I first heard this audio while listening to the song "Faaip De Oiad" by Tool, I thought they had made it up, but a few years later I heard it online and was surprised by it's origins.
In 1997 on the Coast to Coast AM radio show Art Bell received a call from a distressed man claiming to be a former employee of Area 51, just as it was getting juicy the radio station got knocked off the air, the cause of the outage was put down to the satellite loosing earth lock, the backup system comes on, but without the frantic caller.
Here's the audio.
Area 51 : The Frantic Caller
Apparently the frantic caller rang back a few weeks later and confessed it to be a hoax but I haven't been able to find any good info about that aspect.
Anyway taking this audio to a whole nother level is the video below which takes what the caller says and reverses it, apparently revealing a hidden message, something about global oceans warming and some kind of shield. To tell you the truth when I don't read the text that goes with this video I can't make out anything understandable, it takes a lot of effort.
Area 51 Redux
Getting back to the original audio, I've always liked it and whenever I stumble across it I always give it a listen, real or fake, it still gives me the chills.
Good videos, especially the first one, it is chilling, the second one made me want to watch some of the old outer limits, (I have the complete series on dvd), which I am going to do later, got the day off.
ReplyDeleteI never heard about the guy admitting it was a hoax, but I remember that call in '97. I never listen anymore, unless someone I know is on, but back in the old days with Art Bell it was entertaining, occasionally educational, and always strange!
ReplyDeleteIt's usually just briefly mentioned that the he called back and admitted it was a hoax, but I haven't been able to find anything definite.
ReplyDeleteI've never listened to C2C, tried one time but I had to buy a subscription of something, probably have to check it out again and see what's up, wouldn't mind listening to the archives, in that aspect youtube's been my friend.
I'm a full on C2C radio show noob.
does anyone else think the frantic area 51 caller is Jay Weidner I wish someone would do a voice analysis
ReplyDeletePeople have done voice analysis and proved the second
ReplyDeleteSupposed hoax call was not the same person that did the original frantic area 51 call.