April 20, 2000: Alien Contactee - Jonathan Reed

Art Bell revisits what he calls the most controversial alien contact story of modern times with Dr. Jonathan Reed and his associate Robert Wraith. Reed recounts his 1996 encounter in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, where he says he struck and apparently killed a small creature that had attacked and destroyed his golden retriever during a day hike.

Reed describes photographing both the being and a hovering diamond-shaped object he calls the obelisk, approximately nine feet long and suspended three feet off the ground. He carried the lightweight body home and placed it in a chest freezer, only to discover three days later that the creature had survived, sitting up and screaming when he opened the lid. Previously unnoticed video footage later revealed the being blinking and moving its facial muscles while Reed believed it was dead.

Reed reports that his home was subsequently ransacked, the freezer removed, and his life upended by surveillance and intimidation. He describes being shot in a parking lot after a lecture and announces plans to present his evidence in Japan. Art examines photographs of the creature and the obelisk on his website throughout the broadcast.