Four men on a camping trip in Maine experienced missing time after a beam of light engulfed their canoe; all independently recalled identical abduction experiences.
Logger Travis Walton was struck by a beam from a hovering disc and vanished for 5 days; six coworkers who witnessed the event passed polygraph tests.
A US Army helicopter was pulled upward 2,100 feet by an unknown force while a cigar-shaped object bathed it in a green beam, confirmed by ground witnesses.
A teenager witnessed a glowing object that left a hydrophobic ring in the soil with anomalous chemical properties persisting for years.
Police officer Lonnie Zamora witnessed a landed egg-shaped craft with two figures that left physical traces investigated by the FBI and Project Blue Book.
The first widely publicized alien abduction case in the US, featuring missing time, hypnotic regression, and the iconic Betty Hill star map.