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Hello and welcome to the program
UFO Warning. 

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In this episode, we're talking 
about the Brooklyn Bridge UFO 

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abduction. 
That's correct, the Brooklyn 

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Bridge UFO abduction. 
Now this involves the strange 

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case of Linda Napolitano's 
alleged alien abduction. 

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Linda Napolitano's story is one 
of the most widely discussed and

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debated alien abduction cases in
UFO lore. 

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Her account, often referred to 
as the Brooklyn Bridge UFO 

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abduction, has intrigued both 
skeptics and believers since 

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early 1990s. 
Described as an intense and 

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bewildering experience, the 
Pelotonus story stands out for 

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its dramatic nature, her 
conviction, and the range of 

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supposed witnesses involved. 
Those skeptics question the 

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plausibility of her claims. 
The story remains a focal point 

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in UFO research and discussions 
around the phenomena of alien 

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abduction, and Napolitano claims
that on the night of November 

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30th, 1989, she was abducted 
from her 12th floor apartment in

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Manhattan. 
According to her account, she 

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was taken by extraterrestrial 
beings from her bedroom, floated

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out of her apartment window, and
brought aboard a UFO. 

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This is not unusual for alien 
abduction stories, but what sets

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Napolitano's case apart is the 
alleged presence of witnesses, 

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some of whom claim to have seen 
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Makes it extremely interesting 
if you have a third party who 

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witnesses one of these things 
and Napolitano's retelling. 

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She describes the beings as 
having the classic Gray alien 

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appearance, large heads, big 
black eyes and spindly limbs. 

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She recalls being examined on 
board the craft and feeling 

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helpless, frightened, yet oddly 
calm in their presence. 

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Although the details are similar
to other accounts in UFO 

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literature, it's the alleged 
corroboration from witnesses 

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that make her story unique. 
One of the main advocates of 

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Napolitano's case was Bud 
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researcher and author. 
Hopkins, who had dedicated his 

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career to studying and 
documenting alien abduction 

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cases, believed that her account
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attention. 
He included it in his work 

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witnessed the story of the 
Brooklyn Bridge UFO abduction. 

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Hopkins also encouraged Linda to
undergo hypnosis, a technique 

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frequently used to uncover 
memories of alleged abductions, 

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as many abductees report memory 
gaps or screen memories 

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surrounding their experience. 
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aspect of this case is the 
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eyewitnesses, including two 
bodyguards who claimed to be 

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present near the Brooklyn Bridge
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These witnesses, identified as 
Richard and Dan, reportedly 

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described seeing Napolitano 
being floated out of her 

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apartment window and into a 
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River. 
Another surprising account 

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involved an unnamed political 
figure who was reportedly also 

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present observing the event. 
Critics point out several 

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factors that challenged the 
credibility of Napolitano's 

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story. 
First, her case heavily relies 

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on testimony from hypnosis 
sessions, which can be a 

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controversial method of 
uncovering memories. 

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Hypnosis can sometimes lead to 
false memories or confabulations

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where the subject unwittingly 
fills in details that may not be

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entirely accurate. 
For this reason, some experts 

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are cautious about accepting 
hypnotherapy derived information

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as conclusive evidence of an 
event. 

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Additionally, no physical 
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the abduction itself. 
While there are alleged 

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witnesses, none came forward 
with photographic or physical 

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proof of the event. 
This lack of concrete evidence 

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is often cited by skeptics, who 
see it as a significant gap in 

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the case is credibility. 
Others question the reliability 

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of Hopkins investigative 
methods, especially as he was 

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known for being openly 
sympathetic to abduction 

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stories, which some argue could 
have influenced his 

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interpretation of Napolitano's 
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Despite the controversies, Linda
Napolitano's story has continued

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to capture the public's 
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Her account remains a focal 
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alien abductions, particularly 
those involving possible 

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multiple witnesses. 
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her story, it has added another 
layer to the cultural tapestry 

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of UFO and alien lore, raising 
important questions about the 

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nature of human experience, 
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In many ways, Linda Napolitano's
story serves as a case study in 

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the complexities of alleged 
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The case exemplifies how the UFO
phenomena often evokes not just 

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the people claiming to have 
experienced abductions, but also

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the surrounding community, 
researchers, and even skeptical 

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observers. 
While some regard her story with

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skepticism, others see it as a 
profound reminder of the 

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mysteries that continue to 
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life and consciousness. 
For those open to the 

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possibility of extraterrestrial 
encounters, Napolitano's story 

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remains a powerful and 
provocative account of what 

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might lie beyond our own 
reality. 

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For skeptics, it is a case that 
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evidence and the reliability of 
human perception. 

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Ultimately, that Linda 
Napolitano case endures is a 

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fascinating chapter in the 
ongoing debate about alien 

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abductions and the unknown. 
No doubt about it, it's really 

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an interesting case. 
We go over here to forbes.com. 

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This article is from November 
4th, 2024. 

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The true story behind Netflix's 
the Manhattan alien abduction. 

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What happened to Linda 
Napolitano? 

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You have also heard this called 
the Manhattan Transfer. 

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Monica Mercurio is the writers 
is Monica is an entertainment 

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reporter covering TV, film and 
music. 

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And then it has a picture here, 
Miss Napolitano, it says Linda 

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Napolitano continues to stand by
her story that she was abducted 

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by aliens outside her New York 
apartment in 1989. 

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Netflix's docu series The 
Manhattan Alien Abduction 

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revisits what happened before 
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event, which 20 people 
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But did the abduction actually 
occur, or was it all a hoax? 

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The three-part docu series 
explores the events surrounding 

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the alleged Brooklyn Bridge 
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To this day, Napolitano 
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aliens from her high rise and 
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The series includes interviews 
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skeptics, notably critic Carol 
Rainey, who spent years working 

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to debunk Napolitano's story 
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Linda Napolitano, a New York 
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mom, said that on the night of 
November 30th, 1989, three 

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extraterrestrial beings 
kidnapped her outside her 12th 

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floor downtown apartment. 
She claimed that these non human

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beings made her levitate out of 
her window and into a spacecraft

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hovering by the city. 
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Napolitano argued that the 
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her before returning her to her 
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A few months before the November
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reportedly sent UFO researcher 
But Hopkins a letter detailing a

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previous extraterrestrial 
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have endured a weekend in a 
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time.com also reported that she 
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group meetings for abductees 
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encounter. 
In April 1989, Napolitano said 

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that she found a strange bump on
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eventually revealed to be a 
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Hopkins believed that this was 
evidence that aliens inserted an

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implant in her nostril. 
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allegedly disappeared when a 
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That's weird. 
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disappeared while they're in the
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But, you know, once you tell me 
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and it's something we don't 
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attention goes on and says, were
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Brooklyn Bridge abduction? 
There were about 20 people who 

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allegedly witnessed the Brooklyn
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After the incident, Napolitano 
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happened to Hopkins, who claimed
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witnesses who saw Napolitano 
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However, none of the witnesses 
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interviewed in Netflix's 
documentary, and his book 

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Witnessed True Story of the 
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Hopkins used pseudonyms for all 
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There's also no evidence that 
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Dan, who were allegedly 
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guard the UN Secretary General 
Javier Perez de Cular, actually 

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existed. 
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their communication with 
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through letters. 
Kalia later refuted this 

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suspicion that he was affiliated
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I cannot but strongly deny the 
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abduction experience at any 
time, he wrote in a statement to

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PBS on several occasions. 
When questioned about that 

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matter, I reiterated that these 
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false, and I hope that this 
statement will definitely put an

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end to these unfounded rumors. 
That Paul Tano maintains that 

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there were real witnesses who 
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night. 
If I was hallucinating, then the

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witness saw my hallucinations. 
She recalled to Vanity Fair in 

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2013. 
That sounds crazier than the 

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whole abduction phenomena. 
The docu series features alleged

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descriptions from several 
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though their accounts differ 
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For example, one woman claimed 
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shining through her curtains. 
Filmmaker Carol Rainey was 

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formerly married to Hopkins and 
now believes Napolitano's alien 

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abduction story was fabricated. 
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recalled that she initially 
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they became friends. 
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question whether Napolitano was 
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In the docu series, she 
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several people as part of his 
work and said Napolitano did not

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behave in the way most people do
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Instead, she claimed that 
Napolitano mimicked other people

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who had been hypnotized on 
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I felt that Bud had lost his 

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objectivity, Rainey said in the 
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I don't know if it was through 
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that. 
I couldn't respect what I heard 

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him do to people who were 
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I had to try to protect other 
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way. 
I was sick. 

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I was literally sick of the 
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thing I could think to do was to
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Meanwhile, Napolitano denied 
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the documentary. 
She used my case and me and my 

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family as a tool to get even 
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Wow, then it says, why is Linda 
Napolitano suing Netflix ahead 

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of the August 30 premiere of the
Manhattan alien abduction? 

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Napolitano sued at Netflix, 
claiming that the project 

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defames her, paints her in an 
unflattering light and steals 

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the work of another author who 
first wrote about her story more

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than 20 years ago, Forbes 
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The complaint alleges Netflix 
allowed Rainey to play a 

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prominent part in the docu 
series as an expert skeptic in 

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the field when she instead 
allegedly an embittered 

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alcoholic ex-wife hell bent on 
revenge against her husband, who

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negatively portrayed both 
Hopkins and Napolitano. 

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Napolitano also said she agreed 
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Netflix after she was promised 
only one interview with Rainey 

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would be used and that the true 
story of her reduction would 

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finally be presented. 
Instead, she felt blindsided by 

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a screening of the series in 
September. 

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The complaint seeks an 
undetermined amount of money 

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damages for six claims, 
including fraud, defamation and 

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breach of Con of covenant of 
good Faith and Fair dealing. 

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Wow, what an article. 
And they have a, they have a 

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trailer here of it too. 
Very interesting stuff. 

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Let's take a look at one more 
article on this. 

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We'll finish up with this 
article here from slashfilm.com.

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Kind of gets into a little bit 
about the Netflix series and 

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their take on it. 
It says the true story behind 

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Netflix's The Manhattan alien 
abduction explained rid by Ryan 

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Scott November 4th, 2024 A 
recent Netflix docu series has 

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captured the attention of 
subscribers, and it's one that 

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deserves a slightly deeper dive.
The Manhattan Alien Abduction 

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tells the allegedly true story 
of a woman named Linda 

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Napolitano who claims to have 
been abducted by aliens in the 

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late 80s. 
This serious attempts to get to 

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the bottom of it all. 
The true story behind the 

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documentary is, as one would 
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we're dealing with an uncertain 
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That said, it's worth going over
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viewers who are either reckoning
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who are looking to ride the wave
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dock right now. 
Netflix using true stories to 

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craft popular televisions? 
Nothing new. 

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The success of stuff like Files 
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streaming service is proof 
enough of that, but there are 

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near countless examples. 
This latest example has a truly 

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wild story behind it, A story 
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contention for some time, which 
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existence of this docu series. 
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familiar with Netflix bills the 
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one of the greatest mysteries in
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The series was granted access to
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before seen footage as well as 
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in addition to skeptics who 
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Vivian Perry from Meet Me in the
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Nail Bomber Manhatt directed the
series then this is Is the 

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Manhattan alien abduction a true
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The word true takes on a loose 
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Manhattan alien abduction 
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something that cannot, or at the
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point been proven. 
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is on some level hearsay. 
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the history behind the story 
that serves as the basis of this

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documentary and shed some light 
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Very basically. 
In 1989, New York City resident 

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Linda Napolitano claimed that 
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her high rise apartment. 
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incident is that it was 
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people and later became highly 
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The occurrence has become famous
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known as the Brooklyn Bridge 
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In 1996, author and ufologist 
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Napolitano's claims in a book 
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of the Brooklyn Bridge UFO 
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For a time, Napolitano was using
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her story. 
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fiction like Netflix's popular 3
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of evidence suggesting we are 
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unexplained occurrence not 
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debate, depending on who one 
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As Napolitano tells it, she was 
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who levitated her like an Angel 
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In a 2013 piece for Vanity 
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By all accounts, and for decades
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book Witnessed was more of a 
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Meanwhile, 1 of Netflixs promos 
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woman claims to have been 
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Manhattan. 
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whether it was an elaborate hoax
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The docu series certainly leans 
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side of things. 
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Carol Rainey, who participated 
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Napolitano's more notable 
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Also rather notably, Rainey is 
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wrote the book about 
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Rainey passed away in 2023 but 
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until her passing. 
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tried to sue to block Netflix 
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as she was egregiously deceived 
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in the project had she known how
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The legal filing characterized 
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alcoholic ex-wife hell bent on 
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So the events themselves are not
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the documentary is embroiled in 
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When these sorts of 
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to stir the pot. 
WWE head Hotcho Fitz McMahon was

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unhappy with Netflix's recent, 
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for example. 
It's sort of the nature of the 

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beast. 
It's no different when it comes 

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to getting to the bottom of 
popular tales of alleged alien 

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abduction. 
The Manhattan alien abductor is 

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streaming now on Netflix. 
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I think all the way around, Yes,
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just simply because we have 
these witnesses that have been 

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claimed to have seen this stuff,
but yet we can't get a last 

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name. 
The UN guy says Nope, wasn't 

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there. 
So how do we know about these 

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two supposed bodyguards? 
It's like with any of this 

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stuff, it's a chain of custody. 
The evidence has to be able to 

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stand up to examination. 
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Yeah, I think it's a great 
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Is it true? 
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But I think it, I think it's 
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on this stuff. 
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an experiencer and you've had 
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should probably know going into 
it ahead of time that if you do 

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an interview with somebody from 
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produced about your story, it 
may not turn out at all like you

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thought it would. 
There's just something to keep 

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in mind. 
I think that's why it's so 

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important to have good 
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these things clear headed 
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happen and let's say this woman 
experienced these traumatic 

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events. 
Now, if she's held up to public 

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ridicule after sharing her story
and she's just completely caught

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off guard by something like 
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the situation that much more 
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And that's why I think is people
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phenomena. 
If you've had an experience, you

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should go into a clear headed 
knowing that if you open 

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yourself up to some kind of a 
interview or some sort of 

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documentary like this, you could
be opening yourself up to public

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ridicule and deep personing. 
That's that's just the whole, 

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the cold hard facts of it. 
Overall though, I think a very 

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good story. 
Until next time, this is your 

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full warning, over and out.