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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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August 27, 2010: Human Mutilations and Abduction Phenomena - Butch Witkowski

Aug 27, 2010
2h 38m
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Art Bell welcomes Butch Witkowski, founder of the UFO Research Center of Pennsylvania, to discuss the disturbing topic of human mutilations and abduction phenomena. Witkowski, a former MUFON chief investigator, describes assembling a team of forensic experts, law enforcement officers, and scientists to pursue cases of high strangeness that conventional organizations left unresolved.

The conversation centers on documented cases of human mutilation that mirror the surgical precision found in cattle mutilations. Witkowski details the 1988 Brazilian case of a man found with organs removed through impossibly precise incisions, and a 1956 incident at White Sands Missile Range involving a U.S. Air Force sergeant. In each case, identical organs were taken and identical wounds were inflicted, whether the victim was human or animal. Art shares his own UFO sighting experience and recalls the state of shock that accompanied it.

The discussion also covers implant phenomena, the Carbondale UFO crash investigation, and the staggering number of missing persons worldwide whose disappearances remain unexplained. Witkowski argues that whoever is responsible for these acts is neither benign nor friendly, a position Art firmly shares.

Key Moments

  1. Witkowski's Tucson UFO sighting: Witkowski describes the 1989 Tucson sighting that drew him into ufology: a silent bronze craft hovering 1,500 feet above a mountain.

  2. Northumberland County abduction case: Art reads a listener letter about a Pennsylvania hunter found emaciated in his underwear with horror on his face, witnesses describing a silent object pulling something into a beam of light.

  3. Guarapiranga Reservoir mutilation case: Witkowski details the 1988 Brazilian human mutilation: body dumped on an island near Sao Paulo with cored anus, removed eyes, lips, ears, and surgically excised genitals matching cattle mutilation patterns exactly.

  4. Vital reaction - he was alive: Witkowski explains that the Brazilian autopsy repeatedly cites 'vital reaction' around the wounds and cerebral edemas in the brain, meaning the victim was alive and conscious throughout the mutilation.

  5. Chupacabra cases as cover for human mutilations: Witkowski says South American researchers believe many alleged chupacabra victims are actually human mutilation cases, with bodies being cremated within hours despite local burial customs.