Hopkins, Budd “Witnessed”


 

Brief review to be added of Budd Hopkins's book “Witnessed” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK)

Focuses on alleged abuduction of “Linda Cortile” (a pseudonym for Linda Napolitano) in downtown Manhattan, New York City early in the morning at the end of November 1989.

 

 

 

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

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Book References

For discussion of the Linda “Cortile “abduction” see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

2001

Alschuler, William in his “The Science of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 91 (in Chapter 5), 162-163 (in Chapter 7) of the St Martin’s Press hardback edition.

3

1999

Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 56-58 (in an entry entitled “Cortile, Linda”) of the Virgin hardback edition.

3

2004

Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 50 (in an entry entitled “Brooklyn Bridge Abduction Case”), 103 (in an entry entitled “Cortile, Linda”), 226 (in an entry entitled “Napolitano, Linda”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition.

3

1998

Brookesmith, Peter in his “Alien Abductions” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68-71 (in Chapter 2), 80 (in Chapter 3), 124 (in Chapter 4), 166-167 (in the Epilogue) of the Barnes & Noble hardback edition.

8

1995

Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 136-137 (in Chapter 6), 139 (in Chapter 7) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble hardback edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”).

3

1996

Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 104-105 (in Chapter 5) of the Parragon hardback edition.

2

1995

Bryan, C D B in his “Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at MIT” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 90-98 (in Chapter 4) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Knopf hardback edition and the Penguin Arkana softcover edition) at pages 120-130 of the Orion paperback edition.

9

2001

Cawthorne, Nigel in “The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 235-238 (in the chapter entitled “Bedroom Visitors”) of the Chancellor Press softcover edition.

4

1999

Cawthorne, Nigel in his “The World’s Greatest Alien Abductions” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 171-174 (in the chapter entitled “Bedroom Visitors”) of the Hamlyn softcover edition.

4

1992

Clark, Jerome in his article “The Politics of Torquemada; or, Earth Calling Hansen's Planet”, Paranet, article dated 1992.1024. Artcile republished in Electronic Unidentified Flying Objects News (EUFON), Volume 1, Number 2 (1993.0201) at pages 2-4). Text of article available online on various websites including at the following:

http://www.paranetinfo.com/UFO_Files/ufo/napol.txt

3

1998

Dean, Jodi in her “Aliens in America” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 141, 146-147 (in Chapter 4) of the Cornell University softcover edition.

3

2001

Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 55 (in Chapter 2) of the California hardback edition.

1

1997

Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 92-93, 93-94 (in Chapter 5), 152, 154 (in Chapter 8), 180 (in Chapter 9) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition.

7

1998

Evans, Hilary in his “From Other Worlds” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 146, 148 (in Chapter 5) of the Carlton hardback edition.

2

1998

Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 271-274 (in Section 3) with a one sentence summary at page 376 (in the Guide To Books) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition.

4

1999

Greer, Steven in his “Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 349 (in Chapter 48) of the Crossing Point softcover edition.

1

2006

Greer, Steven in his “Hidden Truth – Forbidden Knowledge” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 129-130 (in Chapter 17) of the Crossing Point softcover edition.

2

2001

Hall, Richard in “The UFO Evidence: Volume 2 – A Thirty Year Report” (2001) (edited by Richard Hall) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 32 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Master Chronology”) of the Scarecrow Press hardback edition.

1

2001

Hansen, George P in his “The Trickster and the Paranormal” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 249-263, 266-267 of the Xlibris softcover edition.

17

1993

Hansen, George P in his article “Attempted Murder vs. The Politics of Ufology: “A Question of Priorities in the Linda Napolitano Case”, Electronic Unidentified Flying Objects News (EUFON), Volume 1, Number 1 (1993.0101). Text of article available online on various websites including at the following: http://www.shoah.plus.com/801/abduct/linda2.html

http://www.paranetinfo.com/UFO_Files/ufo/napol.txt

1

1992

Hansen, George P in his article “Torquemada Responds to Jerome Clark”, Paranet, (1992.1123). Text of article available online on various websites including at the following:

http://www.paranetinfo.com/UFO_Files/ufo/napol.txt

1

2003

Hopkins, Budd and Rainey, Carol in their “Sight Unseen: Science, UFO Invisibility and Transgenic Beings” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 7-8, 10-11 (in the Introduction), 24, 25, 26 (in Chapter 1), 79-80 (in Chapter 4) of the Pocket Star Books paperback edition.

9

1994

Hopkins, Budd in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 254-261 (in Chapter 3, unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “An Independently-Witnessed Abduction”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition.

8

1996

Hopkins, Budd in his “Witnessed” (1996) generally, particularly at pages 3–391 of the Bloomsbury hardback edition.

389

1994

Horowitz, Paul in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 423 (in Chapter 5, in the question and answer section following the unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “Radio Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition.

1

1997

Huyghe, Patrick in “UFO: 1947-1997” (1997) (edited by Hilary Evans and Dennis Stacy) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-207 (in the section entitled “Aspects”, unnumbered chapter entitled “The Best Kept Secret”) of the John Brown hardback edition.

2

2001

Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 131 (in Chapter 5) of the Routledge softcover edition.

1

1999

Lorgen, Eve in her “The Love Bite : Alien Interference in Human Love Relationships” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 54-70 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Linda Cortile Case”) of the Elogos & HHC softcover edition.

17

1994

Mack, John E in his “Abduction : Human Encounters with Aliens” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in Chapter 2) of the Scribners hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books softcover edition) at page 20 of the 1995 revised Ballantine Books paperback edition.

1

1997

Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 240-243 (in Chapter 8) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

4

1997

Missler, Chuck and Eastman, Mark in their “Alien Encounters: The Secret behind the UFO Phenomenon” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 115-117 (in Chapter 5) of the Koinonia House softcover edition.

3

2002

Moseley, James and Pflock, Karl in their “Shockingly Close to the Truth!” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 304-309 (in Chapter 16) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

6

2002

Nixon, Neil in his “Pocket Essentials : UFOs” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in Chapter 1) of the Pocket Essentials softcover edition.

1

2001

Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 331-332 (in Chapter 5) of the Robinson softcover edition.

2

1997

Pope, Nick in his “The Uninvited” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 72-73 (in Chapter 4) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition.

2

2002

Presley, Reg in his “Wild Things (They Don’t Tell Us)” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 63-65 (in Chapter 4) of the Metro hardback edition.

3

1999

Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ and Cone, William in their “The Abduction Enigma” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages page 65 (in Chapter 2), 195-203, 204 (in Chapter 13), 320 (in Chapter 22) of the Forge hardback edition.

12

1996

Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “50 Years of UFO Encounters” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 92-93 (in unnumbered section entitled “1993: The Third Man”) of the Encounters Magazine softcover edition.

2

1995

Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Encyclopedia of the Unexplained” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66, 70 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Space Invaders”) of the Brockhampton hardback edition.

2

1994

Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “The Complete Book of UFOs” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 329-336 (in Chapter 32 generally), 340 (in Chapter 33) of the Piatkus softcover edition.

9

1997

Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 116-117 (in the chapter entitled “1989”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition.

2

1993

Randles, Jenny in her “Aliens” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 132-135 (in Part 5) of the Hale hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Sterling softcover edition published under the title “Alien Contacts and Abductions”).

4

2000

Randles, Jenny in her “The Little Giant Encyclopedia of UFOs” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-116 (in Part 1, “A UFO Timeline”) of the Sterling softcover edition.

3

1996

Randles, Jenny in her “The Paranormal Source Book” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 16 (in the unnumbered, but alphabetically arranged, chapter entitled “Alien Abductions”) of the Piatkus hardback edition.

1

1994

Schnabel, Jim in his “Dark White” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 202-221 (Chapter 10 generally), 222, 240-241, 242-243 (in Chapter 11), 278, 282 (in the Epilogue) of the Hamish Hamilton softcover edition.

27

1997

Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 244-246 (in Chapter 14) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition.

3

1998

Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 79-80 of the Prometheus hardback edition (Chapter 5).

2

2001

Smith, Angela Thompson in her “Diary Of An Abduction” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 207 (in Chapter 12), 213-214 (in Chapter 13) of the Hampton Roads softcover edition.

3

1999

Spaceage in its “UFO USA – A Traveler's Guide” (1999) at pages 126-128 (in the chapter entitled “New York”) of the Hyperion softcover edition.

3

1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 156-158 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1987-1997”) of the Boxtree hardback edition.

3

1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “True Life Encounters – Alien Contact” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 167 (in Chapter 10) of the Millenium paperback edition.

1

1994

Spencer, John in his “Gifts of the Gods?” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 12 (in Chapter 2) of the Virgin paperback edition.

1

1997

Stacy, Dennis in “UFO: 1947-1997” (1997) (edited by Hilary Evans and Dennis Stacy) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 14-15 (in the section entitled “Introduction”, in an unnumbered chapter entitled “Eight Days that Shaped Ufology”) of the John Brown hardback edition.

2

1993

Stefula, Joseph J and Butler, Richard D and Hansen, George P in their memo “A Critique of Budd Hopkins' Case of the UFO Abduction of Linda Napolitano” (1993.0108) at pages 1-26. (Memo republished in Third Eyes Only, issue number 8, January 1993 at pages 10-34.) Memo available online on various websites including at the following: http://www.tricksterbook.com/ArticlesOnline/LindaCase.htm

http://www.shoah.plus.com/801/abduct/linda.html

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8148/witnessed.html

http://www.worldofthestrange.com/docv268.html

26

1997

Van Dyk, Gregory in his “The Alien Files” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 83 (in Chapter 4) of the Element paperback edition.

1

1998

Wilson, Colin in his “Alien Dawn” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 232-238, 239-240, 248-249 (in Chapter 7) of the Virgin softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Virgin paperback edition).

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