1 00:00:00,128 --> 00:00:07,134 This series presents information based in part on theory and conjecture. 2 00:00:07,134 --> 00:00:17,143 The producer's purpose is to suggest some possible explanations but not necessarily the only ones to the mysteries we will examine. 3 00:00:17,143 --> 00:00:32,156 A family in Utah claims they were abducted from the safety of their home and held prisoner on board a UFO. 4 00:00:32,156 --> 00:00:41,164 Other people have also reported being captured by extraterrestrials. 5 00:00:42,165 --> 00:00:52,174 A man in Wyoming claims that while he was hunting, he came face to face with alien beings and was forcibly taken on board this spacecraft. 6 00:00:52,174 --> 00:01:18,197 500 billion stars in our galaxy alone, each a seething universe spitting fire and light. 7 00:01:18,197 --> 00:01:25,203 Only recently have the powerful eyes of radio telescopes given mankind a glimpse of the infinity of space. 8 00:01:25,203 --> 00:01:40,216 Astronomers maintain that if intelligent life exists on distant worlds, the likelihood of it crossing the endless chasm of time and space is next to impossible. 9 00:01:40,216 --> 00:01:59,233 Yet, 50,000 UFO sightings are reported each year. Some are backed by what is purported to be concrete evidence, like the suspended image of a UFO captured by an Arizona cameraman in 1966. 10 00:01:59,233 --> 00:02:06,239 The television cameraman isn't the only person who's convinced that he has proof that UFOs are visiting the Earth. 11 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:14,246 What's even more startling are the first-hand accounts of people who insist that they've been abducted by extraterrestrials. 12 00:02:14,246 --> 00:02:22,253 These people claim to have been held as prisoners on board spacecraft, examined by aliens, and then released. 13 00:02:22,253 --> 00:02:29,259 What makes their testimony difficult to dismiss is that it comes from average Americans. 14 00:02:36,265 --> 00:02:48,276 Carl Higdon is the foreman of an oil rig in Rawlins, Wyoming. He's been at the same job for 15 years, working six days a week to support a family of seven. 15 00:02:48,276 --> 00:03:05,290 His crew refers to him as the Wyoming Coyote because of his feisty determination to get the job done against all odds. 16 00:03:05,290 --> 00:03:12,297 The youngest woodsman, with a love for the hunt, he looks forward to those days he can retreat into the forest. 17 00:03:12,297 --> 00:03:23,306 However, one October morning in 1974 was to be different from all other days. Carl recreates the events as he remembers them. 18 00:03:23,306 --> 00:03:28,311 I went to pick up my crew to go to work, and one of them was sick so we couldn't work. 19 00:03:28,311 --> 00:03:42,323 So I came back to the house and decided I'd go hunting. So I decided to go on down into the forest and I hunted down there until almost been around four o'clock. 20 00:03:42,323 --> 00:03:49,329 So I walked down over this hill. Whenever I got over the hill I'd see these five elk standing down there. 21 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:54,334 One was a big bull so I raised my gun to shoot. 22 00:03:54,334 --> 00:04:13,350 Then something happened beyond his range of experience. 23 00:04:13,350 --> 00:04:25,361 Carl blacked out. When he regained consciousness, he was aware that an undetermined period of time had elapsed and that he had lost touch with reality. 24 00:04:25,361 --> 00:04:35,370 He stumbled through the forest in a dazed condition, trying desperately to figure out where he was and how he could get help. 25 00:04:36,370 --> 00:04:47,380 By eight in the evening, Marjorie Higdon became alarmed when her husband hadn't returned. She called for a search party. 26 00:04:47,380 --> 00:04:55,387 Hello Marilyn? Yes, this is Margie. Carl's not in from hunting yet and I was wondering if you guys could take me out and look for him. 27 00:04:55,387 --> 00:05:02,393 Yeah I know but he's not in yet. Yeah but I don't have a four wheel drive. 28 00:05:02,393 --> 00:05:11,401 Uh huh. Well, I don't know. I just feel like I ought to go look for him. 29 00:05:26,414 --> 00:05:36,423 Carl's friends discovered him in a semi-conscious state. They were disturbed by his incoherent ramblings. 30 00:05:36,423 --> 00:05:51,436 What happened? I don't know. You don't know? I don't know. It seems strange. You sure you're alright? Uh, yeah? You not hurting anywhere? No. Okay. 31 00:05:51,436 --> 00:05:56,441 I'll get you out of here and get you to the doctor as soon as you can. 32 00:06:01,445 --> 00:06:09,452 Carl was rushed to the emergency ward at the Carbon County Hospital where he had trouble seeing, hearing and speaking. 33 00:06:09,452 --> 00:06:20,462 Nurse Ella Peterson attended him for three days. During that time he remained mainly in an amnesiac state, unable to recall his own name or recognize his wife. 34 00:06:22,463 --> 00:06:31,471 After the incident, life in Rawlins changed for Carl. He was too disoriented to work or function normally. 35 00:06:31,471 --> 00:06:39,478 In desperation, he contacted the UFO agency, APRO, who sent Dr. Leo Sprinkle to investigate. 36 00:06:39,478 --> 00:06:49,487 I serve as a consultant in psychology and my primary interest is working with those people who claim to not only see flying saucers, 37 00:06:49,487 --> 00:07:00,497 but also claim to have had some kind of abduction experience or some kind of contact, face-to-face contact with alien beings who are associated with the UFOs. 38 00:07:00,497 --> 00:07:10,506 I myself have investigated 23 persons using hypnotic techniques to assist them to recall the experience. 39 00:07:10,506 --> 00:07:18,513 Okay, let yourself relax deeply and go right back to that same deep concentration, that same deep relaxation. 40 00:07:18,513 --> 00:07:25,519 Let the muscles relax. Let yourself know that you can breathe deeply and easily as you look at the spot. 41 00:07:25,519 --> 00:07:37,529 Sometimes these people have a loss of time experience, an amnesiac period, which occurs during the UFO sighting and then later they check their watches and find out that they have lost some time, which they cannot account for. 42 00:07:37,529 --> 00:07:50,541 And these cases are most exciting and interesting because it suggests the possibility that the persons have been taken on board, have been examined and then released and have been told that they will not remember what has happened. 43 00:07:56,546 --> 00:07:59,549 Up higher. 44 00:08:03,552 --> 00:08:06,555 The bullet don't look right. 45 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:13,561 There's somebody. 46 00:08:15,563 --> 00:08:16,564 Strange. 47 00:08:25,571 --> 00:08:27,573 He wants me to go with him. 48 00:08:32,578 --> 00:08:33,579 Light your bright. 49 00:08:38,583 --> 00:08:39,584 Light your... 50 00:08:49,593 --> 00:08:50,593 I can't... 51 00:08:51,594 --> 00:08:53,596 Can't keep my eyes open. I can't see. 52 00:08:55,598 --> 00:08:56,599 I can't see. 53 00:09:05,607 --> 00:09:08,609 They look like me. Same features. 54 00:09:11,612 --> 00:09:12,613 He said... 55 00:09:14,615 --> 00:09:15,615 The sun burns him. 56 00:09:17,617 --> 00:09:19,619 He's gonna take me. Take me back. 57 00:09:19,619 --> 00:09:28,627 Just let yourself go back inside the cubicle. What happens inside the cubicle? 58 00:09:31,629 --> 00:09:32,630 Oh. 59 00:09:35,633 --> 00:09:37,635 I can't get in. There ain't no door. 60 00:09:39,636 --> 00:09:41,638 Do you know how you get in? 61 00:09:44,641 --> 00:09:45,642 No. 62 00:09:49,645 --> 00:09:52,648 We're... above the trees. 63 00:09:54,650 --> 00:09:55,651 I can see. 64 00:09:57,652 --> 00:09:58,653 Pretty good. 65 00:09:59,654 --> 00:10:01,656 The ball looks like a... 66 00:10:03,658 --> 00:10:04,658 basketball. 67 00:10:06,660 --> 00:10:07,661 But he's got up to... 68 00:10:08,662 --> 00:10:10,664 gray outline. 69 00:10:16,669 --> 00:10:17,670 It's kind of dark. 70 00:10:19,672 --> 00:10:20,672 No light. 71 00:10:24,676 --> 00:10:27,679 There's light again. 72 00:10:33,684 --> 00:10:34,685 We're back. 73 00:10:37,687 --> 00:10:43,693 In the investigation of a case, Dr. Sprinkle attempts to establish an abductee's credibility. 74 00:10:44,694 --> 00:10:51,700 He closely questioned Nurse Peterson to determine Carl's condition immediately following the incident. 75 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:57,705 He kept his eyes closed most of the time saying that they hurt quite a bit. 76 00:10:57,705 --> 00:11:01,709 And other than that, why he had no complaints of pain. 77 00:11:07,714 --> 00:11:12,718 In order to corroborate the story, he arranged for a polygraph exam to be administered. 78 00:11:13,719 --> 00:11:17,723 Regarding whether or not you actually had that UFO experience in question, 79 00:11:17,723 --> 00:11:20,725 do you intend to answer truth-lead question to that? 80 00:11:20,725 --> 00:11:21,726 Yes. 81 00:11:27,731 --> 00:11:30,734 Did you write in that spacecraft you described to me? 82 00:11:30,734 --> 00:11:31,735 Yes. 83 00:11:31,735 --> 00:11:36,739 In my own personal opinion, I find with the cases I've investigated 84 00:11:36,739 --> 00:11:40,743 that there seems to be no evidence of hoax. 85 00:11:40,743 --> 00:11:44,746 There seems to be no evidence of a psychotic reaction, 86 00:11:44,746 --> 00:11:49,751 which has caused the individual to falsely believe that he or she has had an abduction. 87 00:11:49,751 --> 00:11:55,756 So that I'm left with the mysterious and sometimes uncomfortable feeling 88 00:11:55,756 --> 00:11:59,759 that the cases are happening as the individuals describe. 89 00:11:59,759 --> 00:12:04,764 That is, that they are being taken on board, examined and released by intelligent beings 90 00:12:04,764 --> 00:12:09,768 who, for their own reasons, are engaging in these experiences. 91 00:12:15,773 --> 00:12:16,774 Go ahead. 92 00:12:17,775 --> 00:12:22,780 Carl managed to work through a traumatic incident that he had been unable to live with. 93 00:12:23,781 --> 00:12:27,784 With the help of Dr. Sprinkel, he no longer was haunted by nightmares. 94 00:12:27,784 --> 00:12:30,787 He no longer doubted his own sanity. 95 00:12:32,788 --> 00:12:35,791 The abduction experience was resolved to his own satisfaction, 96 00:12:35,791 --> 00:12:38,794 and Carl resumed his work with a new figure. 97 00:12:39,795 --> 00:12:42,797 Don't make the hell of beans mean what anybody believes you're not. 98 00:12:42,797 --> 00:12:44,799 I know what happened to me. 99 00:12:44,799 --> 00:12:47,802 If people want to take it at face value, that's fine. 100 00:12:47,802 --> 00:12:49,803 If they don't, they don't make any difference. 101 00:12:51,805 --> 00:12:55,809 The only thing I'm saying is if this does happen to anybody else, 102 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:58,811 what they ought to do is talk to somebody about it. 103 00:12:58,811 --> 00:13:03,816 Not to hold it inside and try to conquer it to itself because it can't be done, I don't think. 104 00:13:03,816 --> 00:13:05,817 I don't think our mind can take it. 105 00:13:06,818 --> 00:13:11,823 As far as the experience happening to me, 106 00:13:11,823 --> 00:13:16,827 I'll think if it hadn't been for Dr. Sprinkel, I probably would have been an institution. 107 00:13:18,829 --> 00:13:20,831 Carl's is not the only abduction case. 108 00:13:20,831 --> 00:13:24,834 There are others who claim to have been UFO captains. 109 00:13:28,838 --> 00:13:33,842 The giant mills outside of Salt Lake City are the center of steel production in the west. 110 00:13:36,845 --> 00:13:42,850 My name is Pat Roach, and I work at the steel company in Orem. 111 00:13:42,850 --> 00:13:47,854 I'm a millwright apprentice. I should be a journeyman another year or two. 112 00:13:49,856 --> 00:13:53,860 Pat is one of 5,000 employees at the Steelworks. 113 00:13:53,860 --> 00:13:56,862 When she completes her training as a millwright apprentice, 114 00:13:56,862 --> 00:14:01,867 she will be the only woman licensed to make repairs on the heavy machinery. 115 00:14:06,871 --> 00:14:11,875 When the work whistle blows, Pat hurries home to her number one responsibility. 116 00:14:11,875 --> 00:14:15,879 She is the sole support of 5 young children. 117 00:14:18,882 --> 00:14:25,888 On October 16, 1973, the normal flow of her life was dramatically altered. 118 00:14:25,888 --> 00:14:29,891 Pat recreates the events for in search of. 119 00:14:30,892 --> 00:14:34,896 It was about 8 o'clock in the evening. 120 00:14:34,896 --> 00:14:37,898 My little boy was 4 at the time. 121 00:14:37,898 --> 00:14:43,903 He climbed up beside me and he had his blanket with him, and we fell asleep. 122 00:14:48,908 --> 00:14:53,912 Sometime between 8 and midnight, something invaded the privacy of Pat's home. 123 00:14:54,913 --> 00:14:59,918 Her children, normally alert to strange sounds in the night, slept on, 124 00:14:59,918 --> 00:15:02,920 as if put in a deep trance. 125 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:07,925 They would later believe that they were abducted during their sleep. 126 00:15:23,939 --> 00:15:27,942 Pat is the only one who can help her. 127 00:15:27,942 --> 00:15:31,946 Pat is the only one who can help her. 128 00:15:31,946 --> 00:15:35,949 Pat is the only one who can help her. 129 00:15:35,949 --> 00:15:39,953 Pat is the only one who can help her. 130 00:15:39,953 --> 00:15:43,956 Pat is the only one who can help her. 131 00:15:43,956 --> 00:15:47,960 Pat is the only one who can help her. 132 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,963 Pat is the only one who can help her. 133 00:15:54,966 --> 00:16:01,972 Only one child reported seeing something too strange to believe. 134 00:16:14,983 --> 00:16:18,987 Police Sergeant Ray Edwards answered Pat's call for help. 135 00:16:18,987 --> 00:16:23,991 He investigated the area, but could find no evidence of an attempted break-in. 136 00:16:29,997 --> 00:16:35,001 The following morning, Edwards filed an official report, leaving the case open. 137 00:16:38,004 --> 00:16:44,009 He dismissed the claim of Pat's 6-year-old Deborah, who insisted the house had been invaded by spacemen. 138 00:16:45,010 --> 00:16:51,015 Nevertheless, for the Roach family, an unsettling mystery still hung over their household 139 00:16:51,015 --> 00:16:55,019 and was to persist for the next two years. 140 00:17:05,027 --> 00:17:12,033 UFO investigators believe victims suppress the memory of an abduction because they are programmed to do so. 141 00:17:13,034 --> 00:17:20,040 Researchers feel, however, that children stand a better chance than adults of resisting mind manipulation. 142 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:24,044 I wouldn't have actually known what happened that night. 143 00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:28,047 I probably wouldn't have even investigated it at all 144 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:33,052 if it had been for the fact that two of my children were just positive that they were spacemen. 145 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:40,058 I began reading about UFOs, and I began looking at magazines that had stories about UFOs 146 00:17:40,058 --> 00:17:47,064 and seeing other people's experiences, and I thought there must be more to it than what we know. 147 00:17:47,064 --> 00:17:52,069 And so I thought, well, the only way we'll find out any more is to go under hypnotism. 148 00:17:54,070 --> 00:17:59,075 In order to recall the events, Pat contacted Dr. M. M. M. M. 149 00:17:59,075 --> 00:18:07,082 In order to recall the events, Pat contacted Dr. Jim Harder of APRO, the Aerial Phenomenon Research Organization. 150 00:18:08,083 --> 00:18:14,088 And I and two other members of APRO are in charge of the close encounter investigations. 151 00:18:15,089 --> 00:18:24,097 What I mean by that essentially are close encounters in which people have had intimate contact 152 00:18:24,097 --> 00:18:28,100 with what could only be called alien beings. 153 00:18:29,101 --> 00:18:33,105 I have talked with 30 or 40 people who've had such experiences. 154 00:18:33,105 --> 00:18:40,111 Now, in various degrees, I've been able to regress them through particular experiences. 155 00:18:42,112 --> 00:18:45,115 One, zero. 156 00:18:47,117 --> 00:18:53,122 Your whole body's feeling very heavy and relaxed, except that your left arm is beginning to feel... 157 00:18:53,122 --> 00:18:58,127 The hypnosis enabled Pat to retrieve memories that she had long buried. 158 00:19:02,130 --> 00:19:06,134 I remember what the interior of the spaceship looked like. 159 00:19:06,134 --> 00:19:13,140 It seemed that the walls fell away as you went to the ceiling, and you could see the stars and everything. 160 00:19:14,141 --> 00:19:21,147 There was this TV scanner that would start at the top of my head and go all the way down and come back again. 161 00:19:21,147 --> 00:19:23,148 It was like an eye. 162 00:19:23,148 --> 00:19:28,153 I was examined by a man that was just an ordinary man. He was a little over six foot tall. 163 00:19:28,153 --> 00:19:34,158 So I was very upset because he came at me with a needle, a long needle, right here. 164 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:41,164 I was angry with him because I didn't feel that they had any right to come into someone's home and take them. 165 00:19:51,173 --> 00:19:56,177 And what I was particularly upset with him about was that I didn't know where my children were. 166 00:19:58,179 --> 00:20:04,184 They know everything about us physically, how to make us well, and everything about how our body operates. 167 00:20:04,184 --> 00:20:11,191 But they can't understand our emotions and our feelings and our ideas about things. 168 00:20:12,192 --> 00:20:14,193 They don't understand us. 169 00:20:15,194 --> 00:20:24,202 I don't believe that they really want me to go on TV and tell my story because if it's happened to other people, 170 00:20:24,202 --> 00:20:29,206 they might start putting the pieces together and realize that they've had the same experience. 171 00:20:30,207 --> 00:20:44,220 Powerful radio telescopes point to the heavens, listening to the noise of the universe. 172 00:20:47,222 --> 00:20:53,228 Astronomers committed to the concept that it is impossible for extraterrestrial life to come to Earth 173 00:20:53,228 --> 00:21:00,234 believe that if contact is made, it will come through a radio signal across the infinite expansive space. 174 00:21:00,234 --> 00:21:09,242 But there are others, ordinary men and women, who insist that intimate contact has already been made. 175 00:21:12,244 --> 00:21:17,249 Coming up next, In Search of continues with a probe into time travel. 176 00:21:17,249 --> 00:21:25,256 Then 20th Century with Mike Wallace reports on the scrutiny of the police in the wake of the Rodney King and Amadou Diallo incidents. 177 00:21:25,256 --> 00:21:32,262 And later tonight, the Men Who Killed Kennedy takes a close look at the evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald may not have acted alone. 178 00:21:32,262 --> 00:21:37,266 At 9, here on the History Channel, where the past comes alive. 179 00:21:47,275 --> 00:21:48,276 .