September 19, 2013: NASA's LADEE Moon Mission & Curiosity's Gale Crater - Richard C. Hoagland

October 16, 2013: UFO and Paranormal Research - Tobias McGriff & James Fox

Art Bell welcomes Tobias McGriff, a historian of the strange and founder of Blue Orb Ghost Tours in Savannah, Georgia, alongside filmmaker James Fox, director of I Know What I Saw. The conversation opens with McGriff recounting how he tracked down Fred Hart, a previously silent eyewitness to President Jimmy Carter's 1969 UFO sighting in Leary, Georgia. Hart reveals for the first time that the luminous, color-changing object appeared in the east, contradicting decades of claims that Carter… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-16-2013-ufo-and-paranormal-research-tobias-mcgriff-and-james-fox

October 15, 2013: Alien Encounters, Time Travel, and UFO Sightings - Jim Sparks

Art Bell welcomes Jim Sparks, a self-described professional abductee who has maintained total recall of his extraterrestrial encounters since 1988. Sparks recounts how his experiences began as recurring dreams before escalating into fully conscious abductions by gray beings, occurring two to three times a week for months at a time. Sparks describes being taught an alien alphabet and number system aboard a craft, where he was initially paralyzed and forced to trace symbols on a screen. Over six… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-15-2013-alien-encounters-time-travel-and-ufo-sightings-jim-sparks

October 14, 2013: Parapsychology and the Paranormal - Loyd Auerbach

Art Bell welcomes Professor Loyd Auerbach, director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations and a leading figure in parapsychology for over 30 years. Auerbach, who teaches parapsychology at multiple universities and serves as president of the Forever Family Foundation, brings academic rigor to a field often dominated by reality television sensationalism. The conversation ranges across the full spectrum of paranormal research. Auerbach explains the Princeton random event generators that… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-14-2013-parapsychology-and-the-paranormal-loyd-auerbach

October 10, 2013: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the phone lines for a freewheeling Thursday night covering time travel, Bigfoot sightings, and mysterious implants. With the U.S. government still closed and the debt ceiling deadline approaching, Art shares an alarming email from an FDIC employee claiming the agency projects 20 bank failures per weekend if default occurs. Callers bring a wild assortment of stories. A truck driver in New Mexico describes an eight-foot-tall, dark-haired figure crossing the road at 3 a.m. A pipe… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-10-2013-open-lines

October 9, 2013: Fukushima Reactor and Yucca Mountain - Dr. Andrew Karam

Art Bell speaks with Dr. Andrew Karam, a radiation safety expert and former nuclear submarine crew member, about the ongoing Fukushima reactor disaster and the future of nuclear energy. Karam, who traveled to Japan one month after the accident, shares firsthand observations and explains the critical difference between detectable radiation and harmful exposure levels. The conversation covers the state of the three melted reactor cores, the risk of spent fuel pool collapse during a typhoon, and… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-9-2013-fukushima-reactor-and-yucca-mountain-dr-andrew-karam