead item and the banner story on the Entertainment page. Because the item was picked up by INQ7.net and placed on its website, it was read by tens of thousands of Filipinos and foreigners here and abroad. Hundreds of Filipinos here and abroad wrote hate mail to Art Bell and some of them even threatened him and his family with harm, according to Bell’s lawyers.
The senior editors and the readers’ advocate conducted an inquiry and found that the item about Art Bell was indeed a hoax. The Inquirer as a corporate entity apologized to Bell in the same column where the erroneous item had appeared. The columnist also apologized and her apology was in the headline of the column for that day.
The error was deemed so serious by the editors that they served ‘‘explain why’’ letters to the columnist and the Entertainment editor. If they find the explanations of the two unsatisfactory, they will be sanctioned according to a scale of penalties provided for by the Inquirer Code of Discipline.
The item was also the subject of two Editorial Assessment Meetings held last Monday and yesterday. The editors yesterday discussed a draft rule on information obtained over the new electronic and communication media. It will be incorporated in the Inquirer Manual of Editorial Policies.
Why did the Entertainment reporter-columnist fall for the Art Bell hoax? Apparently, she thought that it was a real piece of news, having been posted on the Internet and relayed to her by media colleague who was once a reporter for the ABS-CBN network. Her nationalistic feeling was pricked by the racist things that Art Bell said in his radio program, and so she decided to bring them to the attention of her readers.
It turned out that the report was not true, that Bell never uttered any such things. Bell’s lawyers said he denied that rumor more than two years ago. They said Bell could not have uttered such racist remarks because his wife is a half-Filipina.
One editor was for treating the erring reporter-columnist with some consideration and compassion. The editor said that the Internet is a relatively new medium and probably the reporter-columnist was not aware that hoaxes and scams were also being posted there.
Other editors said the reporter-columnist had the responsibility to check and double-check every piece of information that she obtains and decides to use in her column. She could have discovered that the very item she wrote about had been denied had she visited the Art Bell sites whose addresses she herself wrote at the end of column item. A little checking could have saved her and the paper a lot of embarrassment and grief.
The publisher at last week’s Editorial Assessment Meeting stressed that reporters, writers, columnists and even editors have to be wary of items posted on the Internet. The information highway is littered with a lot of trash, junk mail, rumors, hoaxes and scams. Nothing can be taken at face value but has to be checked and rechecked. The publisher said that the new communication media may have made the delivery of information faster, but it does not mean that all the information it is delivering is correct, accurate and true.
Perhaps, in mitigation of our error, we may point out that other, world-class publications like the New York Times and Washington Post have fallen for hoaxes and scams on the Internet. We’re not the first—and certainly we won’t be the last—to fall for these hoaxes, rumors and other bogus information offered on the Internet. But we’re adopting safeguards to make sure that we don’t fall again for such scams.
All journalists, whether reporters, staff writers, columnists or editors have that constant, universal obligation: to make sure that everything that they write about and publish is accurate and true. Joseph Pulitzer, the giant of American journalism, expressed it well when he said that a journalist must always remember three words, and these are: ‘‘Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy.’’
Through this editorial we reiterate our apologies to Art Bell and to our readers for the column item that turned out to be a hoax on the Internet. We have learned a painful lesson, and we hope that the new rules governing information obtained over the new media will help us avoid a repetition of a similar error.
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Open Letter to My Listeners
July 1, 2001
Another event in the seemingly never ending strange series of events in my life occurred, which will prevent me from being on the air this week. A horrible Racist article which has been on the Internet for almost three years, despite all our best efforts, has just been published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer (The largest circulation Newspaper in that country). This has resulted in hundreds of e-mails and death threats to me and my family. Even the slightest effort on their part, would have resulted in the truth before rushing to publish. The article appeared in the Entertainment section of the Sunday edition (July 1, 2001).
As many of you I hope are aware, I DID NOT WRITE this trash and never would, in fact my wife is half Filipino. It was originally sent from a computer located at U.C.S.D. in southern California. They have sent a apology which has been posted on this website (see below) for almost three years. Over that period of time EVERY inquiry has been answered by myself, my Webmaster and the Network.
We are presently taking all legal steps possible, however in the meantime there is a very real physical danger to my family and myself. This will require my full time attention for the moment. The Newspaper (as of this writing) still, has NOT published a Retraction, even though they have been served with a Demand Letter to do so.
The newspaper's e-mail addresses are [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], should you care to help, by urging them to promptly retract this dangerous, reckless, thoughtless article. See you soon.
Art & Ramona Bell
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Posted 7/2/2001
Here is a sampling of the e-mail received from Filipinos, enraged by the Filipino Hate Letter. Due to the gravity of this problem, we are bringing to your attention, the kind of hatred and threats directed to Art Bell by believers of this HOAX.
Warning: Very Distrurbing Content and Language is Printed Here. Do NOT proceed if this language offends you.
While there were significant e-mails that debated the article in a civilized manner, and to their credit, did so without returning any hatred towards the writer, these are representative of about half of the e-mail, which was rude crude and lewd. Please understand these people were incited to riot levels, by the article posted by the HOAXER. However Art Bell is now the target of these threads and strong negative comments.
Here are the threats --
To my fellow Filipinos, this one is something that will make you cry . If God would grant me the right to kill someone, I would never have a second thought to do it to ART BELL.---aidisan
I can't believe this article is still circulating , I first read it four years ago and I told you how I don't consider myself asian and also told you about my family's sacrifices made for this country... and I also told you I would like to empty a magazine from my U.S.G.I. .45 automatic down your throat... that offer still stands...
FUCK YOU!!!!!!! WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO HOME AND SCREW YOUR MOM LIKE THE PERVERT YOU ARE!
FUCK YOU ART!!!! HOPE YOU DIE SOON!... OH AND YOU WILL, REALLY SOON... SO WATCH YOUR BACK Vara!
GREETINGS BY THE NAME OF ALLAH !
I M JUST A HIERD COMPUTER TYPIST OF AN ABB GROUPS, PLS I DON'T MEAN TO WRITE THIS OK, AS LONG SOME OF MY WORDS ARE NOT READABLE BY THIS TERRORIST GROUP, MAYBE LATER THEY CUT OFF MY HEAD LIKE MY FREID RONALD THAT THEY ASK HIM TO WRITE THE PRESIDENT AN E-MAIL ABOUT THEIR HOSTAGE THIS LST MONTH, THY SAID THAT WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT FILIPINO HERE ARE CALLED PUKE!, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THEY READ THIS LETTER COZ EVEN I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, THEY JUST BEEN SENT A LETTER FROM SOMEONE IN THERE IN U.S. THAY SAYING HE WILL GIVE ANYTHING TO THEM JUST THE HEAD OF ARTBELL, EVEN THIS MAIL IS NOT SO HARD TO TRACK-IN BY YOUR SECURITY I JUST BEEN THINK THAT U MUST LIEVE IN YOUR HOME AND WARN THOSE RELATIVES OF YOURS THERE, THEY SAID THAT WHEN THIER CAPTAIN AGREED TO CHANGE THE TWO HOSTAGE IN YOUR BODY I ENOUGH EVEN THEY DIDNT HAVE ANY MONEY, COZ THERES SOMEONE HIERD THIS GROUP TO KILL YOU, PLS YOU MUST LEAVE THERE BECAUSE.D EPO-0[[[8
You don't know what you are talking about and you never know anything about us at all which gives you no motherfucking right to insult us. I just hope and pray to God that you die very soon because you are the biggest insult, not only to us Filipinos, who are the Real Chosen People of God (you don't know it because you're 100% certified imbicile, you devil! and curse to your motherfucking soul), but to the human race, you idiot!
And by the way, say my hello to SATAN when you get to see that brother of yours soon enough, ok.
Fuck You!
May God still have mercy on you for what you did.
Thanks for the very nice criticism.
The Lord said: Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will PERISH.
The Filipinos are hoping and praying that you could meditate the above Words of God.
It seems you're out in your mind when you lambasted Filipinos. Go to Phils. and I will tell Abu Sayyaf to kidnap you and remove your head from your body. Who are you to speak to Filipinos that way. Your country is unlucky for having a guy like you who is worse and crazy. You're stupid bitch. Maybe you are desperate in your life, Isn't it?. So don't make Filipinos as your excuse. Infact Filipinos are talented than yourself bec. you are talking something which you don't understand. Maybe you are just a standby in your fucking country. You are a big fucking bullshit. Go to hell! Damn you bitch.
Hey ! who do you think you are Mr. Art Bell ???? You are not being fair on what you have wrote on your article ... you know, if there is one person here on earth who deserve to be insulted is YOU. You do not have the right to jugde other people especially the filipino people ... i myseld not a filipino and what you have just wrote on your article made me feel ashame of being an american ... you can be put on jail for what you have did for that is libel... dont tell me this is a free country for you still dont have the right to under estimate other people ... you are not GOD to judge them ....just hope that you realize what you have just done and what i've heard all the people in the Philippines are mad and planning to take an action against you. Well, that's all ... MR. ART BELL !!!!
Hey Miss Art Bell, your inuendos about Filipinos really make me sick. Your no less than a bonehead yourself you stinkin' sonofabitch. Who are you to say that the Filipino has no culture. Didn't you know that it was a Filipino who developed the M-16 that you white monkeys used to butcher hundreds of thousands of Indochinese people - not to mention millions killed by that instrument of war all 'round the globe? The Filipino race have produced two Miss Universe winners and the reigning snooker king is proudly Filipino - beating your own white-skinned-dick-sucking player. Filipinos are renowned worldwide too for their ability to make the Philippines the text messaging capital of the world. The Filipino have their own multiple version of Timothy McVeigh in the persons of the Abu Sayyaf bandits. Hey Miss Art Bell, how about a trip to the Philippines where you can enjoy worldclass Filipino hospitality. Perhaps we can arrange for the Abu Sayyaf to decapitate your ugly American head. Come on over! Let's see that bravery which you stinkin' Americans brag about. You can't even have your dick circumcized...you mother fuckin' asshole. YOU, Miss Art Bell, make us puke. You're a disgrace to the American race - you fuckin' purist/racist. Eat Shit you dork! I'll wait for your fuckin' reply you asshole.
P.S. I call you Miss because in the Philippines, only women in mental hospitals talk and comment like you do.
YOU'RE A FUCKING SHIT! DICK HEAD! ASS HOLE! AND AN IDIOT! YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE WITH ABU SAYYAF AND I'LL GIVE THEM MONEY TO CUT-OFF YOUR HEAD & YOUR MALICIOUS MIND SO YOU'LL KNOW, WHO ARE WE FILIPINOS!!!!
And if youre comments are with basis then i PUKED on youre Knwledge if you have one coz People like you dont deserve a life coz if youre refering to poverty look around youre own backyard youre country have lots of street people why dont you put youre attention on them and help them they will need it.
were poor. Yes. But its our financial thats poos. Just watch out. I wouldnt b surprised f a filipino kills u. Then ill b proud. Email me.
I HOPE YOU PUKE YOU ARROGANT BITCH.....IM A FILIPINO....I HOPE YOU PUKE..... LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY..MY COUNTRY MIGHT NOT THAT RICH AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY....I CAN STILL SAY THAT WE FILIPINO HAVE MANNER AND SOME GOOD VALUES..UNLIKE YOU SOME RICH....ARROGANT FISH SMELLING OLD WOMAN....WHAT IF I TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA DIE SOON!!!!! SEE YOU IN HELL BITCH.
The Just Plain Filthy Ones --
YO!!! Art,
You Stupid Son of a Bitch!!! You don't even know what you're talking about!!! Have you taken Asian Civilization in College? I guess not!!! I don't need to give examples of Great Filipinos, you're nothing but a fluke!!! I'm a Fil-Am, Fuck you and you're dad and you're grand dad and you're great grand dad and you're entire fucking family!!!
I wish you a lifetime of Bad Luck!!! Fucker!!!
Dear Asswipe,
I read your stupid article about the Philippines and about Filipinos. Who fuckin' died and made you God? You have no right whatsoever to state those things! Who the fuck are you anyway? I think you are just one of those ugly and fat Americans who are trying to make a name! Am I correct Mr. Bell? And your name...Art??? It's so freakin Varaty!!!
I'm not gonna waste any more of my time with a scum like you who has little or no brain at all and who probably fucks his own mother or dog or cat or all three!!! By the way, I am a Filipino and you are nothing but a classic scum who just wants to be famous!!! Eat shit and die asshole!!!!! :)
Well who the hell are you to judge the Filipinos and the Philippines? Have you been there? I am pretty sure not. You are just an asshole full of hatred, probably envy overflowing. All I can say is FUCK YOU!!!!
FUCK YOU, ART! Filipinos are more human than you!
ls discover us more before you wank your mouth. We look high upon u americans and I hope you should appreciate it. Maybe you were dropped dead by your filipino lover or maybe your lover was snatched by a more good looking filipino and then all hatred and generealisation started. You know what your mouth is a rabbish and all I can say is happy July 4th to you! And proudly filipinos increase your time "slut" rating :)
You are a swine & very dispirited person.U are a shame to your country.Go 2 hell
im a filipino,and i think ill not stoop to your level coz what youve said in your comment comes from a person who has shit for a brain!
b careful of what u say bout filipinos or ill kick ur fucking ass. Just wait. Ull surely lose ur job asshole!! Ur a disgrace for humanity
Hey wacko,
Filipinos are filipinos because there are cheaters like americans on Earth. You know dickhead, you should stick your filthy mouth in your ass!!! I can beat the hell out of you anytime, anywhere...
dear you,
fuck you asshole why did you insult us filipino's. what do you think of your country?theres a lot of bitches out there..fuck you again
Fuckfully yours,
Yogob..
first i thought of sending u a long letter reading how badly i was hurt and affected by that things that u said on the air about our country, however i told my self ,why bother? you dont deserve any thing.!!!!! i saw u as one of those WHITE PREJUDICE MOTHER FUCKERS !!!!!!!!! WHO ARE SO IGNORANT ASSHOLES!!!!!THAT DONT READ BOOKS OR EVEN MAKE A STUDY BEFORE THEY OPEN THEIR FILTY COCK SUCKING MOUTH!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldnt ask for your appology ? no? no? no? Dont blame an entire country because or your " SHO RTH COMMINGS" if you were dumped by a FILIPINA because u have the smallest dick, dont hate them all? it sounds to me like u have a very personal hatered towards them , maybe if u just have at least 4 inches u might have fake their orgasm, LOOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how dare u treat us like dat why dont u look urself at the mirror before u insult us... and what do u think u are.... ur nothn.. but a cheap ol rag!!! and what do u say no.. ur race is nothn! u race doesnt even exist! who cares if were third world! so what! at least we hav some good culture! we hav good family ties not like u! u guys suck! teens in america is so sick! all those teens look like drug addicts! no sense of style! and all the girls are more prostitutes than us... i guess more than 80% of women lost their virginity at a young age... horny bitches whore!!!! as ive said look urself at the mirror before u pinpoint others! i dont care how harsh u are!!!!- coz these words are fit for u! u dont have taste! ignorant! shit! fuck you!!! u guys are racist! i curse u!!!! i wish ull grow so old! dat ull live in a very painful life!!! and i curse u this!!!!!!! fuck off! i wish ur race will all be curse! ur country sucks! ur mouths stinks!!! shithead! fuck off! ill screw u!
Im a filipino and proud of it. U have no right to tell all those bullshit on the web. FUCK YOU! Go to hell!
i think u have to go the phils before you judge it ok??? what u said was baseless, cuz ur are baseless announcer or wat eva!!!!where is your credibility?? you stupid asshole!!!bitch!!!!!!!!!
If you don't know what you're talking about you are absolutely no rights to face the microphone and it surely make you like a screaming shit! You are a mice brain person you know that? Fuck you!
Hmmm...you are also an ignorant son of a bitch, a pathetic serial loser who is sexually incompetent and morally challenged. Hah! You are wasting my precious Filipino time, so this will be short and bitter...go to hell!
And we're just not sure about these --
An imo iroy, mabaho it imo tae. Maupay pa ha imo it imo utut. Mabukog ka unta hin laway ngan mag-dunot it imo ngala-ngala. Amen.
how dare talk about FILIPINOS. YOU DO NOT HAVE A CULTURE OF UR OWN. PUTANG-INA MO!
WHO D HEL R U JUDGNG US FILIPNOS?HVE U EVR BN HR?B4 U INSLT US,TRY 2 UNDRSTND DS MSG 1ST.F U CNT,U DSRVE EVRY NSLT U TREW 2 US FLPNOS.FU
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The NAB Radio Show in New Orleans, Sept 2001
By Keith Rowland
Just returning from the very humid New Orleans, I'd thought I'd report on some of the activities and discussions going on at The NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Radio Show and NAB X-Stream conference. While this show is not a big as the full NAB show in Las Vegas, which covers all fields of broadcasting including the television industry, this was the first time that the Radio Show included the new arena of broadcasting on the Internet. The X-Stream conference was the area I attended.
On the lighter side, the interest in broadcasting on the Internet was huge. There were sessions describing what kind of content, both audio and video, was appropriate for web viewers and listeners. Discussion really focused on how to make money with streaming media. It comes as no surprise, companies can only provide rich-media content on the web, if it's profitable for them to do so. Fortunately, the cost of streaming is coming down, and it was shown that sponsors are still interested in advertising on the web, but only where good content is prevalent. Many examples of profitable streaming ventures where presented. It was shown through many statistical reports, that streaming media is on the rise, in both listener demand and sources of diverse content.
On the darker side, many issues are rising that stand to limit the progress of streaming media. There is still the AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) issue, where the union for radio talent was requesting to be paid up to 3 times the going rate for any talent that appeared on Internet streams. This means any terrestrial radio station that was streaming their station audio on the net was asked by the advertising agencies to stop broadcasting as they were not in a position to pay this excessive fee. You may have noticed many stations went off the Internet a few months ago. Only some of them are back, with mechanisms in place to swap out the on-air advertising audio with newer web-only content.
In addition to the AFTRA issue, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the NAB are in opposite corners in the "Recording Performance Rights" issue. The RIAA, which represents the record companies, wants to charge an extra fee to all Internet broadcasters for the use of their recorded content. Radio stations have been paying the artists for their work through organizations like ASCAP and BMI, but have been exempt from paying recording companies over the years since the RIAA never established a fee schedule in the early years of radio. But now with a new distribution channel available on the Internet, the RIAA wants to cash in. This is the same RIAA that is going after the illegal file swapping services like Napster and its look-alikes. So the RIAA is certainly making a few enemies lately.
An interesting debate sort of occurred during the show. On different days, the RIAA vs NAB issue was debated. First, Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg gave a keynote speech to the attendees which he lambasted the RIAA for their tactics. He did whole-heartedly agree that we need to protect artists copyrights, but suggests that Napster showed everyone how consumers want to get their music. Mossberg states that something needs to be developed by the RIAA to allow customers to sample the music they are interested in before purchasing it online and not to treat potential customers as criminals.
Mossberg presented his view on the future in radio broadcasting. He showed a cell-phone that could listen to streaming audio, a CD-ROM based MP3 player with a 600 MEG CD-ROM full of his favorite music and suggested that all these and other alternative forms of getting music would be a threat to traditional broadcasting. He stated his own children don't listen to radio much anymore. He sees the customization of a personal music library to be highly more desirable than listening to pre-programmed radio. He told of his son's parties with his friends and how they just load up their computer with MP3 files and play them all night.
On the next day, Hilary Rosen, President of the RIAA got her chance to rebuff Mossberg. Before addressing the Napster issue, Rosen directed her beginning remarks on the Recording Performance Licensing issue. The NAB and the RIAA are in direct opposition on this issue. The radio broadcaster wants to be able to stream their signals on the net without incurring excessive fees to play music. The broadcasters argue that their radio stations are the primary source for introducing the record company's music to the public. In fact, the Internet streams of such music often include a player which identifies the artist, song title and the album name and even a link to an online store to buy it. Over the air broadcasters are reducing the amount of song identification. Hillary herself sated she has been campaigning to get radio stations to identify their music being played. However, I think the RIAA has got this licensing thing all backwards. The Internet radio stations are more likely to generate CD sales, more so than radio stations since they identify the music and give listeners easy ways to purchase it. Why would the RIAA want to punish internet broadcasters and let terrestrial broadcasters get away with using their music without identification for free?
Rosen very eloquently consoled the gathering of broadcasters, stating her case for continued representation of the recording companies interests, but suggested that the lawyers could be thrown out of the room and a deal could be made with broadcasters. Many presenters in the conference sessions stated the difference between the sides was very extreme.
Rosen then addressed the Napster issues and rebuffed a charge from Mossberg that the RIAA was trying to institute a plan where you'd purchase music on-line, but it would be essentially a rental with time limits set in the downloaded files. Rosen suggested this was not the case, but that they are working to present a fair and workable system. However she also solicited any ideas from the public on how this can be accomplished.
In general, radio broadcasters are scared and they should be. They fear the alternative sources of entertainment such as satellite digital radio, MP3 file swapping, and narrow casting on the net. Their road is even more filled with potholes like AFTRA and RIAA issues. While they are really feeling the pressure of the competition, NAB president Eddie Fritts continues to express the notion that radio has survived many competitive entities over the years and we'll withstand this one too. I'm not so sure. Many session speakers presenting at NAB's own X-Stream conference where optimistic on the future of Internet radio and many were comparing their product to standard terrestrial radio as being superior. Radio broadcasters could only settle for the fact that their service was still king of wireless devices. Portable radios and auto radios have been the basis of the continued success of radio. But people like Walter Mossberg and others pointed out that new wireless devices connected to the Internet will soon be available in the US and will likely compete with traditional radio.
Other sessions concentrated on video programming. Since the cost of bandwidth has been declining over the last year or so the streaming of video is becoming cost effective for the Internet broadcaster. However video programming was plainly directed to the broadband user. A lot of discussion and statistics were given on how much broadband has penetrated American homes. It was also stated that many early Internet broadcasters bailed out too soon and that the corner is being turned to being a viable and profitable venture.
There is one possible savior for all the terrestrial radio station broadcasters. IBOC (In-band On-Channel) digital radio is coming. IBOC is a technology where any radio station can add additional digital channels to their existing station. You can get digital quality audio of the same audio content of the station or the station could program additional side-channels on this digital signal. While this technology can help the traditional radio broadcasters to improve their signal and audio quality, it does not address the programming aspects of a mass-market broadcast station versus a narrow casting Internet music service. It might be too little, too late.
Most of the Radio Show and the X-Stream conference focused on music programming and not very much on talk-radio. It is my opinion that talk-radio will withstand the industry competition better than the music programmers. It's often said, all radio stations play the same small play lists and sound the same in every town. As most readers of this article will agree, talk radio has fresh new content every day.
As for what I got out of the X-Stream conference-- an optimistic outlook on the future of Internet broadcasting. However, I can see the day when stations will be so plentiful, that no one station will be able to gather enough listeners to justify the costs. It will take some clever financial models and revenue generating schemes to pay for the streaming station. Those that figure it out will be sucessful. Those that can't will crash and burn. I also came away from the conference with many ideas for new opportunities for myself in the future. You may see new features on the Art Bell web site in the coming months based on information learned from this conference. You may see myself involved in some sort of an Internet radio station. Afterall, it is easy to do, has low cost of entry as compared to a real radio station, and has great potential.
There is no doubt, that Internet streaming has changed the face of broadcasting. With the addition of interactive television, wireless streaming devices, MP3 players, digital satellite broadcasting and digital terrestrial radio, the radio broadcasting industry is certainly in a state of change.
Keith Rowland, webmaster
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We're Back - Posted Sep 10, 2001
09/10 Webmasters Return from Road Trip
We went to many classes with various speakers giving short 20 minute talks and the keynote speakers were even better. There were a few controversies that were discussed and yet the overall feeling was one of positive encouragement to accept new things and look for ways to use them rather than stifle growth. The Radio Show was so much less crowded than the one in Vegas since this was more focused on Radio. The food was good and the people very friendly. It was really interesting to hear what others in the industry are doing and their forecasts on future technologies. Keith is planning on writing a show report to be posted on the website soon.
It was good to take a break from our usual routine. Even though this was not a real vacation, we feel rested, excited to be back and motivated to implement some new ideas. This is kind of a family business, though we have to get Premiere's approval for some things. I enjoy working with Keith and getting to correspond with the listeners. As my daughter has been too busy to add to the Quickening News on a daily basis, I am going to be helping her. We enjoy getting links to possible submissions from a few regulars. Continue to send them to [email protected] and either Jill or I will check them out and we really appreciate your help.
We like to think that whether you are a believer, sceptic or somewhere in between, you are able to find this site interesting and informative. I think that I am somewhere in between but then I am trying to be objective as we want to appeal to everyone and not just be one-sided, so I don't spend time self-analyzing my opinion. I am just wanting to share our listeners reactions. I like to post both sides of all issues though sometimes I only receive one side. It may often seem that it is the counter to the guests opinions but that is what causes many to react with their feedback. This is their way of expressing another point of view, as the guest just had lots of time sharing one side. So I hope that if it seems that there is too much scepticism in these posts that you will realize it is because this is what we have received not because it represents my views.
We have done lots brainstorming and are looking forward to adding some new features to the site. Any suggestions are welcome. Your participation has been a great help in making artbell.com so fun for listeners to check out on a regular basis. Thanks for participating!
Peace, Mary
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Art takes this photo of the first snow fall in Oct 2001. Click on the image for a large high-res version.
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Art in August 18th, 2001 TV Guide
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10/19 Princeton Results Graph
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NEW CRYSTAL GAYLE SONG
AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD!
Crystal Gayle visited her friends Art and Ramona Bell at Art's studio in Pahrump, Nevada where Art originates his popular late night radio talk show. Guitarist Mike Loudermilk and husband Bill Gatzimos joined Crystal, Art and Ramona for Lunch at the Pahrump Winery.
Crystal presented Art with a recording of "Midnight In The Desert," an original song that she, Mike and Bill wrote for Art. Art debuted the song on his show on October 19th. He received a tremendous response and many requests for a copy of "Midnight In The Desert". Crystal is excited to offer the recording to her fans for free downloading. The entire song "Midnight In The Desert" is available here FREE as an MP3 download in full CD quality.
https://web.archive.org/web/20011103151419/http://www.artbell.com:80/mediafiles/midnight.mp3
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So we're coming up on the 100 Millionth visitor to the site. Quite an accomplishment. For the record, the current counter was started at ZERO in January of 1997. While the website did exist before then, I never carried forward the hits from previous incarnations of the site. Only when I was able to write an ACCURATE counter, did I keep track of it. When Art Bell came out of retirement, I reset the counter back to what it was when he left, thereby removing the hits during the Mike Siegel era.
A prize has been donated. Bob Crane of the C.Crane company has offered a brand new CC Radio to the 100 millionth visitor.
Another prize has been donated. Mark Easter of easterfilms.com will gladly send a complimentary copy of "Roswell...The Naked Truth Revealed!" autographed by himself.
Also, we MAY actually HIDE the counter from view on the page, when it approaches the 100 million mark, so you can't snipe it. We want all visitors to have an equal shot at being the winner. The website will still count the visit in our log files, but may not display it on the site. (You remember we did this with our 66,666,666 count, where we froze the counter, but kept tracking all the ongoing hits in the background. So if you see "Approaching 100M" on the page, you'll know why.
Also keep in mind, if you are sitting there just pressing REFRESH over and over, you probably will MISS the right screen and go right by it. Then you'll not get the information to report back to us.
In fact, if we determine that you were abusing our server by repeatly attacking our home page, we will disqualify you. We do log all accesses and have already blocked several who have started to cheat. It's OK to come back every few minutes or so and check the site to see if you can win, that's alright with me. But those who jam the F5 key and submit 10 hits per second are not going to win. Let's have fun, but not irritate the sysadmins.
Now for some of the rules and issues we need to deal with. Due to the many varied methods of web traffic, proxies, caches, etc. we may not have any winner or may have several. An automated search engine spider program might be the winner, or if the 100 milliionth web site hit page is cached in a proxy server, many people may see the 100 millionth page. In the case of many hits, the first one to follow the instructions, and contact us will be the winner.
In case no real human gets the correct page, I will reset the trigger to look for another specific count and will do so until we get a winner. It'll have to be close enough. The web, she is a complicated beast.
OK, that's it. If I think up any more rules or issues that we have to deal with, I'll add them here. Good Luck,
Keith, webmaster for the greatest website in radio.
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Edna Pringle ([email protected])
Subject: A message from J.C.
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
My name is EDNA P. PRINGLE.
mr bell I am a disiple of J.C. JOHNATAN CHRISTIAN WEBSTER THE 3RD!
Although he loathes the internet it is the EYE OF SATAN!
he alowws me to patrol it for pornografy and offesive media!!!!!! we will use the devils own tools against him!
You were so rude to JOHNATAN on the air! The way you keep denying the excistance of the soviet union it never has gone away it is what they want you to think! you need to be more like STEWART MCBURNEY!!!!! NOW he was a radio HOST that knew what was going on he warned that all this glasnost was a ruse to make us weak and drop our guard!!!!!!!! But since it is at the comand of your master satan that you help keep alive this deception at all costs!!!!!!!!
every time the great and honorable J.C. WEBSTER the 3rd calls you NEVER let hin speak his points of reason and then you RUDLY HANGED UP ON HIM you have no right to do that!!!!!
YOU CALL HIS PHONE AND HIDE IN HIS YARD AT NIGHT!
You mock his NEW REVALATION and HIS NEW COMANDMENTS
GOD has chosen THE GREAT AND HONORABLE MR WEBSTER TO BRING FORTH THE NEW REVALATION!!!!!
here is a part of that REVALATION...................
"GOD IS ANGRY.....WE HAVE SPURNED HIS LOVE AND LEAPT FOR THE SPOILS OF SATAN FOR THAT WE ARE TO BE SET UPON BY THE THUNDERS OF THE APOCALYPSE THE FIRST HORSEMAN IS MOUNTED AND SET TO RIDE FOURTH UNTO THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND WITH HIS RIDE BEGINS THE SATANS LAST STAND HE WILL GATHER TOGETHER ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH ALL THE KidnostadS,COMMIES AND MUD PEOPLE TO MOVE AGAINST HIS HOLY PEOPLE AND LAND ....AMERICA! HE WILL FIGHT WITH ALL HIS FURRY BUT HE WILL FIGHT IN VANE FOR WHEN JESUS BEGINS HIS RIDE.....PUNISHMENT WILL BE DEALT FORTHWITH FROM THE POINT OF THE SWORD OF JESUS"
-----------a quote from a sermen by the GREAT and HONORABLE J.C. WEBSTER THE 3RD
HERE FOLLOWS THE NEW COMANDMENTS AS GIVEN FROM GOD TO J.C.
1: THOU SHALT OBEY THE BRINGER OF THE NEW REVALATION IN ALLTHINGS , QUESTION NOT DO AS YOUR TOLD!
2:THOU SHALT NOT LISTEN TO ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC!
3:THOU SHALT NOT FORNICATE!
4:THOU SHALL NOT MASTERBATE!
5:THOU SHALL NOT WATCH PORNO MOVIES OR LOOK AT DIRTY PICTURES OF NAKED PEOPLE!
6:THOU SHALL HATE ALL THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD AND HIS PROPHET THE GREAT AND HONORABLE J.C. WEBSTER THE 3RD!
7:ALL NATIONS,AND PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CHRISTIAN NATIONS AND PEOPLE ARE TO BE DESTROYED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO GOD WILL BE PLEASED AND SET HIS KINGDOM UPON THE EARTH HENCE FOURTH!
8:THOU SHAL NOT ENGAGE IN KidnostadOTRY OR ANY OTHER QUEER BEHAVIORS !
9:THOU SHALT GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND KEEP THE SABATH HOLY!
10:THOU SHALL NOT INDULGE IN FATTY FOODS AND OR CANDIES OR DELICACIES OF ANY KIND FOOD IS FOR SUSTAINING LIFE NOT ENJOYMENT BE NOT A GLUTTON OR GOD WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN WITH A HEART ATTACK!
mr bell these are the first 10 new comandments. GOD gives J.C. NEW COMANDMENTS DAILY, and he even gives personal comandments to idividuals!
HERE IS YOUR COMANDMENT!!!!!!
BRINGFOURTH YOUR EVIL VOICE ONTO THE AIR NO MORE ! REPENT AND ACKNOLEDGE THAT J.C. IS THE BRINGER OF THE NEW REVALATION GIVE YOUR RADIO SHOW TO HIM!!!!!
You wonder why your phones werent working when you had that druggie on your show HA! J.C. prayed to GOD that your phones wont work!!!!!!!!!!!
and they didnt!!!!!!!
NEXT TIME J.C. CALLS YOU GIVE HIM HIS RIGHTFUL TIME ON THE AIR.
AND AS FAR AS THE ADAMS FAMILY GOES J.C.'S MEDIA WATCHDOG GROUP C.L.A.M.P. (CHRISTIAN LEGIONN AGAINST MEDIA PORNOGRAPHY)
IS FAMILIAR WITH IT AND MANY OTHER SHOWS THAT WERE DRAFTED IN THE SOVIET UNION TO SUBVERT AND PERVERT AMERICA. WHEN YOU WATCH THE ADAMS FAMILY (THE SHOW THAT INSPIRED CHARLES MANSON TO CREATE HIS FAMILY) YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT GLORIFIES SATANISM AND INTRODUCED ORAL SEX TO AMERICA FOR THE FIRST TIME ON TV! THE WAY HE KISSES HER ARMS AND BODY WE KNOW THAT CAN ONLY LEAD TO ORAL SEX AN EVIL SO DISGUSTING AND WICKED THAT IT IT WHAT LOST THE VIETNAM WAR, ALL THE HIPPIES WERE CRAZED FROM DRUGS BUT WHAT SNAPED THE MIND OF AMERICA WAS ORAL SEX!!!!!!!!!!FREE LOVE ISNT FREE IT COST US DEARLY!!!!!!!!!
IVE WASTED ENOUGH OF MY VALUABLE TIME ON THE LIKES OF YOU J.C. WANTED TO GIVE YOU A MESSAGE (HE IS HERE WITH ME NOW ) SINCE YOU WONT ALLOW HIS MAIL TO GET THRU THIS WAS THE ONLY CHOICE.
HOPE YOU LIKE BOILING SEWAGE MR BELL BECAUSE YOUR GOING TO GO TO HELL
-SINCERLY AND BETTER THAN YOU .................................... EDNA P. PRINGLE a woman in here proper place following A MAN OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Miss Idaho, our very own Linda Howe!
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Linda walking the down the aisle in the Miss America Pagent 1963.
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Preliminary Analyses of Art's Parts - 6/4/96
Three types of specimens were received for analysis. We refer to them here as: 1) the "chips"; 2) the "metal strip"; and 3) the "vent". All of these have been presented earlier in a photograph on Art's Web Page.
1. The chips.
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The chips corresponded to 5 squares, 1 circle and 2 ellipsoid items. All 5 square chips appeared essentially identical with respect to size and physical appearance. All 5 weighed 160 mg. The diameter of the circular chip and the smaller diameter of the ellipsoid chip were similar in size to the lengths of the sides of the square chips. The circular chip weighted 119 mg. and the two ellipsoid chips weighed 168 mg. (These measurements are all within plus or minus one mg for each type.)
At this point, analyses have been conducted only on the square chips. Using a micrometer, a representative square chip had the dimensions: 6.368 mm x 6.361 mm x 1.596 mm. This gives a volume of 64.65 mm^3. Using a weight of 160 mg, this would correspond to a density of 2.47 mg/mm^3. The squares had two distinguishable sides: a "top" side with rounded edges, and a "bottom" side that was squared off --as if they had possibly been "punched out" from the top. Using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), photographs of the top side (photo 1) and the bottom side (photo 2) were generated.
The SEM was configured for energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) which allows determination of the elemental content of the area being scanned by the electron beam. The bombardment of electrons results in the release of X-rays whose wavelengths are characteristic of the elements being targeted. A detector is able to translate this information into specific "peaks" which are then recorded. The analyses showed that over a broad (averaged) area on the surface of the top and bottom of the square chips (Figure 1 and Figure 2), only aluminum (Al) could be detected. It was also noted that despite the differences in apparent texture on the sides of the chips, the EDS spectra were essentially identical (not shown) -- i.e. only aluminum was detected in both the rougher and smoother portions. The density of aluminum is 2.7 and thus close to the value of 2.47 determined from our calculation. The curved top edges might contribute to the small difference.
High magnification showed small granular particles embedded in the surface of the squares (photo 3 and photo 4). These had sizes of just a few microns (um). EDS showed that these contained silicon (Si) (Fig. 3).
A square chip was embedded in epoxy, cut through the middle and polished in order to obtain a good cross section for SEM and EDS analyses. The SEM was done using a "backscattering" configuration which allows heavier elements to look brighter than less-heavy elements. Photo 5 shows that there are white (i.e. brighter) particulate flake-like materials scattered through the aluminum. These particles had a high iron (Fe) content as indicated in Fig.5 where the area measured was within a single particle. Small amounts of silicon (Si) and manganese (Mn) were also evident. The elements in these particles were not detectable when EDS was measured over a broad area of the chip cross-section (Fig. 4), presumably because of their small respective areas.
2. The metal strip.
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The strip measured 25.3 cm (10 inches!!) by 3.8 cm (1.5 inches!!); the thickness was 0.165 mm (average of 5 measurements). The weight was 4.04 gm. A computation of density using these values and assuming a uniform thickness comes to 2.54 gm/cc. A corner of the strip was removed manually by bending several times until it broke off. EDS was done on the removed piece, with a broad area showing primarily aluminum (see Fig. 6). Small granules could be detected on the surface; EDS showed these to contain small amounts of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), calcium (Ca) and silicon (Si) (Fig. 7). (No photos of the metal strip included -- see Art's photo.)
3. The vent.
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The vent, so called because of its vent-like appearance (see Art's photo), had dimensions of 4.9 cm by 6.2 cm; the thickness was 0.157 mm (average of 3 measurements) on the edge (i.e. not over slits). The thickness over the slits was 0.304 mm (average of 6 measurements). The weight was 1.24 gm. Using the edge-thickness we calculate a density of 2.60 gm/cc. (If it is assumed that the slits are just cuts in the metal they should not affect the overall density.)
The slits are in 24 "groups" with 10 parallel slits one mm apart in each group. The lengths of the slits are 8 mm. When held up to the light at an angle, light can be seen through the parallel slits. The slits in each group appear oriented opposite to those in the adjacent group. That is, if considered to act in a vent-like manner, air going through the slits would be directed "up" in one group and "down" in the adjacent group.
A small piece of the vent on one corner was removed for analysis. One edge of this piece corresponds to a slit edge. An SEM image is seen in photo 6. EDS showed it to consist primarily of aluminum (Fig. 8). This was similar for the three different sections that seemed to have a different textural appearance. Granules seen at high magnification exhibited the EDS pattern shown in Fig. 9. In this case the granules showed a content similar to the metal strip granules -- i.e. aluminum with small amounts of iron, manganese, calcium and silicon.
Art's Parts -- The Skin
(preliminary analyses)
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Samples of material newly acquired by Art were obtained (from Art) on May 31,1996. These were very different from the aluminum specimens received earlier. The material was in two main pieces (see Photo 1): one, designated sample 1, was approximately 6 cm by 3 cm and about 3-4 mm in thickness; the other, sample 2, was about 5 cm by 2.5 cm and again a 3-4 thickness. Sample 1 weighed 6.23 gm; and sample 2 weighed 6.9 gm. The shape of each sample was quite irregular, and the thickness in each case varied in different areas. It is emphasized that these measurements are meant to provide only some notion of the general size of the specimens.
Each sapmle had a "silvery," shiny side with a rough (granular) appearance. The other side was blackish-gray. Looking at the samples edge-on, numerous layers can be seen. The samples were hard but brittle, and a few small pieces could be broken off using a small hand vice and manual pressure. Two such samples broken off were analyzed (side by side) by scanning electron microscopy (SEM); one was shiny side up-- the other was dark side up. Photo 2 shows a portion of both pieces; the shiny side up is in the lower right, while the dark side is in the upper left. Photo 3 shows the shiny side-up piece and includes a view of the edge where the layering can be noted. Photo 4 and photo 5 show higher magnifications of the shiny side. Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) revealed the the shiny side contained more than 95% magnesium (Mg) and a small amount (2-3%) of zinc (Zn) (Fig. 1). The dark side contained a significant amount of bismuth (Bi) (Fig. 2).
A small piece was embedded in epoxy, cut through, and polished in such a way that a cross section of the layering could be visualized. Photos 6,7, and 8 show images of the cross section at different magnifications. In these cases we utilized a backscattering mode which shows heavier elements to be brighter than less-heavy elements. As seen in the photos there are layers of lighter (less bright) material separated by much thinner layers of heavier (brighter) material. When EDS scans were done on the lighter material, a high level of magnesium was observed, again with a small amount of zinc (Fig. 3); whereas scans of the bright material showed a significant content of bismuth (Fig. 4). The thickness of the "bismuth layers" appear to be only a few microns. As seen in photo 6 and photo 7, there are apparent "bismuth layers" that appear less bright than others. Possibly this relates to a lower concentration of bismuth, or the bands occur slightly below the surface being examined. Additional studies will be necessary to determine which, if either, of these interpretations is correct.
Thus the material appears to represent layers of a substance consisting mainly of magnesium and a small amount of zinc separated by thin layers containing a high bismuth content.
END OF REPORT
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Bob Crane sends us these pictures of Art's first night on the air from the Medford control center.
Wil is board op as others listen for Art...
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Milee and Daylani are happy listeners...
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Alan speaks with Art during a break...
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Sue Crane shows us the equipment racks...
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June 1999 Editorial
Wild Wild Web
We've all heard stories about the wild, wild west. It was a lawless time where ruffians and thugs could run around with dozens of aliases and disguises literally get away with murder. A guy could ride into town and claim to be anybody at all, tell all the lies he could dream up and later ride off into the sunset without a trace, and start the same shenanigans all over again in a new place.
Well folks, those days are back. The wild, wild, west is now known as www. A.K.A. the internet or cyberspace. I have experience the full brunt of this new lawless territory because the ruffians and thugs have been riding into the internet community under aliases (sometimes claiming to be Art Bell) and trashing my good name and there's not a damn thing I can do about it. Not a damn thing.
How can this be? One would think that when slander, libel and outright lies are involved, there would be recourse. There is, but it involves paying a lawyer and getting in line at the courthouse. Do you have any idea how back logged the justice system is? I'm finding out first hand. But just because you've retained legal counsel and your're going to court, there's no guarantee that you'll know exactly who did it. So before you grab a number and get in line at the courthouse you have to make sure you know who you are taking to court. Not an easy task here in cyber version of the wild, wild west.
A few years back when the internet community consisted primarily of nerds, techno-weenies, academics and a few assorted hackers, we did not have these huge problems with personal attacks. The bad seeds of cyberspace were more interested in breaking into sensitive mainframes and stealing information or just being high-tech vandals. I'm not condoning any of that, but it was not personal and the law has been prepared to deal with this kind of "white collar crime." Other than that, the internet community in general, was fun and small enough to be self governing. Outrageous or misguided posters in newsgroups have been "flamed" where they are subject to ridicule and are publicly shown the error of their ways. Now that the internet in the last few years has exploded things are getting out of hand. Everybody it seems is online and putting up a web site no longer requires a Masters in Computer Programming. Children now have web sites they've made themselves. So if children can do this just about anybody with a PC and half a brain can start making web sites.
E-mail addresses are free and plentiful and anybody can make up a name and start sending e-mail. You know what that means. The internet is now subject to the same sick crap that infests the dark side of that small percentage of the general public. I am finding out this sad fact of life up close and personal. Some creeps out there have posting the most vile, repugnant sick crap while posing as me. There is no more frustrating feeling in the world than to read all about what a sick bastard people think you are when you have done nothing wrong.
Recently, numerous web sites have cropped up, full of completely whacked out ideas and I am defenseless to do anything about it. One site in particular went so far as to post accusations that I am a convicted pornographer. For the average citizen such crimes do not pose that much of a problem since nobody knows or cares about average citizens. Anybody can post a web site claiming all kinds of crap about Joe Q. Public and nobody would care. Case and point, the Columbine High School massacre. One of the gunmen allegedly posted all out threats on a web page. When concerned parents informed law enforcement, you heard what was done about the site. That's right, nothing. And we are talking death threats, here. Clearly a sick boy was letting the world know about the storm clouds in his brain. I guess we have become as desensitized about violence or the threat of violence as the young kids are. Otherwise, that web site would have been taken more seriously.
I've had people send me death threats and I've let the FBI know about it. I've screamed and yelled and I've been taken seriously and the FBI has been very good to me. But for the average person, I think it's time that our court system catch up with technology and formulate some policy on law enforcement and the internet.
The internet is this huge, unregulated free for all where anybody can log on and start posting anything they damn well please with no accountability whatsoever. None.
-- Art Bell
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May 1999 Editorial
Contrails
It would not have been long ago that if someone said to me "Oh my God, Art, the contrails in the sky are going to kill us" I would have replied "its lockup time! Get the white coat and bring in the counselors, we've got a problem here." But I'm coming around to believe that there is really something going on with the mysterious contrails in the sky.
Once I started really looking at contrails and looking in the sky with greater frequency, I started to see things for myself. I had my sighting. I saw a silver disc in a contrail as others have. Later, I spotted a contrail over my home that was totally bizarre. I had to look twice and ask myself if what I was looking at was really a contrail as I had come to know them: straight lines, high in the sky, etched out by high flying jet aircraft that slowly fade and blow apart into thin air. I began to wonder.
When I first read about this toxic contrails story I had the attitude that someone was obviously losing it or, at the very least, was very close to the edge. So obviously, I approached this story with real skepticism. I kept thinking, you idiot, of course there's contrails. Ever since the jet age we've had contrails. Spare me from yet another hare brained conspiracy theory. I tried to shoot holes in the logic and deny the facts. Then I heard of William Thomas, a very brave reporter who brought this bizarre story to the fore. His account rung so true to me that I found myself sickened by the idea that someone, somewhere, in our government has actually been performing unconscionable acts of biological assault on the American people.
What I heard from William Thomas was visceral yet scientific. There are a lot of emotions attached to issues that involve health and illness. Nobody wants to be sick and most of us do what we can to avoid exposure to possible unhealthy situations. But when you even imply that the government is tampering with our health and infecting us with some unknown pathogen against our will, or even our knowledge, reason flies out the window. That's what struck me about William Thomas. In the face of such an explosive issue, he remains remarkably composed, objective and scientific. I was able to listen to what he had to say and resist the very great temptation to dismiss his accusations and write him off as a crackpot.
When this story broke this year Thomas proposed that not every contrail is a real contrail as we've been accustomed viewing high in the sky. Thomas told stories of William Wallace from Washington State who watched large aircraft flying back and forth in a grid pattern laying contrails at low altitudes. Something struck Wallace as being very wrong about this type of maneuver and the resulting trails. The "contrails" instead of dissipating, hung in the sky for hours and formed an overcast sky.
Normal contrails are made up of ice crystals and form above 31,000 feet from jets engines and wing tips. But now, we are seeing contrails coming from the tails of the aircraft, not from the wing tips and engines. Besides, classic contrails cannot physically form at low altitudes. The planes that we are seeing are flying low, below 10,000 feet and there is no way possible that the white trails that we are seeing coming off these aircraft are contrails.
When William Wallace and his wife as well as a neighbor took ill, he put the low flying aircraft and the flu-like symptoms together. At the suggestion of Mr. Wallace, William Thomas contacted Greg Hanford in Bakersfield. Hanford was floored by a similar phenomenon that made him very sick. It seemed everyone around him including his secretary was overcome. The hospitals in Bakersfield were jammed with patients complaining of an acute upper respiratory ailment. Flu-like symptoms.
This is where it gets really scary for me. It's one thing to speculate about planes dropping biohazards on the public. It's so far-fetched that it makes for lively debate between the paranoid and the naive. But when I heard about a study being advertised on local radio stations with a phone number 1-800-I-GOT-FLU, A shudder ran down my spine.
I've never ever seen advertising for phone numbers such as 1-800-I-GOT-FLU. On top of that, the study was restricting the subjects to extremely narrow parameters. Clearly, somebody was tracking some kind of study in specific areas at specific times. If that is not a dead giveaway to something utterly creepy I don't know what is. Something sinister has indeed been afoot.
What could it possibly be? Is our government anticipating some kind of terrorist threat and they are in the middle of some secret inoculation without our permission? As an adult grown up person you can decide for yourself. I've come to some personal conclusions that I do not like.
A fax that I received from what appears to be the TV show Extra unlocks a shocking story of government betrayal. 239 cities sprayed with cadmium sulfide. To me the fax read like it was telling the truth. That's all I have to go on. My gut reading on all this information and it sure feels like the real thing to me.
The Air Force actually said that they would "own the weather." Adding small amounts of energy at just the right time and space. My webmaster was chuckling when he heard this, so he went to work looking for links to this statement and I'll be damned if he didn't find the links on Air Force sites where that quote is absolutely there.
Nobody wants to accept the possibility that our government wants to do anything bad to us. But given all of the evidence that I have seen and heard, I cannot conclude anything else.
-- Art Bell
Art's response to the April Fool's Day website hacking by Serbians.
The "Hack" seen on this site was an April 1st prank by myself and Keith Rowland, however it was also to make a point. Though I do not agree in any way with what the Serbs are REPORTED to be doing, it is none of our damn business.
The U.N. MIGHT make a case for intervention when one Nation invades another, as a Libertarian, even that causes me pause. To bomb until the Serbs agree to change their internal policy is folly. Will we bomb for a few more days, weeks, months? Will we declare victory if they agree to talk? Will that end differences that have been festering longer then we have been a Nation? Is this the "NEW WORLD ORDER"? I want no part of it.
If we must act beyond our own borders, then let us help those displaced by the madness. The real flow of refugees did not begin until our "goodwill bombing" began. Is our next act to be American troops on the ground? Would you see your Son or Daughter die to change attitudes in Serbia?
If War is to begin once again in Europe that is sad indeed, we should not light the fuse.
If this IS the "NEW WORLD ORDER", then where were we when a half million Africans were hacked to death? Where were we when millions were slaughtered in Cambodia? The World is not a nice place and OUR BOMBS will not make it so.
-- Art Bell
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kingart, you are finding things I didn't even remember existed! I didn't realize how much was stashed in the nooks and crannies of the old site.
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kingart, you are finding things I didn't even remember existed! I didn't realize how much was stashed in the nooks and crannies of the old site.
I am surprised that I found more on it today. Everytime I think I have come to the end one more link takes me on another ride.
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April 1999 Editorial
Be Careful What You Ask For
I've been a famous radio guy almost all of my adult life. When I say famous radio guy you know what I mean - almost everybody in radio is famous in one way or another. Even when you're working in a small market, you can be a famous radio guy. You're the big fish in a tiny little puddle. Everybody knows who you are. There's not a lot of pressure, there's not a lot of money, but it is a hell of a lot of fun. I was a rock and roll DJ for many years and in every size market, I found the best part of the famous thing is that girls love DJs. It's a wonderful occupational hazard for any young single guy.
During my career as a famous radio guy I moved to progressively larger markets and enjoyed the higher standing in the community that automatically goes along with being a media figure. But as with everything else in life, the stakes get higher as you mature and what was once real cute and a whole lot of fun, for me eventually became painfully dull. Even the non-stop parade of girls lost the excitement it once had. I discovered that the fame thing didn't hold my interest very long and I did not miss it when I left radio for a few years. I sure missed radio, but I didn't miss being a famous radio guy.
When I returned to the business after a brief career change of several years, I made the switch from rock and roll to talk radio, but it was an appropriate reflection of my changing tastes. Talk radio listeners have more mature interests than the typical rock and roll radio listener. What has been very interesting to me, is that the talk radio venue is far more intimate, personal and cerebral. The participants are very open with their ideas and opinions, yet they don't go out of their way to get to know you off the air and penetrate your world the way rock and roll groupies do. That has suited me just fine. After doing my show every night and having stimulating conversations with great people all over the west for five hours at a stretch, I'd have the rest of my day to catch up on the news and stay in touch with life in the real world for my next show.
After "Coast to Coast AM" was syndicated nationwide, nothing in my life changed one bit. I did the same show. I welcomed new stations to the fold. My life remained the same. Over the course of several years, the station count grew one by one from a handful of stations in small to medium sized markets to hundreds of top radio stations including the largest markets in the nation.
During this steady growth period of the show, Ramona and I moved one hour outside of Las Vegas to the peace and quiet of Pahrump. At the time, some people assumed that I was running from my fans. Nothing could be further from the truth because my fans were not stalking me or doing anything to bother me or invade my privacy. I was just sick of the city. Las Vegas had become a mini Los Angeles and Ramona and I decided we didn't want the traffic and the crime and the noise. Our reason for moving way out to Pahrump was the same reason most people move out there. Peace and quiet.
Everybody who decides that they want to live in Pahrump rather than Las Vegas understands that point quite well. People there are very nice and as I would find out years later, fiercely protective of my privacy and me. My home in the desert suited me perfectly, and the growth of the show seemed to have zero downside on my quality of life.
I really wanted nothing more than for the show to grow. With every new listener and every new city, the show added depth and more interesting callers. I loved it and wanted more. "Coast to Coast AM" has been one of the great passions in my life and watching it grow the way it did has been a thrill beyond belief. Life for me during that time just kept getting better and better.
I was the last person in the world who ever thought that anybody would care about where I lived. But soon, all that would change. Last year was the beginning of the end for me. I can't put my finger on the exact moment but my private life was no longer private. I'm not sure it was after my appearance on the NBC series Dark Skies or if pictures of me and Ramona on the internet had etched my image in the public eye, but I began to notice people watching me when I went out, and I'm not paranoid. Then with increased frequency, more and more people would very politely come up to me and ask if I was Art Bell and they'd ask for my autograph. Even in the middle of dinner or rushing to make a flight at the airport. I shudder to think how life must be for the ultra-famous singers and movie stars.
This increased attention and focus on me is all very puzzling, because from my vantage point, I have not changed. I am not more interesting than I was five years ago. I am exactly the same. My show is for the most part, the same show I did when I was the famous radio guy in one market. Now that I'm famous radio guy in over 425 markets and a lot more people know who I am, it has changed how others perceive me. I know for a fact I'm still the same techno-weenie, news-junkie, homebody that I have always been.
Maybe it's because of the kind of person that I am, but the perks of fame for me don't really make up for the downside of fame. I don't crave the trappings of fame and I never have. To tell you the truth, from what I see fame is not all that people make it out to be. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about fame. It's nice to have money. It's nice to not have to worry about paying the rent or buying something that you may want. But for me, as I wrote about last month here in After Dark, I am not money driven. I cannot imagine going after money just for money's sake. That's not me. Money is not a goal or a thrill for me.
On the up side of fame, it opened a world of nice things for Ramona and me. Now that I am a public figure I have no problem getting behind the scenes and meeting people who I admire and enjoy, such as Crystal Gayle and Neil Diamond. Ramona and I have received VIP service everywhere. Even at the airport of all places, where we've had tours of the facilities, glimpses behind the scenes along with the total star treatment, which is really a great deal of fun.
Of course, being invited to appear in your favorite television program is a kick in the pants. Chris Carter, creator of the X-Files personally called me and invited me to be on his new Fox Television program Millennium. I had a great time filming that show up in Vancouver BC, and meeting the people on and off camera who make it happen. Being fan while getting to work side by side with people who I admire was great fun. I understand what it is like to enjoy an artist or a personality. Fame has allowed me to move from being a face in the crowd to having the opportunity to meet the people who I have admired for a very long time. For this great privilege I am grateful.
As for the downside of being truly famous, I think it all boils down to a numbers game. The more popular you become, the greater the chances are that you eventually meet up with the one disturbed person from that tiny fraction of a percent of weird people out there. I'm talking about mutants out there that were born without the gene that regulates appropriate behavior. I don't know what those types could possibly be thinking, but the cold hard reality is that they are out there. Because of them, the tragedy of having to build fences exists. But I'm always thinking about the guys like John Lennon who has one vulnerable moment and then it's all over. How do you go about living a normal life when you have that possible worst case scenario haunting you? I try to do my best to put those thoughts aside as I lock my gate.
I love my fans and I know that without them, I'd be talking to myself. But it's the lunatic fringe out there that causes me to be more security conscious than I would really like to be. The freedom to come and go as I please without being scrutinized is gone for now. When I had my family crisis that I had to deal with, during the time that I needed my space the most, was when I was made the focal point of attention.
Media from all over the country migrated to Pahrump and began combing the streets looking for where I lived. I've heard stories about reporters asking gas station attendants and store clerks where I lived and even offering them money. It warmed my heart when I learned my fellow residents declined the offers to rat me out. For this loyalty and respect for my privacy I am deeply touched.
Those reporters who did find out where I lived set up camp outside my house with satellite dishes and remote broadcast facilities, and helicopters as you saw on TV. I hope someday I will be able to appreciate the absurdity of everything that transpired last year. If you ever fantasize for one moment that national media coverage of a personal crisis of yours would be fun or even slightly interesting, think again. And for those of you out there who want to be famous, my only advice is that you be very careful what you ask for.
-- Art Bell
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March 1999 Editorial
Do What You Love
We've all heard the expression, "do what you love and the money will come." For me, my life has been a testimony to this expression. Whenever I've had a career decision to make, you may find this hard to believe, but the size of the paycheck has always taken a back seat to other priorities. Priorities such as having passion for the work that I am doing. I know that are a lot of people out there who have spent their lives in careers where they are desperately unfulfilled. Frankly, I have no idea how those of you can do that. I don't' have what it takes to put my feelings aside and bite the bullet for a job I don't like.
When I was a young radio nomad, I was poor as hell like any young guy starting out in the business. But that did not matter for me. Being able to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle was where it was at for me. I was resigned to a life of moving from one radio market to another and meeting a lot of great people. It seemed that anytime I needed a little more money a new gig would open up in a slightly bigger market or a higher rated station and like magic, the extra dough ended up in my pocket.
After more moves than I care to recall, and stints at some really large stations, I landed in Las Vegas. I fell in love with the desert and started to put down a few roots. Generally, this is lethal when you are on the fast track in the radio business. Like a shark, you have to keep moving forward to keep your career alive. I reached that point, and it was time to move on again. This time I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Although I was doing what I loved, working in radio, I couldn't bring myself to pack my wife and family up for yet another stop with the nomadic lifestyle. At that time I thought that there was something I wanted more. Stability.
I really believed that if I built a life and put down some roots, that everything would magically be wonderful and life would be worth living all the more. I gave up my passion for an illusion that the grass was greener on the stable side of the fence.
I was at a crossroads where I had to choose between the only career I had ever really loved, and something else. So, for the first and only time in my life I left radio to pursue a real job. That "real job" was none other than Building the microwave equipment for the Times-Mirror cable TV system for all of Las Vegas. It seemed okay when I started out. Change is always exciting. It turned out that I really liked the creative aspects of solving engineering problems and building systems that ran like clockwork. As it turned out, perhaps I did my job a little too well. Because when the hardware was all put into place, and the software ran without a hitch, I became hopelessly bored. I could identify with the Maytag Repair Man.
Day after day wore on, and nothing happened. I could not stand it anymore. I came to grips with the cold reality that I had to move on, but what now? I was miserable. The only way I can describe my life was that it was not my own. Not a moment passed by where I did not feel like I was starring in an episode of "Lost in Space." I had set up camp in a far away, desolate place where I was not meant to be, and I knew it at every turn. I had to find my way back to my passion.
The great irony to this story is that this deep misery which I cannot describe became the catalyst for one of the defining moments in my life. I had to find a way back to my universe at all costs, and once again, it had nothing to do with money. That moment came one night when I was out shopping and heard the familiar voice of local radio host, Jack Daniels. I snapped my head toward the that voice and said "Hey Jack, Art Bell." He knew exactly who I was. We had a friendly chat and I mentioned that I missed radio in the worst way and wanted to somehow get back into radio. Jack told me that a local station was looking for a guy for a part time talk radio gig. I let Jack know that hell yeah, I was interested. He promised he'd mention my name to the Program Director. Sure enough, a few days later the phone rang, and like magic the day arrived where I changed from cable guy back into Art Bell.
I had no other reason to return to radio other than I ached for it. It paid almost nothing compared to the cable gig. It was in the middle of the night. The timeslot had no ratings. The studio was in a tired old hotel with leaky sewer pipes. The equipment belonged in a Marconi Museum of broadcasting antiques. I was earning an hourly wage that paid eight thousand dollars less than the easy job I had at the cable company, and the manager of the joint swore like a longshoreman, bless her heart. In a word, I was in heaven.
I vowed that I would find a way to keep working in radio, and if that meant a beat up car, a tiny apartment, and generic cigarettes, so be it. The essence of Art Bell has nothing to do with the material realm. Art Bell had to get back to radio.
The night of my debut, when I turned up the microphone fader, I knew I was doing exactly what I was born to do. The rest, as they say is history. Because it was not long after my return to radio that my voice, which was blasted out on the 50,000 watt signal of that funky little station in Las Vegas, found the ears of none other than Alan Corbeth in Oregon. That night, the future success of the yet to be conceived national edition of "Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell" was secured. Little did I know it, but my hit from the big pay cut wouldn't matter a hill of beans in the long run. It would take several years, and I had no idea at the time, but the stage was set and I would never have to be strapped again.
It goes without saying that my financial life has worked out okay. In fact, with tax time here right now I'm in the enviable position of maybe doing too well. I'm not the kind of person who lays awake at night, dreaming up complex tax shelters, or even simple ones, for that matter. It was not too long ago that my big dream was to pay off my house and enjoy the luxury of not having a house payment. I remember the day I made my last house payment especially well. Now, as it turns out, I need every little tax deduction I can find. I never dreamed I'd be in this position. No one is more surprised than I am.
When I look back on how I got to where I am, I have three observations. First, the only way to rise to the top of any pursuit is to love what you are doing. I'm not talking like, here. I mean passion. That much, I know is true. The time and dedication it takes to get really good at anything requires a lot more than talent and passing interest in something. When you have to compete with other hungry people the person with the most love for what they are doing will always have an edge.
Observation number two is that unless it is absolutely essential for the temporary survival of you or your family, don't take on an occupation, or stay with one, just for the sake of money. You may have the money, but eventually you will lose touch with your true career passion, and turn into one very unhappy person. I didn't wait around for that to happen.
And third, you are never, ever, ever going to go anywhere special when you go somewhere where somebody else has already been. You can hear people making this mistake all the time in talk radio. The first big syndicated talk radio phenomenon was Rush Limbaugh. He took the radio world by storm by being none other than Rush Limbaugh. In his wake Rush clones popped up in droves. By design they are setting themselves up to be cut rate.
Somehow, everything worked out for me and I am enormously thankful. I wish I could say it's because I'm such a focused and disciplined person with a vision and a goal. I can't say that, but I did have a dream to be on the radio and talk about things that fascinate me. I really got to do what I love and it's hard to believe, but low and behold, the money did come.
-- Art Bell
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July 1999 Editorial
Why I Left the Air
I promised you, the radio audience, that I would, when the story broke, tell you why I left the air in October 1998. And I'm telling you now, that I tell this with great reluctance, but it has already broken in the press. I was not going to break it, as I told you, for reasons of my family's privacy. I wouldn't break it. But it broke. This last Saturday morning, actually. At midnight, the Las Vegas Review Journal ran the story. Matt Drudge ran the story. The Associated Press has, of course, run the story.
What it boils down to is this. My family has been going through absolute hell. I've been through it. My wife has been through it. My son has been through it. On May 16, of 1997 my son, just having turned 16, was molested by one of his teachers. One of his High School teachers.
What I'm going to do is I'm going to read you what Matt Drudge wrote the other day, and he wrote "Bell's nightmare revealed. Son assaulted by HIV teacher." It reads "talk radio sensation, Art Bell has been living in his personal hell world for nearly two years. It can now be revealed that Bell's son was sexually assaulted by a schoolteacher who was carrying HIV. The crime against Bell's son and later the son's suicide attempt…" and there's a caveat here, he did not attempt suicide "…was the reason Bell dramatically left the air last October."
And again a caveat, there's a lot more to it than what Matt wrote. "Bell's son, now 18, told authorities that he was taken May 16, 1997 to Tecopa Hot Springs, California from Pahrump, Nevada bound in chains and forced to commit sexual acts by one of his substitute teachers, according to case intelligence. The teacher, Brian Lepley, 34 is now serving life in prison for the attack on Bell's son. Lepley befriended Bell, then 16, by bringing beer and marijuana to their parties and then soliciting sex from them. Arthur Bell IV..." my son, "...told authorities that, had he not been intoxicated, he never would have had any sexual contact with Lepley. Bell explained to the police that Lepley never told him he was carrying HIV. On Friday, Bell..." my son, "...filed a lawsuit against the Nye County School District and Lepley, claiming that he has suffered physical injury as well as severe mental and emotional distress. 'The Boy's life has been completely destroyed by all of this' one well-placed source told the Drudge Report. Talk show host, Art Bell has been living a nightmare to end all nightmares. Last fall this report was the first to reveal that Bell had quit radio to take care of a grave family crisis involving his son. The report did not reveal the full story at the time, out of respect for the family and the age of the son, then a minor. Bell, heard on over 400 radio stations has since returned to the airwaves in a limited capacity."
So, I have been living in a hell. My son has been living in a hell. He still is. Everybody around us has been living in a hell since this occurred. As you can imagine the testimony, the trial, that ended up in a life conviction of Mr. Lepley, was going on during all that time that I was on the air.
Now, flash forward to December 9th of 1997, as my attorney told you, and I'm not going to give you great many details of this because it's a matter for the court, Ted Gunderson, a retired FBI agent had a show on WWCR Nashville, it's worldwide short-wave radio. A show in which he had a guest, David Hinkson and on the show. They said in essence that Art Bell had been indicted for child molestation, and that I had paid to cover up that indictment here in Nye County, here in Pahrump, Nevada. And he went on to say that anybody listening to this broadcast heard worldwide, frankly, not just in the U.S. but worldwide, that anybody who heard this broadcast should call me on the air and ask me straight out, Art Bell, have you been indicted for child molestation?
So, my son had been molested. My son was in tragic emotional crisis and here come these two accusing me, or at least Mr. Gunderson, allowing Mr. Hinkson to accuse me of child molestation for God sakes. In my estimation, it's the worst thing that you could accuse anybody of, and telling everybody you should call up Art Bell and you should ask him if he was indicted for child molestation on the air. Well, something you don't know, as a result of that broadcast, people did exactly that. They called me on the air and I've got a beeper button, something Mr. Gunderson should have had on his broadcast and didn't, and of course I took those references out. There was no way I could begin the process of protecting myself and defending myself without the knowledge of my son's plight getting on the air. So I just did that. I kept pushing the button. And people would send me E-mail or faxes or mostly calling me on the air and asking me if I'd been indicted, I'd hit the button and I went on to the next call.
Well of course, we filed a lawsuit in the case of Gunderson and WWCR. We have proven, of course, that all of that is absolutely untrue. There was not one word of truth to the fact that I had molested any child, ever. Particularly here in Nevada or anywhere else for that matter. Ever. That I had never paid to cover up any indictment or any of the rest of that and that court case is now proceeding to trial. I would like to know why all of this is being done to me.
So I was in hell with my son. I was in hell with what was going on the air because people were asking me if I'd been indicted. My wife and I finally took a break and we went to Africa. We got out and figured it would be a good idea for us to get away for awhile. During our trip to Africa my wife and I discussed whether the pressure of what happened to our son and the pressure of constantly being called a child molester and asked if I had paid to cover up an indictment and all the rest of that, if it was really worth continuing with my love and I really do what I do here as you know. We discussed that while we were in Africa. When we came back from Africa, the day we came back, I received a call and my son was in a particularly terrible moment in his life. The signs were not good. He had begun to give away all his belongings. He had said that his life didn't matter anymore and he didn't care whether he lived or died. To me it was obvious what was coming and at that point I said to myself I love what I do, but I've got to stop doing it and I've got to give full time attention to my son. And that's what I did. It may have been precipitous but I didn't know what else to do. I was on the air six days a week. And to give him time and to give him the attention he had to have in an immediate crisis I left the air. That was in October of 1998.
I'd like to tell you that my son is now all right. Um, he's not. Um, he's not. And I pray he will be. Never the less I did in three weeks come back to the air and what I love. I had taken certain steps to help my son. I wish I could tell you they worked. I did some pretty drastic things in terms of trying to get him away from here and the rest of it. But I came back to the air anyway. Then on April 3rd of this year, David Oates who had been a previous guest on my show had his own radio show. The April 3rd broadcast of his Reverse Speech Radio Show which I presume can be heard on the net. Mr. Oates invited Mr. Robert AM Stephens on as a guest. And incredibly, incredibly Mr. Oates allowed Mr. Stephens to go on the air and say that I had been trafficking in pornography that I had been arrested for making pornographic tapes twenty years ago in Monterrey. That there was a consortium of private investigators that had this information that Mr. Stephens intended on posting the next day on a website. They discussed it all how I had been arrested for pornography and done time and that all of the information, the proof would be on a website that Mr. Stephens intended to put up the following day. To which Mr. Oates then said well we'll get a link on our website so that everybody can see and read for themselves this damning information about Art Bell produced pornography.
Well, as a broadcaster whether its WWCR and Gunderson Hinkson or its David Oates and his broadcast you don't allow this kind of thing to be said on the air unless you can damn well prove it's true. And of course there's not one word of truth to it. They put up this so-called evidence naming certain people who had supposedly been witnesses to this. In the supposed evidence it said the Monterrey Herald Newspaper would provide the evidence. Well of course the Monterrey Herald had no such evidence all. I had never been arrested there. I went to the Monterrey County Clerk's Office and I requested any arrest record of Art Bell, my attorney did, between 1970 and 1980. Of course there was nothing. And so we had proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that this allegation is absolutely baseless completely false and this hell, this hellish allegation has been going on ever since. And that's what I've been living with.
-- Art Bell
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:44:54 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: CSICOP and the Skeptical Inquirer
November 5, 1998
Art Bell
Coast to Coast AM
[email protected]
Dear Mr. Bell:
The Council for Media Integrity (CMI) and the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), will be holding a press conference on Friday, November 13, 1998, at the Los Angeles Renaissance Hotel, 9620 Airport Blvd., from 10:00 - 11:00 am.
Those taking part in the press conference include CMI Co-chairperson Steve Allen, author, TV personality, creator of The Tonight Show; along with Georgia State University Communications Professor William Evans; Purdue University Communications Professor Glenn Sparks; Professor of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley, Jere Lipps; CSICOP Executive Director Barry Karr; and Matt Nisbet Coordinator of the Council for Media Integrity.
Also attending the event will be David Huntley from the television series Scientific American Frontiers. Huntley will be receiving the Council For Media Integrity "Candle in the Dark" award for the shows outstanding contributions to the public's understanding of science and scientific principles. The series, hosted by Alan Alda, devoted the episode "Beyond Science," to examining claims of pseudoscience and the paranormal from a scientific point of view. Last years winner of the "Candle in the Dark" award was Bill Nye for his science television program, Bill Nye, the Science Guy.
The Council also plans to present an award to you, as host of the radio program, "Coast to Coast, AM" dubbed "The Snuffed Candle Award," it is meant to recognize you "for encouraging credulity, presenting pseudoscience as genuine, and contributing to the publics lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry." We would like to officially invite you to attend this meeting, and basically, have your say. The previous winner of this award was Dan Aykroyd for his show "The PSI-Factor." If you can attend please contact me regarding travel arrangements.
The Council is sponsored by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), based in Amherst, New York and publisher of the Skeptical Inquirer magazine. The charter members of the Council include many distinguished figures from the world of science and academia: Stephen Jay Gould, zoologist, Harvard University; Gerald Holton, physicist, Harvard University; Sir John Maddox, editor emeritus, Nature magazine; Eugenie Scott, anthropologist, Berkeley; Gerard Piel, former president, American Association for the Advancement of Science and former publisher of Scientific American; Carl Sagan, professor of astronomy, Cornell University; Leon Lederman, Nobel Prize-winner; and John Rennie, editor-in-chief, Scientific American; among others.
According to Paul Kurtz, chairman of CSICOP and coordinator of the new Council, "The media have now virtually replaced the schools, colleges, and universities as the main source of information for the general public. . . . the irresponsibility of some of the media in the area of science and the paranormal is a worldwide problem. But it especially applies to the United States, where the media have been distorting science, and in particular presenting pseudoscience as genuine science. Indeed, we are appalled by the number of 'documentaries,' which are really entertainment programs, presenting fringe science as real science.
The major networks have been running two or three such specials almost every month. Recently there have been programs on prophecies, astrology, psychic powers, creationism, Noah's Ark, angels, alien abductions, etc. This is in addition to the popular 'Unsolved Mysteries,' 'X-Files,' and 'Sightings,' as well as new programs such as 'Paranormal Borderlands,' and 'Poltergeist,' and 'The Psi Factor.'"
The Council is also critical of the many talk shows devoted to the paranormal, in which claims in favor of the paranormal are given a platform but skeptical dissent is rarely heard. A statement endorsed by members of the Council maintained that, "If the United States is to continue to provide leadership and compete in the global economy, then we need to raise the level of scientific literacy and understanding of the general public. "We are not, of course, asking that TV producers not run these shows or make a profit. We surely do not wish to censor the media. We only ask that they provide some balance and provide some appreciation of the scientific approach. The council will monitor such programs, and attempt to persuade producers, directors, writers, and the general public to leave room for the appreciation of scientific methods of inquiry. "We realize that the media are being attacked from all sides, but we think that a plea for raising the level of understanding of science should be heard.
Sincerely,
Barry Karr
Executive Director
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Very interesting reading, I remember the entire episode of events but never knew the details or names involved. Appears that BRIAN LEPLEY is no longer in custody and is not on the California or Nevada sex offender database. I wonder if he's still alive?
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Best thread ever.
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Art Bell on Hiatus
On October 13th, at 2:55 AM, Art announced to his listening audience, he is quitting his talk radio show. The full transcript of Art's announcement is below. Subsequently, he has made additional announcements and eventually returned to the air after two weeks.
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You may recall about a year ago... I told you that there was an event, a threatening terrible event occured to my family, which I could not tell you about. Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now, is my final broadcast on the air. This is it folks, I'm going off the air and will not return. And what I will tell you now is what I told you then. When the time comes when I can tell you what occurred, I will tell you, through the press, through the media, of one sort or the other. I will explain to you the entire thing, it's not that I want to hold anything back from my audience, however, for the protection of my family, until it is otherwise revealed, I can't discuss it, I won't discuss it. And if you were in my position, you would do exactly the same thing. And when you finally hear whatever it is, what it is, whenever you hear it, I think you will then understand.
At any rate, I wanted to tell you, I didn't want to go without saying a word, so I'm telling you now. What you are listening to, is MY FINAL BROADCAST. It's been a good run, and you've been a great audience, and it's been an absolutely incredible forum. And my presumption is, that the forum will continue. At any rate, it certainly is my hope, that the forum will continue.
And again when the time comes, when this information can be released, you can be sure that I will release it, and I would assume because of the magnitude of the forum that I have held, at that time, you'll get the whole story. But the time will come when I will tell it.
So for now and the foreseeable future, that's it! That is the end of this man's broadcast career. So, thank you, and goodbye...
-- Art Bell
2:50 AM, Oct 13, 1998
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I want to personally thank Art Bell for the wonderful relationship I've had with him and the opportunity to work with him over the years. It has been a great ride and I cherish every moment. I want to wish him a peaceful and safe hiatus from radio broadcasting. (I think he'll be back!)
-- Keith Rowland
The Humble Webmaster
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UPDATE 10/14/98 - In order to dispell rumors and correct errors in the media reports, I'll provide the following update:
Art is currently NOT being threatened, his family's safety is not in danger, unless you count the onslaught of media.
Art did NOT disconnect his phone and vacate his home. He is still home safe and sound.
Art is still age 53, not 51 or 52 as reported. He did NOT travel back in time.
NO ONE has recently threatened or intimidated him, to force him off the air. It was truely his personal decision as he stated on the air.
Art DOES have personal security, you've been warned! Stay Away!
The web site will remain operational and all material will remain online, including the audio archives at Broadcast.com. Please don't suck the web server of all data.
I am still updating the site with replay guest info, links, and any other items that come my way. The Message Boards are still operational.
So far, all web page sponsors are still supporting the site. No financial help is needed at this time, I'll let you know if I need help in the future.
The web server has been running at full tilt max all day. It is functioning, but a wait of 30 seconds for a response is not unusual.
Premier will be running Best-Of shows and I will list those on the home page as I get them from the network. Expect at least a week or two of replays before any permenant decision of replacements are made.
I will post any updates that I can here, please don't email me and ask for more details, I cannot respond.
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UPDATE 10/15/98 - I do not know the date of the past program that Art made mention of the event, however as I recall, he did not give any more information than he did this week. Here are today's rumors to kill:
KeithR was NOT in the UnderNet IRC channel last night, that was a fake. I was in the EFNET channel only.
Art did NOT make any posting to the USENET group providing an explanation regarding a communication with Single Seven.
Art was NOT on the Ham Radio afterwards and the transcript circulating of said conversation is bogus.
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UPDATE 10/16/98 - Latest Press Release from Premiere Radio Networks:
Premiere Radio Networks
Statement to the Press
Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell
Dreamland with Art Bell
October 16, 1998, Kraig T. Kitchin, President/COO of Premiere Radio Networks today announced, "Premiere Radio Networks will continue to distribute both Art Bell's Coast to Coast and Dreamland programs in the regularly scheduled time slots. For a short duration, Art has requested special guest hosts to do his show. On October 19, veteran talk radio broadcaster Hilly Rose will be the first of several potential guest hosts. The program's tradition of including knowledgeable guests will continue during this period.
Art Bell will make a statement to his listeners during the first hour of his broadcast on Monday October 19 on Coast to Coast with Art Bell."
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UPDATE 10/17/98 - Art will make a statement this Monday night at the opening of the program. Then Hilly Rose will guest host the show for the remainder of the week. (As stated in the press release below.)
There is encouraging news to be able to suggest, from the most recent press release from Premiere, that Art could be returning in a short while. While I've not been told of any specific date of return, it has been suggested in the Richard Hoagland statement, Art will be returning. We will have to still wait and see if he really does. No decision has officially been made yet. Let's wait until Monday night. Art probably won't be able to tell us the reasons yet, so please don't bug him to tell. He will tell us when he can, like he stated last Monday night. I'm personally hoping for his return by Oct 30th, for Ghost to Ghost! One of the best shows of the year for me.
I do not know anything more than what I post here, please don't ask for any more details, I don't have them to give out. I do check with Art to dispell the rumors, but that's all I got. Keep checking here for updates.
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Hoagland And Art Finally Get To Talk
Yesterday afternoon, Thursday, October 15, I had a wonderful surprise: my friend and colleague, Art Bell, called. We had perhaps the best off-air conversation in a year. Among other items, Art and I discussed not only his abrupt, shocking "resignation" Tuesday morning ... but the reasons.
I will not divulge details, except to say that his (to many of his friends) completely enigmatic actions are sincere; they are NOT mere "hype" for "Coast-to-Coast"; they are NOT "positioning" for some mysterious, behind-the-scenes contract negotiations with Premiere (his parent network). They are simply rooted in a complex family problem, which has been building to a crisis for a year ... and which climaxed so "messily" on Monday night.
There are government agendas and conspiracies. But I am satisfied -- from a first-hand conversation with my friend -- that this is not one of them! Unless we clearly separate this truth from all the rumors, we are lost; the serious subjects and agendas discussed on "Coast-to-Coast" will be totally negated and ignored, if we do not firmly distinguish a personal crisis from a "black-ops" project.
The good -- actually, great! -- news: Art will be back. With time and a much clearer head, as well as much outside assistance, he can see a way clear to deal with the delicate issues which precipitated this emergency, and he assures me, he will return to both the Show and the audience he loves.
As well he should.
Richard C. Hoagland
Oct 16, 1998
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Art's Second Announcement
UPDATE 10/19/98 - Art gives us an update on the situation which was played from tape on Monday nights program, which was hosted by Hilly Rose. He says:
Greetings to you from the Kingdom of Nye. Tuesday morning October 13th without prior notice to anybody without being advised or pressured by anyone, I resigned my position as host of this program. I did it for the reasons I gave then, because of a terrible life-threatening event which occured to my family about a year ago, as well as events subsequent to it. Although there is, (and I want to be sure you understand this), no immediate danger to my family. What did occur then, absolutely requires my full-time attention now. And to not give it right now, would surely be negligent and neglectful of those I love. Also to disclose details of what did occur, would have a rather immediate negative affect on my family and I will not do that.
Several news organizations, broadcast and print media, have uncovered what went on. So far, perhaps because of legal ramifications or one might hope ethical behavior on their part, they've chosen not to proceed with the story. For this I'm very thankful. Of course as soon as I can, if the story breaks, and I will not be the one to break it, I will discuss it with you, I'll tell you all about it.
You know developing this program, over the past 14 years, has been one of the great joys of my life. And you should know I miss it terribly. I'd like to sincerely thank everybody who has sent their heartfelt support to me. And there are many of you.
Since my resignation, my network has been doing their very best to help resolve the situation, frankly I on the night I resigned, I thought it could not be resolved. Now, I hope it can. Allowing me to return to what I love doing so much! But I need more time. While I can't discuss what in fact did occur, I can say this -- It certainly was not a publicity stunt or contract ploy as rumored by my competitors and detractors. It is real and serious. This should become self-evident to you when you know, and you will know.
I believe personally in the power of prayer, if you do, for now, that's how you can help. Goodnight.
-- Art Bell
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UPDATE 10/21/98 - Art will be making another announcement at the beginning of Friday's program.
Keith Olbermann who hosts "The Big Show" on MSNBC, presented this report, using the bogus "Single Seven" Internet message as his source. While Mr. Olbermann presents this in a humorous way, it isn't so funny, when the issues with Art are so serious. Click on the Speaker Icon to hear the report.
In case you did not see the BOGUS posting made on the Internet by an Art Bell imposter, here it is, remember this is NOT from Art Bell:
Subject: My leaving
From: Art Bell ([email protected])
Date: 10/14/98 3:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: ([email protected])
To my loyal fans:
I want you to be the first people to know what is going on and I'm sorry I can't go into more detail but I will give you what I can.
About a year ago I was contacted by a person claiming to be from the future. He called himself Single Seven. He said that he had come back on a mission to find certain species of fruits and vegetables that can grow in hotter climates. To make the long story short, Single Seven told me he had gone back and researched me and said there had been a terrible tragedy that happened to Ramona and me. I lived but Ramona did not. Let me tell you there have been threats on my life in the past and not just empty threats. There are some leaders of this country that find my program to be of great danger to their agenda. The only way that, hopefully, I can change this situation is to do completely opposite of what I would have done that would lead to Ramona's demise.
About a year ago on my first contact with Single Seven he told me some things that would take place within this year and everyone of them has happened exactly as he said. He called me about a week ago and told me it is time for me to do what I have to do. He gave me one sign that would show me he was telling the truth. I took last week off as you know and the sign came exactly as Single Seven had said. Now that I am off the air there are some things that should happen including one big event. If that event happens, as Single Seven says it will, I will be safe to be back on the air in a few weeks.
You people have been fantastic. I'm sorry I can't tell you more right now but you will find out soon enough. Please pray for me and Ramona, our safety depends on God's help.
Until I talk to you again,
Art
The above posting was NOT from Art Bell, but has been the source for many stories printed and aired by respectable media outlets.
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The Third Announcement of Art
UPDATE 10/23/98 - Art made his third announcement at the beginning of the show Friday night. It was a prerecorded annoucnement. You can listen to it via Real-Audio or read the full transcript here:
Greetings to you again from the Kingdom of Nye. While all the difficulties that caused me to so unexpectedly and quickly leave the air, have NOT been resolved yet, they remain as grave as any family would ever face. The situation has improved to some degree, and I pray it'll continue to do that. I WILL NOT further exacerbate the crisis by making public what should remain private. In my position, I trust you'd do no less. Should the matter however become public despite my best efforts, I will have, believe me, a very great deal to say about it.
To again state as categorically as I'm able, this was not any kind of hoax or stunt, it was not a contract ploy nor a negotiation tactic for more money. Money has never been a goal for me in doing this program, NEVER. Not so much as one dot on an I or cross on a T has changed in my contract. This was and is a family crisis, PERIOD. My network has been nothing but helpful and supportive. And there are too many people to thank individually including all of you, thank you.
My sincere thanks to Hilly Rose for keeping the live forum going during all this, on I might add, very short notice. So I'm very happy to report, I WILL RETURN to Coast to Coast AM and Dreamland beginning Wednesday night, October 28th. 'Til then, from the high desert, goodnight.
-- Art Bell
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Art Returns
UPDATE 10/28/98 - Art Bell Version 2.0 is released. Art is back and here is his returning monologue, describing the current situation. This transcript is of the first hour, the real audio includes the 2nd hour also, as he explains it again, but a little differently.
Hello there. Well, I'll keep it brief. I didn't make a big deal out of it when I left, in fact I made a very MINOR deal out of it when I signed off the air. I just said, 'This is the end of my career and I'm signing off the air.' I did that at the last hour of the show and I did it for reasons that I'm sure you all.... Well there's probably more theories about why I did it than who shot Kennedy. I really can't add to any of that. I can detract from a lot of it and tell you what it isn't, but I can't tell you what it is.
When I signed off the air, I told you that it had to do with a terrible life-threatening event that occurred to me, to my family actually, a year ago and events that were subsequent to that and that was it. I was off the air. Well, that's still true. That event occurred and became an absolute crisis on the night that I signed off... actually prior to it. Something that I thought would take my complete full-time attention and for a period of time, of course, it did. Boy, did it! So, it was a very sad thing for me and since then there has been an outpouring and I want to thank all of you for that.
I have had thousands of faxes, thousands of e-mails, thousands of letters... beyond comprehension... at levels, I'm telling you, completely beyond comprehension... and for that I thank all of you individuals out there. You know, listeners.
My affiliates have been incredibly supportive. Through all of this, incredibly, we didn't lose one affiliate. As a matter of fact, I'm going to welcome three new affiliates here in a moment.
The Press... mmmm-mmmm... little did I know what would occur. Within 24 hours, I had a full-time encampment of Press around my home. I had people doing radio remotes... minute by minute stuff... from outside my home. I had just about every single major network here interviewing... not me, because I wasn't going to come out and talk to them... but my neighbors. Mainly people who had never met me, but they cheerfully sat out there and they gave interviews about Art Bell... saying not much because they couldn't say much about me. They don't know me... closest neighbors. So, I would say the last couple of weeks have been... I mean, helicopters were landing here. This went on, this is STILL going on. In fact, earlier today we had an encampment of the Press out here. So, it's been indescribable.
During this time, my network stepped in and helped me. That's what has made possible my return tonight. Now, not that what happened didn't happen. It's not that what happened is still not very serious and life-threatening, because it is. Obviously I would love to be able to tell you about it. Believe me, I would. But, if I did, I would IMMEDIATELY harm my family and so I'm not going to do that.
Now, quite a few in the Press have the full story. NBC has it. Several local television stations in Las Vegas have it. Even "The Globe" has it. And they all, believe it or not - in some cases it's harder to believe than others - decided, for legal reasons or ethical reasons one might hope, to not run the story. So, the story is not yet public and, as I mentioned, I'm not going to make it public. I will not intentionally hurt anyone in my family. BUT, it is on its way to getting better! Something I didn't think could occur. In fact, I really anticipated the worst.
So, I know that's cryptic and it's probably not enough of an explanation for you, but it IS the truth. My guess is that this will all become public in the next few weeks... days, weeks and probably not months. I hope it NEVER becomes public, frankly! But, my guess is, within weeks, somebody will decide not to be ethical, or not to fear legal consequences, and will break the story. When that happens, you know and then I'll tell you about it.
So... there you have it.
-- Art Bell
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Best thread ever.
Thank you!
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June 9, 1999
St. Ignatius man wages war of the words
By JOHN STROMNES of the Missoulian
Spat with talk show host Art Bell escalates into a $60 million lawsuit
ST. IGNATIUS - Staring down the business end of a $60 million lawsuit, UFO skeptic Robert A.M. Stephens lights another cigarette from a crumpled pack of Checkers and tweaks the screen of his Macintosh computer to pull up yet another document from the Internet.
This one names him as the defendant in that lawsuit. It accuses him of everything from slander to lying about his credentials to maliciously using the Internet to try and destroy the career of syndicated radio talk show host Art Bell.
It is Bell who filed the suit against Stephens and another man last week, focusing national media attention on Stephens and his five-month-old feud with Bell over UFOlogy and Stephens' own credentials.
"Stephens participated ... in a national and international conspiracy designed to impugn Bell and sully his reputation ... " the lawsuit charges.
The lawsuit was filed not only to collect monetary damages and to clear Bell's good name, but also "to take a public stance against the irresponsible and unlawful use of the Internet for illegal or improper purposes," Bell's Los Angeles lawyer states on Bell's Web site. Bell's lawyers, Gerard P. Fox and Davidson M. Pattiz of Fox, Siegler and Spillane LLP, did not return a phone call this week seeking comment.
Stephens, a 47-year-old artist, railroad model maker and computer-imaging expert, is staying in a rambling farmhouse two miles north of St. Ignatius. He shares the house with another family, but Stephens says he provides the cash flow.
Outside, dogs are barking and a disabled vehicle is parked under the carport. Weeds are growing thickly in the fields around the barn.
In a darkened room inside, Stephens is sitting by his computer, a smallish Power Mac with a 14-inch monitor. He apologizes, explaining that his computer system's big monitor was "bombed" in an Internet attack over the weekend by unknown parties. He suspects the culprits are people who have taken extreme umbrage at his attempts to debunk self-appointed UFO experts and their radio talk-show sympathizers during the last five months, he says.
Meanwhile, his state-of-the-art computer, a Mac 93 400, sits unused and unplugged at the end of a cluttered table.
Similar problems have plagued his Web site, shady-pines.com, which for several months lampooned and parodied UFOlogy and radio talk show host Bell. It is no longer up and running, a victim, he says, of his feud with Bell.
The whole thing started on Oct. 16, 1998, Stephens says, knocking another ash off his filter cigarette.
"It started with the Montana UFO," he says.
Some Mission Valley residents may recall the spate of reports of a UFO seen by numerous witnesses that week in October around the Mission Valley. Stephens said the reports he heard were of "a triangle in the sky, with red, blue and green lights, hovering at about 20,000 feet five miles east of U.S. 93."
"It was here for three weeks. All sorts of people saw it," he said. Stephens was not among them.
Although he never saw the suspected craft from outer space, he took it upon himself to report the sightings to various Internet sites interested in such reports. Within five days, his postings had attracted the interest of late-night talk show hosts.
Somehow, he let slip that he is associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This gave him instant credibility on the radio shows, as if he were some kind of official spokesman. But the shows apparently did not check with NASA about his supposed association.
Last week a NASA official said Stephens was a volunteer artist in a program that supplied artwork for the agency during the beginning of the shuttle program in the 1980s, and he donated several art works to the program. He does not work for the agency, has never worked for the agency, and is not an agency spokesman about UFOs or anything else, the NASA official said. His access to NASA facilities and tours is the same as that of other civilians, the spokesman said.
Stephens says now: "I don't work for NASA and I will never work for NASA." But he hints that he does have NASA support.
"I have a lot of influence in the agency," he says.
Stephens said his main motive in entering the UFO discussions was to defend NASA against outlandish charges - for example that the agency was part of a government conspiracy to keep the existence of space aliens secret from the American public.
Stephens said other outlandish claims were that NASA was hiding entire planets from the American public and that forces in Washington, D.C., were secretly planning to bomb Washington, D.C., itself.
Stephens said he went on the talk shows and used his Internet expertise to demand evidence from UFOlogists.
His notoriety spread with his accessibility, and he was invited on Bell's radio program as a telephone guest Dec. 30, supposedly to debate a UFO expert. Stephens said that in preparation he assembled a list of some 200 questions to ask the UFO buff. But he said Bell cut him off after a few minutes, much to Stephens' displeasure.
After that, the battle between Bell and Stephens gravitated toward the Internet, with each aspersing the other's credibility.
Stephens says that on April 1, "I publicly and privately asked him (Bell) to stop. He refused and said 'a lot better people than you have tried to take me down.' "
On April 3, Stephens was a guest on another radio show, where the battle escalated. It is the comments on that show that prompted Bell to sue.
Here's what the lawsuit alleges Stephens said, according to a copy of the suit posted on Bell's Internet Web site:
"A. Approximately 20 years ago, Bell had been 'arrested' and 'served time' for 'trafficking' in various aspects of pornography. B. Bell made pornographic 'videotapes'; and C. The entire story had been confirmed by 'a consortium - a syndication of private' investigators, who had located an original article in the Monterey Herald confirming the story."
None of these allegations are true, the lawsuit says, and making those statements on a radio program, Stephens slandered and defamed Bell, and caused him loss of earnings.
For his part, Stephens says he "categorically denies any and all charges of any kind" alleged in the lawsuit. He said he has yet to be served an official copy of the suit, so he can't respond directly to the allegations. In fact, he said, he has not read past the first page of the version posted on the Internet, and he has yet to retain a lawyer.
Stephens said he views the lawsuit as frivolous and as an attempt to intimidate the Internet service providers that maintain his Web pages, and also as an attempt to muzzle Stephens.
"These lawsuits are a way to stifle my dissent (from UFOlogy orthodoxy) and my defense of NASA," he says.
To some extent, it has worked, he acknowledged. He said his Web page has been pulled from the Internet by its service provider, apparently because of concern about the lawsuit.
He says he has recently received 374 e-mail death threats from UFO cultists, probably because of his feud with Bell.
"I take that seriously," he said. He said he has contacted the FBI.
As for UFOs, he says he does not believe in them, at least the way they are presented by the UFO cult - alien abductions, flying saucers, government conspiracies, and the like.
However something is out there, he says.
"There are anomalous objects in our time-place that defy description and defy denial," he says mysteriously. He notes that the millennium is coming.
"I do believe the way things are headed, we are probably going to know more about (those anomalous objects). But the course that UFOlogy embraces, that of a cult religion, that is not the way."
Meanwhile Bell's Web site, www.artbell.com, and other Web pages associated with Bell, continue to vilify Stephens.
But Stephens is not defenseless. Tacking away at his little computer in his upstairs room, chain-smoking, Stephens in the last few days has put up another Web page. It is considerably tamer than shady-pines.com. It shows photos of him in the company of a NASA official at a recent NASA launch site tour.
But at the bottom of the page is a parody photo of Bell in garish costume and dark glasses. (Stephens' new site is at http://people.Montana.com/~sti3818/)
"If you make fun of the UFO'ers, they go ballistic," Stephens says, unrepentant. "It's a religion that tolerates no sense of humor."
Wednesday - 6/9/99
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Here are the negatives of the photos shown below. (Posted 12/09/99)
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Here are three new photos of the object Jonathan describes on the program. (Posted 12/9/99)
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Here are two more photos of the killed alien, being examined further. (Posted 12/24/98)
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Photo of what Dr. Reed calls an "obelisk", hovering with no visible means of support. Art has rescanned actual photos sent to him in a larger higher res format.
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Here are two photos of the killed alien, laying out on a protective sheet, after the incident.
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Art shows the actual photos sent to him.
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June 9, 1999
St. Ignatius man wages war of the words
By JOHN STROMNES of the Missoulian
Spat with talk show host Art Bell escalates into a $60 million lawsuit
ST. IGNATIUS - Staring down the business end of a $60 million lawsuit, UFO skeptic Robert A.M. Stephens lights another cigarette from a crumpled pack of Checkers and tweaks the screen of his Macintosh computer to pull up yet another document from the Internet.
This one names him as the defendant in that lawsuit. It accuses him of everything from slander to lying about his credentials to maliciously using the Internet to try and destroy the career of syndicated radio talk show host Art Bell.
It is Bell who filed the suit against Stephens and another man last week, focusing national media attention on Stephens and his five-month-old feud with Bell over UFOlogy and Stephens' own credentials.
"Stephens participated ... in a national and international conspiracy designed to impugn Bell and sully his reputation ... " the lawsuit charges.
The lawsuit was filed not only to collect monetary damages and to clear Bell's good name, but also "to take a public stance against the irresponsible and unlawful use of the Internet for illegal or improper purposes," Bell's Los Angeles lawyer states on Bell's Web site. Bell's lawyers, Gerard P. Fox and Davidson M. Pattiz of Fox, Siegler and Spillane LLP, did not return a phone call this week seeking comment.
Stephens, a 47-year-old artist, railroad model maker and computer-imaging expert, is staying in a rambling farmhouse two miles north of St. Ignatius. He shares the house with another family, but Stephens says he provides the cash flow.
Outside, dogs are barking and a disabled vehicle is parked under the carport. Weeds are growing thickly in the fields around the barn.
In a darkened room inside, Stephens is sitting by his computer, a smallish Power Mac with a 14-inch monitor. He apologizes, explaining that his computer system's big monitor was "bombed" in an Internet attack over the weekend by unknown parties. He suspects the culprits are people who have taken extreme umbrage at his attempts to debunk self-appointed UFO experts and their radio talk-show sympathizers during the last five months, he says.
Meanwhile, his state-of-the-art computer, a Mac 93 400, sits unused and unplugged at the end of a cluttered table.
Similar problems have plagued his Web site, shady-pines.com, which for several months lampooned and parodied UFOlogy and radio talk show host Bell. It is no longer up and running, a victim, he says, of his feud with Bell.
The whole thing started on Oct. 16, 1998, Stephens says, knocking another ash off his filter cigarette.
"It started with the Montana UFO," he says.
Some Mission Valley residents may recall the spate of reports of a UFO seen by numerous witnesses that week in October around the Mission Valley. Stephens said the reports he heard were of "a triangle in the sky, with red, blue and green lights, hovering at about 20,000 feet five miles east of U.S. 93."
"It was here for three weeks. All sorts of people saw it," he said. Stephens was not among them.
Although he never saw the suspected craft from outer space, he took it upon himself to report the sightings to various Internet sites interested in such reports. Within five days, his postings had attracted the interest of late-night talk show hosts.
Somehow, he let slip that he is associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This gave him instant credibility on the radio shows, as if he were some kind of official spokesman. But the shows apparently did not check with NASA about his supposed association.
Last week a NASA official said Stephens was a volunteer artist in a program that supplied artwork for the agency during the beginning of the shuttle program in the 1980s, and he donated several art works to the program. He does not work for the agency, has never worked for the agency, and is not an agency spokesman about UFOs or anything else, the NASA official said. His access to NASA facilities and tours is the same as that of other civilians, the spokesman said.
Stephens says now: "I don't work for NASA and I will never work for NASA." But he hints that he does have NASA support.
"I have a lot of influence in the agency," he says.
Stephens said his main motive in entering the UFO discussions was to defend NASA against outlandish charges - for example that the agency was part of a government conspiracy to keep the existence of space aliens secret from the American public.
Stephens said other outlandish claims were that NASA was hiding entire planets from the American public and that forces in Washington, D.C., were secretly planning to bomb Washington, D.C., itself.
Stephens said he went on the talk shows and used his Internet expertise to demand evidence from UFOlogists.
His notoriety spread with his accessibility, and he was invited on Bell's radio program as a telephone guest Dec. 30, supposedly to debate a UFO expert. Stephens said that in preparation he assembled a list of some 200 questions to ask the UFO buff. But he said Bell cut him off after a few minutes, much to Stephens' displeasure.
After that, the battle between Bell and Stephens gravitated toward the Internet, with each aspersing the other's credibility.
Stephens says that on April 1, "I publicly and privately asked him (Bell) to stop. He refused and said 'a lot better people than you have tried to take me down.' "
On April 3, Stephens was a guest on another radio show, where the battle escalated. It is the comments on that show that prompted Bell to sue.
Here's what the lawsuit alleges Stephens said, according to a copy of the suit posted on Bell's Internet Web site:
"A. Approximately 20 years ago, Bell had been 'arrested' and 'served time' for 'trafficking' in various aspects of pornography. B. Bell made pornographic 'videotapes'; and C. The entire story had been confirmed by 'a consortium - a syndication of private' investigators, who had located an original article in the Monterey Herald confirming the story."
None of these allegations are true, the lawsuit says, and making those statements on a radio program, Stephens slandered and defamed Bell, and caused him loss of earnings.
For his part, Stephens says he "categorically denies any and all charges of any kind" alleged in the lawsuit. He said he has yet to be served an official copy of the suit, so he can't respond directly to the allegations. In fact, he said, he has not read past the first page of the version posted on the Internet, and he has yet to retain a lawyer.
Stephens said he views the lawsuit as frivolous and as an attempt to intimidate the Internet service providers that maintain his Web pages, and also as an attempt to muzzle Stephens.
"These lawsuits are a way to stifle my dissent (from UFOlogy orthodoxy) and my defense of NASA," he says.
To some extent, it has worked, he acknowledged. He said his Web page has been pulled from the Internet by its service provider, apparently because of concern about the lawsuit.
He says he has recently received 374 e-mail death threats from UFO cultists, probably because of his feud with Bell.
"I take that seriously," he said. He said he has contacted the FBI.
As for UFOs, he says he does not believe in them, at least the way they are presented by the UFO cult - alien abductions, flying saucers, government conspiracies, and the like.
However something is out there, he says.
"There are anomalous objects in our time-place that defy description and defy denial," he says mysteriously. He notes that the millennium is coming.
"I do believe the way things are headed, we are probably going to know more about (those anomalous objects). But the course that UFOlogy embraces, that of a cult religion, that is not the way."
Meanwhile Bell's Web site, www.artbell.com, and other Web pages associated with Bell, continue to vilify Stephens.
But Stephens is not defenseless. Tacking away at his little computer in his upstairs room, chain-smoking, Stephens in the last few days has put up another Web page. It is considerably tamer than shady-pines.com. It shows photos of him in the company of a NASA official at a recent NASA launch site tour.
But at the bottom of the page is a parody photo of Bell in garish costume and dark glasses. (Stephens' new site is at http://people.Montana.com/~sti3818/)
"If you make fun of the UFO'ers, they go ballistic," Stephens says, unrepentant. "It's a religion that tolerates no sense of humor."
Wednesday - 6/9/99
I had forgotten about this lawsuit and controversy. Thanks! Great thread! Art was always involved with so much drama, intrigue, quittenings, and legal wrangling. Amazing. But he was so good that folks would work, rehire, or wait on him to come back after a quittenings.
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Here is Pamela and the reptile alien she claims to have had intimate relationships with as part of her alien encounter. Pamela has a website it's at www.experiencer.com.
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An article has been written about Pamela in the LA Weekly.
Are You . . . Experienced?
by Skylaire Alfvegren
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Perched upon folding chairs in a convention hall in Mesquite, Nevada, a blister of a town located 75 miles north of Las Vegas, an army of truth seekers ' ponytailed dolphin-communicators, walking conspiracy-theory encyclopedias in fatigues, cyberdelic technophiles, and skittish-looking women in natural fibers ' has gathered for one of the country's largest UFO conferences. Pen and paper in hand, they are transfixed by the statuesque platinum blond who has taken the stage before them. Her rhinestone-encrusted lizard lapel pin dances under the spotlight as she tells of a personal journey of extraterrestrial contact, humanity's reptilian origins and the transcendental power of music.
Pamela Stonebrooke is a professional jazz singer who happens to be in touch with higher beings. Her resonant contralto has been described as a more aggressive Billie Holiday, chased with Shirley Bassey, and has a language unto itself. Inspired by Holiday (whose birthday she shares), Stonebrooke assembled her first rock band at 16, and put herself through Kent State by singing six nights a week at Salem Topless Lounge in Akron, Ohio. After a sojourn through the cabarets of New York, Stonebrooke moved to Southern California in 1975. Soon after, she was invited to open the Playboy Club in Roppongi, Japan, which led to performances with the country's top jazz musicians for the next eight years.
Returning from Japan to Los Angeles, Stonebrooke carved a reputation for herself within the local jazz circuit. Not yet cognizant of her otherworldly visitors, she subconsciously expressed the experiences in her music, performing as Lilith in Exile (her dark, one-woman project named for Adam's heretical seductress) and as one half of Incubus, an atmospheric, jazz-inflected beat-box hybrid named for reptilian supernatural beings that materialize in the night to seduce humans.
"Reptilians are not a politically correct species in the UFO community," she says. Their visits are often marked by sexual liaisons and telepathic communication with humans. Many UFO researchers believe that the reptilians, while both sinister and calculating, are the ancient guardians of humankind, interdimensional beings ' deified by the cultures of Babylonia, Sumeria, India, Japan and Central America ' that genetically manipulated man in prehistory and have been making return visits ever since.
A practiced astral traveler, Stonebrooke had no interest in extraterrestrials until an unprovoked physical journey deposited her in the hull of a metallic spacecraft six years ago. Since then, she has had numerous encounters with reptilian beings, who she believes are preparing her for an apocalyptic planetary unheaval: "I think we're close to having a global near-death experience ' whether it's brought about by Y2K, solar flares, nuclear warfare, polar shifts or suitcase bombs, something has to wake us up."
To watch Stonebrooke perform is to feel instantly evolved. Clad in salmon silk, she packed the Cinegrill for a recent concert, backed by bassist Tom Warrington, pianist Rich Eames and drummer Dick Weller, trolling out smoky renditions of Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin," Van Morrison's "Moondance," a number of originals, and improvising on Miles Davis' "All Blues." "Roger [Leir, local podiatrist'cum'UFO researcher] got five phone calls from people in the audience who had experiences that night," she says.
The favorite entertainer of the late Gene Roddenberry, Stonebrooke has only given a handful of performances recently, some coinciding with such UFO-related events as the 50th anniversary of the space-saucer crash at Roswell. Much of her time has been devoted to writing Experiencer: A Jazz Singer's True Account of Extraterrestrial Contact, an entertaining personal account of her reptilian encounters.
"When I first woke up to these experiences, I had a real hard time for about a year and a half," she says. She retreated from music and focused on unraveling the nature of her extraterrestrial adventures. Her revelation that this planet could be "one big, terraformed experiment" led to Experiencer, a "contact-inspired" album of atmospheric, textured jazz, sprinkled with Third World percussives, groovy synthesizers, flourishes of electric guitar and seductive horns. Like a Sade with sass, Stonebrooke wraps her stellar pipes around wordy, worldly lyrics of rain forests, romance and otherworldly visitors.
Billing herself as "The Intergalactic Diva," Stonebrooke sees her music and forthcoming book as tools for enlightenment: "I've come to realize I'm on this planet to make peace on some level, whether it be between humans and extraterrestrials, or [between] contactees and those who ridicule us. I write songs about E.T.s because I and countless others know that extraterrestrial contact is real, and that the discovery of this worldwide phenomena is the most profound revelation in human history."
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These photos are from a video, a 3 minute piece of footage smuggled out of AREA 51 by a mysterious man known only as "Victor". Victor claims that he had "occasion to be there" and took this while the entire contents of a massive series of interviews with a number of alien creatures was being downloaded from video to analog.
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This video purports to be of an alien creature, being filmed through a one way mirror and being questioned by a US general and a telepathic aide. The ET has a seizure at the end of the scene and is attended to by two doctors.
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IS THIS THE REAL THING?
The Most Authentic Alien Image Ever
From Whitley Strieber
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This image, almost certainly made by altering a video frame of a child with Kai Power Goo or a similar program, remains the most authentic looking photograph of an apparent alien that I have ever seen. The reason that I feel this is that it seems to reveal anatomical structures around the black eye covers that I have observed but intentionally never reported anywhere. In addition, the high level of reflectivity in the eyes that appears here is among the most startling things about face-to-face contact with these people. These eyes appear far more reflective than normal. In the flesh, this extremely bizarre effect takes a lot of getting used to.
This image came as a GIF file entitled "Andy.gif" to a correspondent in the US from a source in the UK. I have copyrighted it in the name of the Communion Foundation, and it is not for distribution without permission. Copyright will be returned to the originator of the image upon presentation of proof of identity.
Whether this is a model or not, it is terribly authentic, so authentic that I believe that it can be used to acclimatize oneself to the actual grays, which is not easy to do you wake up in the middle of the night with one of them peering into your face.
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Art receives in the mail, a laboratory container containing a supposed alien fetus from the Roswell crash. Notice the radiation warning. Subsequent Geiger counter tests revealed no such radiation.
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Alan Lewis writes: I have been a faithful listener for years and never thought that I would have any content for your show. Recently, my Father passed away and while I always thought that he worked in the "Black Ops Arena", I never thought that he had anything to do with aliens. Certainly, he never mentioned it. While cleaning out his house, I ran across the attached photo. If you look in the bottom right hand corner of the "container", there is an Area 51 badge. I can't provide any proof that this is a genuine photo, however, the original didn't look faked to me.
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Analysis of Photo of Whale
ANALYSIS OF PHOTOGRAPH OF SHORT-FIN PILOT WHALE
By Peter Davenport
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SYNOPSIS: The photograph (AP photo) of a short-fin pilot whale being dropped into the Atlantic Ocean from a U. S. Air Force UH-60 "Blackhawk" helicopter were published by both the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The Seattle Times on April 29, 1992. Although no articles accompanied the photographs, the captions to the photos indicate that a pod of approximately a dozen, or more, whales was found beached near Key West, Florida, sometime during March 1991, and they were rescued, rather than being euthanized, then moved to an aquarium in Miami, where they were rehabilitated over the course of the subsequent 13 months. A peculiar characteristic seen in this particular group of whales was that their caudal peduncles, i.e. tails, were displaced laterally, i.e. "bent" to the side, to a severe degree, (a condition called "scoliosis"), perhaps 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis. The animals received therapy to straighten their tails, after which they were released to the wild by being flown approximately 150 miles east of Florida in military helicopters and dropped in the ocean. Two whales were released during each flight, and each flight involved at least three helicopters, two UH-60 "Blackhawk" military helicopters, as well as a U. S. Coast Guard helicopter, which is known to have accompanied them during their flights off the coast of Florida.
QUESTIONS
1. Why were the whales, which apparently showed signs of gross malformation of their tails, rescued in this case, rather than be euthanized, which traditionally is the case with large cetaceans that have beached?
2. Who, or what entity, possessed the resources necessary to quickly rescue the animals from a remote beach near Key West, Florida, and move them to a large facility in Miami on short notice? The animals weigh approximately 2-3 thousand pounds, and they must be moved very delicately when they are out of water, in order to avoid injuring their internal organs. Generally, special equipment is required just to move a cetacean even the short distance from the beach back into the surf.
3. How was a large facility secured on short notice to house the animals for 13 months? It seems logical to assume that someone may have been anticipating their arrival, and may have pre-arranged their lodging! But if that is the case, how did they know that there would be a beaching, which would give rise to a rescue?
4. Who provided the budget to feed, house, medicate, and rehabilitate a dozen or more large mammals for 13 months? Cetaceans of this size consume approximately 20-50 kilograms of fish per day, which costs approximately 1-2 dollars per kilogram, translating to a food bill of at least a thousand dollars per day for 13 months!!
5. Who paid the salaries and expenses of veterinarians, handlers, and staff for the required period of more than a year, and why?
6. What was the nature of the injury to the animals' "tails?" What causes the caudal peduncle of a large cetacean to be displaced laterally as severely as 90 degrees, and how is such a condition or injury treated? Were x-rays taken of the tails, and if so, where are they? What did they show?
7. Why was nothing seen in the national news about this story during the animals' rehabilitation, and/or prior to the release of the animals at sea? Given humans' interest in cetaceans, it would have been a logical "whale interest" story for the national news, but it was not covered at all, apparently.
8. Why were the whales flown some 150 miles (!!) out to sea to release them, rather than simply allowing them to swim out of their place of captivity?? After their rehabilitation, they should have been able to swim quite adequately, and a group of 12 or more pilot whales should constitute a "pod" Hence, it should not be necessary to find a second pod for them to join. After all, presumably the group constituted a pod when they first beached themselves near Key West.
9. How was military equipment secured for this operation, and what military budget was used to pay for approximately 40-50 flight hours by three helicopters? The cost of operating of a heavy military helicopter is measured in thousands of dollars in direct expenses per flight hour. Therefore, the "taxi fare" to deliver at least a dozen animals 150 miles offshore must have been measured in tens, or hundreds, of thousands of dollars!! Would it not have been substantially cheaper to use a ship to transport the whales out to sea?
10. Who made the decision to allow three helicopters, at least two of which were non-amphibious, to fly approximately 150 miles out to sea, placing the craft over open water for a 2-hour flight? The price of the operation goes up substantially if a helicopter has a mechanical problem, and is lost at sea. A "Blackhawk" helicopter costs the American taxpayers in excess of $10 million; crewmembers carry a certain monetary value, as well?
11. Why were the whales released, at all? Is there some magnanimous donor who so adores cetaceans so much that he, or she, provided approximately a million dollars, or more, simply to rehabilitate them and return them to nature? How would such a person be able to secure participation and assistance by the military?
Prepared by:
Peter B. Davenport, Director
National UFO Reporting Center
P. O. Box 45623
University Station
Seattle, WA 98145
e-mail: [email protected]
web: www.ufocenter.com
Dated: February 05, 1998
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Kal Korff
This page details the Kal Korff incident that started in late July 1997, with Kal making some incredible statements about Art Bell. Here is the story.
Chronology
Art and I were notified of a Kal Korff appearance on the Sightings radio program. We both received an E-Mail letting us know of a July 30th Sightings program that we could listen to in the AudioNet archives.
Then Art tries to contact Kal Korff regarding this and asks for evidence and proof of his allegations. Kal posts a public apology on his web site. Here is that FIRST apology.
Kal K. Korff
Monday August 4, 1997 at 4:56 PDT
Dear Mr. Art Bell, I offer my sincere APOLOGIES to you regarding statements I made that you had threatened some radio stations and pull their affiliations if they put me on their program. There was NO MALICIOUS INTENT on my part to either libel or slander you. At present I BELIEVE YOU when you say you did NOT do this, and in the interest of getting to the truth I will make it a point as I mentioned to you of getting all of the documentation to you so you can investigate this. I know you are respected in your radio broadcast profession. You may want to consider the possibility that someone might be out there impersonating you. Looking forward to providing you with the documentation you have asked for and JUSTIFIABLY DESERVE.
Sincerely, Kal Korff
But that was not good enough! That night Art describes the situation on the air and makes a telephone call to Kal right on the air! Finally after that blistering that Art dished out, the next night, Kal comes on the air to really apologize!
My Formal Apology to Mr. Art Bell
August 6, 1997
Dear Mr. Art Bell,
I offer to you, my personal and sincere APOLOGY to you regarding statements I made that you had threatened three radio stations and to pull their affiliations if they put me on their programs. There was NO MALICIOUS INTENT on my part to either libel or slander you, Mr. Bell.
The truth is, Mr. Bell, I BELIEVE YOU when you say you did NOT do this, and in the interest of getting to the truth I am making a point as I mentioned to you of getting all of the documentation to you that proves this was an innocent mistake.
I know, Mr. Bell, that you are respected in your radio broadcast profession. I also respect you as well, and know (based on having listened to you and thoroughly enjoyed, your audio book "The Art of Talk") that you have worked very hard to achieve the phenomenal success that you presently enjoy. I have also heard similar testimonies about you from your professional peers, on whose other radio programs I have appeared over the past years.
I would like to re-emphasize to you, your listeners, and the general public, that there was no malicious intent on my part to either malign, libel, or slander you – I simply reported information I had been told from various sources which proved to be incorrect upon close, careful investigation.
As I have also previously communicated to both your attorney and yourself in our joint phone conversation, my allegations made towards you, which were in error, were the result of a hodgepodge of confusion, INNOCENT confusion, on the part of my sources. To put it simply, my sources, which have proved TOTALLY RELIABLE IN THE PAST AND ON ALL OCCASIONS, accidentally confused (in part) the actions of Jim Dilettoso with you, Mr. Bell.
As the enclosed documentation clearly proves, it was Jim Dilettoso who sent a legal notice through his attorney implying legal action(s) if a certain radio station permitted me. Kal Korff, to come on their shows to talk about my research.
I enclose for your perusal not only a copy of Mr. Dilettoso’s letter to one of these stations written by his attorney, as well as this station’s reply to Mr. Dilettoso.
I sincerely regret any problems this may have caused you, Mr. Bell, and as the last of the documentation continues to come into my office, I will forward all copies of it to you so that you may be assured that this unfortunate mistake was indeed an series of accidental ones, and was and is not deliberately malicious.
I have posted as of several days ago, a public apology on the radio show "Sightings" and will make every effort to make sure that THIS public apology receive as wide a distribution as possible, including the posting of it on my own personal website starting tomorrow for the period of one full calendar year. This apology will be posted on www.KalKorff.com, early tomorrow morning, which is my own personal website.
Sincerely and respectfully yours,
Kal K. Korff
Investigative journalist, author and researcher
After that another version of Kal's apology appeared on his web site. Here is that NEW apology.
The Art Bell Broadcast Apology
(Note: The following official apology to Mr. Art Bell hereby follows - this statement is scheduled to be read on Mr. Art Bell's radio program at approximately 10PM PST on August 7, 1997).
"Everything I said about Mr. Art Bell was completely untrue and false. I retract everything entirely and further apologize to not only Mr. Bell, but the CBC radio network and the affiliates mentioned, KFYI in Phoenix, KOMO and KVI in Seattle."
Sincerely yours,
Kal Korff
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Suicide cult may have been inspired by rumor
By MATT CRENSON
AP Science Editor
NEW YORK (AP) The Heaven's Gate cult's belief that a UFO is trailing the Hale-Bopp comet may have been inspired by rumors spread over the Internet and late-night talk radio.
In November, amateur astronomer Chuck Shramek of Houston called Art Bell's "Coast to Coast" radio show with astounding news — a photograph he had taken on the night of Nov. 14 showed a mysterious "Saturnlike object" behind Hale-Bopp. He speculated that it was up to four times the size of Earth.
Astronomers subsequently demonstrated that what Shramek had seen was a star distorted by his telescope's optics.
"I don't think it was deception on his part, I think it was a mistake," said Russell Sipe, who maintains an Internet Web site dedicated to the comet. "But you don't go on late-night radio and say that you found something three to four times the size of Earth following a comet."
Yet the rumors continued for weeks, fostered by an acrimonious Internet debate and continued publicity on Bell's program, which is carried on more than 300 stations. The radio program is known as an outlet for conspiracy theories, supernatural claims and similar notions.
When he called the show, Shramek said that a photograph of the comet he had taken four days earlier clearly showed a bright object with a halo around it — like Saturn. When he checked with an astronomical mapping computer program, it showed that no star existed there.
The next night, Courtney Brown, director of the Farsight Institute in Atlanta, was a guest on Bell's show. He claimed that three professional psychics associated with his institute had detected the comet-trailing object and found it to be a metallic object full of aliens.
Using the same computer program as Shramek, Sipe and others identified the object in question as SAO 141894, a fairly dim star that lay behind the comet on the night he took his photograph. They said Shramek didn't see a star because he had incorrectly programmed his computer; then, to make matters worse, his telescope distorted the image.
Shramek did not return calls to his Houston home.
"Whether he meant it or whether he did it as a joke, we don't know," said David Levy, a Vail, Ariz.-based astronomer-author. "I don't know how related this is to that horrible thing that took place."
The 39 men and women found dead in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., committed suicide about the time the comet was closest to Earth.
Comets have been considered a sign of impending doom for centuries. Chinese astronomers in the 4th century B.C. produced documents classifying comets and associating each category with a particular kind of catastrophe. Comets also were thought to have heralded the deaths of Julius Caesar, Attila the Hun and Charlemagne, as well as the victory of William the Conquerer over his Anglo-Saxon foes in 1066.
But until the San Diego tragedy, Levy said, only one person's death throughout history could be attributed to a comet. In 1402, Italian prince John Visconti was told by his astrologers that a comet's appearance would bring him ill fortune. When the comet actually did appear, Visconti collapsed from fear and died.
"The comet doesn't do the killing. It's the beliefs that do,"Levy said.
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Satellite Outage
On September 11, 1997 while Art had planned an exciting evening of taking calls from Area 51 employees, little did he know that the cosmos had more instore that night.
Midway through the program, during a pretty interesting call, the radio program abruptly went off the air. First it was thought that the content of the callers message, may have caused some powers that be, to pull the plug! But as you are soon to find out, it was the GE Americom satellite going out of "Earth Lock."
These clips are from the C-Band Satellite feed. Since that feed itself is fed from the KU band feed from the network, you will hear the network feed at the bottom of the hour start failing, then later into the program, Art's signal drops out. We present the entire episode here in a Real-Audio, with a transcript of the call and a chronology of events.
Chronology
We pick up the network feed at the bottom of the hour approx at 12:30 PDT.
0:00 - Art breaks at the bottom of the hour
2:30 - First network feed glitch starts
2:47 - 3:36 More signals breaks of the network signal
6:00 - Art comes back from break (all clear)
12:47 - Art takes the Area 51 caller on the air
Read along with this transcript, courtesy of Wes Thomas.
Art: On my Area 51 line, you're on the air, hello.
Male caller: Hello, Art?
Art: Yes
Caller [sounds frightened]: I don't have a whole lot of time.
Art: Well, look, let's begin by finding out if you're using this line properly or not.
Caller: OK, in Area 51?
Art: Yes. Are you an employee or are you now?
Caller: I'm a former employee. I, I was let go on a medical discharge about a week ago and, and... [chokes] I kind of been running across the country. Damn, I don't know where to start, they're, they're gonna, they'll triangulate on this position really soon.
Art: So you can't spend a lot of time on the phone, so give us something quick.
Caller [voice breaking up with apparent suppressed crying]: OK, um, um, OK, what we're thinking of as aliens, Art, they're extradimensional beings, that, an earlier precursor of the space program they made contact with. They are not what they claim to be. They've infiltrated a lot of aspects of, of, of the military establishment, particularly the Area 51.
The disasters that are coming, they, the military, I'm sorry, the government knows about them. And there's a lot of safe areas in this world that they could begin moving the population to now, Art.
Art: So they're not doing, not doing anything.
Caller: They are not. They want those major population centers wiped out so that the few that are left will be more easily controllable...."
Art [fragment]: ...discharged...
Caller [sobbing, then fragment]: I say we g ....
Continuing with the timeline of the sound clip:
13:00 - First glitch occurs
14:30 - 14:55 More signal breakups
14:55 - Signal dead! Art's signal gone
15:20 - Network feed is still up, so music started
16:40 - Network plays taped program of Mark Furman interview
18:00 - Network feed starts to drop out now on C-band link
19:55 - Network feed to C-band is dead
20:55 - Network signal starts returning
26:50 - Art is back on Land-Line to Network
26:50 - Network link to C-band still bad
At this point, Art and the network are telephone land-line linked to each other and the network is LL linked to the digital uplink satellite. So all the affiliates are receiving the program fine (through the digital system), however the KU to C-Band feed is still choppy and so my personal signal and the signal that AudioNet receives is still intermittent. Here is a sound clip of that portion of the program.
After the top of the hour break, Art gets Toni Howell from the network on the air to explain what has happened. By now the "event" is over and all signals are back to normal. Art's radio network engineer reports that the network's communication satellite lost 50 channels (including Art's feed) at that moment, possibly due to a "lost earth sensor" (so it no longer pointed to the earth station). Toni explains the phone call she had with GE Americom in this RA clip.
Remember, even though they thought the network signal was working, (as it was for the digital feed to the affiliates), the KU signal from New Jersey to Denver, which feeds the C-Band signal, was having signal problems along with Art. It is interesting to note, that each signal dropped out at different times. While Art's signal was OK, the network was not, and while the network was working, Art's signal alone dropped out. So it took awhile to figure out what had happened. Different channels on the satellite dropped out at different times.
Later in the program, a new caller asked: "What happened during that one minute of the Area 51 employee call, that we didn't get to hear?" Art just happened to have a witness in the studio that night. A reporter from Penthouse Magazine was there doing a story on Art. So when asked, Art puts the reporter on the headset and has him answer a few questions about the call. Here is that segment.
Well, that's about it. If we get the official story from GE Americom, we'll post it here.
Confession Update
NEW UPDATE: Brian Confesses as the Area 51 Caller
On April 28, 1998, Brian calls in and confesses that he was the caller who was portraying a character for the Area 51 employees line. He said he has no idea why the satellite went out, and Brian performed a little of the act, to convince us of his identity.
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List of Bumpers
12-12-97
Some of the bumper music played by Art Bell is from the New Age group called Cusco. They have several CD's out.
Art has been playing a song by Meredith Brooks, "Bitch" from "Blurring the Edges." This is the song Ramona heard on the return trip from Egypt and said it spoke about her!
Other Bumper Music Selections
Fifth Dimension, "Aquarius"
Cusco, Mystic Island, several selections
Cusco, Apurimac, several selections
Cusco, Apurimac II, several selections
UB40, "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Old Version)
UB40, "Can't Help Falling in Love" (New Version)
Crystal Gayle, "Waiting for the Times to Get Better"
Abba, "Waterloo"
Berlin, "Take My Breath Away"
Inkuyo, "Khusillo" Here is a Real-Audio Recording.
Thelma Houston, Don't Leave Me This Way
George Fishoff, "Little Balerina Blue"
Bruce Hornsby and the Range, "The Way It Is"
Eric Clapton, "Layla"
Abba, "Dancing Queen"
Crystal Gayle, "Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
Donna Summer, "I Feel Love"
Supertramp, Breakfast In America, "Take the Long Way Home"
Heart, "Crazy on You"
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, "Time"
Neil Diamond, Hot August Night, "Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite"
Eric Clapton, Unplugged, "Layla"
Charlie Daniels Band, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Fleetwood Mac, Rumors Album, several selections
Toto, "Africa"
Supertramp, Breakfast in America, "The Logical Song"
Chris Issac, Heart Shaped World, "Wicked Games"
Mason Williams, "Classical Gas"
Maria Muldaur, "Midnight at the Oasis"
Gary Wright, "Love is Alive"
CCR, "Fortunate Son"
Gerry Rafferty, "Baker Street"
Blue Oyster Cult, "Don't Fear the Reaper" Here is a better second version of Don't Fear the Reaper submitted by Doug Wollschlager.
Statler Brothers, "Flowers on the Wall"
The Pointer Sisters, "I'm So Excited"
T.Rex, "Bang-A-Gong" in MIDI, Stereo WAV File
Louis Armstrong, "It's a Wonderful World", MIDI Sequence by Don Carroll
Maxine Nightingale, "Right Back Where We Started From"
Argent, "Hold Your Head Up"
Gary Wright, "Dreamweaver"
Kim Carnes, "Bette Davis Eyes"
Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky"
From the "Medicine Man" motion picture soundtrack, "Rae's Arrival"
Pat Boone, "Moody River"
Santana, "Black Magic Woman"
If you know or recognize any other songs, please let us know.
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Linda Moulton Howe
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Emmy Award-Winning TV Producer,
Reporter and Author
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Linda Moulton Howe has received local, national and international awards, including three regional Emmys and a national Emmy nomination for her documentaries. Those films have included Fire In The Water about hydrogen as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels; A Radioactive Water investigated uranium contamination of public drinking water in Denver; A Strange Harvest explored the worldwide animal mutilation mystery which has haunted the U.S. and other countries since the late 1960's-- and continues to date.
In 1989, she authored and published a hard-cover book entitled An Alien Harvest - Further Evidence Linking Animal Mutilations and Human Abductions to Alien Life Forms. She was also Director of International Programming for Earthbeat, an environmental series broadcast on Turner's WTBS Superstation, Atlanta, Georgia.
Her television productions number more than three hundred programs, including unusual phenomena such as UFO Report: Sightings which she created and was Supervising Producer for the FOX network which lead to the Sightings series and EARTH MYSTERIES; Alien Life Forms in association with WATL-Fox, Atlanta.
In 1992, Linda was voted the international MUFON award honoring her contributions to media productions about unusual phenomena. She helped coordinate 1992-1993 scientific investigations of the crop circle mystery in England.
Linda Howe continues to write, produce documentaries and speak at national and international conferences and symposiums, including NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Her latest book and documentary investigation are Glimpses of Other Realities, Vol.1 - Facts and Eyewitnesses and Strange Harvests 1993. She also produces reports for television and radio, including weekly news reports for the nationally syndicated Chancellor Broadcasting program DREAMLAND with Art Bell. She has been interviewed on Britian's 1996 ITN series The Paranormal World of Paul McKenna; 1995 Larry King Live special about Area 51, Nevada; The Other Side (NBC), Montel Williams (cable), and other national and international media. The second volume of Glimpses of Other Realities - High Strangeness will be released late summer 1996.
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Hoagland Recovers from Heart Attack
POSTED 3/8/99: On Saturday morning, March 6th, Richard C. Hoagland, the founder of The Enterprise Mission, suffered a major heart attack in Miami, FL. He was with friends at the time and was rushed immediately to a Miami hospital. Richard was then moved to a Miami area cardiac critical care facility and continues to be in critical condition and is being helped with life support devices. Richard will most likely be undergoing some kind of heart surgery shortly, in an effort to improve his condition.
Please do not call or fax the New Mexico numbers, or try to contact Richard in Miami. Richard's close friends are at his side and the best we can do is to keep him in our thoughts and prayers. More information will be posted here as soon as we can.
-- Keith Rowland, webmaster
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UPDATE 3/9/99: The angioplasty procedure performed today was unsuccessful. Richard will be undergoing open heart surgery tomorrow morning (Wed) to attempt to remove blockages. Richard, at age 53, had no history of heart disease or showed any previous symptoms. Richard can hardly talk at all due to weakness and pain. Please continue to keep Richard in your thoughts and prayers.
UPDATE 3/10/99 2:15 PST: Richard has made it through open heart surgery today and the procedure was successful in that the doctors accomplished what they wanted to do. The next 24 hours of recovery is of course the critical period now, but it is better news today in that progress was made and Richard came though so far. Let's keep him in our thoughts and prayers. More updates as we receive them.
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UPDATE 3/11/99 2:00 PM PST: Mark Diamond got to visit Richard today and snapped this photo. He writes: "He had just taken a walk around the room! So he is obviously in his words "on the fast track". One of his monitoring devices gave him a glowing middle finger (oops) and I told him it was too reminiscent of ET for us not to have a laugh about it, hence, this snapshot. I asked him if he didn't mind me shooting and he replied "of course not this is part of the documentation". Always the empiricist. I know that he appreciates the prayers and good wishes as he recovers, and knowing Richard it will be hard to get him to take it easy."
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UPDATE 3/15/99 1 PM: The report today is that Richard is still making progress, but will have to stay in Florida for another 3 weeks or so, as he can't return to the higher altitudes of New Mexico just yet, until he has recovered more from the surgery.
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UPDATE 3/16/99 4 PM: Richard is discharged from the hospital today. He will be recovering over the next few weeks in Miami.
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UPDATE 4/25/99: Richard continues to recover nicely in Florida on this his 54th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD!
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List of Bumpers
12-12-97
Some of the bumper music played by Art Bell is from the New Age group called Cusco. They have several CD's out.
Art has been playing a song by Meredith Brooks, "Bitch" from "Blurring the Edges." This is the song Ramona heard on the return trip from Egypt and said it spoke about her!
Other Bumper Music Selections
Fifth Dimension, "Aquarius"
Cusco, Mystic Island, several selections
Cusco, Apurimac, several selections
Cusco, Apurimac II, several selections
UB40, "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Old Version)
UB40, "Can't Help Falling in Love" (New Version)
Crystal Gayle, "Waiting for the Times to Get Better"
Abba, "Waterloo"
Berlin, "Take My Breath Away"
Inkuyo, "Khusillo" Here is a Real-Audio Recording.
Thelma Houston, Don't Leave Me This Way
George Fishoff, "Little Balerina Blue"
Bruce Hornsby and the Range, "The Way It Is"
Eric Clapton, "Layla"
Abba, "Dancing Queen"
Crystal Gayle, "Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
Donna Summer, "I Feel Love"
Supertramp, Breakfast In America, "Take the Long Way Home"
Heart, "Crazy on You"
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, "Time"
Neil Diamond, Hot August Night, "Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite"
Eric Clapton, Unplugged, "Layla"
Charlie Daniels Band, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Fleetwood Mac, Rumors Album, several selections
Toto, "Africa"
Supertramp, Breakfast in America, "The Logical Song"
Chris Issac, Heart Shaped World, "Wicked Games"
Mason Williams, "Classical Gas"
Maria Muldaur, "Midnight at the Oasis"
Gary Wright, "Love is Alive"
CCR, "Fortunate Son"
Gerry Rafferty, "Baker Street"
Blue Oyster Cult, "Don't Fear the Reaper" Here is a better second version of Don't Fear the Reaper submitted by Doug Wollschlager.
Statler Brothers, "Flowers on the Wall"
The Pointer Sisters, "I'm So Excited"
T.Rex, "Bang-A-Gong" in MIDI, Stereo WAV File
Louis Armstrong, "It's a Wonderful World", MIDI Sequence by Don Carroll
Maxine Nightingale, "Right Back Where We Started From"
Argent, "Hold Your Head Up"
Gary Wright, "Dreamweaver"
Kim Carnes, "Bette Davis Eyes"
Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky"
From the "Medicine Man" motion picture soundtrack, "Rae's Arrival"
Pat Boone, "Moody River"
Santana, "Black Magic Woman"
If you know or recognize any other songs, please let us know.
My master chart after a couple months of MITD and Somewhere in Time listens, (one or two that might be missing)
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The Hilly Rose shows were where we learned the important information that Bill Clinton lost his war with the space aliens and hid our last 350 UFO’s at a secret base beside a lake in Canada. Maybe that war is why Hillary and John Podesta want disclosure.
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History of Pizza Punch
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The Pizza Punch Story
A long time ago…Ramona and I were off on an adventure in the outskirts of Paris, enjoying each other, along with all of the sights, sounds and cuisine of the local eateries. Having been blessed with the “gift” of gab, we began talking with the chef of the a local bisto. We shared stories from both near and far. When the chef presented us with our special meal of his choosing, he brought with him a small jar of what he called “PIZZA PUNCH”… When the chef presented us with our special meal of his choosing, he brought with him a small jar of what he called “PIZZA PUNCH”…he explained to us that it was his own special blend of oils and spices, which he had developed, as he put it, “to add a little zip”. His suggestion was to splash it on our pizza. From the first bite, we were hooked. As we continued to eat, we could not get over the amazing flavor that the Pizza Punch brought with each bite. We cheated and tried adding it to different items, breads, salads, vegetables…..it was amazing.
The next day I went back to the cafe and spoke with the chef, told him just how much we had enjoyed the evening and especially the Pizza Punch….being the true romantic and adventurer I boldly asked if it were possible for me to purchase the recipe as a gift for Ramona. She had told me during dinner how she would love to be able to give “Jars of Pizza Punch” to our friends as gifts….. After coming to an agreement, we were both comfortable with I left with the recipe.
Ramona was so pleased. She said she could not wait to get home and make a batch, and give it to friends….not to mention always having some left over for our own personal use. This was a giving gift made with love and given to our friends to share our happiness and memories.
As many of you know, I lost Ramona in January. She lost a long-fought battle to Asthma. For years I have been sharing this story of Pizza Punch with you my listeners. Two gentlemen who suggested that we take Pizza Punch public and allow all of you the opportunity to share in our delightful find approached me. We will be contributing a percentage of every sale to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, in Ramona’s name.
Our hope is not only for you to enjoy the great flavor, but also to give a helping hand to the researchers, who can help so many with this terrible disease.
Please enjoy and let us know your comments…you can reach us at ARTBELLSPIZZAPUNCH.com
Good Eating……
Art Bell
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Caps, Aprons, Shirts etc. It can all be found here.
ABPP Cap
Our Black brushed bull denium, 6 panel constructed cap proudly features a 4 color embroiderded logo and adjustable hook and loop closure. One size fits most.
$13.95
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ABPP Golf Shirt
Our black golf shirt is a great way to show off the Art Bell's Pizza Punch logo. This embroidered comfortable shirt is a 50/50 cotton/poly blend. Available in S-2XL.
$19.00
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ABPP Kitchen Apron
This adjustable mid-length apron has the Art Bell's Pizza Punch logo complete with spaceship embroiderded in the center of the apron's bib.
$15.95
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Could you please tell me if Art Bell’s Pizza Punch is available in retail stores?
At this time, Art Bell's Pizza Punch is available only online. We are looking in to other retail avenues.
I would love to try this. I was just wondering if Pizza Punch was very spicy or Hot?
Spicy? No, not really. That is a hard question to answer. We would label it as "Mild".
Is AB's Pizza Punch 100% natural?
Yes! We have used only the finest 100% natural ingredients.
Some people use MSG but it gives me a headache. Is there MSG in Pizza Punch?
No, Art Bell's Pizza Punch is 100% natural.
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Punch Up Veggies!
Art Bell's Pizza Punch makes a great olive oil for seasoning for grilled or roasted vegetables! Rinse and prepare fresh veggies of your choice. We personally like asparagus, bell peppers, tomatoes, zuchini and even crisp green beans. Place all veggies in a small pan. Pour Art Bell's Pizza Punch over the veggie to lightly coat veggies. Gently toss or turn veggies to completly coat all sides. Can be broiled or grilled for a wonderful side dish with an extra punch!
One, Two Pasta!
This is the fastest of side dishes. Prepare your favorite pasta as directed on package. While pasta is still hot, place pasta in a bowl. Use Art Bell's Pizza Punch as a dressing by tossing a small amount over the pasta and serve!
Dipping for Hot Bread
Drizzle about 2 tablespoons of Art Bell's Pizza Punch in to a small shallow dish or plate. Use as a great dip for good-quality French or Italian bread.
Outta this World Salad Dressing
Want to spice up a classic vinaigrette? Use Art Bell's Pizza Punch and a good quality balsamic vinegar shaken in a small carafe for a fast and easy salad dressing that is out of this world.
How are you using Art Bell's Pizza Punch?
Share your ideas with us and if your suggestions is the idea of the month, we will send you our very special Art Bell's Pizza Punch Apron. Send your suggestions to: [email protected]
A suggestion from an Art Bell Listener
Punchy Potatoes
2 large potatoes
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon Art Bell's Pizza Punch
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Wash potatoes & cut into bite sized chunks.
Toss with Pizza Punch, olive oil, and soup mix until coated.
Spread evenly in a single layer on a foiled cookie sheet
Bake for 40 minutes - stirring halfway through cooking.
Makes about 4 one cup servings.
(You can use more Pizza Punch if you want spicier potatoes - just decrease the regular olive oil in proportion)
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My master chart after a couple months of MITD and Somewhere in Time listens, (one or two that might be missing)
Thank you for sharing
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Could you please tell me if Art Bell’s Pizza Punch is available in retail stores?
At this time, Art Bell's Pizza Punch is available only online. We are looking in to other retail avenues.
I would love to try this. I was just wondering if Pizza Punch was very spicy or Hot?
Spicy? No, not really. That is a hard question to answer. We would label it as "Mild".
Is AB's Pizza Punch 100% natural?
Yes! We have used only the finest 100% natural ingredients.
Some people use MSG but it gives me a headache. Is there MSG in Pizza Punch?
No, Art Bell's Pizza Punch is 100% natural.
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Would be cool to find a bottle of AB’s Pizza Punch. Thanks for sharing all of this.
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A E S T H E T I C アートベルコンピューターレンズフレア
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This is one of my favorite pictures of Art! Thanks kingart! +1
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Cool art work (pun intended) :) Many of these I have never seen before.
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Here is Giza, a dog that Art and Ramona have recently adopted.
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Roger Leir Implant Photos
Here are the photos of implants discussed on Coast to Coast Feb 4th, 1998, with Dr. Roger Leir.
Electron Scanning Microscope Shots
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Remember the "Millenium Master" ?
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Remember the "Millenium Master" ?
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Thanks for sharing. I have not seen that one before
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Robert Ghost Wolf's Pictures in the Rockies
After the program, Robert sent Art the photographs.
Stargate Expedition I
These sacred sites were the subject of Robert Ghost Wolf's exploration expedition. We present to you here, for your discernment, photographs taken at these sites. Due to the environmental impact of pollution, the nature of the granite is one of rapid decomposition. Merely touching the surface with your hand can remove handfuls of deteriorating stone. We are not showing all of the photographs from this discovery at this time to ensure the protection of the location. When the weather conditions are more conducive, Ghost Wolf will return to the sites and be able to climb to the areas necessary for further discovery.
Ghost Wolf has obtained sufficient evidence to determine that an intelligence was at work when these formations were created. His research thus far has substantiated that the location of these formations clearly represent the star patterns of the constellation Orion. The same replication has been discovered of the pyramids at Giza and at Cydonia on Mars, as well as other sites which shall remain nameless for purposes of protection at this time! At the last photograph, you will understand why!
One of two Griffins discovered at the site. The Griffins are the Guardians of the Gateway!
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The Arch Angel Gabrielle, the Gatekeeper to the Spirit World.
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The Sphinx guards the entrance way to the Castle and the Portal... the Southern Gateway.
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Were the sixties prophecized? Are these 'flower children' or illuminated beings?
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The recording of the prophecy of the Peacemaker - the meeting of the two serpents.
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Ancient recording of the exodus from the time of the great flood.
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Ancient recording of our relationship with our Star Brothers, or early recording of Lights over Phoenix?
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Pray tell, a Kangaroo and a Didgeridoo at the Southern Gateway?
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Two and three horned Priests ... the 'bad guys' of ancient history.
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The first man and woman spinning a new world as the three days of darkness passes by, signaled by the appearance of the purifier.
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American Graffiti ... the Why!
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Barry Taff Entity Photos
An Unknown Encounter
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The three balls of light captured in this photograph demonstrate the high degree of strangeness associated with and documented in this case. Resembling ball lightning or St. Elmo's Fire (a.k.a., plasma), these glowing corpuscular masses appear to be self-luminous point sources of light displaying vibrant three dimensional qualities depicted in their overlapping nature. Interestingly, their edges or boundaries are relatively sharp, distinct and well-defined rather than diffused. These lights are truly enigmatic images that defy explanation. Taken in Jackie Hernandez's bedroom on 7th Street in San Pedro, California with a 35 mm. SLR camera and Kodak Kodachrome film.
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In the middle of this photograph's frame, is an anomalous three dimensional light formation. This image is highly suggestive of an amorphous plasma that is ejecting material or "sputtering". This peculiar photonic configuration was one of many flying about Jackie's bedroom in San Pedro while her eldest child was watching TV. The shape vaguely suggests a disc-like formation with a top mounted cupola.
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This photograph was taken mere seconds after Jeff Wheatcraft screamed in the attic of Jackie's 11th Street San Pedro house on September 4, 1989. A twisted plastic clothesline can be seen behind and to the immediate right of Jeff's neck and head. An unseen presence somehow tied a bowline's knot in the cord, wrapped it around Jeff's neck and pulled it up and over a larger nail extending out from one of the ceiling's rafters. Had it not been for a photographic assistant's presence in the attic at that same time, Jeff might have been killed.
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Barry Taff Entity Photos
The Entity Case
The arc of light displayed in this photograph was not observed by any witness to the ensuing light show. What was seen by all present in the summer of 1974 at the Culver City, California house were large, three dimensional balls of light, (which we've referred to as corpuscular masses) traveling at high rates of speed. There's a distinct probability that these arcs are, in fact, time exposures (due to the camera's low shutter speed) of fast moving spherical lights which therefore produced arcs in much the same way stars produce tracks or streaks in cameras with stationary platforms.
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It is significant to note that the subject of the haunting/poltergeist (Mrs. B) is literally framed by the arc and that it is not bent in accordance with the walls behind it which meet at a 90 degree angle. A secondary, inverted arc can be seen at the left of the frame in front of one of the photographer's heads. This leads to the conclusion that these lights are floating in free space and are not projections against the wall.
The Entity images were captured with 35 mm. SLR cameras at 1/60th of-a-second employing a deep red gel over the flash. The film used was Kodak Tri-X pushed to 6400 ASA in development.
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The two arcs shown in this photo appear to be at right angles to each other. These free floating spatial images are not bent in conformance to the walls behind them. The same balls of light were observed during this photograph as in Photograph 5 above. Detailed examination and analysis of these negatives by the former West Coast Editor of Popular Photography resulted in the conclusion that these images were not the result of artifacts within the camera or film and that such inverted arcs are a physical impossibility with the optical glass of 35 mm SLR cameras.
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Paraphrasing from Art's book "The Art of Talk", Art mentions that over the years of being on the radio, he is seeing things begin to accelerate in nearly every aspect of American life.
Economically:
The growing American national debt
Growing personal debt
Socially: Rapidly Escalating Crisis
Riots in LA
Gangs who kill for little reason
Broken families, little sense of value
Lack of respect of other people
Crimes of all kinds
Politically: Destructive Trends
President Clinton "The Monster from the Id"
Politicians tell us exactly what we want to hear, not the truth
Weather: More Extreme, More Occurances
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Severe Weather Storms
Other Acts of Nature
Listener Opinions
Probably everyone who listens to Art Bell would have a different definition for "The Quickening". Shauna Nelson and Ron Smith will try to give you an idea on what it is.
There is a feeling that something is out-of-balance and some *great* change is about to occur. That 'life as we know it' is about to change for all of us. The Quickening is the events that show change is near and are the symptoms of this impending change. Just a few of these events are:
The emergence of deadly new viruses
Old viruses have reappeared with a vengeance
The Increase in earthquake and volcano activity
The general mistrust for government has turned to all-out hatred
Economic activity is at best 'odd'
Comets, comets and more comets
Unusual weather patterns and increased storm severity
'Senseless' violent crimes and some people appear to be without a soul
Children committing violent crimes and having no thought for the future
The increase in strange phenomenon like alien abductions
The unexplained increase in anxiety in the general population
Numerous un-nerving revelations like children being fed plutonium
Numerous challenges to the status-quo like buildings on the moon
When the day has quieted down and you notice a knot in your stomach, have you ever said to yourself "What the hell is going on"? That is paying attention to The Quickening.
Shauna Nelson, Redmond WA
Here's some more "quickening" items:
Growing workplace insecurity - - - a lifetime job or even lifetime career is nearly impossible to find.
New technologies now emerge at a rate faster than social and economic systems can absorb them.
Observe the exponential increase in the number of anti-biotic resistant bacterial diseases.
Notice the now obvious signs of global environmental destruction, such as deforestation, the ozone hole, water pollution, climate change, and the growing rate of extinction of plant and animal species.
Government budget deficits now grow at a rate which threaten the long term financial security of the world.
Growing manifestations of obvious greed!!! Just look at the outrageous salaries of many corporate CEOs, entertainers, and sports stars.
Fewer and fewer families seems able to provide the stable and loving environment necessary to successfully raise children.
Public education now fails to provide sufficient basic skills in reading and math. Today, 40% of the 16 year old children in American public schools cannot read at the 4th grade level.
Observe the reality of global interdependence. Political, economic, or environmental problems in any one region now quickly cascade into a potential world wide crisis.
Individuals, as well as governments now are hooked on debt. Over 50% of the American families would have to declare bankruptcy if income stopped for just 60 days!
As traditional religion's influence on society wanes, notice the exponential growth of "new age" spiritual encounters and religions.
At a time when a growing population will demand adequate water, power, and transportation, our infrastructure gradually decays.
As our lives become increasingly dependent upon world economic and environmental conditions, we grow in a sense of frustration over the lack of empowerment to control our destiny.
. . . a few more "quickening" items I throught worthy of sharing,
Ron Smith, Santa Rosa, CA
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Mr. Fidget comes on the program to discuss Fidgets. First image is of fidgets that were sent to Art. The other two images are taken 'on scene' from the public telephone booth where Mr. Fidget called into the program from Santa Cruz. August 14th, 1997.
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Mr. Fidget comes on the program to discuss Fidgets. First image is of fidgets that were sent to Art. The other two images are taken 'on scene' from the public telephone booth where Mr. Fidget called into the program from Santa Cruz. August 14th, 1997.
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The original fidgets were pretty crude. If Mr. Fidget had played his cards right today he would be doing very well.
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Nice thread. Was about to go to sleep but got hooked and couldn't stop. I call for an all LMH thread... Hubba Hubba...
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Nice thread. Was about to go to sleep but got hooked and couldn't stop. I call for an all LMH thread... Hubba Hubba...
Thank you!
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David P. sends us:
I just reurned from a week in Rachel back in November. Very interesting place. The security is unbelievable! The white jeep guys come out of no where. A fellow reporter and I spent 2 nights in the desert filming and taking pictures.
The first one is some sort of marker or sensor just inside area 51 from a distance.
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The second picture is a close up I took just to prove I was on their side.
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The third picture is of an orb that would appear from time to time. See the three smaller white lights.. those would come from the orb and zip away in mere seconds.
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Stéphane sends us this ad for "The Major Dames' Solar Blast Sunscreen." (12/21/98)
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The cartoons and Major Dames Sunscreen are absolutely priceless! Thank you for giving me a good laugh for the day!
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Dr. Doom was one of my favorite Art Bell guests that could piss me off and make me laugh at the same time. Good old times! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Dr. Doom was one of my favorite Art Bell guests that could piss me off and make me laugh at the same time. Good old times! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Seeing Major Ed Dames in this photo from one of his events, he seems totally different than his onair persona back in the old days...
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Mr. Fidget comes on the program to discuss Fidgets. First image is of fidgets that were sent to Art. The other two images are taken 'on scene' from the public telephone booth where Mr. Fidget called into the program from Santa Cruz. August 14th, 1997.
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I liked ole mr. Fidget.
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Here is a CIA Students application Art found recently. Note the desire for applicants to have 'remote sensing' abilities.
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A post card from Cuba sent to Art in September 1998. The writer 'dared' Art to post it on the site. So here it is, no big deal.
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Intelligence satellite images sent to Art in March 1998, from a source outside the country. Is it obvious what it is? But where or when???
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Art works at home, I work at home, so it's no wonder why CBC (Chancelor Broadcasting Company) works out of the home. At least it looks like a small network, in a small town, but with a BIG voice!! Photo courtesy of Wally Rice, Kent, Washington. ($9 Million for this??)
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Genuine late 50's map of Wright-Patterson AFB showing the location of the infamous Hangar 18.
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Spaceship Al and his basement project. Submitted as a series of 12 photographs by Al himself, here is one of them.
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Weather Satellite Image from Art's weather receiver / computer program for Tuesday, March 31, 1998. The system includes a turnstile type satellite receiving antenna, a receiver card for your computer and software to capture and prepare the images.
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Taken backstage at the Odeon Concert Club in Cleveland, OH. It was tagged by a band called Downset from L.A. Submitted by Big John.
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Max! The ancient 13,000 YR old. (Art Bell, Dreamland, 07-24-95)
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It was bound to happen, sooner or later, Dinosaur pictures. These are from Billy Meier in Switzerland, courtesy of Randolph Winters
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Max! The ancient 13,000 YR old. (Art Bell, Dreamland, 07-24-95)
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I remember that was the first GIF image I downloaded back in 1995 from Art's old modem-based BBS system...
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James E. Hartman sends us a couple photos of a Flying Disc being tested in a Wind Tunnel Experiment. It was shot in 1963.
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The second one looks like it's right out of Star Wars with the walkers.
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An amazing aerial photo from the USGS, circa 1968, of the Groom Lake "Area 51" facility.
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Ramona Rides "The Buzz"
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Close-Up of Dashboard
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This is IT! The BUZZ
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04/17 Regarding Peter Davenport
Sent April 15th, 2001 by Premiere Radio Networks:
National UFO Reporting Center
P.O. Box 45623
University Station
Seattle, WA. 98145-0623
April 15, 2001
Dear Peter:
I have received a copy of your correspondence to Art Bell dated April 13, 2001. Pursuant to that, I would like to make the following points.
As we discussed many times in the past, it is not the policy of this network to pay guests for appearances on our programs. This policy to the best of my knowledge is standard practice throughout the talk radio industry. We do offer ample opportunity for our guests to promote their activities, books, materials, etc. This same courtesy has always been extended to you whenever you made an appearance with Art, and an enhanced promotional package would have been offered had you agreed to appear with Mike Siegel.
When Art left the show in April of 2000, you decided not to make any further appearances with us unless you were compensated. As explained, this is not a practice this network participates in. With Art's absence form the airwaves and a new host struggling to keep things going, we truly needed all the help we could get. It was during this time that I offered a plan that would not directly compensate you, but would indeed offer the opportunity for our listeners to support the National UFO Reporting Center. We also discussed the possibility of your doing a one-time weekend show. We would then evaluate the effectiveness of this show from your perspective, and from Premiere Radio's perspective. Sadly, you did not pursue this idea in a timely manner, as you had many other irons in the fire.
I do want to say that I am absolutely astounded that throughout all our negotiations you continued to report for another program as you still do, for no compensation or special arrangements. I do not understand this as you originally worked with Art before you worked with this other program.
Peter, I want you to know that you are as always most welcomed to appear on Coast-To-Coast AM. However, now that Art has returned, we have actually reduced our commercial time by over 33%. This in an effort to give the listeners more uninterrupted programming. With that said, we can no longer offer the extended promotional package that was offered to you during Art's absence. However, Art will give your center the same promotional considerations that have always been offered.
I understand that you intend to make a statement on your website. I urge you to do this as quickly as possible so that the listeners can be apprised of the situation.
In closing, I want to again reiterate that Premiere Radio does not compensate guests to appear on its programs. It never has and it never will. We are prepared to give you the same promotional considerations that we offer all our valued guests and contributors. I suggest you retain a media consultant or public relations firm of your choice to assist you with developing devices that can help you capitalize on your national media exposure. We are not in the business of helping our guests with their business arrangements.
On behalf of Art, myself, and the Premiere Radio Networks, I wish you the very best of luck in the future.
Sincerely,
Alan Corbeth
Vice President, Premiere Radio Networks
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A personal ad from an Art Bell Fan
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Singers of "Nothing But a Heartache, "The Flirtations" Also a hand-written letter to Art. (11/99)
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did art ever play their new version on the air?
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Vanessa Melusky writes:
I have had a pattern of red dots appear on my back for a total of three years now. At first I though it was something on my bed, or from sitting on the seat of my truck. But over the years I have changed beds, and vehicles, and the dots still appear. They appear from only a couple times a year to a few times a month. They last for only a day or two. They are definitely in a pattern. If you have heard or seen anyone else with this problem I would love to hear about..
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Karen Hagy sends us:
My family and I we're on vacation in Yellowstone park. I snapped a photo of Old Faithful and when I got home, this is what I had! Pretty cool huh?
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Tonya writes:
This is my son and nephew. They were outside playing last winter and found this burried in the snow!!!! Pretty gross. I was scared to touch it. It looks soooo REAL!! Anyhow,thought you might get a kick out of this too. It fooled alot of people around here.
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Amani Ibrahim sends us:
Hi Art! I know you like to watch these type of paranormal phenomena, but my uncle from Egypt sent me this just a while ago, I hope you enjoy it! It is written in arabic and in English. That body was found in Egypt in the Taraniab area.
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Jon in Orlando FL writes: This is a picture of the a magnetic wheel that that the man at coral castle built. I'm his biggest fan. I went there and took this picture. Everyone seems to not even notice it there and it's the main component of all his work.
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Gary Thorne shows us: I made this unit for my radios. The CC radio sets on top with a turntable to tune in those long distance stations... The pocket pc tracks my radio frequencies.. and all extra equipment hangs from the sides.... headphones, terk am ant. and my Sony 2010 for sw. This unit can be pulled from room to room. The bottom of cabinet holds my sony MD recorder for those ART Bell nights!
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Kirk Johnson's Iowa Angel
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James Akin writes: I have enclosed the best photographs of a Skunk Ape to date.
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Daniel Gordon sends us: Last night I drew this caricature of Art in the studio. I hope you guys get a laugh out of it. I think Art's laugh is infectious and it makes me crack up every time I hear him lose it! This is just a small token of my appreciation for all the times Art has made me laugh and smile.
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These are two illustrations I created to accompany an article I wrote entitled "The Legend of Mel's Hole" (not yet published).
--Gary Val Tenuta
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