Black Mesa, OK abduction report — July 15, 1977

R. Selfried reportedly experienced an encounter while hiking at Black Mesa, Oklahoma, on July 15, 1977, at approximately 9 a.m. The short account describes several small grey humanoids and characterizes the experience as an abduction. The Hatch digest says that an earlier encounter had occurred while hiking in 1947. A separate humanoid catalogue also calls the 1977 experience a second abduction, but does not provide a full sequence of approach, transport, or return. It cites UFO Newsclipping Service issue 283. The earlier episode should therefore remain distinct rather than being folded into this dated report. No detailed craft description or precise hiking route is supplied in the available abstracts. The plate depicts a hiker in Black Mesa terrain with indistinct figures at a distance; their exact appearance and the landscape composition are artistic reconstruction choices.