Travis Walton - Fire in the Sky

In 1972, ufologist Josef Allen Hynek categorized the three kinds of alien encounters, from UFO sightings to alien observations. Ufologists have since created a fourth classification: Alien abduction. Here’s the top 10 from movies…

10. Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), The Last Starfighter (1984)

9. Sam Phillips (Philip Sayer), Xtro (1982)

8. Everyone’s Parents (various), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

7. Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp), The Astronaut’s Wife (1999)

6. John (Rufus Sewell) and Emma Murdoch (Jennifer Connelly),Dark City (1998)

5. Whitley Strieber (Christopher Walken) Communion (1989)

4. Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

3. David Freeman (Joey Cramer), Flight of the Navigator (1986)

2. Travis Walton (D.B. Sweeney), Fire in the Sky (1993)

1. Barry Guiler (Cary Guffey), Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)