Long John Nebel Program (Circa 1958)
Long before Art Bell, Long John Nebel owned the airwaves at
night. Broadcasting from a studio in New York, his program often dealt
with unusual subjects that were designed to attract the overnight audiance, and
many times that meant UFOs were the subject of discussion.
On January 22, 1958 the Armstrong Circle Theatre created a
controversy in the field of Ufology when the audio portion of the broadcast when
Maj. Donald Keyhoe attempted to make a statement at the end of the show that had
not been a part of the "approved" script. In addition to Maj. Keyhoe, the
pilot who had helped to coin the phrase "Flying Saucer", Kenneth Arnold, had
been scheduled to appear on the show. However, he declined to take part
after he had arrived in New York.
Long John Nebel discussed the controversy surrounding the
program on his overnight talk show on March 9th/10th, 1958. The first hour
of his four hour program has been converted to .wav format, which includes his
telephone conversation with the Producer of the Armstrong Circle Theater,
Kenneth Arnold (who declined at the last minute to take part in the program) and
others.
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