February 8, 2000: Ghostly Communications - Joel Rothschild

Joel Rothschild, perhaps the longest-surviving AIDS patient in America, discusses his book Signals about communication from beyond the grave. Rothschild and a friend made a pact that whoever died first would attempt to send signals from the other side. The program also features Peter Gersten reporting on his precedent-setting court appearance in Phoenix, where a federal judge refused to dismiss his Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Defense regarding triangular UFO sightings. Standing room only crowds packed the courthouse as Gersten presented affidavits from numerous witnesses, including Art Bell himself. Judge McNamee took under advisement claims that the government conducted its search for information in bad faith. The Justice Department had requested summary dismissal, but the judge insisted on hearing arguments. Gersten's breakthrough represents a crack in decades of government stonewalling on UFO evidence, offering hope that courts may finally compel transparency.