April 12, 2002: Open Lines
April 12, 2002: Open Lines  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Thu Mar 27 2025
Description: Art Bell opens the phone lines on a Friday night packed with eclectic topics and listener suggestions. Callers propose themed lines for time travelers, extraterrestrials, inventors, and alien implant recipients, while Art covers breaking news including the Venezuelan government overthrow, Secretary Powell's troubled Middle East trip, and the discovery of an ancient underwater city off the coast of India.The evening takes unexpected turns as callers share remarkable stories. A former law enforcement officer describes encountering a bat-faced winged creature with glowing red eyes during a night patrol at a water reservoir, while another caller recounts his cat apparently speaking the words "get away" during a heated feline argument instigated by a neighborhood cat. A self-proclaimed Area 51 employee claims 27 underground levels, tunnels stretching to the Atlantic, and personal experience piloting alien reproduction craft.Art also discusses plasma ball research showing these mysterious objects can increase their energy in defiance of known physics, a man who allegedly shot out his own brain tumor, and the ongoing mystery of chemtrails after a listener reports an FAA representative confirming they are a military operation.