February 23, 1996: Alien Abduction Show on Nova - Budd Hopkins & John Mack
The Art Bell Archive · Arthur William Bell III
May 28, 20231h 20m
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Show Notes
Budd Hopkins, best-selling author of Intruders and Missing Time, joins Art Bell along with abductee John to expose what they describe as a deliberately dishonest NOVA documentary set to air on PBS. Hopkins details how the program, titled Kidnapped by Aliens, was designed to discredit the UFO abduction phenomenon by assembling hostile experts who never investigated a single case while suppressing all physical evidence presented to the producers.
John, one of the abductees featured in the NOVA program, describes offering to undergo complete psychological evaluation, polygraph testing, MRI scans, and home investigations at his own expense. He reads on air the producer's October 1995 rejection letter, which provides a series of excuses for declining every proposed test. Hopkins explains that NOVA spent an estimated one to two million dollars on the production yet hired no independent scientists to examine any physical evidence, including soil samples from landing sites and documented wound patterns on abductees.
The conversation addresses the program's treatment of Harvard psychiatrist John Mack and the broader implications for witness intimidation. Hopkins argues that NOVA's central message is designed to discourage credentialed professionals from ever coming forward about their own abduction experiences.
John, one of the abductees featured in the NOVA program, describes offering to undergo complete psychological evaluation, polygraph testing, MRI scans, and home investigations at his own expense. He reads on air the producer's October 1995 rejection letter, which provides a series of excuses for declining every proposed test. Hopkins explains that NOVA spent an estimated one to two million dollars on the production yet hired no independent scientists to examine any physical evidence, including soil samples from landing sites and documented wound patterns on abductees.
The conversation addresses the program's treatment of Harvard psychiatrist John Mack and the broader implications for witness intimidation. Hopkins argues that NOVA's central message is designed to discourage credentialed professionals from ever coming forward about their own abduction experiences.