1989: Manhattan Abduction (Linda Cortile Napolitano)

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THINK ABOUTIT ABDUCTION REPORT

Date: November 30, 1989

Sighting Time: 3:00 A.M. 

Day/Night: Night

Location:  Manhattan, New York

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Hynek Classification: CE-IV (Close Encounter IV) Abduction of the witness or other direct contact

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Shape of Object(s): oval

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Source: Budd Hopkins, Mufon UFO Journal # 293

Summary/Description: A peculiar feeling of numbness suddenly waked Linda Napolitano who lived in a high rise building the Brooklyn Bridge up. She sensed a presence in the room and tried to wake her husband, but could not. She then saw a small figure with a large head and huge black eyes approaching the bed. The witness upper body was not completely paralyzed and she threw a pillow at the intruder. She now became totally paralyzed. Later under hypnosis she was able to remember 4 or 5 small figures nearing her bed. She was then taken to the living room and then floated outside through a closed window via a beam of bluish white light. She entered a large hovering object through a circular opening on its bottom, followed closely by the humanoids. She was then medically examined onboard the object by several short humanoids. She was later deposited on her bed unharmed. Several independent witnesses who later volunteered their statements to the investigator apparently witnessed her abduction.

Full Report

An extremely compelling and controversial case of alien abduction is that of Linda Napolitano, (originally aliased as Cortile) which was researched by the well-known and respected Budd Hopkins. Napolitano claimed that she was abducted by the so-called “greys,” who floated her from a closed bedroom window into a hovering UFO. The craft was waiting for her above a Manhattan apartment building at about 3:00 A.M. November 30, 1989. Linda’s experience, though intriguing, was hampered at first by memory loss. She could recall only bits and pieces of the abduction. She could remember vividly the actual kidnapping and the room where she was examined, but the transportation process itself was totally lost to her. Further details of the case would be forthcoming via the passage of time, other witness statements, and through regressive hypnosis.

Hopkins, as to be expected, has been ridiculed by many of his peers, but has been steadfast in searching out the consistent, underlying themes that run through alien abduction cases. Napolitano’s case is remarkable and unique in itself, although following the general abduction pattern on some points. More than a year after Cortile’s experience, Hopkins received mail correspondence from two witnesses, (known as Richard and Dan) who claimed to have actually seen the abduction.

Doubtful at first about these witnesses, their claims would ultimately be a building block of the case itself. Agreeing perfectly with Linda’s account of the abduction, the two men were bodyguards of a senior United Nations statesman who was visiting Manhattan. This diplomat would eventually be identified as Javier Perez de Cuellar, who, according to his two bodyguards, was visibly shaken while viewing the surreal scene. These three men encountered an unbelievable sight…the plight of a woman being floated through the air, and not only that…but three entities were also being floated, accompanying her on a short trip to a massive hovering flying craft.

sources:

Wall Street Journal, (Jefferson, 1992)

MUFON Symposium, 1992

OMNI, (Baskin, 1992)

Paris Match (De Brosses, 1992)

New York Times (Sontag, 1992)

Inside Edition (television show)

Mufon UFO Journal (Stacy, 1992, p. 9

(Mon Cas: 30 Novembre 1989 – La Gazette Forteenne #2, 2003)