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But a young man, named Travis Walton, in cahoots with his brother, once cracked the code

and came up with a story that has somehow managed to make him, perhaps the most famous

single person among believers in alien visitation and abduction.

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Fire in the sky, a real UFO abduction.

Take cover, the UFOs are coming out tonight to capture us with light beams and whisk us

away to their planet for medical experiments.

Today, we're going to cast our skeptical eye upon the Travis Walton UFO abduction case,

better known by the title of the movie made about it, Fire in the Sky.

Among many UFO proponents, this case is considered among the most compelling because of the number

of corroborating eyewitnesses.

Let's take a look and see what happened.

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