Tracing a decades-long obsession
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Fire In the Sky was based on the 1978 book The Walton Experience from real-life logger Travis Walton. In it, Walton details his own alleged experience with an alien abduction on November 5, 1975, a tale which he first sold to The National Enquirer.
The acclaimed sci-fi novel has inspired countless adaptations, including Steven Spielberg’s 2005 version starring Tom Cruise. While Wells’ story was the blueprint for this trope, genre films like They Live (1988),
