The Art Bell Archive

Art Bell explores lucid dreaming with Dr. Stephen LaBerge and Dominick Attisani of the Lucidity Institute, then speaks with journalist Leslie Kean about the Phoenix Lights. LaBerge defines lucid dreaming as knowing you are dreaming while the dream is happening, explaining that this awareness opens the door to conscious decision-making within the dream world. Attisani, a practitioner for over 30 years, describes lucid dreams as opportunities for pleasure, creative exploration, and confronting fears.

The guests explain that lucid dreaming is a learnable skill built on dream recall and intentional memory. LaBerge draws parallels between setting an intention to wake at a specific time and setting an intention to recognize a dream. He notes that lucid dreamers often report an afterglow of energy the following day, and that the practice bridges consciousness research with the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of dream yoga.

In the first hour, Leslie Kean discusses her exclusive interview with former Arizona Governor Fife Symington, who admitted to witnessing a massive, silent craft during the 1997 Phoenix Lights event. Kean emphasizes the distinction between the solid object seen by thousands and the later row of lights likely caused by flares, and challenges the media's conflation of the two events.

Art Bell welcomes engineer and author Maurice Cotterell from Ireland to discuss his theories on gravity, God, reincarnation, and the encoded wisdom of ancient civilizations. Cotterell proposes a new explanation for gravity, arguing that Isaac Newton identified the relationship between mass and gravitational force but never explained what causes it. His model traces the origin of gravity back to the Big Bang and the conversion of energy into matter.

Using Einstein's equation E=MC squared, Cotterell constructs a framework where God is pure energy and the physical universe represents its opposite. He argues that human souls carry a measurable voltage that increases through love and compassion, allowing them to return to God upon death. If that voltage diminishes through negativity, the soul reincarnates into a new body with its memory essentially wiped clean, consistent with what the Tibetans call sanskaras.

Cotterell draws on his decades of research decoding the treasures of the Maya, the tomb of Tutankhamun, and Celtic artifacts, claiming all these civilizations encoded identical spiritual and scientific truths. The first hour features open line callers discussing global weather extremes, the honeybee colony collapse mystery, and a former Canadian defense minister's call for disclosure of alien technology.

Art Bell welcomes billionaire entrepreneur Robert Bigelow of Bigelow Aerospace for an in-depth look at the private space industry. Bigelow, who launched the Genesis 1 spacecraft in July 2006, reveals that Genesis 2 is scheduled to launch from Russia the week of April 19th. Art shares exclusive photographs from his personal tour of the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas, showcasing the expandable habitat modules originally developed by NASA.

Bigelow explains that his inflatable modules provide three times the interior volume of any module on the International Space Station while offering superior protection against micrometeorite impacts. He describes the complex political landscape surrounding private spaceflight, citing ITAR regulations and congressional interference as greater obstacles than technology or funding. The ultimate goal is an occupiable module called Sundancer, targeted for launch around 2010, with a commercial space station to follow.

The conversation turns to Bigelow's well-known interest in the paranormal, including his funding of research into UFO phenomena through the National Institute for Discovery Science. Art and Bigelow discuss who owns space under the 1967 Moon Treaty and the geopolitical implications of China's growing space ambitions.

Art Bell welcomes animal communicator Amelia Kinkade, author of Straight from the Horse's Mouth and The Language of Miracles, for a fascinating exploration of interspecies telepathy. Kinkade describes her first encounter with animal psychic Beatrice Lidecker, who accurately described details about her cat Rodney's life that no outsider could have known, including the view from his favorite perch and his interactions with a neighbor's dog.

Kinkade explains that animal communication is a learned skill rooted in neurophysiology, not a supernatural gift. Drawing on quantum holography concepts championed by Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell, she describes how all living beings exist within one indivisible field of energy. By quieting the mind and entering a meditative state, a person can merge consciousness with an animal, perceiving the world through its senses and accessing its memories and emotions.

The first hour features open lines where callers share UFO sightings, including a massive plasma ring observed in 1978 and a vivid abduction-style dream. Art also reflects on his decision years ago at KDWN in Las Vegas to abandon political talk radio and embrace the paranormal, a pivotal moment that shaped everything that followed.

Art Bell speaks with Whitley Strieber and Nick Pope about a massive wave of UFO activity, with particular focus on sightings near nuclear installations in Iran. Strieber connects this to historical patterns, citing General Arthur Exons confirmation that the Roswell debris was not of this world and Eisenhowers alleged 1954 encounter at Muroc Air Force Base. He theorizes the visitors seek to prevent nuclear weapons use, pointing to incidents where craft disabled American ICBMs and triggered launch sequences at Russian missile sites.

The discussion turns to Iran, where over 30 UFO incidents have been reported since December 2006, including possible crashes and plasma-like objects near nuclear facilities. Strieber and Art consider whether Iranian leaders would interpret alien contact through a religious lens, and whether a dirty bomb targeting Tel Aviv poses a greater risk than a traditional strike.

Nick Pope joins to discuss his departure from the British Ministry of Defence UFO project and reveals that the ministry ran a classified remote viewing study in 2001. The study failed to recruit experienced viewers and relied on novices, producing inconclusive results. Pope notes that sensitive target applications were planned but never completed, with key portions of the declassified report still redacted.