Episode 651: Bob Lazar & Area 51

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Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 55K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

This week, the boys crack open the story of Bob Lazar, the jet-car-building DIY rocket scientist who claims he was recruited to work on extra-terrestrial technology at a secret site near Area 51. From Element 115 and anti-gravity engines to messy credentials and even messier life choices, Lazar’s story is equal parts fascinating and equal parts ridiculous; however, essential to what helped turn Area 51 into one of the weirdest legends in American history.

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0:00.0	There's no place to escape to.
0:02.9	This is the last podcast.
0:05.0	On the left.
0:07.2	That's when the cannibalism started.
0:12.3	Who was that?
0:14.9	You know what this whole episode made me realize?
0:23.7	It's like I'm sad in one way.
0:26.1	Because their life's alive.
0:27.6	Oh, my God.
0:29.5	Wow.
0:30.3	No, not this carefully constructed, wonderful character that you see.
0:35.1	Oh, let me have a sip out of your $3,000
0:37.7	blue fund.
0:38.7	I only did it for five years.
0:40.5	It was only about $1,500. And please, it was, he did it for the polo, not for the cup. And the lander. The lander was quite good. I didn't even know we got the cup. I don't know where that came from. but one thing I missed about this time period is going back to the world of art bell, going back to Bill Cooper, Bob Lazard, these real, like, real old heads know how awesome it used to be.
1:03.1	But the one thing that keeps coming up in all of my research is what a missed opportunity the Mexican community didn't take during 2012.
1:15.4	How during 2012, if they had just, on December 21st, all we need is one guy covered in LED lights
1:22.8	dressed in a quetzig-quaddle like uniform.
1:26.8	I'm saying Mexico's different.
1:29.0	I'm saying the world's different.
1:30.8	You think so?
1:31.5	If they leaned into their Mayaness, if they leaned into how to, you know, just take the calendar.
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