Are you celebrating the 50th anniversary of Travis Walton's alien abduction today?
Quote:Fire in the Sky UFO anniversary celebrated this weekend
On Nov. 5, 1975, Travis Walton stepped out of a truck to gain a closer look at something strange. In the distance, he could hear six of his logging crewmates urging him to come back inside. As Walton approached the craft that brightened the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, he felt a stunning jolt that rendered him unconscious.
Fifty years later, the “Travis Walton incident” remains one of the most famous UFO abduction stories. Eyewitness accounts from that night sparked national controversy, lectures, documentaries, books and even a motion picture, 1993’s “Fire in the Sky.”
To mark the anniversary, Walton and his family are hosting a “‘Fire in the Sky’ 50th Anniversary” gathering at the American Legion Post 86 in Heber, Arizona.
Depending on the ticket level, attendees can participate in a guided UFO abduction area tour, evening programs featuring Walton as a guest speaker, live music by a family band featuring some of Walton’s children and grandchildren and a special screening of “Fire in the Sky.”
Tickets are $23.18 for all of the indoor activities, $44.52 for a tour of the abduction site that begins at 11 a.m. or $55.20 for a pass that includes everything happening that day.
Due to its proximity to the abduction site, the small town of Heber has become a globally known destination for UFO tourism. The Chamber of Commerce sells copies of Walton’s book. Heber Tire Shop stands just a few feet away from the phone booth from which Walton called for help; owner Al Talamante says visitors come from all over.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-cul...-40620657/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
