Topic
Abductions
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The Betty and Barney Hill Case: First Widely Documented Abduction Account
In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill reported a close encounter on a New Hampshire highway that became the first widely publicized UFO abduction case in the United States,...

The Pascagoula Abduction: Two Fishermen's Account Under Official Scrutiny
On October 11, 1973, shipyard workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker reported being taken aboard an unidentified craft while fishing on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi, an...

The Travis Walton Case: Five-Day Disappearance in the Arizona Woods
On November 5, 1975, forestry worker Travis Walton disappeared for five days in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona after co-workers testified they witnessed him...
Case files (4)

The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction | New Hampshire, 1961
On 19 September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill encountered a craft and lost two hours on a New Hampshire highway. Under hypnosis, both described being taken aboard and examined. The...

The Pascagoula Abduction | Mississippi, 1973
On 11 October 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on the Pascagoula River when robotic beings floated them aboard a craft. A secretly recorded police conversation...
Whitley Strieber, Communion | Upstate New York, 1985
In December 1985, horror novelist Whitley Strieber experienced a visitation at his cabin in upstate New York that would become the bestselling book Communion and embed the image of...

The Travis Walton Abduction | Arizona, 1975
On 5 November 1975, logger Travis Walton was struck by a beam of light from a hovering craft in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. He vanished for five days. All six crew...
Biographies (3)

Betty Hill | Biography
Eunice Elizabeth Barrett Hill, New Hampshire social worker whose 19 September 1961 encounter on US Route 3 with her husband Barney became, through the 1964 hypnosis sessions with...

Charles Hickson | Biography
Charles E. Hickson, Korean War US Army veteran, Jones County constable, and foreman at F. B. Walker's shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. On 11 October 1973 he and...

Whitley Strieber | Biography
Louis Whitley Strieber, novelist (The Wolfen 1978, The Hunger 1981, Warday 1984) whose December 1985 encounter at his cabin in Accord, Ulster County, New York became Communion: A...