MovieChat Forums > Fire in the Sky (1993) Discussion > Travis Walton admits it was all a Hoax

Seems the story has been removed from the site.

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Suspicious. The removal is obviously part of the alien conspiracy.

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I bet it is.

Aliens and governments collude among themselves, choosing who will be probed and/or impregnated; worst of all, I've never read or heard about aliens using lubricants or painkillers.

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I carry K-Y Jelly with me.

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Me too! And, although I'm a male, I take the 'morning after' pill every day, just in case.

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Well I cornhole guys and you never know when you'll meet some cutie. I always got lube on me.

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I see what's going on now. The aliens have turned you, turned you into a probe. Never become the probe!

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🤨

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Kowalski, you're safe. I would never!

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It might have been a hoax, but Travis has never admitted it.

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Someone else posted a link that claims to have debunked the entire affair.

Here's the quote I found most interesting:

"What the local sheriff believes is that someone, probably Walton, put a lit balloon into the forest. Then he disappeared for several days of misery so he could get a good payday. There were no ketones in his system to show that he’d been out of food for days, which occurs 100% of the time during fasting. That’s what has happened because Travis wrote a book that got turned into a movie. He speaks at UFO events throughout the year."

The thing about the ketones (if true) would seem to be a clue. But true believers can always explain their way around that. I dunno.

I'm open minded but skeptical. In this particular case I've heard repeatedly the argument that "none of the men have changed their story over the years so that's evidence that the story is true."

Personally that doesn't impress me. Let's assume they decided to spin a tall tale. Why would they change the story over time? Sure, if they had a falling out maybe. But aside from that, I don't see any compelling reason for them to fess up.

Seems like the longer they stuck with the story the harder it would be to be truthful at this point. Not to say they aren't being truthful. But I can't say I believe the story while at the same time am open minded about it all.

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