The Black Knight satellite theory claims that a spacecraft of extraterrestrial origin is in near-polar orbit of the Earth, and that NASA is covering up its existence and origin. Billy Carson, founder and CEO of 4BiddenKnowledge TV, joined host Ian Punnett (Twitter) to discuss his new film and research into the satellite, including its origins, and the nature of its mission.

In 1899, Nikola Tesla discovered a signal from space during a series of radio wave experiments where he picked up long-delayed echoes, Carson explained. "[Tesla] started to question where in the world were some these radio waves were coming from because he was the only one that he knew of that was doing testing of this type on planet Earth," he reported, noting Tesla hypothesized the signal was of alien origin and coming from Mars. In 1954, before any nation on Earth had placed satellites into orbit, aviator Donald Keyhoe claimed the United States Air Force had discovered two objects orbiting the planet, Carson added.

The first nation to put a satellite into Earth's orbit was the former Soviet Union with Sputnik in 1957. The Russians reported seeing an object following Sputnik, Carson continued. NASA's first interaction with what may have been the Black Knight satellite was during STS-88, the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. The mission captured several high-resolution images of objects that NASA ultimately labeled as space junk, Carson reported. "One of those images is clearly what we are calling the Black Knight satellite," he said, pointing out the object was estimated to weigh 15 tons and no nation at the time could have launched such a payload into space. "There's just too many coincidences... circumstantial evidence just keeps piling up," Carson suggested.

The Black Knight satellite may have originated from a planet near the star Epsilon Boötis. Carson connected Boötis to the ancient Sumerian god Enlil, who tradition says had an "all-seeing eye" from which he could monitor human activity and conditions on Earth. Enlil used a crystal tablet to control the eye and make decisions about which humans should live and which should die, Carson added. The only way someone could see what was happening on the planet was to have access to a polar-orbiting satellite, he proposed. "I believe that they may have gone back to wherever they're from and left that satellite here... and have it transmitting information as to what's going on," Carson asserted.

What Makes A Song Great?

In the first hour, multi-instrumentalist and music producer Rick Beato talked about how he analyzes pop songs and the success of his popular YouTube channel. "I can listen to the same song forever, you know, thousands of times," Beato said, noting his work as a producer involves listening to a song, or at least parts of the song, as many as 1,500 times during production. In his "What Makes This Song Great?" video series, Beato examines how a song is written, produced, and orchestrated. He utilizes multi-track recordings to dive into what each instrument is contributing to the song, and why certain things work. "The demonstrating part is really the most important part, when you play it, and you say, 'this is why this gives you this impression,'" Beato revealed. He also referenced research that examined No. 1 charting pop songs from the years 1958 to 2021. Until 2009 about 25 percent of those songs had at least one key change, but after that year, the research found only one example of a No. 1 song with a key change, Beato reported.