February 12, 1997: Asteroids & Global Warming - Whitley Strieber

Whitley Strieber, bestselling author of Communion and The Secret School, joins Art Bell for a sweeping discussion of two existential threats converging on humanity: asteroid impacts and the accelerating collapse of Antarctic ice. Strieber details how near-Earth objects have gone from a non-threat in 1992 to a weekly concern, citing the 1996 passage of asteroid JA-1, an object large enough to end civilization, discovered only four days before it narrowly missed Earth. The conversation shifts to… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/february-12-1997-asteroids-and-global-warming-whitley-strieber