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UFO case file · UFO-20299

Centerville, IN abduction report — June 8, 1991

CE4United States1991-06-08

CENTERVILLE, IN, Indiana, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Centerville, IN abduction report — June 8, 1991
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Centerville, IN abduction report — June 8, 1991

Case description

On the evening of June 8, 1991, Timothy Brandenburg heard his dogs howling behind his home near Centerville, Indiana. Investigating a tractorlike sound, he saw lights on an object low beyond the yard. He said a beam struck him as he backed away, and his next remembered location was a white-floored room inside the craft. Two very tall, slender beings approached. Thinking an outstretched hand was asking for something, he gave one a twenty-dollar bill. He described a penlike instrument passing over his inner arm and another device held near his temple, followed by unconsciousness. Brandenburg said he awoke in bed the next morning, noticed marks on his arm and reported the episode to police. Don Worley subsequently investigated. His report included the missing money and unusual marks as events he noticed after returning.

Recorded details

Local time
21:00
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Entity description
Other Humanoid
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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This is Brandenburg’s reported sequence, including missing money, arm marks and later police contact. The marks and Worley’s investigation do not independently establish an extraterrestrial cause, and the family’s other reports are separate episodes.

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