Ancient Aliens

A UFO sighting over multiple cities.

I don't know what the hell that is .

An extraterrestrial event

that changed the course of history.

And an alien abduction

witnessed by no less than six people.

OnAncient Aliens, we've investigated

dozens of extraordinary encounters

from among the thousands that have been reported.

Here's what I consider to be the most compelling stories:

my top ten alien encounters.

Each one adds to the growing body of proof

that we have been visited by extraterrestrials

for thousands of years.

*ANCIENT ALIENS* Season 17 Episode 06

Episode Title: "The Top Ten Alien Encounters"

Aired on: October 01, 2021.

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People tell me about their UFO sightings all the time,

and let me tell you, I've heard some really incredible stories.

In fact, there are thousands of UFO sightings

reported every year.

Unfortunately, most are single-witness testimonials

that can't be corroborated or verified.

But in 1982, along New York's Hudson River,

there was a flood of UFO sightings

reported over multiple days by hundreds of eyewitnesses.

Number ten on my countdown of the top alien encounters:

The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings.

Kent, New York.

New Year's Eve, 1982.

Just a few miles from the Hudson River,

New Year's Eve revelers spot

a gigantic V-shaped craft

throbbing with red, white and green lights.

As they watch in amazement, the colors vanish,

replaced by white lights so bright

they illuminate the ground.

Over the next months, authorities are bombarded

with hundreds of similar reports.

Oh, good God.

What's that? I don't know.

It's not a plane. I don't...

I'll be... I'm gonna tell you something, honey.

I don't know what the hell it is.

Usually, UFOs just appear

to a small number of people, and they disappear.

In this case,

people were stopped on the highways.

People were running out of their houses

watching this enormous object pass over

the size of a football field.

The sightings continued

for more than six years

and became the most widely reported in American history.

The Hudson Valley UFO sightings

continued well up to 1988.

It's estimated that

as many as 5,000 people called in

and made reports

of this very large, lit up UFO.

But why were so many UFO encounters reported

in this one particular area?

There are six,

and the lead one has his three lights on.

Everybody else only has two.

Some have suggested the reason

why these sightings have happened at the Hudson Valley

is because they are on top of a vortex.

Now, what's a vortex?

Well, there are varying opinions of what that is.

Some have suggested that they are

magnetic points

that are part of the Earth's magnetic grid.

They also represent

the combination of Earth energies

kind of congregating into one spot,

these telluric currents

and these magnetic Earth currents.

And, so, one suggestion is that they create

portal-type effects or vortexes.

Entrances into the otherworld.

Could the Hudson Valley UFO sightings

be evidence of a hidden power vortex

and even a portal through time and space?

You have places around the world

that are known for their vortexes.

Stonehenge is said to have a vortex.

Sedona, Arizona has a number of vortexes,

and it's famous for them.

And, so, it's thought that the Hudson Valley

is also a vortex area.

So, you have to wonder there if these UFOs

have been attracted to the Hudson Valley.

And still to this day, no one has come up

with a-a good explanation of what was happening

in the Hudson Valley during this time.

They're heading north-northwest.

Holy good God.

Just 150 miles east of the Hudson Valley,

another extraordinary encounter took place in 1961.

And what makes it so unique

is that it is the first documented report

of an alien abduction.

My number nine alien encounter:

The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill.

Lancaster, New Hampshire.

September 19, 1961.

Betty and Barney Hill are driving late at night

when a large flying saucer intercepts them

and hovers over their car.

Above them, the Hills observe otherworldly figures

in the windows of the craft.

Days later, the couple reports missing time,

and after participating in hypnotic regression,

they claim to realize

that they were abducted by extraterrestrials.

Under hypnotic regression...

Separately, by the way,

so they each wouldn't contaminate the other's story...

Betty and Barney told the exact same story.

The object hovered over the car, then landed in front of them,

and they were yanked out of the car

by these small four-and-a-half-foot beings

and dragged into a clearing, where they boarded a spaceship.

Betty pleaded with her captors,

if you will, that...

not to harm her, uh, as she laid on this table

and experiments were done on her,

like a needle being inserted into her stomach.

Barney relates a number of skin samples

and sperm being taken from him.

The beings described

by Betty and Barney Hill

fit the classic case of a Grey.

Now, there are variations to size

and dimensions of these beings,

but they all seem to have the same characteristics.

Slim, spindly bodies.

Large oval heads.

Large oversized eyes.

In the years since their reported abduction,

Betty and Barney Hill's encounter

has become legendary.

But what was not well-known was that Betty and Barney Hill

were not the only members of their family

who have been abducted.

Betty Hill was my aunt, my mother's sister.

Something that we have never revealed before

is that my mother had a close encounter in 1958.

She saw this huge cigar-shaped craft

hovering over a field.

She had no explanation for what had happened

as far as she knew.

She had gone shopping, and she had driven home.

My mother eventually underwent hypnosis,

and through hypnosis,

she recalled having been abducted,

as well.

And I also had this uncanny

sort of dreamlike experience

of being taken to a craft.

It appears that this is generational in my family.

My Aunt Betty was taken,

my mother was taken,

and there's a good chance that I have been taken, as well.

Could it be

that extraterrestrial beings are abducting

not only individuals

but also families?

And if so, why?

It seems that specific bloodlines

are involved here.

And if that's the case,

it raises the intriguing possibility

that the extraterrestrials are interested in human biology,

that they are monitoring specific genetic lines

for some purpose.

One of the most important factors I consider

when it comes to evaluating a UFO encounter

is how credible is the witness?

And to me, there is no better expert than a pilot

when it comes to reporting on a flying craft.

The next encounter on my list took place in 1947

and helped launch the modern UFO era.

Number eight: The Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting.

Washington state.

June 24, 1947.

Aviator and businessman Kenneth Arnold

is piloting a private plane near Mount Rainier

when he suddenly spots nine fast-moving objects

flying in tandem.

As he was flying around the mountain,

he suddenly caught sight

of a squadron of strange-looking objects.

He could not figure out what they were.

He was able to measure

the speed that they were going at by...

'cause he knew the distance between two particular peaks

which were about 15 miles apart.