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Oxford abduction report — October 27, 1975

CE4United States1975-10-27

Oxford, Maine, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Oxford abduction report — October 27, 1975
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Oxford abduction report — October 27, 1975

Case description

At about 2:30 a.m. on October 27, 1975, David Stephens and a companion were travelling near Tripp Pond outside Oxford, Maine, when an unusual object reportedly approached their car. The account describes the car coming under its influence and moving along West Poland Road, with a craft ahead of them and small figures appearing nearby. The fuller account of what happened next was given during hypnosis. Stephens described being inside a metal room while his friend, identified as Glenn, remained visible in the car through a window. A small figure approached, reassured him, and led him to a room containing a table and several other figures. Stephens recalled blood being drawn and being asked to undress for an examination. He said that he resisted and struck one of the figures, which moved back and again reassured him. He subsequently described complying with the examination. The compressed catalogue also mentions biological samples and the removal of a clothing button. The surviving summaries do not give an equally detailed, continuous account of the return to the road. The roadside sighting and interruption, and the more extensive interior narrative recovered later, are therefore kept distinct. This Tripp Pond record and the parallel Oxford listing concern the same Stephens account, rather than two independent abductions.

Recorded details

Craft description
The case is also discussed in Thomas E.
Entity description
David Stephens was one of the principals of this famous abduction case. It's one of the most interesting such incidents, not only for the abduction itself but for its curious aftermath. The case is also discussed in Thomas E. Bullard's UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery and in my The UFO Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed., pp. 685-90. (Jerry Clark)
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Case videos and witness interviews

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Watch video · Preston Dennett

Same report as16736, not independent abduction. Recalled interior and compliance sequence not independently established by companion's roadside presence. Actual specific introduction13:16 used instead of premature chapter.

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