Aliens Capture Shuttle Astronaut

File: UFO261

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - AN AMERICAN SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT HAS BEEN ABDUCTED BY SPACE ALIENS! THE AS YET UNIDENTIFIED ASTRONAUT WAS WORKING IN THE SHUTTLE'S OPEN CARGO BAY DURING A SHUTTLE MISSION EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN HE WAS SUDDENLY BEAMED ABOARD A STARSHIP DESCRIBED AS BIGGER THAN AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER! OFFICIALS AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HAVE FLATLY REFUSED TO CONFIRM OR DENY THAT AN ASTRONAUT FAILED TO RETURN FROM A MISSION OR THAT ANY INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A SHUTTLE FLIGHT. HOWEVER, THIS REPORTER HAS MANAGED TO OBTAIN AN AUTHENTICATED COPY OF A REPORT - AND A PHOTOGRAPH FROM A SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT WHO SAW THE ABDUCTION. HERE, IN PART, IS HIS CHILLING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE ABDUCTION. THE MISSING ASTRONAUT IS FICTITIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS MARK. THE MILITARY PAYLOAD HAD BEEN DEPLOYED WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT THERE WAS A SNAFU IN STOWING THE RMS (REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM). MISSION CONTROL (HOUSTON, TEXAS) AUTHORIZED A HANDS ON ADJUSTMENT AND MARK ENTERED THE OPEN PAYLOAD BAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WE WERE MONITORING HIS ACTIVITY AND GOING THROUGH THE CHECK OFF OVER THE INTERCOM WHEN WE NOTICED A GLOW IN THE DISTANCE. IT WAS ABOVE AND BEHIND MARK SO HE COULDN'T SEE IT. BUT FROM INSIDE THE CABIN, WE WATCHED IT GROW LARGER AND LARGER AS IT APPROACHED OUR POSITION. IN A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE MOST GIGANTIC STARSHIP YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. IT WAS TREMENDOUS... BIGGER THAN AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. I'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. IT SEEMED TO BE COVERED IN SOME KIND OF HIGHLY POLISHED SILVER METAL. IT WAS SO BRIGHT IT WAS BLINDING TO LOOK AT. JUST THEN, MARK TURNED AND SAW IT. HE GASPED SO HARD HE CHOKED. HE WAS REALLY SHAKEN. ALL HE COULD SAY WAS, OH MY GOD! WHAT IS IT? ... WHERE DID IT COME FROM? I WAS ABOUT TO TELL MARK TO GET THE HELL INSIDE THE CABIN WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE WAS JUST GRABBED BY SOME KIND OF FORCE. A BEAM OR A RAY SHOT OUT FROM A CRYSTAL DOME AT THE TOP OF THE STARSHIP AND ENVELOPED HIM. HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS IN A MINI SNOWSTORM. MARK HAD A SAFETY TETHER, BUT IT JUST SEEMED TO DISSOLVE IN THE RAY. THEN HE WAS LIFTED OUT OF THE BAY AND PULLED UP TO THE STARSHIP. HIS INTERCOM MUST HAVE BEEN DISABLED BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD HIM UTTER A SOUND, THE ASTRONAUT SAID IN HIS REPORT. IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS, HE VANISHED. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE WAS BEAMED INSIDE THE SHIP. SECONDS LATER, THE SHIP SHOT INTO SPACE LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING AND WAS GONE. THOUGH NASA STEADFASTLY DENIES THE ABDUCTION, THE REMAINING SHUTTLE CREW WAS TAKEN TO A SECRET LOCATION IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT UNDER WRAPS SINCE THE DAY THE MISSION ENDED.