Episode Details
Back to Episodes
February 10, 1998: Ufology - Derrel Sims | Gulf Breeze UFO - Whitley Strieber
Published 2 years, 2 months ago
Description
Art Bell opens with author Whitley Strieber and Project Awareness coordinator Vicki Lyons, who report a remarkable series of UFO sightings over the Gulf Breeze, Florida area. Strieber describes witnessing a brilliant garnet-red light hovering above the horizon that moved directly overhead during a Life magazine photo shoot. Lyons explains how multiple observer groups triangulated the object from separate locations across Pensacola, and she shares details of daytime sightings captured on video by witnesses in nearby Robertsdale, Alabama.
The second half features Derrel Sims, a former CIA operative turned hard-evidence UFO investigator. Sims details his own childhood abduction experiences beginning at age three and explains his discovery of fluorescence found on the skin of abductees after contact with the beings. He describes how pathology reports from surgically removed scoop marks reveal solar elastosis, indicating localized exposure to intense ultraviolet radiation that corroborates abductee testimony.
Sims recounts a bold experiment in which he implanted a post-hypnotic suggestion containing sensitive information into an ongoing abductee, effectively sending a message to her captors. He discusses the resulting mass abduction event of December 1992 involving eight separate witnesses and addresses the critical distinction between false memory syndrome and genuine recovered memory in hypnotherapy work.
The second half features Derrel Sims, a former CIA operative turned hard-evidence UFO investigator. Sims details his own childhood abduction experiences beginning at age three and explains his discovery of fluorescence found on the skin of abductees after contact with the beings. He describes how pathology reports from surgically removed scoop marks reveal solar elastosis, indicating localized exposure to intense ultraviolet radiation that corroborates abductee testimony.
Sims recounts a bold experiment in which he implanted a post-hypnotic suggestion containing sensitive information into an ongoing abductee, effectively sending a message to her captors. He discusses the resulting mass abduction event of December 1992 involving eight separate witnesses and addresses the critical distinction between false memory syndrome and genuine recovered memory in hypnotherapy work.