On Wednesday, November 5, 1975, seven men in Michael H. Rogers'
brush-clearing crew were going home after a day's work in the
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. Suddenly
they saw a light in the forest that seemed to come from an object
hovering close to the ground. They stopped to investigate, and one of
the men, 22-year-old Travis Walton, got out of the truck and went on
foot to get a closer look. A bolt of intense blue-green light struck him,
and his companions panicked and drove away. After a few minutes,
they went back to look for Walton, only to find that he had vanished.
They drove into town and reported the disappearance to the authorities,
and a search of the area was undertaken. No trace of Walton was
found. The authorities were suspicious that the crew had killed Walton
themselves, but Walton reappeared five days later near Heber,
Arizona, telling a tale of being abducted by aliens.
