Art Bell Raises Conciousness And Returns To Coast To Coast Tonight

Art Bell At His Pahrump Nevada Home Late 2006
I always look forward to listening to Art Bell when he returns to the Coast To Coast AM radio program. I have been listening to Art since the late eighties when he started broadcasting from KDWN AM 720 in Las Vegas. Tonight's show has an intriguing subject:

Consciousness & the Universe

"Filling in for George, Art Bell welcomes renegade thinker & scientist, Robert Lanza, who'll discuss the true nature of the Universe and explain how consciousness is the key to all of creation."

Tune in at 10PM Pacific Time tonight. KOGO has a live feed available by clicking the KOGO logo in my sidebar ( have to scroll down ) or click here.

I Secretly Wish Art Would Return TO C2C Full Time !

I had listened to Art so long that he feels like family to me.

During the last few minutes of his program Art had a long-time regular caller ( who also said that Art feels like a family member )ask him if he ( Art ) was happy, and what his greatest challenges are. Art admitted that he is very happy with his life ( and especially now that he finally completed his roof amateur radio antenna that he connects to from the 19th floor of his high rise condo ). Art, usually understandably protective of his privacy, admitted that his greatest challenge was keeping up with his younger wife and child ( see webcam below); and also challenging was living in the Far East --- a topic he said he would need much more time to expand upon and explore. Art did sound a little tired and not as "sharp" as he was in his younger days ( I can relate ! ), but I still wish he would return to the air more often. I believe he is scheduled to sit in for George again next Friday.

If Art posts any more webcam pics of his family from the Philippines I will post them here:

Newest Book By Robert Lanza

Art Bell Returns Again To Coast To Coast AM And Says The Economy Is The Scariest Subject

Art's wife and child Wednesday enjoying a rare Pahrump snowfall

Update: Art will host New Year's 2009 Prediction Shows

Annual Predictions Shows 2009 - w/Art Bell

Art Bell hosts Part I of his Annual Predictions Show on Tuesday December 30th and Part II on New Years Eve, with callers invited to share one event they see coming in 2009. Art will also review callers' predictions made for 2008.

Art's Latest ( Last ) Show

At first Art seemed a little tired and slow on the draw at the beginning ( well he is over 64 years old ! ) but really rose to the occasion as the night progressed to pull off one of the most memorable C2C shows of all time. He signed off by saying he will be back before the end of the month, presumably filling in for George. I will look forward to any future shows he hosts. Long live Art Bell!

I get a free newsletter called CoastZone, which anybody can sign up for on Coast To Coast AM. The following is taken from the newsletter:

Economy & Financial Fraud:

Art Bell was joined by financial advisor Catherine Austin Fitts for a discussion on fraud and the economy. Financial fraud is tied into the black budget-- "the local narcotics trade is financing Tony Soprano, who's financing James Bond," she quipped. Offering her analysis of the recent fraud case involving Bernie Madoff siphoning off $50 billion, she suggested that he couldn't have done it without some kind of institutional support.

The shakeout from the bubble economy is going to continue, Fitts warned, with the Dow possibly dropping as low as 4500 during 2009. Pension funds will take huge losses, and municipalities will be handed the bill, she continued. There are pockets of people around the country who are successfully adapting, said Fitts, who advocated investing in local banks and farmers, as well as precious metals.

First hour guest, trends analyst Gerald Celente added his dire economic outlook into the mix. By February, there will be major bankruptcies in the retail sector, leading into a global depression, he said.

QuoteOf The Night

"This economic stuff...This one is as frightening as anything Coast's ever talked about. It's as frightening as any ghost story, the best you've ever heard. It's as frightening, if not more so, than just about anything scary we've ever talked about on this program. And if it's not yet personally affected you, get ready because it's going to. Our economy is like a living thing, that's had a stroke. It's as though we've all had a stroke. Some of us don't know it yet...but eventually it's going to cause us at the very least, a grievous illness, grievous pain." --Art Bell

A History Of Art Bells Retirements & Comebacks From Wikipedia

Bell has retired and returned to Coast to Coast AM several times.

• Retirement: His first retirement, highly unexpected, was announced on October 13, 1998. Bell: I told you that there was an event, a threatening terrible event occurred to my family, which I could not tell you about. Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now is my final broadcast on the air. Coast To Coast AM is broadcast on more than 400 stations and is the country's most listened to overnight radio show, heard by some 15 million listeners. (That from "The Seattle Times" 10-13-98.) Hilly Rose filled in after Bell's departure.



• Return: He returned on October 28, 1998, leading many to believe it was merely a publicity stunt. Bell asserted that the brief departure was brought on by threats made against his family. On May 29, 1999, Art Bell explained that this retirement was due to an allegation made by hosts of WWCR shortwave radio that Bell had paid to cover up a criminal indictment. (Announcement date from "The Washington Post" 5-29-99, where Bell's show was said to be on 460 stations.)
  
  The actual facts of the matter became public knowledge with Art Bell's second retirement in 2000, when it was revealed that an actual criminal indictment was filed against a person who had assaulted a member of Bell's family. Due to the nature of the crime, Bell had wanted to keep the matter private. The hosts at WWCR shortwave radio had accused Bell of the crime. (Bell took legal action against the hosts and stations, which was settled in 2000.



• Retirement: On April 1, 2000, Bell once again announced to his audience his retirement, which would occur on April 26, 2000 (that from "The Washington Post" 4-1-00), but he offered no details other than expressing intentions to "resolve a family crisis." On April 11, 2000, Mike Siegel was introduced as the new host of Coast To Coast AM. On April 27, 2000, Siegel took over the program which at the this time had an estimated 22 million listeners. (That from "The Seattle Times" 4-12-00.) It was later explained he had left to deal with the aftermath of a sexual assault against his son. Brian Lepley, a substitute teacher, was convicted of sexual assault and attempted transmission of HIV and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years.



• Return: On January 24, 2001, it was announced (in Vancouver, Washington's "The Columbian" newspaper), Art Bell would return to Coast To Coast AM on February 5, 2001. Bell noted that since his departure the show had lost a number of affiliates, commercial content had risen to an unbearable level, and Siegel had taken the program in a "different direction" of which Bell disapproved. He retained some authority over the program as its creator and thus felt his return was necessary.



• Retirement: On October 23, 2002, Bell announced he would be retiring because recurring back pain (the result of a fall from a telephone pole during his youth) forced yet another departure, and Bell was permanently replaced by George Noory as weekday host of Coast to Coast AM on January 1, 2003. It was also said that Barbara Simpson would host weekends and that Bell planned to be an occasional guest host for Noory. (Most information from "The Seattle Times" 10-26-02.)



• Return: Bell again on September 23, 2003, announced (in Vancouver, Washington's "The Columbian" newspaper) would return as a weekend host on September 27, 2003, having missed the microphone, this time replacing Barbara Simpson and Ian Punnett as host of the Saturday and Sunday evening broadcasts. In June 2005, he scaled this schedule back a bit (a "semiretirement"), deciding to host only the last two Sundays of every month. Bell went back to hosting every weekend show as his schedule permitted after his wife Ramona’s death a few months later.



• Retirement: on July 1, 2007, Bell announced his retirement again, stating that he wished to spend more time with his wife and daughter. He made it explicitly clear that, unlike the circumstances surrounding previous retirements, this one was an entirely positive and joyful decision and that he would not disappear completely--he would occasionally substitute for other hosts and host "special" shows. According to George Noory, Bell is on board to do 15 shows per year. Art Bell confirmed this fact in a post on the Fantastic Forum fan site.

It just prooves to me that when you love what you do there is no such thing as retirement!

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Art's Daughter Asia Rayne Bell

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Coast To Coast AM Goes Full Circle LIke A Flying Saucer Back To Vegas Two Decades Later

UFO Crash Retreival Conference PRomo - Las Vegas, November 7-9

Stay Tuned - Different Time, Different Channel !

Approximately twenty years ago I began to listen to Art Bell's radio program broadcast from KDWN AM radio Las Vegas, including the original Dreamland Show on weekends. I have been a loyal fan of Art Bell from day one. I will never discount the possibility that Art returns from retirement, but the probability is diminishing rapidly. Art has just won a well deserved Radio Hall of Fame Award!

Tonight I casually tuned in to KXNT AM radio Las Vegas, and there is a live broadcast of ( for all practical purposes ) the same show originating from their Vegas studios:

UFO Conference Special

Live from radio station KXNT in Las Vegas, George Noory and co-host Linda Moulton Howe welcome guest speakers from the 2008 UFO Conference including Ryan Wood, Dr. John Alexander, Nick Pope, Stephen Bassett and Richard Dolan.

I should have caught the show at 10 PM ( an hour and a half ago ) and done some live blogging. But, alas, this old man was "abducted" by a late afternoon nap ( no, I said "nap" not George Knapp !!).

But my inclination as I am listening to this historic broadcast is to join Coast To Coast AM Streamlink so I can download tonight's episode later.

I can't help but wonder that when President Elect Obama gets his Intelligence briefings at the White House that one of the above top secret briefings just might be titled "USA And World Interaction With Alien ( ET )Intelligences". Gee, Obama already mentioned talking to dead presidents :-) ... But with all the problems the new President must confront ( like the war and the economy ), disclosure of ET presence will be on the back burner for a long time, according to the Coast To Coast panel discussion. Unless saucers land on the White House lawn ( à la the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" ) or some other non-controvertible physical evidence is revealed, there will probably not be much truth forthcoming from the government for a long while. They simply have no motivation to reveal what they know, and what they know remains classified.

Plausible deniability? More like government non - disclosure is a form of "deniable plausibility" ! (Thanx to Jimmy Limo for coining this phrase. )

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Recap Of 2008 UFO Conference Special From The Coast TO Coast AM Site

• Broadcasting from radio station KXNT in Las Vegas, George Noory and co-host Linda Moulton Howe welcomed guest speakers from the 2008 UFO Conference.


• During the first hour, researcher Ryan Wood talked about an MJ-12 document known as the "Burn Memo" (view at Earthfiles.com), as well as the U.S. Government's policy of denial regarding UFOs and how they may be exploiting recovered alien technology.


• Expert in non-lethal weaponry, Dr. John Alexander appeared during the second hour. Alexander admitted that we've had "a series of interactions that have impacted the potential for air safety" but expressed doubt about the evidence for crashed alien craft. Alexander said if a corporation or secret government agency had access to recovered alien technology, they would have used it to manipulate the presidential election. Next, Nick Pope, former leader of the UK's UFO Project, shared details from a case about a pilot who was ordered to shoot down a UFO in 1957 (more at Times Online).


• In the third hour, political activist Stephen Bassett discussed the need for UFO/ET disclosure and the Sci Fi Channel's Coalition for Freedom of Information. He said the choice of John Podesta as co-chairman of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is not an accident, and believes the "Democrats have been planning to do disclosure under a Democratic Administration." Author Richard Dolan discussed some of the best evidence for UFO phenomenon and extraterrestrial biological entities.

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Just For Fun: "Hey Mr. Spaceman" by The Byrds

Art Bell Returns To Coast To Coast AM ( again)

I tuned in late ( around 30 minutes into the broadcast ) thinking it would be either Ian or George hosting the show. When I heard Abba's "Dancing Queen" bumper music I immediately knew that the next voice I would hear would be Art's.

And then Art Called Ian Punnett for a preview of tomorrow's show, and Ian repeated the same thought I had about hearing Abba. Ian then made a comment that many of the themes in the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie are topics covered by previous shows that Art hosted. Quite a compliment, that Art in his typical humble way discounted.

Art opened the phone lines for callers and many people are calling in about their experiencing financial problems and economic hardships, and that the bad times make us stronger, and make us look to each other and God for help, and bring us together à la 1939 and the Great Depression. Art is somewhat less optimistic --- the open lines call in discussions are always fascinating.

Tonight's guest is Maj. Ed Dames - the topic is ( of course ) Remote Viewing.

Art Bell welcomes foremost remote viewing teacher Maj. Ed Dames for a discussion on current cases of the Matrix Intelligence Agency and the world food situation.

And so it is now 11:06 PM Pacific Time and I will let Art & Major Dames lull me to sleep ( or more likely just the opposite, keep me awake ! ) with another fascinating discussion. I'm hearing Art's bumper music: "Isn't It Time" by the Babys. It's just like old times. Art is speaking of reactivating ArtBell.com. Could he be coming out of retirement, again??

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PS - I have been a fan of Art Bell's since the late 1980's, so you might try to understand my unbridled enthusiasm. Please vote for Art in the National Radio Hall Of Fame:

Hall of Fame Voting

You can now cast a vote for Art Bell, who's been nominated to the National Radio Hall of Fame in the category of 'National Pioneer.' Click here to register for your online ballot.

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Art Bell Returns Tonight On Coast To Coast AM

I can't express the feeling I have when neighboring Pahrump's most famous resident, Art Bell, returns to the airways. I am going to have to say that Coast To Coast AM has not been the same since Art retired. Of all the potential replacements for Art, only local Las Vegas channel 8 TV investigative reporter George Knapp seems to have the potential to keep me interested enough to tune in every night. Unfortunately, George Knapp fills in only twice a month. Not to say that the new host George Noorey doesn't do a great job in his own way, but I do not get that same feeling ( I expressed in the first sentence ). George is adequate, while Art is pure genius. George has the mind for it, while Art has the mind and the heart.

Joining Art Bell tonight will be Professor Michio Kaku, who'll discuss his newest book Physics of the Impossible. Which makes me feel even better: my favorite theoretical physicist with my favorite talk show host. ( Stephen Hawking is my favorite Cosmologist, in case you were wondering... sorry if I bore you! )

To put the icing on the cake, Art returns again on Sunday night with guest Dr. Steven Greer. Life could not be sweeter.

Announcing the Orion Project - March 17, 2008

A new non-profit research foundation named The Orion Project has been created to develop new, out-of-the-box energy solutions.
Click here for more information.

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Art's Kid & Cat

From Art's webcam tonight:




Archive Of Art's Previously Published Webcam Pictures

Fron Wikipedia Article - Art Bell

Arthur W. "Art" Bell, III (born June 17, 1945) is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as the founder and longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM.[1] He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, Dreamland. Semi-retired from Coast to Coast AM since 2003, he hosted the show on many weekends for the next four years. He announced his retirement from weekend hosting on July 1, 2007, effective immediately, but now 'guest hosts' occasionally. He attributed the reason for this latest retirement to a desire to spend time with his wife and new daughter, born May 30, 2007. He added that unlike his previous "retirements," this one will stand, while leaving open the option to return.

Bell also owns a Pahrump, Nevada-based radio station, KNYE 95.1 FM ("The Kingdom of Nye ... Things That Go Pahrump In The Night"). He broadcasted from his home in Pahrump for his entire time as host of Coast to Coast AM except from June 2006 to December 2006, when he lived in the Philippines.

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Haunted Las Vegas - A Halloween Potpourri

Las Vegas is really haunted, especially this time of year! Try the Haunted Vegas Tour for a guided tour of Las Vegas' famous ghostly abodes. And don't forget the Fright Dome in the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus!

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And don't miss Art Bell's return to his "Ghost To Ghost" live radio show on Halloween night October 31st, as he guest hosts for George Noorey. Listeners call in to relate their personal experiences with ghostly encounters. Turn off the lights and listen to Art as he skillfully scares you half to death with his traditional annual Halloween show!

Also, this Friday October 26, Art Bell is joined by Brendan Cook & Barbara McBeath from the Ghost Investigators Society for a new selection of actual recorded voices of ghosts, known as Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP).

Litening to "UFO PHIL":
"UFO Phil" Performs "Listening To Coast TO Coast" ... and of course, it rhymes with "Ghost"!!


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With so many celebs like (possibly) David Copperfield and O J Simpson and Briney and others drawn like moths to the lights of Vegas and self-destructively crashing & burning in flames ( how we love to see the once mighty fall!) , I found a new theme song for Vegas from the old Michael Jackson's ( another moth! )"Thriller" era : Ghost Of A Chance.

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Art Bell Briefly Returns To Coast To Coast AM

Listening to Art Bell filling in for George Noorey on Coast To Coast AM made me remember that I have been a loyal fan of Art's since he had his politically oriented show back in the late eighties on KDWN, Las Vegas. Art is retired now in Pahrump, but it sure was nice to hear his voice again last Friday night.

Art has come out of his announced "retirements" a couple of times before, and there always seems to be a rumor going around, like the conspiracy theories Art has popularized, that he will be returning to Coast To Coast on a regular basis once again. We can only hope.

Although I don't swallow whole every topic presented on Coast To Coast AM, I am indebted to Art for keeping my mind open to the possibilities beyond the mundane world. Art's show focuses on alternative topics that force my mind to consider other possibilities --- with awe and wonder --- emotional commodities that many of us have depleted since childhood. The only way I know of to break the hypnotic hold of day to day existence is to "mind-travel" --- stretching one's imagination --- or, to modify the hackneyed phrase, "look outside the box". As they used to say in the introduction to Science Fiction Theatre, that old TV show from the fifties, "Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact" - a proposition proven many times on Art's show over the two decades I have listened to him. For example, physicists are just beginning to catch up with the ideas that we can influence objects at a distance and that there may such a thing as "the field" of mass consciousness.

Art Bell's Most Famous Broadcast

In my opinion ... the most famous one was when a pilot flew over Area 51 and contacted Art just before he disappeared! His last transmission was that interceptor jet fighters were firing on him:

Art Bell's Second Most Famous Broadcast

The following, from the Metatech site, is either a clever hoax or the real deal, you decide!

Transcript: Art Bell gets a Frantic Call from an Ex-worker of Area 51,
about earth changes:

The following tape was sent to me by a webfriend named Teri. It is a short segment from a radio show that Art Bell did, I understand, in 1997.

The tape is only a few minutes long. Listen to this tape. It may be one of the most important few minutes you have ever spent.

On the night this tape was made, Art had asked workers of Area 51 to phone in and spill the beans about Area 51. He may have got more than he bargained for.

When you listen to this tape, listen to your intuition. Listen to you gut reaction. Feel this guy's emotion. If you get chicken-skin (goose-bumps), I believe that is your higher self telling you that what you hear is the truth.

When you hear silence on the tape - keep listening. There is more after a fairly long break. The silence is because within 2.08 minutes of speaking, the caller was knocked off the phone line. There was a massive shut down.

I am told that on the very next program Art said they found out what the problem was: Their satellite had LOST EARTH LOCK. That means, it was KNOCKED OUT OF POSITION!!! What would have the immense power and capability to knock one a satellite out of position so quickly???

I have been told by one person that the same guy was on the Art Bell show some time later and he said that he was only joking. All of what he was saying was acting to kind-of pull Art's coat tails. He has been on other times since and done different but similar jokes. He did say that he was surprised that Art was knocked off of the air. He had no explanation for that.

Teri said: "I only heard him call in one other time after that and he said something to the effect that he was "better" now". If he did in fact say that, does that sound like a practical joker to you?

There are other possible explanations for why someone later phoned in claiming it was a joke:

1) How do we know for sure it was the same guy who rang back?

2) How do we know they didn't grab him, hypnotise him and then get him to phone in? This would be VERY easy for them to do.

Here is a transcript of the talk:

"Hello Art? Art? Hi....I don't have a whole lot of time..um...I was a former employee of Area 51...I was let go on a medical discharge about a week ago...and...and...(starts to cry)...I kinda been running across the country...um...um....man....I don't know WHERE to start......they'll triangulate on this position really, really soon... (starting to break up and get more frantic--Art tells him to give us something quick>)...OK...um...um....What we're thinking of as Aliens ...they're EXTRA-DIMENSIONAL BEINGS...that an earlier precursor of the SPACE PROGRAM MADE CONTACT WITH...uh...they are NOT what they claim to be...uh...they have INFILTRATED a lot of aspects of the MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT particularly Area 51...uh...the DISASTERS that are coming...the GOVERNMENT knows about them....and there's a lot of SAFE AREAS in this WORLD THAT THEY COULD BEGIN MOVING THE POPULATION TO...N O W - Art.....but they are NOT doing anything about it... THEY WANT THE MAJOR POPULATION CENTERS - WIPED OUT SO THAT THE FEW THAT ARE LEFT WILL BE MORE EASILY CONTROLLABLE....(breaking up more, starting to cry...)...I started getting...." Silence - Art went off the air at that point.

Preceding is from the Metatech site.

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A Hoax After All? - Listen & Decide For Yourself!

Crystal Gayle's Song Dedicated To Art Bell "Midnight In The Desert"

TO PLAY THE ORIGINAL ANIMATION: Jump to the Flashitup site

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Art's Audio Intro To The Flash Animation - be patient, there is a commercial message at the beginning.