Travis Walton
Travis Walton was abducted by a flying saucer in November of 1975 in the mountains of Arizona, with six of his co-workers as witnesses. They saw a bright light in the sky and a golden disc hovering 20 feet up; it was approximately ten feet thick and 20 feet in diameter. When Walton left the truck to investigate the metallic saucer, he was lifted into the air and went missing for five days until he reappeared on the side of the highway. Fellow loggers were blamed for Walton’s disappearance and accused of murder. He wrote about his UFO abduction experience in his book, Fire in the Sky, which was adapted into the 1993 movie of the same name.
Travis Walton’s story remains one of the most well-documented cases of alien abduction ever known, yet Walton received an onslaught of criticism from skeptics who sought to discredit his experience. He has appeared on numerous television programs, radio shows and podcasts, and is the subject of the documentary film, Travis: The Travis Walton Story, directed by Jennifer Stein.