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The Buff Ledge Abduction
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Date: August 7, 1968
Location: Buff Ledge Camp, Vermont
An abduction event took place at Buff Ledge summer camp for girls, on August 7, 1968, on the shores of Lake Champlain north of Burlington in Vermont. 2 teenage camp employees, a 16 year old boy called Michael, and a 19 year old girl called Janet, were sitting on a boat dock late in the afternoon. The camp was mostly deserted because most everyone was gone into Burlington for a swim meet. As the sun dropped and the sky darkened, a bright light suddenly appeared. Michael said that he at first thought it was Venus, It couldn't have been Venus, Venus is a morning star on that date, rising at about 2:00 a.m. on the Eastern horizon, not visible in the late afternoon over Lake Champlain.
As they watched, the light seemed to grow brighter and to come closer. Then, to their surprise, 3 smaller lights separated from the light and began to perform maneuvers in the sky over Lake Champlain. After a moment, two of the lights receded, but one of them flew straight up and then dove down into the lake itself.
A few minutes later the object surfaced and began coming towards the two teenagers. Michael later said that he could see two small beings inside. The craft came on, until it was directly over them. Suddenly, a beam of light show from the craft. Michael screamed We don't want to go!, and put his arms around Janet. Michael remembered a floating sensation and then nothing, for an indeterminate amount of time. Then, hearing the sounds of the others returning from the swim meet, they seemed to come to themselves. They found themselves sitting on the dock watching the now distant light, which flashed an occasional beam until it vanished completely. The UFO may have been seen as it left by 3 of the people returning from the swim meet.
Michael & Janet didn't discuss their experience that summer. Later, Michael would find that Janet didn't remember anything except seeing strange lights in the sky.
Ten years later, plagued by bad dreams, and having read of similar experiences by others, Michael contacted CUFOs. Walter Webb investigated the case and suggested regression hypnosis. Under hypnosis, Michael recounted a detailed story of abduction, a medical examination, and being taken on board a mother ship. After Michael's story of what had occurred came out during hypnosis, Janet was located and hypnotized as well. Although she consciously recalled only seeing some lights in the sky, under hypnosis she recounted a similar story of abduction to that Michael had told, although she had never heard his story.