Recap

Nuclear Scenarios

Monday's guest, theoretical physicist Prof. Michio Kaku (mkaku.org) joined Art Bell (who was sitting in for George) in a conversation about the dark side of nuclear energy. Kaku detailed various little-known nuclear mishaps from earlier decades, such as a Soviet incident that happened in the Ural Mountains in the 1950's, which he called "the mother-of-all nuclear accidents before Chernobyl." The reactor was actually in flames and entire villages had to be evacuated, he noted.

"I would say I'm critical of nuclear power," Kaku said, pointing out that having a potentially unstable reactor near a large population center such as Indian Point (which is 20 miles away from New York City) creates a dangerous scenario. But while he believes small nation states and terrorists may soon have access to nuclear weapons technology, he suggested that the world was probably closer to the brink of extinction during the Cold War, when both the US and the Soviets seriously considered a first strike, which likely would have lead to a "nuclear winter."

Kaku also touched on future space missions. "I think we should have a permanent moon base," but it should be manned by robots he said, which would be cheaper and less dangerous. Two new book projects are in the works for Kaku. His biography of Albert Einstein, Einstein's Cosmos, is set for an April 2004 release, and Parallel Worlds, which looks at the concept of multiverses, will probably be out a year from now, he said.

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Alien on Film?

This photo of a possible alien (click on to view full image) comes to us from Kim Mathis Schwartz (kimmathis13@msn.com) who said she witnessed a craft near her home this past August. The camera "was aimed at the craft, it's hard to see at first because what I think are some kind of light beings are not in an upright position but appear to be crouched over something," she writes.

Click here to see her second image she identifies as the craft.

Kim also writes:
"I certify that I took the two photos one night this past August with a Kodak 35mm throwaway camera with flash. It was around 12:15 midnight central time. I walked out on my patio, there is a small lake and woods behind my house. I saw what I thought was a firecracker in the sky, this is what got my attention, but it never faded away-- it just got brighter and brighter, so I ran inside got the camera, took these two photos, then it speeded right over the house."

"Considering the camera I was using, I was surprised I picked up anything, but I believe the reason I did was because this craft was so illuminated. The first thing that came to my mind was how the star of Bethlehem was described in the Bible, but when it flew overhead, I knew it was no star and because of it's size I knew it was no plane. I used to fly Cessnas so, I would estimate it was about 5,000 ft. in the sky. I got the film developed at Walgreens and paid for it there. I have receipt with date it was developed. I hope it's helpful to the UFO community in some way."