By Mohsin Ali
It’s a dark and lonely night in the wilds of Arizona as a group of loggers return to town after a long day’s work. Suddenly, a very bright light appeared from the sky, peeking through the trees. The group members are shocked and awestruck at the sight of this light and ask each other, “What could it be?”
Out of curiosity, they drive forward and stop near the light. One question was on everyone’s mind: “Isn’t this a flying saucer?” A man in the group named Travis gets out of the car and starts moving towards the light. He steps slowly and reaches right under the bright circle, as if some unknown force is pulling him towards it.
Suddenly, a powerful beam of light hits him, and his body bounces back with a violent shock, and he falls to the ground unconscious!
His companions in the car become terrified after seeing this horrible scene. They scream in fear and speed away in a panic, as if some ominous disaster is chasing them.
The Strange Awakening: Inside the Alleged Alien Craft
After some time, Travis regains consciousness. As his eyes open, he finds himself in a strange place—it was no ordinary room, but a cold and desolate place made of metal. He was lying on a high table. Three inhuman beings stood close to him; they were aliens! They all bowed and watched him intently, as if they were about to experiment on someone.
Travis’s heart begins to pound in fear and surprise. He suddenly jumps up and quickly picks up a cylindrical object and begins to spin it, hoping that this will make the creatures retreat. And in this attempt, he succeeds because, surprisingly, the aliens retreat!
It was at this point that Travis quickly left and entered another corridor, and upon reaching another room, he saw a different type of alien, completely different from the aliens he had seen before—it was amazing, like a human being!
This humanoid alien silently takes him to another location, where three more humanoid aliens were present. They all seemed calm, as if part of a larger plan. They gently lay Travis down on another table, place a mask over his face, and as he breathes in…everything starts to blur. And before his eyes, darkness falls, and Travis faints.
Return to Earth: Travis Walton’s Missing Five Days
After some time, when Travis opens his eyes, he finds himself shivering in the cold, lying in the middle of a deserted road, about 30 miles away from where he was abducted. Due to this situation, he becomes mentally confused—he feels as if he has only been missing for a few hours, but the reality was something else because he was missing for five whole days!
He looks around nervously, then with faltering steps reaches a nearby telephone booth, dials the number with trembling hands, and says in a tired voice, “Hurry up, get me out of here!”
The Initial Report: The Disappearance of Travis Walton
Now, you might be thinking, “Did all this really happen? Did an alien really abduct him?” So let’s take this story back…
A group of woodcutters were returning to the city after night work when suddenly a very bright light shone through the trees. Everyone’s face turns white with fear and surprise. Travis gets out of the car. As he approaches the light, a powerful beam of light falls on him, and he falls back unconscious.
His companions saw this scene; they took the car away in terror. Approximately fifteen minutes later, their fear turns into a sense of responsibility. And they think that they left him alone, so they have to go back to get Travis. They turn the car around and go back, but nothing happens there! No Travis, no light!
They immediately inform the police, after which the police go to the required place and search for him, but the police do not find anything there. The police suspect that these people killed Travis and fabricated this whole story.
The Police Investigation: Polygraph Tests and Suspicion
The police chase begins, and the police give the six men polygraph tests. (Although polygraph tests are considered unreliable today, in 1975, the police believed in them.) The results are surprising—among them, five people pass the test, but one fails!
A few days later, suddenly, Travis returns! He regains consciousness on a deserted road, makes a call from a pay phone, and someone comes and takes him away. He was immediately taken to the hospital, but the surprise was that there was not a single wound on his body! Now there was only one question on everyone’s mind—”What happened to him anyway? Was he really kidnapped in a flying saucer?”
Media Frenzy: The Travis Walton Story Becomes Public
When Travis starts telling his story, the media is on it! The news spreads far and wide, and he becomes famous overnight. He gives two polygraph tests—one he passes, while the other he fails! Reporters follow him. The National Enquirer interviews him and his colleagues, and they are paid a few thousand dollars.
There is also a picture of them all standing, holding their checks, all smiling as if they had accomplished some great feat. They all become a bit famous as their story is published. And Travis seems to like it all a lot. He appears on TV, gives passionate speeches at conferences, and even writes an entire book. Then, a film was made based on the same book, which was titled “Fire in the Sky.” Travis’s story becomes the most famous alien abduction story in American history.
For forty-six years, even until 2021, Travis tells his story everywhere. He goes as a guest to different alien conferences.
The Revelation: Mike Rogers Recants His Travis Walton Story
But then, one day, everything changes. The driver that night, Mike—who was the most important witness in the story—suddenly turns against Travis! Mike realizes that a remake of “Fire in the Sky” is in the works, and reportedly, Travis was trying to keep him out of the deal. They both argue furiously, and Mike makes an explosive post on Facebook: He says, “I, Michael R., hereby declare that I am no longer a witness to Travis’s alien abduction story!”
This news falls like a bomb on UFO fanatics! They think, “Could it all be a lie?” But it’s nothing—the real explosion comes when a secretly recorded phone call is revealed. In this call, Mike admits: “Yes, we concocted a fake alien abduction story together!”
UFO believers are stunned to hear this. Was it really all a hoax? Later, Mike tries to backtrack on this statement, but it was too late. Now the question arises—after all, how could two ordinary people commit such a big fraud? It was never explained in detail how they did everything.
The Hoax Theory: Explaining the Travis Walton Incident
But there are some assumptions. Travis had always been interested in aliens. He was not only keen on seeing UFOs, but he also used to express his desire to be abducted. He was a clever man.
In 1975, Mike and Travis formed a plan. It is said that he placed a friend on a tower in the forest and instructed him to shoot a powerful beam of light down to the ground. In the dark of night, this light looked just like a UFO! The man did just that, and just as Travis and his companions saw the flash of light, Travis moved towards the light, and according to plan, Mike dramatically drove away, much to the consternation of the rest of the team.
And as far as “meeting the aliens” goes? That’s it; it was just a story! Sorry! All this turned out to be fake. It was nothing short of a nightmare for UFO fanatics.
