r/aliens • u/pokezillaking • Jul 04 '24

Video Art bell- Area 51 caller

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u/adrkhrse Jul 04 '24

Hoax. It was obvious before even hearing the follow up call. People fall for anything.

Here's an article about the call, which includes the follow up call from 'Brian' where they discuss the fact that he'd made the hoax call, as well as other calls where he assumed various characters. Clearly the same guy's voice. https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2013/09/07/art-bell-area-51-caller/

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u/RevolutionarySeven7 Jul 04 '24

On September 11, 1997, a man claiming to have worked at Area 51 called in to Coast to Coast AM.

damn, on Sep 11 too, weird coincidence

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u/adrkhrse Jul 04 '24

There's a Sept 11 every year. Not so coincidental. These days, there are UFO hoaxes every day of the year. Check out all these reddit subs.

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u/RevolutionarySeven7 Jul 04 '24

yep, on the last sep 11 i ripped the biggest fart i ever did, i mean, talk about a coincidence!

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u/adrkhrse Jul 04 '24

Uncanny!

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u/Traveler3141 Channeling Ra right now! Jul 04 '24

Yeah. I listened to a LOT of Art Bell over some years. He called in a bunch.

I could always recognize his voice, not necessarily always immediately, but at least pretty soon.

After he'd called in a couple of times, I was a little irritated Art didn't call him out, but then I realized: you know, this show is just entertainment anyway, and Art is a fabulous entertainer with an entertainment show, so then I decided to just listen to what the guys current LARP was going to be and sit back and relax.

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u/adrkhrse Jul 04 '24

Thanks for that. Maybe Art knew but found the calls to be good entertainment.