The alien abduction experience of Pat Roach (Patty Price) and her children, Utah, October 16, 1973
Analysis Summary
Pat Roach
Contact Experience Triad
The Encounter
Pat Roach is a Millwright Apprentice and the sole support of five children. On October 16, 1973, she fell asleep with her four-year-old son. Between 8 PM and midnight, something entered their home. Her children seemed to be in a trance and later believed they were abducted. One child claimed to see aliens. Police Sergeant Ray Edwards investigated but found no evidence of a break-in. The incident left the family unsettled for two years. Pat began researching UFOs after her children insisted they saw spacemen. She underwent hypnosis to recover memories and recalled being examined on a spaceship. She felt angry about the invasion and worried about her children. Pat expressed concern that sharing her story could lead others to remember similar experiences.
Program Intelligence Analysis
The video recounts the experiences of Pat Roach, who believes she and her children were abducted by non-human entities in 1973. Through hypnosis, Pat recalls details of the abduction and expresses concerns about the entities' understanding of human emotions.
Pat Roach describes a detailed memory of her abduction experience, including the interior of a spaceship and the examination process.
Pat Roach
“I was very upset because he came at me with a needle; I was angry with him because I didn't feel that they had any right to come into someone's home and take them.”
Ray Edwards
Dr. Jim Harder
Pat Roach and her children experienced an invasion of their home, which they believe was an abduction by non-human entities.
Pat's children reported seeing 'Spacemen' during the incident.
Pat underwent hypnosis to recover memories of the abduction experience.
Pat described the interior of the spaceship and the examination process she underwent.
Pat expressed concern that the entities did not understand human emotions.
Encounter Context
Factual DetailsPat's home
Orem, Utah, united_states
police investigated the area but found no evidence of an attempted break-in
Encounter Research Breakdown
Phenomenological AnalysisThe account presents a personal narrative of a potential abduction experience, but lacks corroboration and clear details. The witness's credibility is low, and the specifics of the encounter are vague and heavily reliant on hypnotic regression, which diminishes evidential strength.
Pat and her son fell asleep, and an unknown presence invaded their home while the children remained in a deep trance.
“something invaded the privacy of Pat's home for children normally alert to strange sounds in the night slept on as if put in a deep trance”
Under hypnosis, Pat recalled memories of being examined in a spaceship and interacting with an entity.
“I remember what the interior of the spaceship looked like... there was this TV scanner that would start at the top of my head and go all the way down”
The unsettling mystery of the encounter persisted for the Roach family for the next two years.
“an unsettling mystery still hung over their household and was to persist for the next two years”
Understanding of the entities' knowledge about human physiology but not emotions.
Interior of the spaceship and the stars visible above.
Feeling of being examined and the sensation of a needle.
Feeling heavy and relaxed during hypnosis.
Appearance: ordinary man, little over six foot tall
Five Observables (0/5)
Pat recalled the interior of the spaceship, which had walls that seemed to fall away, revealing the stars.
The encounter involved a deep trance state and subsequent hypnotic recall of an examination by a humanoid entity, highlighting the emotional turmoil and confusion experienced by Pat.
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Pat Roach
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