It’s that time of year again, where the cool, whistling breeze of October settles into town, and the streets and pavements become adorned with crunchy, weightless leaves.
October is certainly a mysterious and foggy stretch of time that taps into our fears and makes us believe in the supernatural. So why not indulge in some of these creepy and unexplained alien mysteries? Turn off the lights, grab your tea and blanket of choice, and get ready for the creepy tales of extraterrestrial life.
On the night of February 1988, Peter and his wife spotted strange lights fettering about in the sky. To their surprise the lights merely came and disappeared.
It was later in July that Peter began experiencing flashbacks of events he thought never happened. He began to recall waking up in the middle of the night being grabbed by his ankles, Peter tried to move but his body was completely numb. Standing by the edge of his bed were tiny, robe-wearing creatures congregated around the poor man. They repeatedly told him not to worry, because it would be just like the last time. Then suddenly, an alien pulled out a large needle and slowly started aiming it toward Peter's head.
Those were the last memories of that night.
Ronny Dawson is a crude oil transport driver who works in Coleman County, Texas. As a transport driver Ronny regularly works long night shifts and drives through barren rural roadsit was inevitable that he would one day spot something.
One clear night, Ronny was inspecting some crude oil from inside large tank batteries. Being at a higher altitude, Ronny was able to spot a mysterious aircraft flying over him. Fearing his life he quickly climbed down from the tanks and began recording the phenomenon. In the sky he saw pulsating orbs that rapidly changed altitude and shape. Ever since then, Ronny continued to see these lightsa reminder that someone or something is watching.
Air Force Sergeant Charles L. Moody was observing a meteor shower in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico. At around 1:15AM he witnessed a glowing, metallic, saucer-shaped object lowering to the ground. It began wobbling in an unnatural way and slowly movedcloser toward Charles. Frightened, Charles frantically tried to start his car engine, but it just wouldn't budge. His body suddenly turned numb, and the ship began emitting a high pitch sound. The mysterious air craft got so close that he could make out the ghoulish tall figures staring directly at him.
The alien trance ended abruptly and Charles found himself driving home at around 3:00AM. In the next few days he developed a rash that spread all over his body.
You're probably familiar with the Men in Black series, a collection of films depicting a secret government agency bent on keeping the existence of aliens a secret. What you're probably not familiar with is that the movies were based on allegedly true stories.
In 1967 a man by the name of Robert Richardson was driving in the dead of night in Toledo, Ohio. Suddenly, Robert hit a strange metallic object, which, he claimed, then vanished. Subsequent to the crash, he found a metal piece that he figured came from the object he hit. A few days later, two men, wearing black hats and sunglasses visited Richardson at his home at 11pm. They threatened to harm him and his wife, and eventually Robert was forced to give up the scrap of metal.
Whitley Strieber is a unique case in this list of alien phenomenon. He is a renowned author who penned the book "Communion," a staple of UFO stories.
He was already a well-known author when he experienced his first contact. It was over the Christmas holidays in 1985, during a vacation with his wife and son. Whitley, sleeping in his isolated cabin in the northern part of New York State, was awoken by his alarm system. Expecting a burglar, he rushed to check out what the noise was. To his surprise, a creature appeared standing before him motionless and creepily.
Whitley was then taken to a mysterious ship where the creatures began mercilessly experimenting on him. He recalls long needles being directly stabbed into his brain and strange low voices. Whitley was never the same after that night, and still, we have no explanation for what happened.
The Robert Taylor incident is a renowned case in the subject of ufology. According to the forestry worker, Taylor spotted a mysterious spacecraft in the skies of West Lothian, Scotland in 1979. After spotting the UFO, Taylor returned home ravaged with torn clothes and scratches all over his chin and thighs. He claimed that the "flying dome" was large, dark, and metallic. When the issue was taken up with the police, they merely passed it off as a criminal assault, making this UFO case the first to become subject of a criminal investigation.
On November, 1989, a housewife was allegedly drawn out of her 12th story window in Lower Manhattan. The woman was lifted up into a UFO that was covered in bright lights at around 3:00AM. In an interview, Linda said "The UFO open[ed] up almost like a clam and then I'm inside." Two men, who were bodyguards, also witnessed the event with stories identical to Linda's. There were also several witnesses who confirmed the event, some even thought it was a movie scene being filmed. The story never gained public traction and still remains a mystery.
On June 14, 1947, William Brazel came across clusters of debris approximately 30 miles (50) north of Roswell, New Mexico. In an interview with the Roswell Daily Record, Brazel said he saw "a large area of bright wreckage made up of rubber strips, tinfoil, a rather tough paper and sticks." In an FBI investigation, the government revealed to the public that the scraps of metal were remnants of a weather balloon, however, it was later revealed that it was probably a nuclear test monitor. The fickle and secretive government left people skeptical of the whole thing, making this an age old mystery.
Twenty-year-old Frederick Valentich disappeared while training as a pilot over Bass Strait in Australia on October 21, 1978. Apparently, as he was radioing Melbourne air traffic control, the connection was lost mid-sentence. The last works of Frederick before his disappearance was "It's not an aircraft."
In 1976, twin brothers Jack and Jim Weiner and their two friends were on a fishing trip on the calm waters of Eagle Lake. They decided to make a fire on the banks of the lake when suddenly a bright object appeared in the sky. After being subjected to lie detector tests, hypnosis, and extensive examination, all four individuals told a story that was eerily the same. Each being abducted and subjected to humiliating and invasive testing, including the extraction of semen and other bodily fluids.
After midnight, the Cahill family were returning home after spending the day with some close friends. At first, as they drove through the inky black night, they noticed a row of lights mounted on a rounded craft with windows around it. Kelly, the mother of the family, recalled walking towards the path, without knowing why, and seeing a creature unlike anything they've ever seen. It was void of color and 7 feet tall, according to Kelly. Aside from the sighting, Kelly only has a strange triangular mark on her navel to prove the story.
