Military base or barracks
Airman reports a translucent figure at the foot of his bed at Kunsan Air Force Base
The host reads a letter he introduces as a brief bio and story from a man who describes himself as a former US Air Force airman and later a police officer. The writer says that in the fall of 1977 he was stationed at Kunsan (transcribed “Kusan”) Air Force Base in Korea. He was woken at exactly 0100 on three nights in a row. On the third night he saw a small, stocky Korean male figure in shades of gray in his barracks room. He swung a knife through its throat without effect and watched it touch the blanket over his feet before rising into the air and vanishing. The letter ends with the writer saying he is withholding further detail for privacy and asking the host what he thinks the man saw.
A figure in period flying gear in the cockpit of a parked F-4 at an Air Force hangar
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], from Santa Fe, tells Art Bell that about five years earlier they were stationed at an Air Force base in California. They were on a midnight duty post outside a hangar where Vietnam-era jets were on public display during an air show. After hearing a tap on the canopy glass, they say, they looked up and saw what appeared to be a person in the cockpit of an F-4, dressed in goggles, a scarf, and a cap, and grinning at them. They say they left the hangar and told a friend only that they felt sick. They told no one the reason until about two weeks before the broadcast.
Sister’s feet grabbed and a breathing presence at Fort Meade, Maryland
A caller who says he is from Indiana and a private in the US Army describes his sister’s story of something scratching and grabbing at her feet at night while the family lived on an army base at Fort Meade, Maryland. He also describes his own memories of being woken by breathing in his face and of apparently floating out of his bed. The call is cut short when the host says that physical grabbing makes the situation serious. No resolution or cause is given.
Nightly alarms in sealed missile silo Kilo 11 after a worker’s death
A caller who says they spent ten years as a security policeman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne, Wyoming, tells what they call a famous base story. A missile maintenance worker was crushed by a silo clamping arm and spoke to his wife by radio before dying at Missile Silo Kilo 11. Afterward, an alarm inside the sealed silo went off almost every night. The story ends with the men having to respond repeatedly. No resolution is stated, and the host adds his own commentary.
Leg broken by an unseen kick on lava rock at Kaneohe Marine base
A caller named “roger,” who gives their location as Kailua, Hawaii, says that while fishing alone on a dry lava-rock flat at the Marine Corps Air Station at Kaneohe, their left leg was suddenly thrown above their head and broken, with no visible cause. They report that two people who had followed them at a distance saw the leg fly up and that the back of their calf bore a black mark in the shape of a bare footprint. They say they were treated at the base hospital and then at Tripler Army Hospital, and they state they still do not know what struck them.
Armed party walks through a sprung ambush near the Cambodian border, 1968
A caller who says they were a Vietnam veteran describes an evening in 1968 when they and five other infantrymen set an ambush near a fire base close to the Cambodian border. One of the six woke the others, and they all saw a small armed party of Vietnamese approaching. When the ambush was sprung, the party reportedly kept walking through without reacting. The caller says they have never told anyone about it before and that it had a big effect on their life.
Erotic dreams and a doorway figure in a former SS barracks apartment
An unnamed first-time caller tells Art Bell that while working in Germany in 1980 they lived for a year in a one-bedroom apartment in an old barracks that they say had been used by the SS. They report recurring sensual dreams of a man in high boots and a white shirt. They say their girlfriend and their visiting mother each reported a similar dream or a sighting of the same man. The call ends with the caller saying they warned the apartment’s next tenant and could not stop the experiences.
Dark cloud and a black face seen in an F.E. Warren AFB dormitory
A caller from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who says he was once stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, describes seeing a dark, gas-like cloud above his bed and down the hall of his dormitory. He also describes a black face with navy-blue eyes, and hands, peeking around a corner. Both were gone when he looked straight at them. He also repeats claims that the base is haunted, including ghosts of dogs in the dormitory. This part of the broadcast ends while he is still telling the story. His next story, about an attempted astral projection, falls outside it.
Footsteps of “Footie Pajamas” and a depressed bed at a Mayport military home
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld] says they were in the military, stationed in Mayport, Florida, living in on-base housing with their wife and two small sons. They report hearing child-like “footie pajama” footsteps come to the headboard at night and finding the sons asleep. One night, the caller says, they felt the foot of the bed press down, but nobody was visible when they looked. They say they could not cry out. Then, they report, they suddenly lost all fear and emotion, and that made them lie back down. The host closes the call for a break.
Pounding sensation on a barracks bunk after reading “The Exorcist”
Art Bell reads on air a faxed letter from an unnamed writer. The writer says that in 1973, while stationed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, they read the paperback of “The Exorcist.” The following night, around 5 a.m., they were woken by a pounding sensation on the lower bunk that moved up their torso. They say they ran into the corridor and shouted for help. None of their barracks mates heard them or backed up their story. They say they still believe the incident was real and avoid mirrors and “taboos” to this day.
Air Force captain's ghost at a gate shack after a B-52 crash
A caller named [name withheld], from Chico, California, says that in 1973, while on gate-shack duty for a SAC detachment out of Mississippi, they saw a man in an Air Force captain's uniform who asked, [quote withheld] The figure disappeared when the caller closed and reopened their eyes. The next morning, they report, they found a record of a B-52 that left the base at 3.05 a.m. and crashed seven minutes later, flown by a [name withheld].
Vanishing fisherman and black triangle inside an Alaska mountain base
A caller who gives their name as [quote withheld] tells Art Bell a firsthand story they say happened about four years earlier. It involved a trip inside a military base built into a mountain near Anchorage, Alaska. The caller says they saw a man fishing late at night at a lake inside the mountain. The man looked past them and then vanished when a black triangle vehicle appeared overhead. The story ends without an answer, and the host comments on how strange it is.