'Area 51 employee' calls Art Bell

36  2018-03-10 by 1eyedwill

There was a nice response to my previous post, of an Art Bell caller, so I figure I would bring up another one of my favorite callers.

In September of 1997, a guy calls into Art's show, frantically telling Art that he was a worker at Area 51. He sounds fairly distraught on his first call, which is 'cut off' early. A week later, he supposedly called back, claiming his first call was a hoax.

It's a neat listen.

I hope you enjoy.

First call

Second call

Willy

43 comments

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

Personally, I think it was a well done hoax, and it was just a fluke that they lost their signal during the call.

But fun to listen to, all the same.

Willy

1  lalalola89 2018-03-10

I think the guy did call again at some point admitting he faked it? He did a damn good job though lol

1  01314150 2018-03-10

You mean, some guy called in to 'admit' that he was the actual first guy (who totally wasn't removed-from-Earth by the MiBs)......

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

"Umm, Hi Art, umm, that was me, but I was only, umm, kidding...trust me..."

Willy

1  01314150 2018-03-10

"heheheh better forget that call happened... NOW... forget it... heheheh"

1  lalalola89 2018-03-10

I WANT TO BELIEVE... no but seriously.

1  schmickler83 2018-03-10

Whoever called back was not the first guy, didn't sound anything like him, which of course makes it even crazier because it gives some credence to the first caller.

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

Which is exactly what makes it interesting.

Thank you for contributing.

Willy

1  frighillary 2018-03-10

you can probably leave out the "willy" part by now.

1  01314150 2018-03-10

I feel like everyone in this thread now knows too much

1  gerryn 2018-03-10

I agree.

1  Lyra_Fairview 2018-03-10

Uncle Willy, tell us the story again about how you lost your eye?

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

Lawn darts, bud, Mom said not to.

Always listen to Mom.

Willy

1  Ashleysdad123 2018-03-10

I heard that asshole on another similar call-in show. I cannot immediately remember what it was but I'm leaning toward it being a Bigfoot thing. He admitted to contriving the hoax and said he originally wanted to call in during the vampire episode but couldn't get through the lines so took the area 51 opportunity.

1  schmickler83 2018-03-10

The first guy, if faking, had to be one of the greatest actors ever. You know how you can tell when someone is fake laughing? It's the same with hearing genuine terror in a voice, and that guy sounded genuinely terrified. The guy who called back was either a bad-acting opportunist who realized the first guy was never calling back, and called back in to get some fame (and to sell a book too iirc, which makes it seem even more like a scam), or a really bad acting government agent trying way too hard to mimic the voice of the first guy, and even trying to match the fear making his voice crack, which makes no god damn sense.

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

The first caller did sound sincere, for sure. The second, not so much.

Willy

1  01314150 2018-03-10

I applaud that you stated he *supposedly** called back.... because that's where readers on this sub come in handy. We're used to actors and deceit. So the big introductory intrigue for people reading: *Was that the same guy calling back, or an actor to cover-up the biggest scandalous leak in US talk radio history?

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

What makes it interesting is that fact that it may not have been him, the second time.

Willy

1  01314150 2018-03-10

Totally.

Also, I just saw this comment to the first video:

So, guys, I just did a bit of research. Apparently, the reason this guy lost transmission during his call is that their satellite had lost earth lock. That means that somehow their satellite was knocked out of position. Their satellite was knocked out of position What the hell could have done that?

Mind blown?

1  schmickler83 2018-03-10

Their satellite was knocked out of position

How often does that happen? With tens of thousands of those things up there, you'd think they'd get hit with debris or knocked out of position all the time.

I don't think for a second that all TV and radio isn't ready to be put out of commission by NSA or similar agencies at a moment's notice. Why wouldn't they have that power?

1  01314150 2018-03-10

Well, it was only a Youtube comment....

None of us have researched the claim.

Maybe Art Bell just switched off the caller because it could otherwise compromise national security....

you know, Bell or his team didn't necessarily know for sure whether it was a dangerous call... but I'm sure they had instructions to be cautious if confidential info started to be said on air... to act before thinking it through!

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

Cutting off the caller makes it all that more intriguing. I'm sure the station did have protocol/procedure for callers that may leak confidential info, and as you say, be cautious of what gets out over the airwaves.

Willy

1  schmickler83 2018-03-10

That makes sense. He didn't want his show taken off air, so he would have been cautious. However, I would think, like any radio host, he could have just terminated the call. It was pretty convincing the way it went down.

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

Entertaining, if anything, don't you think?

Art had many a 'strange' caller.

Willy

1  schmickler83 2018-03-10

Definitely one of my favorite unsolved mysteries. Some say Art Bell could have hoaxed it for publicity, but I don't think that's true. As to whether the call was genuine, you might say "I want to believe."

1  gerryn 2018-03-10

I think it's very unlikely the satellite got knocked out of position. However every satellite has course correcting engines - so they can and do position themselves from time to time. The ISS does this as well using the Soyuz I believe, it may also have on-board engines, I don't remember.

But their link got cut somehow, that's not bullshit - that happened.

1  Deckard256 2018-03-10

Omg I remember hearing this live when it happened. I was eating a Burito from my favorite places to eat late night. It was kind of scary as shit when I heard it. There really wasn't anyone to talk to online then about the show. So it just kind of hung there till the next night and people would call in and talk about it.

1  RMFN 2018-03-10

That was a good one.

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

That show attracting quite a bit of entertainment. Some of it would stop you in your tracks, thinking what could be.

I certainly enjoyed listening in.

Willy

1  Fuck_my_life1 2018-03-10

Download the tune in app for free. Multiple Art Bell channels that play 24/7. I listen all the time.

1  skrimpstaxx 2018-03-10

Theres a faceless song that starts with this sample. Fuxking love The Faceless

1  Seeds_of_2nd_Sight 2018-03-10

Tool uses it, too.

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

Faaip De Oiad

I was hoping someone would pick up on that.

Willy

1  Seeds_of_2nd_Sight 2018-03-10

Happy to be here, Willy.

1  freesp33chisstilldea 2018-03-10

Not a well done hoax at all. You got any other best of Art Bell?

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

I've been listening to some of his older stuff, and I have come across a couple more that ate up a few hours of my life. I do plan on sharing those in the near future, with come commentary and discussion, of course.

I hope you like those better.

Willy

1  gerrybbadd 2018-03-10

Was that word Willy?

1  WalterWhiteRabbit 2018-03-10

It goes deeper than all the people saying "the call dropped". If i remember correctly, the call didn't just drop, the station lost power/connectivity in a way that had never happened before, as if someone had hacked into their systems and shut them down.

1  iamjacksbrokensoul 2018-03-10

Indeed. Take the information as you want. Real? Hoax? Someone decided to knock it off the air either way.

The guy calling in to say it was a hoax and people buy that as debunked is dumb.

1  MagicalMysteryRadio 2018-03-10

We did a podcast on this a few months ago if you want to take listen: Magical Mystery Radio Are 51 Caller

We talk about where he is now, etc.

1  vgee 2018-03-10

I just want a turn saying it

Willy

1  felixlivesagain 2018-03-10

Heard call 1 live on the radio!!! Man I forgot all about Art Bell. I used to love his show.

1  Kayki7 2018-03-10

They do sound similar..... But that doesn't mean anything honestly.

1  themadhat1 2018-03-10

IT WAS A HOAX AND ART BELL GOT CHUMPED.last time im going to clarify this for you. the area 51 caller called jimmy church. he was at the time he called art bell trying along with a friend for days,weeks trying to get through on open lines. they had the call very well planned out. they were part of,and still are involved in a traveling art theater company. he called jimmy and they re-staged the call. start the vid at around 2 minutes.they re-enact pretty much what happened on the art bell show.he goes through a series of call ins and then brings the actual caller on his name is Brian glass.he comes on about 13:00 min mark.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFYkFUC_h1Y i will go further to suggest art bell knew it was a set up. art was suspected as having staged calls for years.

1  PassionateSizzle 2018-03-10

I love you bro but for the love of god please stop signing your shit lol

1  Seeds_of_2nd_Sight 2018-03-10

Tool uses it, too.

1  1eyedwill 2018-03-10

That show attracting quite a bit of entertainment. Some of it would stop you in your tracks, thinking what could be.

I certainly enjoyed listening in.

Willy