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Sometimes there's things that change
your whole perspective on life.

Did you see that?

It was incredible. We
couldn't believe our eyes.

...

I was extremely nervous about
telling our story to a stranger.

Can we trust this person
to do the right thing?

So my office is just on
the left, over here.

So we can step inside.

My colleague had referred
this couple to me,

and had told them that
they were ideal candidates

for the experience of
hypnotic regression.

- Please, take a seat.
- Thank you.

There's no question that people are able

to remember things under hypnosis
that they had been unable to remember

using conscious attempts
to retrieve memory.

We are going to use what is
called the forensic model.

This is the way hypnosis is
used in legal proceedings.

I think I had a lot of doubt and
skepticism about hypnosis in general.

When I first met the Hesses,
they struck me as normal,

educated, young professional people.

Articulate. Intelligent.

But I could see that they were apprehensive
about what we were about to do.

My understanding is that we have to
focus on a period of time of four hours

that you have little
recall of, is that right?

Yes, that's correct.

We were missing at least
four hours of our lives.

I was nervous about the unknown.

I'm not sure I wanted to know.

Dawn, hurry up, honey.
They'll be here soon.

- We got to go.
- Okay, okay, I'm almost done.

Dawn and I first met in college.

I was a sophomore and he was a junior.

- Five minutes, okay?
- I said okay.

I was attracted to his athleticism, but
he just had these warm, caring eyes.

Watch out.

We would just have little smirks,
little flirty smiles, and it was sweet.

After we had gotten married,
we had our two children:

Steven and Bethany.

Steve, are you sure you got the steaks?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure, honey.

We got everything. Relax.

Work had been getting hectic a while,

and I knew it was time
that maybe Dawn and I

carved out some time for ourselves.

I came up with the idea of
spending a weekend alone,

out in the desert, doing
a little camping.

Thought about taking Dawn
out to the Mojave reserve

to spend a nice weekend
out in the desert.

You guys don't need anything else?

You good?

I did this really as a favor to Steve.

I wanted to make him happy,
and I wanted a quiet getaway.

- Have a good time.
- Thanks, guys.

Don't worry about a thing.
We've got it covered.

Thanks, Dad. We'll see
you in a couple of days.

- You bet. Have a good one.
- We'll miss you.

I arranged to borrow my dad's
camper for the weekend,

and I used that for our hotel on wheels.

We did hit the road...
feeling good about things.

It was really great to get away.

It had been a long time since we
had that real quiet together time.

So we were excited.

I made the plans to go up
to Mid Hills Campground.

Stayed there many times.

I learned and loved the peacefulness
and tranquility that's out there.

There's no other place
in the world like that.

Let's see what's going on here.

We arrived to the campsite.

Hey.

Is the camp open?

We're open, but we're
full to bursting here.

Full?

We don't have another spot.

You're kidding.

I couldn't believe it.

That's never happened up there before.

I'm now faced with a
little bit of a dilemma,

and I had to come up with a better plan,

which was probably going
to be more remote,

and see if I could sell it to Dawn.

That's weird.

Now what?

Uh... you know what?

Actually, I know the perfect place.

It's just a little ways further on.

The road was getting
tougher and tougher.

Steve, please, I don't
want to keep going.

It's not much further. Don't worry.

I was worried about getting stuck in
the sand and not having a way back.

I didn't like being out there, where
no one could see us or hear us.

She was getting a little bit nervous

as we got deeper and
deeper into the canyon.

About an hour and a half of a
bumpy ride down the canyon,

we finally arrived.

It really was pretty perfect.

And I felt safe.

You were right.

This is... This is beautiful.

Got the fire going, and then
get the steaks grilling.

He started prepping for
dinner, and it was dusk.

And it was so relaxing.

Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I
seen this while light above the horizon.

As soon as I looked at it again,

it disappeared just as
quickly behind the mountain.

I looked back a couple different times,

and glanced up there to see if it
would reappear, but it did not.

Hey.

You made me jump.

- How's it going?
- It's good.

What was that for?

Just because.

As we got done with our dinner, we
were sitting there, and looked at

some of the stars above,
and some of the planets.

It was very nice. Very clear.

You could see them all.

Suddenly I saw these bright lights.

What are those ones? They look like
they're... Look like they're moving.

Yeah, I don't think those are stars.

All of a sudden the desert
became eerily quiet.

Just dead silence.

Everything was quiet.

No crickets, no birds.

Deafening silence.

Oh, my God, Steve. Look.

The lights, they seemed to be
blinking in some kind of pattern.

We couldn't believe our eyes.

Probably just a weather balloon.

Are you sure?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Did you just see that?

All of a sudden the
lights seemed to move,

and they kind of formed a big
"M" formation in the sky.

Just like this.

They seemed to be doing
something very precise.

That is definitely not
a weather balloon.

Oh, my God.

I'm watching these lights
fall down from the sky.

Just glide. Not a rapid fall, but just
glide, like they were parachuting.

There were hundreds
and hundreds of them.

It's the Russians.

We thought it was a military invasion
paratrooping right out of the sky.

They were quite off in
the distance still,

but we almost seen, you
know, these red lights.

Like military night vision gear.

What is that?

All of a sudden, we see them advancing
towards us at a fairly rapid rate.

- What's happening?
- Hey.

Oh, my God.

Dawn was transfixed. Watching.

Dawn, get back in the truck.

What are those things?

I could see them coming closer.

Steve runs around and grabs his rifle.

We had to protect ourselves.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my... All of a sudden I
heard this thump-thump-thump.

It sounded like something was running
across the top of the camper.

What is that?

Oh, my God!

What's out there?

They appeared to be very impish,
elfish-looking creatures.

They were so alien-like.

We were completely surrounded, and
there was no way we could get out.

We were trapped.

Oh, my God!

What's happening?

Steve, he wanted to
communicate with them.

What's happened?

No, Steve.

Steve, don't.

And I leaned forward like this.

Then all of a sudden, pow!

Oh, my gosh!

- Steve!
- I felt the shock.

Steve, Steve, Steve...
It propelled me back.

It's okay, it's okay.

I could hear a low hydraulic hum.

The sound was getting louder and louder.

The noise.

Intensified vibrations.

All of a sudden,
everything was quiet.

We felt like it was over.

I think... I think they're gone now.

Oh, my God.

The camper shook violently.

Like an earthquake tremor.

That drilling sound, it felt
like it was right under us.

All of a sudden this mist
just rolled into the camper.

I can't breathe!

Mist hits us.

We were both helpless.

Couldn't breathe.

Couldn't move.

We thought we were done for.

No way out.

I thought, "We're going to die."

I remember waking up very clearly.

Steve was holding me.

Wake up.

Both woke up at the exact same time.

We were like, what has happened to us?

We didn't know how much time
had passed, what day it was.

The question was, what had
just happened all night long?

Had we went mad? Did we dream this?

Was it some kind of fantasy?

Steve went into the cab of the
truck and turned on the radio.

And we were expecting to hear
that the world had been invaded.

Here's your national forecast...
Nothing seemed to be different.

And the storm system out in the west...
The world was as it should be.

Hey, come here.

I noticed there were two small,
red dots on the side of her neck

that were very strange-looking.

They looked like two distinct,
small puncture wounds.

It doesn't matter. It's fine.

I just wanted to get
back to the children...

Instantly.

If what happened happened to us,

I would think there'd be a strong possibility
that someone would have saw something.

Before we got back on the main road,
we did encounter an older couple.

Asked them if they had seen or
experienced anything unusual last night.

Excuse me?

Did you guys stay here last night?

Yeah, we did.

Did you see anything in the sky?

No, we turned in pretty
early last night.

We didn't see or hear anything.

Okay, well, thanks for your time, sir.

It's all good.

I couldn't bring myself to tell
this couple what happened to us.

I was still searching for my own answers
why, and if it did actually happen.

So I didn't share it with him.

It made me question my sanity, for
one, that this even happened.

The next thought on our mind
is, you know, who do we tell?

Who would believe us?

Do we even share this with anybody else?

On the way home,
we were in shock.

There was a lot of self-doubt.
There was a lot of questioning.

There was a lot of internal struggle.

One of the biggest thoughts I'd had
after we got back from the desert

was the missing time period.

I wondered, but couldn't
recall what had happened.

But I had a feeling it
wasn't a good thing.

You okay?

By the time we got home, we
tried to put on a happy face.

I know I was in still shock and
disbelief that this happened to us.

And before I was going to
share it with anybody,

I at least wanted to get a
grip on it in my own mind.

Let's just try and keep
it together, okay?

Let's just try and act normal.

We can't tell anyone about this.

- Mama.
- Hi.

I was so grateful to see those kids.

You know, Stevie came running, and
I lifted him up and hugged him.

It was a very emotional experience.

Over the next few days, we just
tried to get on with our lives.

I would tuck the kids in...

Go to the windows, and
just search the skies.

And make sure everything was normal.

I was so grateful to be home, but I
was worried that it wasn't over.

I woke up abruptly, and all of
a sudden I hear little Steven.

Steve? Steve.

What are you doing down
here? Are you okay?

Please don't let them get me.

He said, "Don't let those guys get me."

And I said, "What guys, honey?"

The little guys with the red eyes.

It's okay. Nobody's here, okay?

It's just a dream.

I now knew, not one of us is safe.

People who had came out and
talked about UFO experiences,

the ridicule and the labels and
the things that came with it,

it was extremely, extremely
difficult for me to talk about it.

- There you go.
- Thanks, man.

Paul Moran is my best friend
as I went through college.

We became extremely close.

So, what's up?

There's something I need
to get off my chest.

Okay. Uh, you running
away with a cheerleader?

No.

You remember a couple weekends ago,

Dawn and I went off just on a little camping
trip, just a little getaway type thing?

Well, um, something happened out there.

I haven't told anyone about this yet.

He knew how difficult it was
for me to share it with him.

But yet I trusted him.

I know he would never do
anything contrary to our trust.

- Ron Felber.
- Ron, it's Paul.

- Hey, Paul.
- How are you?

I'm fine, thanks.

Paul was sort of sworn
to secrecy about a story

that he had heard from his
best friend, Steve Hess.

But he thought I was in a unique
position to help these people.

So I told him about a
book I was working on.

It was about soldiers that came back
from Vietnam with post-traumatic stress.

I think it jarred Paul's
memory and clicked

that I had some contacts at the time
that worked with people that had trauma.

These were top-flight
people that he thought

could do a lot of good for the Hesses.

Yeah, touch base with them
and let me know what works.

All right, take care.

Bye.

- Mr. Hess.
- Yes.

Paul, in his concern for me,

recognized that he had to help
us deal with our situation.

This is my wife, Dawn.

Hi, Dawn. Nice to meet you.

When I first met the Hesses,

my first impression was that
they were quiet people.

I want to reassure both of you that I
won't do anything without your approval.

Steve was, you know, a
fellow with a great job.

You know, had a career going.

Dawn was also a college graduate.

Had two young children.

So, I mean, these are
people more interested

in building a life, paying off their
mortgage, sending their kids to college

than anything that had to
do with aliens or UFOs.

Well, why don't we start with you

just telling me everything you
both remember from that night.

Well, the whole night?

Uh, yes, please.

The sense that I got from them

was that they were not just reluctant
to talk, but that they were scarred.

I thought it was important
to make certain

that the Hesses were
credible in every way.

One of the first things I wanted to do

was to put them in touch
with a contact of mine,

a very well-respected
psychiatrist and medical doctor.

He specializes in regression therapy.

His name is Dr. Anixter.

Please, take a seat.

Thank you.

Steve.

Okay. So, my understanding is that
we have to focus on a period of time

of four hours that you
have little recall of.

Is that right?

Yes, that's correct.

There was a specific period of time
that they were unable to remember.

That was the reason they had come
all the way across the country.

So I decided to go after that.

Who would like to go first?

I felt the proper way to conduct
these hypnotic investigations

was to hypnotize them and
interview them individually.

It's gonna be fine.

I promise.

Okay.

You can start the video
recording, thanks.

Take a deep breath and think
back on the whole story now.

I was kind of a fly on the wall.

I was listening, I was observing.

I want you to count backwards from ten.

- Ten... - Ten... - Nine... - Nine...
Eight... - Seven... - Seven...

Six... five...

Four... three...

Two... one.

They're sucking us up into the sky.

The mist is clearing.

There's a drilling noise.

Then it's gone.

Both of them said they became
aware of being in the craft.

They were on an examination table...
and prevented from moving.

Steve described being taken
to a room in the craft.

Steve struggled.

You could see him
struggling in the chair.

Steve was just disturbed.

It was like his mind
was being torn apart.

It was a physical and mental collapse.

Steve looked like he
was fighting someone.

Like, literally he was
fighting for his life.

Struggling every moment of
the way to get back to Dawn.

When Dawn was under hypnosis,

she could remember being put
on this operating table.

She remembered the faces of these
aliens looming over the table.

Please stop. Please stop.

Please!

Please.

Make them stop!

She started pawing at
her... At her neck.

They're piercing my neck.

They're putting something inside me.

Please make it stop.

We didn't see or talk to each other
since we separated in the morning.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

So we hadn't talked. And
he was concerned about me.

So he just held my hand and
said, you know, "Are you okay?"

And I said, "Yeah, I'm okay."

I said, "Are you okay?"

He said, "I think so."

I have no doubt that you believe
what you told me happened to you.

I saw no evidence of falsification.

I had no sense I was being manipulated
or played in any way by these people.

Dr. Anixter was convinced that
we did have a close encounter,

and that what we described
as happening did happen.

We were grateful to fill some
of that void of missing time.

It validated what we
thought we already knew:

That other things happened
that we didn't remember.

Is there anything you haven't told me?

I'm pregnant.

She said this was not
a time in her cycle

that she would have anticipated
being able to conceive.

I'm worried that something's
going to be wrong.

I was pregnant.

But my concern was, we didn't
know if this was just our baby.

We were definitely worried
during that pregnancy

that the baby wouldn't
be completely ours.

That perhaps they had
had some kind of a...

Some kind of a hand in it.

We gave birth to a healthy
baby girl in the summer.

Her name is Amber Lee.

A little tiny pink face came out, and
her sweet little tiny human eyes.

I was so relieved.

I know, we all... we all
took a deep breath.

And we're so grateful.

She was a perfect baby.

The sweetest, gentlest little soul.

And I could look into her eyes...

And that baby brought me such peace.

It's taken 25-plus years
to really feel comfortable

about talking about it, and
to coming to terms with it.

I never had... doubts about...
the events.

If we think that we live in this
world and universe by ourselves,

I think we're badly misguided, because
I don't think that's the case.

And there's something
bigger that's out there.