Travis Walton & Jennifer W. Stein
Travis Walton, a 22-year-old American forestry worker, encountered a UFO craft with his fellow logging crew members on November 5, 1975, while he was working in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. During this encounter, Walton went missing for five days and six hours despite five days of searching with scent dogs and helicopters. While Walton remained missing, his coworkers underwent polygraph examinations to determine if they were involved with Travis' murder and cover-up. When he reappeared by the side of a road near Heber, Arizona, Travis' case gained mainstream publicity.
It remains one of the best-known UFO alien abduction stories. Naturally, his experience has been the subject of famous UFO debunkers like Philip J. Klass for decades. In 1978, Walton wrote a book about his experience titled The Walton Experience, which was adapted into the 1993 Paramount film "Fire in the Sky." He later re-issued his book under this same name. Travis has appeared in multiple television specials recounting this case.
In a mission to depict the truth rather than a Hollywood version, in 2015 Jennifer W. Stein produced the documentary, Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton that garnered 29 mainstream awards. The film is available on seven platforms and in translations - French, Spanish, Japanese, and Italian.
Jennifer W. Stein is acclaimed for her award-winning documentary film that delves into the famed 1975 UFO incident involving Travis Walton. With nearly two decades of activism within the UFO community, she stands as the director and founding member of Main Line MUFON, a community educational service in Pennsylvania. In addition to her role as chapter director of Sedona MUFON, she has penned articles on several topics including UFO phenomena, precognition, synchronicity, crop circles, and the Travis Walton case.
Stein is also the producer of monthly public programming airing on her local public access television station and MUFON TV, a platform she co-established with Ron James. Her presentations at numerous conferences span subjects such as UFOs, crop circles, the Travis Walton story, and ancient architectural sites, including her research on Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Puma Punku in Bolivia, and the sacred valley of Cuzco, Peru. She has shared her own 1975 UFO encounter in her talks.
A budding entrepreneur from a young age, Stein honed her business acumen in a family-owned enterprise while earning a B.S. in textiles from the University of Arizona in 1983. She currently resides in Anthem, Arizona.
