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September 26, 1997: UFOs & Area 51 - Bob Lazar
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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Art Bell sits down with physicist Bob Lazar and his longtime friend Gene Huff for a rare and detailed interview about Lazar's work back-engineering extraterrestrial craft at a facility called S-4, located roughly 15 miles south of Area 51 in the Nevada desert. Lazar recounts how a chance meeting with Edward Teller at Los Alamos National Laboratory eventually led to his recruitment for the classified project.
Lazar describes the extensive security protocols he encountered, including signing away constitutional rights, submitting to phone monitoring, and undergoing allergen testing for exotic materials. He recalls walking past a sleek, saucer-shaped craft he dubbed the "sport model," initially believing it to be an advanced American fighter due to a small American flag sticker on its hull. He later learned the facility housed nine craft of varying designs, all sharing identical reactor and propulsion systems, with his assignment focused solely on understanding the power and propulsion technology.
A surprise call from Stan Deyo in Perth, Australia, who claims his own recruitment by Teller into a related anti-gravity research program, adds an unexpected layer. Deyo describes a secretive organization operating since the 1950s on dozens of propulsion-related projects.
Lazar describes the extensive security protocols he encountered, including signing away constitutional rights, submitting to phone monitoring, and undergoing allergen testing for exotic materials. He recalls walking past a sleek, saucer-shaped craft he dubbed the "sport model," initially believing it to be an advanced American fighter due to a small American flag sticker on its hull. He later learned the facility housed nine craft of varying designs, all sharing identical reactor and propulsion systems, with his assignment focused solely on understanding the power and propulsion technology.
A surprise call from Stan Deyo in Perth, Australia, who claims his own recruitment by Teller into a related anti-gravity research program, adds an unexpected layer. Deyo describes a secretive organization operating since the 1950s on dozens of propulsion-related projects.