Category: Fire In The Sky – The Taking Of Travis Walton

Calling his sister collect after midnight, Walton begged for help when her husband answered the phone. Grant Neff picked up Walton’s brother Duane and the two drove to Heber to pick up Walton after informing Mrs. Kellett of his call. The telephone operator who handled the collect call called Sheriff Gillespie to let him know of Walton’s reappearance; Gillespie then called Deputy Glen Flake and asked him to keep a lookout for the men returning to Snowflake. Flake missed Neff, Duane, and Walton on the way in, so he went to Mrs. Kellett’s house. It was after 2:00 A.M., but the lights were on and Duane was outside siphoning gas from one car to another. He made no mention to the officer that Walton […] Read More

But the real “bombshell,” as Klass describes it in his book, was the fact that Walton had failed an earlier polygraph examination miserably and this information had been suppressed by APRO, which had been proclaiming the Walton case “one of the most important and intriguing in the history of the UFO phenomena.” This test was administered by John McCarthy, who with twenty years of experience was one of the most respected examiners in the state of Arizona. His conclusion: “Gross deception.” Proponents of the Walton case never mention this examination. If the case is a hoax, what possible motivation could Walton and the others have? Two possibilities have been identified: every year, the National Enquirer offered a multi-thousand dollar award for the “Best Case” […] Read More