Appearing for the full program, rocket scientist David Adair delved into UFOs and Area 51. He began with a sharp jab at the U.S. government's International Space Station program, branding it a "bureaucratic money pit" that, in his view, burned through research dollars while delivering meager returns in its early days. From there, he and Art drifted into speculation about space tourism, its long-term effects on the human body, and even the practicalities of sex beyond Earth's gravity.
In the next segment, Adair turned to interstellar travel. Reaching the nearest star, he said, would take "hundreds of years," raising thorny questions about multigenerational crews and children born far from Earth. He also shared what he described as little-known details about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, arguing that safety compromises tied to budget cuts contributed to the tragedy. Adair traced his technical roots to childhood. His father owned a machine shop, giving him the tools to build rockets from scratch. One early test left a scorched patch of ground "half the size of a football field," a backyard baptism by fire.
In 1971, at age 14, Adair said he was taken to a remote facility later associated with Area 51. There, he claimed, he was escorted underground and shown unusual aircraft shaped like a "reverse teardrop." In a shadowless, evenly lit room, he encountered what he called an "electromagnetic fusion engine," seamless and rivet-free, resembling "two octopuses with their tentacles intertwined." Asked to assess damage to the device, Adair said he inquired which alien group had built it. The question was not well received. In that moment, he concluded, "the government is lying to you."