Notable Abduction Claims
- 1956: Elizabeth Klarer (South Africa)
- 1957: Antonio Villas Boas (Brazil)
- 1961: Betty and Barney Hill abduction (USA)
- 1967: Betty Andreasson (USA)
- 1967: Schirmer Abduction (USA)
- 1973: Pascagoula Abduction (USA)
- 1975: Travis Walton (USA)
- 1976: Allagash Abductions (USA)
- 1978: Valentich disappearance (Australia)
- 1978-1981: Pier Fortunato Zanfretta (Italy)
- 1979: Robert Taylor incident (Scotland)
- 1970s–1980s: Whitley Strieber (USA)
- 1997: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (Russia)
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