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August 7, 1998: Area 51 Employee Lines
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
Description
Art Bell dedicates all phone lines to current and former government employees willing to share experiences related to Area 51 and classified military operations. He opens with breaking news that over 1,850 federal workers are employed at the supposedly nonexistent base, citing a forthcoming Scripps Howard report on electromagnetic pulse weapons testing and underground facilities.
A retired airborne engineer describes penetrating Area 51 security with a 40 percent success rate during exercises fifteen years prior. A former Palmdale defense contractor details working on the B-2 bomber and encountering an aluminum-titanium composite bound with an uncuttable silk fabric that could only be fabricated at Area 51. An archaeologist recounts hiking 100 miles into the restricted zone following the trail of the 1849 Death Valley wagon train, photographing Papoose Lake, and feeling sustained underground vibrations. A 15-year base operations veteran confirms seeing five star-like objects perform impossible maneuvers overhead but insists everything else at the facility involved classified but conventional military hardware.
The broadcast climaxes when a frantic caller claiming a recent medical discharge from Area 51 warns about extradimensional beings infiltrating the military. Mid-sentence, the GE-2 satellite transmission fails completely in one of the most discussed moments in the history of the program.
A retired airborne engineer describes penetrating Area 51 security with a 40 percent success rate during exercises fifteen years prior. A former Palmdale defense contractor details working on the B-2 bomber and encountering an aluminum-titanium composite bound with an uncuttable silk fabric that could only be fabricated at Area 51. An archaeologist recounts hiking 100 miles into the restricted zone following the trail of the 1849 Death Valley wagon train, photographing Papoose Lake, and feeling sustained underground vibrations. A 15-year base operations veteran confirms seeing five star-like objects perform impossible maneuvers overhead but insists everything else at the facility involved classified but conventional military hardware.
The broadcast climaxes when a frantic caller claiming a recent medical discharge from Area 51 warns about extradimensional beings infiltrating the military. Mid-sentence, the GE-2 satellite transmission fails completely in one of the most discussed moments in the history of the program.