Oct 2, 2026 · 44 min · 20 segments
The 1975 disappearance of logger Travis Walton in Arizona remains a heavily debated alien abduction claim involving six passing eyewitness polygraph tests. After being struck by a beam of light from a…
You had a man named Travis Walton, and he was working as a US Forest timber thinner.
He had a timber thinning contract under Crew Chief Mike Rogers, who's also his close friend and later became his brother-in-law.
You had Rogers, Walton, Allen, Allen Dallas, uh, Duane Smith, John Goulette, Kenneth Peterson, and Steve Pierce.
So they had this job, and they were running behind schedule, so they were working late to meet this deadline that was looming and, uh, they had to clear some trees.
Well, you clear out space for buildings or, um, because you hate the environment.
I just may- I- maybe I feel like f- forest thinning just doesn't sound like you're clearing out, like, a big open area.
You had a man named Travis Walton, and he was working as a US Forest timber thinner.
He had a timber thinning contract under Crew Chief Mike Rogers, who's also his close friend and later became his brother-in-law.
You had Rogers, Walton, Allen, Allen Dallas, uh, Duane Smith, John Goulette, Kenneth Peterson, and Steve Pierce.
So they had this job, and they were running behind schedule, so they were working late to meet this deadline that was looming and, uh, they had to clear some trees.
Well, you clear out space for buildings or, um, because you hate the environment.
I just may- I- maybe I feel like f- forest thinning just doesn't sound like you're clearing out, like, a big open area.
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