Alien abductee Travis Walton is being discussed during his disappearance after a UFO encounter, 1975

The encounter involved a group of seven men in Taylor, Arizona, who were cutting wood at night. They saw a bright light in the sky that looked like a saucer. One man, Travis Walton, jumped out of their truck and ran toward the light with his hands raised. A bluish light beamed down from the craft, hitting him and causing him to collapse. The other six men were terrified and drove away for a while. When they returned, there was no sign of Travis or the craft, but they did see the object leaving the area. This incident has been widely reported in the media, and a search party was organized to find Travis, but they only found radiation in the area. The experience has led to plans for the witnesses to take lie detector tests to confirm their account.