There is probably no case of alien abduction more widely known than that of Travis Walton, a 22-year-old logger from Snowflake, AZ. Travis's case includes a number of details that strongly suggest at the involvement of extraterrestrial beings; but it also has some similarities to older accounts of "abduction" in other times and places.

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Main Sources:

Face the State. “Travis Walton's First Interview.” November 11, 1975. Available at https://alien-ufo-research.com/travis-walton-abduction.

Klass, Philip J. UFOs: The Public Deceived. Buffalo, NY, USA: Prometheus Books, 1983.

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Lieberman, Robert, dir. Fire in the Sky. Hollywood, CA, USA: Paramount Pictures, 1993.

OpenMindsTV. “Steve Pierce: Witness to the Travis Walton alien abduction incident.” YouTube video, 5:40. May 10, 2012. https://youtu.be/P4fSCzT0yzI.

OpenMindsTV. “Travis Walton shares new theory on Fire in the Sky alien abduction.” YouTube video, 5:51. July 2, 2012. https://youtu.be/Nwy-A0OtQIA.

Parry, Emma. “I WAS TAKEN World’s most famous ‘alien abductee’ Travis Walton slams sceptics – claiming 16 lie detector tests prove his story is TRUE.” The Sun. September 20, 2017.

Stein, Jennifer, dir. Travis - The True Story of Travis Walton. USA: Onwinges Productions, Bloomgarden Films, Ivolve Media Group, Terrio Productions, Two of Us Productions, 2015. https://traviswaltonthemovie.com.

Walton, Travis. Fire in the Sky: The Walton Experience. Snowflake, AZ, USA: Skyfire Productions, (1978) 2010.

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