UFO Story

From the Paranet UFO echo:

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On or about the evening of November 30, 1989, at approximately 3:15 AM, Linda
(last name withheld) was asleep in her apartment on the 12th floor of an
apartment building in New York City, together with her husband and two young
sons. She made contact with Budd Hopkins and under hypnosis reported being
levitated off her bed, approached by three grey aliens, and transported with
them through her apartment wall out above the street and then up into a
floating disk. She reported that she sensed her nightgown being drawn up to her
face.

A few weeks later, Dan (last name withheld) wrote a letter to Hopkins, stating
that he and his partner Richard (last name withheld) had witnessed the event
from a car parked on the street about a block away.  He described a young woman
and three small grey creatures emerging from the side of the building at the
12th floor in a fetal position, arms wrapped around their legs, head up, with
one creature above the woman and the other two below and to each side. After
emerging from the side of the building, their bodies extended and they were
then lifted up and into the floating disk, which was described as having an
orange glowing topside, with yellow illumination extending down and outward,
except for a narrow bluish beam extending straight downward up which the four
figures were lifted. Dan reported that after the figures entered the craft, it
then moved over and down into the river (name withheld by author) and never
reappeared. Dan described himself and Richard as "undercover policemen" who
would not publicly come forward for fear of damaging their careers. Dan said
they were both extremely upset by the incident, fearing for the life or safety
of the young woman, and distressed that they had been unable to do anything to
help her.  Dan stated that he and Richard would attempt to visit the apartment
from which Linda had been taken to see what became of her.

Having no way to contact Dan or Richard, Hopkins read their letter to Linda,
advising her that they might visit her, and asking her to ask them to contact
him again if they did.

Dan and Richard then went to Linda's apartment, and when they identified
themselves, Linda told them Hopkins had told her to expect them. Dan and
Richard were very relieved that Linda was seemingly okay, and Linda expressed
mixed feelings, saying that it might have been easier to accept being crazy
than having it be confirmed that it really happened.

Dan and Richard did not agree to visit Hopkins, but Linda did get them to agree
to send Hopkins an audiotape giving a more detailed account of the events of
November 30, and a few days later Hopkins did receive the audiotape, which he
played for the MUFON audience. Dan reported that Richard was so concerned about
Linda that he had taken to observing her and her apartment during off hours to
make sure she was okay.

In the meantime, Linda developed discomfort in her right nostril and visited
her physician, who took an Xray. A day or two later, before the Xray was
developed and returned, Linda woke up with blood over her face and bedding from
her right nostril. The Xray was shown to the MUFON audience. It clearly showed
a cylindrical radio-opaque object, perhaps 2-4 mm in length, with a helical
pointed extension off each end and to one side. Subsequent examination showed
no object present and under hypnosis it came out that Linda had been visited
again by aliens and the object removed.

In the meantime, Hopkins tried to identify Dan and Richard. Then he was
contacted by a woman who reported that she had been driving on a major New York
bridge (name withheld by author) on the evening of November 30, 1989, together
with a few other cars, when her vehicle stopped, together with all electrical
activity. She then noticed an orange glow and saw a glowing disk floating above
and to the side of an apartment building near the bridge. She saw a young woman
and three small grey creatures emerge from the side of the building, from an
upper floor about the level of the bridge, in fetal position, then extend
before lifting up into the disk along a blue beam. She also reported that
people in other stalled vehicles also saw the incident. After the disk left,
her car's dome light came on again and she was able to restart her car and
leave the area.

When asked to remember the event and count off the number of seconds it took
from the time the figures emerged from the side of the building to the time
they unfolded, the witness estimated x seconds (number withheld by author).

In the meantime, Dan and Richard accosted Linda on the street, asking her to
come with them. When she refused, they took her by force to another location
and interrogated her. They seemed particularly concerned about whether she
could tell them whether the aliens had known about the men witnessing the
event. They also removed her shoes and examined her feet, seeking confirmation
that she was human, because they thought aliens had no toes.

Under hypnosis, Linda was able to give Hopkins the license number of one of the
vehicles used in arresting her and part of the license number of the other.
From that and other investigation, Hopkins was able to learn that they are not
policemen, but US government agents. The men further revealed to Linda that at
the time of the incident, their car had been moving and lost power, and that
they had a third party with them, a high public official who they were
escorting, who also witnessed the incident. They excused their own abduction of
her as a matter of "national security".

Hopkins reported that he has been able to obtain a photograph of one of the two
men, knows their identities and their agency, and knows the identity of the
high public official who was with them.

Hopkins further reported on some other visits to Linda and her family. It
turned out that her youngest son had been similarly abducted from their
apartment several months before the events of November 30, 1989. And during a
later overnight visit by a young family friend, Linda, her husband, two sons,
and their guest all awoke with severe nosebleeds from their right nostrils.

One of the two men also provided a drawing, which closely resembled one done by
the witness on the bridge, and also resembled one done by the son of Linda who
had been abducted. One of the men also estimated that the duration from
emergence to unfolding was about x seconds (same number reported by bridge
witness).

Hopkins then produced Linda, who further elaborated on her experiences and
answered questions from the audience.

In subsequent remarks and remarks to the author in private, Budd Hopkins said
he hoped that more witnesses would come forward, and that the public official
would come forward, if not in public then at least to privately contact him. He
confirmed that he is withholding a number of details that he will use to verify
the authenticity of any witness accounts he may receive.

Linda appears to be in her mid-30s, slender, attractive, about 5'6", with long
brown hair, an Italian-American Catholic whose boys go to parochial schools.

Arch-debunker Phil Klass was very careful to get a good photograph of Linda.

The author asked Hopkins whether he had taken precautions to make sure the
facts come out in case anything happens to him. Hopkins is recovering from a
recent operation, but says he is now feeling fine. He assured the author he has
thought about the problem and that was the reason he decided to take the matter
public at this time. He said he is trying to get a more complete report
published in the New York _Post_, so readers should look for it there. If any
mishap should befall Hopkins, or any attempt be made to silence or discredit
him, readers should not fail to ask penetrating questions about the matter.

This case is significant because there have heretofore been few cases of
abductions witnessed by persons who were not among the abducted. Hopkins
expressed the opinion that the event may, at least in part, have been staged
for the benefit of the public figure who witnessed it.

The feelings of some in the audience may have later been summarized by Shelley
..., one of the attendees, who said "God, I hope it's not Dan Quayle!"

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The author apologizes for any errors in the above report, taken from
memory after returning from the Symposium.
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jdr@starflight.corp.sun.com, starflt@uunet.uu.net
Jon Roland
Starflight Corporation, 1755 E Bayshore Rd #9A,



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