May 29, 2005: UFOs in the USSR - Paul Stonehill

Art Bell welcomes Paul Stonehill, a Kiev-born researcher who immigrated to the United States in 1972, for a deep examination of UFO phenomena across the former Soviet Union. Stonehill draws on decades of research into declassified Soviet military reports, intelligence files, and eyewitness accounts to reveal encounters that were hidden behind the Iron Curtain for generations.

Stonehill describes incidents where unidentified objects hovered over Soviet nuclear missile silos and initiated launch sequences, nearly triggering nuclear war. He recounts how Soviet submarines were tracked by enormous, fast-moving underwater objects dubbed "croakers" for the strange sounds they emitted. The discussion also covers the Tunguska explosion of 1908, which Stonehill argues does not match the profile of a meteorite, citing subsequent magnetic disturbances, mutations, and an unusual surge in births of geniuses worldwide.

The conversation turns to Soviet mind control research using electromagnetic waves, including plans to deploy such weapons aboard orbital space stations aimed at entire populations. Stonehill also details Soviet cosmonauts reporting invisible presences aboard space stations that whispered warnings against human space exploration, and the mysterious fate of the Phobos II probe near Mars.