December 6, 1996: Hale Bopp - Whitley Strieber & Chuck Shramek

Whitley Strieber and amateur astronomer Chuck Shramek join Art Bell to examine the growing controversy surrounding Comet Hale-Bopp and its mysterious companion object. Shramek, who took 161 photographs of the comet from Houston, describes how NASA and JPL rushed to debunk his findings while multiple independent sources now show anomalous objects near the comet. Strieber reveals that the Royal Astronomical Observatory in Greenwich initially confirmed awareness of the object before backtracking.… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/december-6-1996-hale-bopp-whitley-strieber-and-chuck-shramek