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June 25, 1997: Mir & Pathfinder - Richard C. Hoagland | UFO in Storm Chaser Video - Lan Lamphere
Published 2 years, 5 months ago
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Art Bell opens with urgent coverage of the collision between the Russian Mir space station and a cargo craft during a failed manual docking exercise, which punctured the hull and caused severe power loss. Monitoring Mir''s VHF signal at 143.625 MHz, Art reports rapid fluctuations in signal strength that indicate the station is tumbling, a detail not being reported by mainstream media. He reads newly released accounts revealing the earlier Mir fire actually raged for 14 minutes with two-foot flames, far worse than officials initially admitted.
Richard C. Hoagland joins to analyze the crisis, noting the suspicious coincidence of the Mir accident occurring simultaneously with a delayed Mars Pathfinder mid-course burn. He questions why NASA posted no results from the burn for over 36 hours and speculates the drama may serve as a diversion from Pathfinder developments.
Storm chaser Lan Lamphere then describes a cylindrical object captured on his video camera while filming a tornado near Loco, Oklahoma. Frame-by-frame analysis reveals the object crossed 75 degrees of wide-angle lens in 49 frames, yielding an estimated speed of Mach 25. A second storm chaser two miles away captured the same object, and Lamphere reveals that a high-level NASA contact reached out to him about the footage.
Richard C. Hoagland joins to analyze the crisis, noting the suspicious coincidence of the Mir accident occurring simultaneously with a delayed Mars Pathfinder mid-course burn. He questions why NASA posted no results from the burn for over 36 hours and speculates the drama may serve as a diversion from Pathfinder developments.
Storm chaser Lan Lamphere then describes a cylindrical object captured on his video camera while filming a tornado near Loco, Oklahoma. Frame-by-frame analysis reveals the object crossed 75 degrees of wide-angle lens in 49 frames, yielding an estimated speed of Mach 25. A second storm chaser two miles away captured the same object, and Lamphere reveals that a high-level NASA contact reached out to him about the footage.