Travis Walton

Date: 2021-01-19 | Duration: 2h 10m

Episode Overview

Travis Walton — the logger from Snowflake, Arizona whose 1975 UFO abduction became the basis of the film Fire in the Sky — joins Joe for one of JRE's most remarkable alien abduction conversations. Joe has been a fan of Travis's story for a long time. Travis recounts what happened when he and his logging crew encountered a UFO in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest: the glowing craft, being hit by a beam of light, waking up aboard the craft, screaming, asking questions. Five days missing. Six polygraph tests passed. Someone even offered a $10,000 bribe to get him to recant — the logging crew co-worker Mike Rogers found out and was outraged. Travis also discusses the broader picture of alien intentions (why would they be evil after decades of non-harmful interactions?), and what it would mean for humanity if government officials finally came clean.

Key Moments

– 1975 UFO abduction in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
– Fire in the Sky — the film based on Travis Walton's experience
– Waking up aboard the craft — screaming, asking questions
– Five days missing — the crew's ordeal and polygraph tests
– $10,000 bribe to recant — Mike Rogers was outraged
– Alien intentions — why would they be evil after decades of non-harm?
– Government officials coming clean — what that would mean
0:00:00 – Travis Walton — longtime fan of your story
0:20:26 – Fulgurite — tree coming out of sand from lightning strike
0:38:59 – Arguing against the evil alien theory — decades of non-harmful interaction
0:55:54 – When we exited this craft — I started screaming
1:14:19 – $10,000 bribe to discredit — Mike Rogers was outraged
2:05:50 – Government officials coming clean — it's happening slowly

Transcript Excerpt

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day. Hello, Travis. Hello, Joe. Pleasure to meet you, man. Well, pleasure to meet you. I'm a long-time fan. Oh, thank you. Well, I guess I'm a long-time fan, too, because I'm a longtime fan of your story. I'm a longtime fan of, I mean, you have, there's probably two of the most famous abduction stories, UFO abduction stories ever, Betty and Barney Hill, and you. Those are the two ones. Unavoidable. It's nothing I've ever promoted. Starting point is 00:00:42 Yeah, I mean, it's not like you asked to be abducted. Yeah. How old were you at the time i was 22 at the time you're 22 and this was in 1975 november of 1975 so um you were working as a logger is that what you're doing yeah yeah the movie has a crew of five but there were actually seven of us out there. And to me, the idea that people would want to deny that this ever happened is incredible. You have seven people, all identical testimony, all passing law enforcement lie detector tests. This would have been adequate testimony to convict somebody of murder in a death penalty case but be understand why people would be skeptical right I mean yeah I do I mean a completely unique experience that only a handful of people report that they've Starting point is 00:01:40 ever had ever in their whole I mean the history people. How many people have a story like yours? It's so rare. Of course people are going to be skeptical. Yeah, I can forgive that. But, you know, when they look at the evidence and say, well, never mind the evidence, okay. What's interesting to me, one of the things that's interesting is you've never changed your story at all. Starting point is 00:02:01 It's always been the same since 75 to today, every time you've told it, it's always the same story. And also, the guys that you were working with, you didn't even get along with all those guys. No, actually, that very morning I'd had a fight with Alan. He'd gon...

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