This week, we’re heading to Manhattan for one of the strangest alien abduction stories we somehow had never heard of: the Brooklyn Bridge Abduction. In 1989, Linda Napolitano claimed she was floated out of her 12th-floor apartment window by gray aliens, taken into a glowing craft over New York City, and returned with missing time, injuries, and a possible alien implant in her nose. Totally normal apartment stuff.

Then the story gets bigger. Budd Hopkins calls it the “Case of the Century,” 23 witnesses supposedly saw it happen, a UN diplomat may have been involved, and two mysterious men named Richard and Dan enter the chat with letters, kidnappings, beach houses, foot inspections, and some deeply upsetting vibes.

We dig into the witness claims, the handwriting controversy, Carol Rainey’s criticism of Budd Hopkins, the missing implant evidence, and why this case still sits in that uncomfortable UFO zone where something may have happened… but maybe not the thing everyone says happened.

Links mentioned:

• Netflix: The Manhattan Alien Abduction
• The Why Files: The Brooklyn Bridge UFO | The Weirdest Story You'll Ever Hear

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