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August 10, 1997: Abductions - Budd Hopkins
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
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Art Bell welcomes abduction researcher Budd Hopkins for a Dreamland broadcast that begins with a discussion of media attacks on UFO investigators. Budd recounts how the PBS program NOVA set him up during filming, suppressing the most compelling footage of a husband describing his family's abduction while editing hypnosis sessions to falsely suggest he was leading witnesses. Linda Moulton Howe reports on Bigfoot sightings near Ochopee, Florida, where multiple tour guides and a fire chief observed a tall primate creature, followed by visits from men in black and mysterious helicopter activity.
Budd then shares the extraordinary case documented in his book Witnessed, in which a woman was floated out of her twelfth-story New York City apartment window in a beam of light in November 1989. Multiple independent witnesses came forward, including government security agents protecting a major political figure whose motorcade had stalled below due to electromagnetic effects. A woman on the Brooklyn Bridge and other observers corroborated identical details.
The discussion turns to the purpose behind abductions. Budd explains that the phenomenon centers on genetic harvesting and hybridization, with alien beings extracting human reproductive material and later presenting hybrid children to their human parents. He notes the beings seem envious of human emotional depth, a quality they appear to lack entirely.
Budd then shares the extraordinary case documented in his book Witnessed, in which a woman was floated out of her twelfth-story New York City apartment window in a beam of light in November 1989. Multiple independent witnesses came forward, including government security agents protecting a major political figure whose motorcade had stalled below due to electromagnetic effects. A woman on the Brooklyn Bridge and other observers corroborated identical details.
The discussion turns to the purpose behind abductions. Budd explains that the phenomenon centers on genetic harvesting and hybridization, with alien beings extracting human reproductive material and later presenting hybrid children to their human parents. He notes the beings seem envious of human emotional depth, a quality they appear to lack entirely.