April 16, 2002: Mars & UFOs in Chile - Richard C. Hoagland & Whitley Strieber
April 16, 2002: Mars & UFOs in Chile - Richard C. Hoagland & Whitley Strieber  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Sat Mar 29 2025
Description: Art Bell welcomes Whitley Strieber with breaking news from Chile, where a UFO congress reportedly produced extraordinary close encounters. Witnesses describe a craft landing with beings standing six and a half feet tall in shiny body suits, while 24 conference attendees allegedly experienced a form of teleportation, disappearing physically in front of a large crowd. Strieber notes similar sightings occurred simultaneously near Alice Springs, Australia, featuring triangular craft and silvery beings.The discussion turns to why Latin America and Australia appear to be experiencing more open contact while the United States military posture discourages such encounters. Strieber shares details of a dinner with Monsignor Balducci at the Vatican, where the cleric expressed that contact would primarily be a spiritual matter and indicated the Pope's awareness of the phenomenon. The conversation also addresses accelerating climate change, including the Larsen B ice shelf collapse and a 40 percent slowdown in Atlantic ocean currents.Richard C. Hoagland then presents new Mars Odyssey photographs of the Cydonia region. He argues the images confirm the face-like structure seen in original Viking data, pointing to geometric relationships between the face, a massive five-sided pyramid, and a tetrahedral ruin. Hoagland also highlights NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe's speech advocating nuclear propulsion for deep space exploration.