Art Bell hosts an open lines evening under a full moon, covering a wide range of news and listener calls. He opens with updates on the UPS strike settlement, ongoing troubles aboard the Mir space station where the main computer crashed during a resupply docking, and growing concerns about the volcano on Montserrat that British officials warn could produce a catastrophic eruption engulfing the entire island.
Art announces a newly posted photograph of Area 51 on his website, calling it the best image he has ever seen of the classified facility. He also promotes the Rogue Market, an online stock trading game where listeners can invest fake money in media personalities, urging his audience to buy Art Bell stock and overtake Howard Stern and Don Imus. A caller from Altoona asks about his UFO sighting, and Art confirms he once saw one at close range, an encounter that sparked his intense interest in the subject.
The evening takes a strange turn when Art reveals he has been contacted by surviving members of the Heaven's Gate group and may conduct an interview. A caller reports seeing an object speeding past the Mir space station from eastern Washington, leading Art to speculate about electromagnetic pulses and the mysterious computer failure aboard the station.
