Brief
Art Bell
The claims the writer was given for Art Bell, in the order they were given.
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On Art Bell's 1998-04-06 show, Richard C. Hoagland explained that the low viewing angle in the Face on Mars image was the best that could be hoped for given the distance of the spacecraft's vertical track from the Face.
“He pointed out that, given the distance the spacecraft’s vertical track was from the Face, such a side-view was the best that could be hoped for.”
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Art Bell considered it a joke that the MIPL version was the only one available when the television news went to air on 1998-04-06.
“Bell, however, was indignant at the political aspects of the day. He considered it a joke that the horrible “MIPL” version had been the only one available as the TV news had gone to air,”
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On his 1998-04-06 show, Art Bell said that looking at the MIPL image he would have to conclude there was no Face on Mars, asking where it had gone.
““Well, looking at that image, Richard, I’d have to conclude as well that there is no Face on Mars,” Bell said, “and my question now is, where the hell did it go?””
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Art Bell said the MIPL image reminded him of a pattern his cat might scratch up in her litter box, giving rise to the name "Catbox" for that version of the Face on Mars image.
“Bell summed up the MIPL image by saying that it reminded him of a pattern his kitty might scratch up in her litter box. It was from that moment forward that the MIPL image would forever be known as the “Catbox” version of the Face on Mars.”
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5
Art Bell whimsically termed the Mission Image Processing Laboratory's black-and-white cartoon rendering of the Face on Mars the "Catbox image."
“what Art Bell termed whimsically “the Catbox image.””
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6
Richard C. Hoagland's team e-mailed their prediction that the second Cydonia image would be released at 6:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time to specific researchers and members of the press, including Tom Van Flandern and Art Bell.
“Instead, we decided to e-mail our prediction to specific researchers and members of the press, including Tom Van Flandern and Art Bell. We predicted an image release at 6:55 p.m. PDT, when Sirius was at 33º above the JPL horizon.”
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In 1998-03, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) received tens of thousands of faxes from Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM audience demanding new photos of Cydonia at the first opportunity.
“In March 1998, after receiving literally tens of thousands of faxes from Art Bell’s Coast-to-Coast AM audience demanding that NASA take new photos at the first opportunity, NASA finally caved.”
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Mike Siegel replaced Art Bell as host of Coast to Coast AM after Art Bell abruptly retired from the air for family reasons.
“subsequently Mike Siegel, who replaced Art as host of Coast to Coast AM when Art abruptly retired from the air for family reasons”
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Tom Van Flandern spent nearly 90 minutes at the April 2001 press conference discussing Cydonia research already familiar to listeners of the Art Bell radio show.
“He spent nearly 90 minutes ... droning on about various aspects of the Cydonia research that anyone who had heard him on the Art Bell show had heard many times before”
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10
Art Bell had difficulty believing that Keith Laney's THEMIS Cydonia images could not have been faked.
“Art was having a hard time grasping the idea that the images Keith was getting *couldn’t* be faked.”
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Art Bell believed that Noel Gorelick or Philip Christensen had somehow embedded images of buildings and structures into the THEMIS Cydonia data.
“He was convinced that Gorelick or Christensen had somehow embedded the images of various buildings and structure in the data.”
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Keith Laney briefed Art Bell in detail and showed him a comparison between the earlier Phobos 2 infrared image and the new THEMIS Cydonia data.
“It was arranged for Keith to brief Art in more detail, and show him a comparison between the earlier Phobos 2 IR image and the new Cydonia data”
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13
Art Bell returned to broadcasting after an announced retirement, and worked with Richard C. Hoagland to apply public pressure for the release of the Cydonia Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) data.
“Art Bell had returned from his abrupt “retirement,” and in concert with him Hoagland used the airwaves to apply public pressure to release the data.”
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14
The 30 November 1978 US military C-130 lightning crash occurred four years after the grandfather supposedly imparted his solemn secret to his family, and 18 years before the anonymous sergeant wrote his letters to Art Bell and Linda Moulton Howe.
“It happened in South Carolina on 30 November 1978, four years after the grandfather supposedly imparted his solemn secret to his family. But, if this C-130 crash was the one he claims, then that was a full 18 years before the supposed US Army sergeant wrote his letter to Art Bell and Linda Moulton Howe.”
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In April 1996, an anonymous US Army sergeant who identified himself only as 'A Friend' wrote to Art Bell, host of the radio show Coast to Coast AM, enclosing a package of strange metallic samples allegedly recovered from the Roswell alien spacecraft.
“In April 1996, the young sergeant finally overcame his reservations; he sat down and wrote to Art Bell, host of one of America's most popular radio shows, Coast to Coast AM... His letter included a package of strange metallic samples.”
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Over the following weeks after April 1996, the anonymous army sergeant known as 'A Friend' sent five letters to Art Bell containing typed excerpts from his grandfather's diary.
“Over the following weeks, the anonymous army sergeant, who only ever identified himself as 'A Friend', sent five letters with typed excerpts from his grandfather's diary.”
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When Art Bell told the Art's Parts story letter by letter on his Coast to Coast AM show, his listeners responded sceptically and did not believe it.
“That is what Art Bell's listeners thought, too. When Art started telling the story, letter by letter, week by week, on his Coast to Coast show, his listeners responded sceptically; they did not buy it.”
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In a second letter to Art Bell, the anonymous sergeant wrote that he was surprised by the negative and close-minded responses from some of Art Bell's listeners.
“'I must say that I was somewhat surprised by the negative and close-minded responses directed your way, by some of your own listeners,' the clearly peeved anonymous sergeant wrote in a second letter to Art Bell.”
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In his fourth letter, the anonymous sergeant admitted that during a broadcast of one of Art Bell's radio shows he was on a flight to Hungary for a 1996 military operation called Joint Endeavor.
“the purported sergeant again compromised his anonymity by admitting that, during a broadcast of one of Art Bell's recent radio shows, he was on a flight to Hungary for a 1996 military operation called Joint Endeavor.”
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The anonymous sergeant told Art Bell that his pilot friend was carrying a Roswell sample and that C-130 aircraft do not normally get hit by lightning and explode.
“'You see, Mr Bell, my friend was carrying a Roswell sample. I have reasons to be fearful. C-130s don't normally get hit by lightning and explode,' the anonymous sergeant solemnly told Art.”
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John Pendry is a British theoretical physicist who began conceiving the idea of metamaterials around the mid-1990s, at the same time Art Bell received the mysterious Art's Parts samples.
“Around the same time that Art Bell received the mysterious samples in the mid-1990s, a British theoretical physicist, Sir John Pendry, was beginning to conceive the idea of metamaterials.”
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The November 1996 letter about the metal artefact appeared to be written to a Los Angeles-based Hollywood TV show producer, possibly one collaborating with Linda Moulton Howe or Art Bell, reporting the results of scientific tests.
“It appeared to be written to a Los Angeles–based Hollywood TV show producer, perhaps one collaborating with Linda Moulton Howe or Art Bell, reporting on the results of scientific tests.”
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Ross Coulthart suspects the scientist's 1996 letter had been forwarded to Edgar Mitchell by Linda Moulton Howe or Art Bell to keep Mitchell briefed, with identifying information about the scientist deleted.
“I suspect the scientist's letter had been forwarded to Edgar Mitchell by Linda Howe or Art Bell to keep Mitchell briefed, but they had protected the name of the scientist by deleting a lot of the identifying information in the document.”
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Mick West identified the aluminium louvered sheets from Art Bell's alleged "UFO" material as heat exchanger fins.
“Mick West, 'Identified: Art Bell's "UFO" Aluminum Louvered Sheets – Heat Exchanger Fins', Metabunk.org, 30 July 2019.”
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Whitley Strieber and Art Bell were close friends.
“Oh, God, I miss him so. He was such a friend. We were really close. He was a great guy.”
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