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ARE WE ALONE?

Could life exist elsewhere in the universe? In 1961, American
astronomer Frank Drake formulated an equation that suggested
there were 10,000 alien civilizations that we could potentially
communicate with in the Milky Way galaxy alone. Today,
scientists have sent satellites into space and set up huge radio
telescopes on Earth in search of extraterrestrial beings. But
have they already made contact? Study these stories of
human encounters with alien beings on Earth…
do you believe?

Australian
Travis Walton
abduction alien
Driving home in
In 1975, in Arizona, Melbourne, Australia,
Walton and his fellow loggers in 1972, Maureen Purdy
were driving home when they saw was amazed to see
a glowing object on the roadside. a flying saucer hovering
Investigating it, Walton felt as if he’d in the sky. Two weeks later,
been hit by a thunderbolt. He awoke, she saw it again. This time,
frozen in pain, lying on a table inside her car stopped dead and she
a spacecraft. Three aliens were probing heard an otherworldly voice.
his body with medical instruments. Months later, the voice told her
Search teams could not find Walton, to come to a meeting place. She
Alien but he reappeared five days later. took along a witness… Purdy went
abduction into a trance and said that an alien
wearing a gold foil suit was sitting
In 1961, American couple next to her, but her
Barney and Betty Hill drove companion saw and
along a U.S. highway. Puzzled by
heard nothing.
an odd light in the sky, they left
their car to investigate but could recall
nothing else until they arrived home. Under
hypnosis, both told the same story: they had
been abducted by aliens with gigantic eyes
who gave them painful medical examinations.

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