The sad irony is that whenever we catch a fish and throw it back into the lake this same sequence of events is told to other skeptical, unbelieving fish.😔

I like to imagine there's a group of aliens with a wild story of the time they encountered some humans, almost killed one, and then when they tried to repair him, freaked him out so bad they had to cosplay as humans.

My dad was a logger and I grew up in a logging community and one thing you don’t do is question the old timers stories about weird things they encounter in the woods. I’ve heard a few that were unexplainable but nobody looking for fame, I just heard them hanging with the old man and his friends. Spooky stuff that they all relate to and just nod but nobody questions it.

How composed is Ballen, keeping his focus on the story whist an alien is behind him staring him down.

Imagine having a bad boy reputation in a town called snowflake

It turns out that I'm a huuuge fan, of the strange dark and mysterious, delivered in a story format.

Travis is the real deal. It makes me so sad to think of how cruel humans can be. We would rather judge, ostracize and humiliate our friends and neighbors than, god forbid, open our minds and hearts a little.

I totally can relate. I was chased by a UFO while I was driving home from my parents house. I had my baby in the car and I was absolutely terrified. It was about 30 feet above my car and followed me for miles. I stopped at a vacant military kiosk hoping that I could get help but it was 10:10pm and no one was there. While I was stopped, the UFO hovered over me. There was no noise at all. I was crying and rolled down my window telling them to leave me alone. I then decided to head back to my parents house because it would take me a lot longer to get home, they lived in the country, about a half hour from my town. It followed me almost all the way back to their house, again, matched my pace about 30 to 20 feet above me until it finally veered off and flew back over the hills. Scariest thing that ever happened to me. And really, I don't even care if people don't believe me. Like you said, what's in it for people to lie about these experiences? People may think you're crazy but truly, I think it's crazy to not believe that there is abundant life in our universe and they are curious just like we are about life on other planets.

I don't know what happened or what could have happened but I know that you are one of the best narrators I have seen in my long life of 78 years.

Imagine the balls of these guys to decide to tell the truth from the beginning. That’s not really discussed. That took a tremendous amount of courage.

The movie "Fire in the Sky" released around 1991 or 1992 was based on this story. I was only about 12 years old at the time, and completely obsessed with this flick. Saw it at the theaters. It was completely terrifying. Robert Patrick who had recently played the T-1000 in Terminator 2 played one of the poor blue collar loggers barely making ends meet for his wife and kids, and having to deal with explaining to Travis's family and community what happened and how Travis disappeared. But the horrifying scenes were the parts showing what Travis experienced after being taken by the UFO. I recommend everyone check out this movie. This was during the early 90s when shows about UFOs, ghosts, Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, paranormal activities, Unsolved Mysteries were really popular. I watched a lot of those shows as a kid, and this story was right up my alley.

I've studied this case. Travis Walton is telling the truth. Either Travis or one of the crew would have changed their story by now. Even to this day when Travis recounts the incident it is obvious he is still traumatized ...and it is clear he is telling the truth.

the aliens probably seen travis scare that bear and they were like "he is a fine specimen indeed"

I actually met this guy at the Roswell Alien festival. I didn't know this story and was skeptical when he was sitting by his books fire in the sky. I asked him so many questions and Walton was such an upfront man. The deeper I got into the questions I can see a deep weight on his heart. I got the book. I'll never forget that man. Nicest man I've ever talked to that had fame in his name.

I listened to Travis retell his story in person at a UFO conference in Vegas some 10 years ago. It’s absolutely mind boggling. The most documented abduction I know.

I love Travis Walton. He is so humble. He says throughout it all, he never felt they were trying to hurt him. Like they were actually trying to help.

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C Clarke

Alien 'Earth wildlife research team': "Oh shit! We accidentally wounded that animal. Lets pick it up, help it, then release it real quick back into its habitat."

I believe it's true, I've seen him interviewed several times, read the book & saw the movie. Back in those days they had a lot to lose with that story, no way they made it up and stuck to it for all these years.

It's crazy that lie detectors are used in court etc, but when it comes to something like this, people don't believe it. And had those men failed the test, the world would have believed the test was right and that they lied. I feel so bad for all involved, living in fear like that.

Somewhere the aliens are sharing the same story about this human they captured.

Imagine going thru this horrific event and yr family are embarrassed by it, so avoid you. When u need them the most. My heart breaks for Trav. I believe you man.💫

The best re-simplified narration of the situation I have heard. Thank you.

I snuck into my living room at 3am when I was a small kid and watched the ending of FIRE IN THE SKY (the movie based on this story) and I’ve never ever been ok with the thought of aliens. It scares me so goddamn much to this day.

I'm glad Wikipedia added some context, I never would have known that an "alien abduction" is referring to someone being abducted by an alien.

I met Travis in 2014. The feeling I got from talking with him was that he is being completely truthful about his experience. He told me that he feels that he was seriously injured from the beam of light (which he thinks was a static electric discharge) and was taken to save his life.

You are an amazing storyteller. I have watched your new videos and after watching this one I can hear the continuous improvement you have achieved by telling so many stories. Great job!

It’s crazy that you posted this 3 years ago and now we’re getting shown that there are other life forms out there , I just hope they come in peace and we can get along

Everyone is a gangster until Travis jumps out of the car to chase a bear

I like how Travis is described both as an “adrenaline junkie rebel” but also “extremely level-headed”

Im glad to hear the Travis story here, you did a great job explaining it. I have been a UFO enthusiast for many years and knew about the Travis Walton story since the 80s. I do believe that Travis Walton and Betty Barney Hill are the best abduction cases for consideration, as these people seem to really believe what happened to them, they are not making things up and lying. An incredibly fascinating story. BTW, I really hated the movie Fire in the Sky, it had way too much Hollywood BS in it and nobody should waste their time watching it.

It’s fun to go to your earliest videos, I love your style of storytelling! This feels a wee bit more Freeform when played after a newer one. Either way you’ve found your vocation! You are one hell of a storyteller.

Bear: "Oh sh*t it's Travis Walton!" *runs*

I think the sixth guy who got the inconclusive result had just started doubting himself enough that he was losing confidence that what he remembered was true

I’ve always thought “the man in the spaceship in a spacesuit “ was either a synthetic robot of some kind. Travis Walton IS an accidental envoy to some of our space brothers. What a rare and precious honor.

My mom grew up in the town right next to Snowflake and told me about this. I've even been to that payphone, there's a big alien statue and a mural next to it now lol

Can we all just show Mr ballen respect for NEVER EVER click baiting us. Xx

I’m actually from snowflake Arizona. My best friends uncle was one of the men that witnessed Travis get abducted. I’ll never forget the expression on that mans face when I asked him about it when I was 13. Just the sheer look of terror and ptsd in his eyes and he said he didn’t want to talk about. Also passed Travis’ house multiple times and he was a pretty quiet guy in town.

I cannot understand why some people refuse to be open to the possibility that we are not alone in this universe.

Stories are so important to us humans and you are an incredible story-teller

He's already out here replying to comments. This is why everyone commenting on his channel is so wholesome. What a guy! You're awesome 🙌

The movie Fire in the Sky was about this incident. Travis would later say that he felt they picked him up to help him because when he was hit by the beam of light it really messed him up. He said he could feel something inside was damaged and although he didn't realize it at the time, he later felt they were trying to repair the damage that was done to him. I for one believe it happened.

No matter the subject, Mr Ballen tells the story with such believably. Hats off to you ❤

It took me a week to go through all the Why Files videos. I hope this channel has more to feed on. Looking great, so far. Thanks for the content.

Can we all just appreciate the fact that he credits his sources

Can you imagine the alien side to the story? Like I feel bad for the dudes cause they seem pretty traumatized but just think this guy accidentally got injured by the ship's defense mechanism and all the aliens were like SHIT SHIT kidnap him to heal him and then drop him somewhere

I’ve had a similar experience and I wanna keep it brief. In my old home (moved into a new one about a decade ago) Me and my father were having a bonfire I think around November, 2011-12. It was like any other night, enjoying this fire and looking at the night sky, this night in particular the sky was a pinkish purple colour, the kind where it’s not pitch black but it’s definitely night time. We were looking at the fire and sky just chatting away letting the fire die down before we went off to sleep. It was at this point I noticed the top half of the sky was pure black, like pitch black, no stars no light, just dark. I looked up even higher and thats when I noticed the sheer size of this darkness in the sky, based on its size I’d say it was at least 50-70 feet above us. Now where I was was standing my house was behind me, the darkness stretched over the house, it was fucking huge. At this point I’d asked my dad what that darkness was. And his reaction told me it wasn’t normal, both of us mouth the words “what is that”. Now this is where it changes, about 30-40 seconds after we’d seen this round darkness in the sky, boom, a blue light on the far right side lights up, than green, right next to that, followed by a red and the same sequence continued around the entire outer edge of this huge dark circle in the sky. Red Green & Blue lights. It was at this point me and my dad knew this was something out of this world, we both just stared, speechless. After staring at this thing above our heads for about 1-2 minutes, I noticed light escaping what looked like cracks of some kind of door in the center, I remember the lights becoming progressively brighter, and than. Nothing. Me and my dad have no memory after that, the latest memory I have after that night is me waking up in the top bunk of my old bed, early morning, regular day. Idk what you might take from this, I don’t know how to explain it any better. Me and my dads story are identical, we saw the same thing. We were standing like 3 feet from each other. Every time write or talk about it I get the shakes. We can’t explain how or why this happened. It was just there, above us, directly above us. We were stood in the center of this craft. It only lit up when we saw it. When we saw them, they saw us. Whatever happened that day, whatever memory was lost. I would love an explanation. I didn’t write this for fame or likes. This is a true story. (Edit, If you must know. We are based in the UK.) I’ve had other experiences and strange sightings But they don’t compare to this. And to this day, if I ever think I was just going crazy I ask my dad, and he still confirms it was real. I cannot explain it any better than I have.

What makes me mad is the sherriff was the one to order the lie detector test then gets mad that they passed it

The driver that decided to turn around is a true friend.

I actually got to interview Travis back in 1999 for my senior class project at Payson High School, in north central AZ. Since my father was also an AZ Logger and also having a family acquaintance to Travis, I grew up with the story around me told on several occasions or after a long day hunting on the Mogollon Rim, where this occured. I went on to a career in law enforcement and after all that I wish I could go back and interview him again today with the training and experience I now have. However, what I can tell you for certain is that something very strange and life-changing DID happen to Mr. Walton that day and although my opinion doesn't matter for much, what I will say is that I'd bet my last dollar that he and his crew were, and still are for that matter, telling the complete truth.

One of my favorite stories of all time! I really enjoyed u telling it! Like I do all ur others.

Great job telling the story.

You really missed the opportunity to say “gently probe the like button”

I love how he tells every story as if he was there every step of the way

While we have no evidence that this occurred, we don't have any evidence that it didn't, and since the only people who suffered from this occurrence were the people who went through it, I think it would be cruel to openly doubt them or call them liars.

Those guys in red were definitely feds

My great grandfather filmed the first documentary of the Travis Walton story. He said when they talked about what they witnessed there was no hint of lying or deceptions in their voice or the way they talked. He said that was the moment he believed there was life outside of earth.

The most compeling proof that something strange was going on in this story is that no drugs were found in his system, in the 1970s, in Snowflake AZ. Clearly that is odd.

VERY FACTUAL...ALSO VERY WELL PRESENTED...I LEARNED A FEW THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW! THANK U MR. BALLEN

In light of all that is happening right now, this should not be of any surprise to anybody at this point.

aliens were like “ got dammit jerry i told you it wasn’t enough glorb glob get the camouflage suits and lets hope he falls for it

If those guys wanted to kill the guy, as loggers, they could make it look accidental 100 different ways

Mr. Ballen. Two corrections. When Travis got up to the craft he said it was only about 10 feet above him. Also, before he was struck by the beam he actually had moved closer to the object because he was in the process of starting to dive under a nearby log. Before he could complete this move he was struck by the beam

I actually just seen this episode on TV two nights ago. I love the way he tells his story.

I know I’m watching this almost a year late but this is the most believable alien story I’ve ever heard.

And people just can't keep a secret, especially between several people, and for 40 years! One would have broke from the original story. No changes. It happend.

These guys are fucken heroes... To go through Everything they went through, and that they are all still telling the truth... I honor them as much as a soldier that went through war, just to barely make it home to get no respect for what they did. God bless you guys........

People commenting about how hes not level headed cuz he charged a bear…..A lady just went and literally shoved a bear off a concrete fence after she let her dogs out to protect he dogs and she seemed pretty level headed and average

To everyone who says journalism is dead, MrBallen is out here in the middle of the ocean, no raft, spaceships circling around, and he's still a level-headed skeptic

It’s funny to imagine Travis coming to in the ship and trying to attack the aliens, then they’re just like “Fuck this, bring in the human androids to calm him down.”

I love that this amazing man served his country with honor and dignity and now he entertains us with the strange, dark and mysterious in story format. He is the American dream in front of us! Thank you Mr. Ballen, for your service and for this incredible channel!!

As a retired State Trooper, I have many, many stories of my own. But, there is no doubt the stories would sound better if you told them. Thank you for what you are doing. It's awesome!

It's worthy of a medal of honor that they drove back to get Travis.

Your story telling definitely got a lot better! 🤙🏼👌🏼

So I believe that when the beings saw how uncomfortable their appearance made Travis, they left to make themselves look like humans with whatever other technologies they have available. So the reason those humans seemed strange is because they were probably actually still the three aliens trying to calm him. Just my mind wandering 👽

Travis Walton opened his eyes and thought he must be in a hospital, since he was in a white, brightly lit room, lying down face up on some sort of an examination table. As the figure above him looked into his face, Travis was horrified to realize it wasn't human. The gray alien looked at Travis with it's large, black eyes, and telepathically communicated: "If you're not a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in probing format, it's really going to suck to be you for the next 5 days because that's all we do..."

I saw two UFOs back in 2012. It was terrifying. I did not believe before my sightings. I do now. One of my best friends, a much older lady named Becky was with me. Without her i would have really freaked out. She kept me calm. She wasn't scared at all. She said "I'm 60 years old and i just saw something ive never seen Before!!! Im not scared I'm excited!". That made me feel better. We stayed up all night talking. Becky passed a little overa year ago. I miss her.

This is like listening to Mikey tell the story of 1 eyed Willie to the rest of the Goonies in the attic.. epic.

How am I just now finding this channel? This guy is gold.

This channel is a procrastination gold mine 🙏🏼 thank you 😂

This story always reminds me that the universe is filled with the unknown. I absolutely believe, but don’t necessarily want to experience personally.

I really don't blame Mike and the others for initially freaking out and peeling out of there. Seeing something like that would certainly make your fight or flight kick in.

I bet the Alien anesthesiologist who’s job it was to keep Travis sedated had to go back and re-read human 101 hand book 👽

2.5 mil subs in a year was blowing my mind. That’s insane growth. Then I watched your videos, and I kept watching, and I kept watching... You’re amazing at this man, keep it up.

I heard about Travis' story by watching the movie Fire in the Sky years ago. Loved hearing the facts of the case, thank you.

The thing that always gets me with these abduction stories is what’s the purpose??? Like 1) what’s the reason for the abductions 2) do they pick are the abductees picked at random or preplanned because there are some cases where the abductee were taken from their beds while sleeping next to their partners but sometimes the partners are left undisturbed and 3) are there different breeds of these extraterrestrials that have different intentions??? Because most of the time you have cases like this where the person is returned mostly unharmed but then you had the cases like “the body on the reservoir”, Johnathan Lovette, and Zigmund Adamski where the abductees are returned dead and horribly mutilated similar to the cattle mutilations….so many questions that only the abductees have the answers to that we’ll probably never understand or won’t know until they decide they want to finally make mass contact. As a child, these stories used to scare the crap outta me and the ones like the 3 where the abductees died still do terrify me but now I’m more so curious than scared. I do hope that in my lifetime that we’ll finally have a mass contact event…. We’ll as long as it’s a peaceful one but seeing as tho they have the technology and advancement to overtake us, if they were malevolent, they would’ve been took us over by now

Crazy how you stay so calm telling the story knowing how angry that alien is behind you, great work. Edit: he wants to start "story's by the camp fire" live experiences 😎

"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." - Arthur C Clarke

The most suspicious part of this is how Travis mysteriously forgot and then conveniently remembered when speaking to the most garbage tabloid of all time.

You know the storyteller is brilliant when you come back to watch the video again just to enjoy, even when you already know how the story goes

My heart aches for those men. I couldn't imagine going through something so traumatic only to be called a liar, to be pushed away by the people who should have believed.

Fire in the Sky is one of my favorite movies....one if the best recollections of the Travis Walton story! DB Sweeny did an excellent job playing Teavis Walton!

Yall have 2 watch this mans interview from back in the day..very compelling

This channel has been my favorite find of 2021 so far. Well done!

When I was a kid our family doctor who was a doctor during WWII, told us about his time working on the Queen Mary. He crossed the Atlantic for 3 years. He was a heavy smoker and drinker because of one thing. He was out on deck middle of the night,in early 1942. They were running black out so no lights on this huge ship. But it was a full moon. He said it wasn't uncommon for Whales to swim along next to the boat, and you could hear them singing to each other. So this one night he's talking to an English sailor on deck, and they hear whales screaming. They walk to the rail of the ship, and they can see the water is boiling. The sailor rings a alarm bell, thinking that it's a submarine coming to the surface. But it wasn't. Doc said it looked like a Giant Horseshoe crab, but 3x wider than the Queen Mary. He said she was covered in lights from at least 6 ships around it. It made no sound what so ever. Then lifted above the waves, and flew off into the heavens. He said I asked one of the sailors, is that one of yours? (Meaning British) He said the sailor was white with fear, and said I bloody well hope so. Because if it's theirs? We're all good and fucked! He said it was the only time the QM didn't dock in NY harbor. She went to Boston and no one was aloud off the ship until they had been interviewed and told,It never happened!, He told us this in 1985 after Reagan shorted his SS check. He said they want to keep my money? I don't have to keep their secrets! He was such a great guy.

Wow You are a great story teller and this story is creepy The idea of the aliens on the craft dressing up as humans is so eerie 😮

There's quite a few things that don't make sense about this story, no matter how amazing Mr Ballen is at telling it

Who's found this by accident but now loves the strange but true storys

I also like that he doesn't bombard us with multiple ads while you're enriched with the story. It's frustrating when you're really into a story and there's an ad every 3 minutes, and now KZfaq is doubling up on these fullscreen ads. It's a relief to actually be able to enjoy a story video.

My grandmother and my great grandfather were both extras in the movie fire in the sky. The movie is great and it tells the story really well.