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UFOs

Abductions

Alien abduction stories became widespread in the 1960s after the famous case of Betty and Barney Hill. A typical account includes missing time, a medical examination on board and beings with large eyes. Psychologists point to sleep paralysis, false memories reinforced by hypnosis and the influence of popular culture, but researchers rarely doubt the sincerity of many witnesses.

cases
7
years
1957–1979

Unexplained: 1 Disputed: 5 Hoax: 1

  1. 1950–1959

    1. 1957 Abductions · Unexplained Antônio Villas Boas Abduction Farm near São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais state, Brazil A 23-year-old Brazilian farmer claimed that in October 1957 he was dragged into an egg-shaped craft and examined by helmeted beings.

  2. 1960–1969

    1. 1961 Abductions · Disputed Betty and Barney Hill Abduction U.S. Route 3 near Lincoln, White Mountains, New Hampshire, United States A couple driving home from vacation at night saw a light following their car and, under hypnosis, recalled an examination aboard an alien craft.

  3. 1970–1979

    1. 1973 Abductions · Disputed Pascagoula Abduction Pier on the Pascagoula River, Mississippi, United States Two workers fishing from a pier claimed that three beings with pincers took them aboard an oval craft.
    2. 1975 Abductions · Disputed Travis Walton Incident Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Heber, Arizona, United States Logger Travis Walton vanished for five days after – according to his coworkers – he was struck by a beam of light from an object above the forest.
    3. 1976 Abductions · Disputed Allagash Abductions Eagle Lake on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine, United States Four young men fishing at night on a Maine lake saw a glowing sphere and, years later under hypnosis, recalled an abduction.
    4. 1977 Abductions · Disputed The Disappearance of Corporal Valdés on the Lluscuma Plateau Pampa Lluscuma near Putre, Arica y Parinacota region, Chile In 1977, Chilean corporal Armando Valdés vanished for 15 minutes while walking toward a bright light and returned with several days’ stubble.
    5. 1979 Abductions · Hoax Cergy-Pontoise UFO Abduction Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d’Oise department, France In 1979, a young Frenchman vanished for a week and his friends spoke of a UFO abduction; years later one of them admitted it had been a hoax.