The Bell Island Boom - 2 - What Happened? (with Astonishing Legends)

Nighttime

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True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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When one imagines the setting for a story involving experimental weapons, international espionage, unexplained aerial anomalies, and cold war anxieties... they probably aren’t picturing a tranquil island in Newfoundland. But, there is no imagining about it, Bell island, Newfoundland, is just that. This all stems from a still unexplained aerial explosion that rocked the skies about the island, and set in motion a series of bizarre events that seemed pulled from the pages of a science fiction novel. The entire ordeal still leaves those who lived through it scratching their heads, but one thing is without question, for a moment in 1978, Canadian and American defense satellites detected more light reflecting from this island than what was seen during the bombing of Hiroshima and we aren’t certain why. In this episode of Nighttime, we will welcome Scott Philbrook and Forrest Burgess (hosts of Astonishing Legends) to discuss what may have happened on (or above) Bell Island. Links: Astonishing Legends: Website - Twitter Nightcap post show episode (Patron Exclusive) : patreon.com/nighttimepodcast 1978 CBC documentary on the event The Invisible Machine (2004 documentary on the Event) William Shatner hosted syfy channel documentary Credits: Ambient Theme: Spooky Ambience by Paragon Cause https://paragoncause.bandcamp.com/ Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Email: [email protected] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Welcome back to a planned two-part series covering the Bell Island boom.
1:05.4	In the prior episode I told you the story of the bizarre aerial explosion that, to be honest,
1:10.7	sounds completely made up, but it isn't the events as I described them in that
1:15.7	episode did play out in and around a small island in Newfoundland so after
1:22.4	digesting the narrative telling of the story, a question still remains.
1:26.7	What the hell happened? Well as it turns out the answer to that question is both disputed and one that takes us to some really
1:36.2	strange places. Of course we have the official explanation. The explosion was caused by a rare type of lightning called ball lightning.
1:45.0	But as I made it clear in that prior episode, that explanation has some big problems.
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