In 1996, veteran UFO researcher Budd Hopkins published a report that would change the UFO scene in ways no one could have imagined. He described the saga of a woman seemingly abducted from her New York City apartment in the middle of the night and thrust into a world of stalkers, MIB-like men, and diplomatic mystery. No longer was the UFO phenomenon limited to rural locations or lonely roads; if someone could be taken from a bustling city, then no one was safe. But was it true?

We discuss stunning new revelations suggesting that the story may not have been investigated as thoroughly as it should have and consider whether Hopkins may have been drawn in by the lure of crafting a more sensational narrative. Then, for our Plus+ members, we explore a series of strange mass hysteria events that may have a paranormal cause after all.

Links

• The Manhattan Alien Abduction
• The Unbelievable Story Of Linda Napolitano
• Witnessed; The True Story of the Brooklyn Bridge UFO Abductions
• The Day Manhattan Stood Still
• The Singer's Hybrid Daughter
• A Critique of Budd Hopkins' Case of the UFO Abduction of Linda Napolitano
• A Key Witness in the Linda Cortile UFO Abduction Case
• 1996 Budd Hopkins Hears of New Danger from Linda Cortile
• Priests of High Strangeness
• Sight Unseen: Science, UFO Invisibility, and Transgenic Beings
• A Manhattan housewife claimed she got abducted by aliens in 1989 — and now she’s suing Netflix

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• Mad Gasser or Mad M.I.B.?
• Was The ‘Mad Gasser Of Mattoon’ A Poison-Wielding Maniac
• The Enema Bandit
• In Search of the Mad Gasser
• Mad Gasser... Botetourt County, Virginia
• Mad Gassers of America
• A Famous Cryptozoologist, A Mysterious Visitor, and the “Enema Bandit”
• The Most Bizarre Cases of Mysterious Phantom Attackers
• A Mind-Altering Mysterious Woman
• I Was Mauled By A Demon!

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