The Bizarre True Story Of The Brooklyn Bridge UFO Abduction

According to Skeptics UFO Newsletter, Dan and Richard confessed to having "been carrying out surveillance of [Linda Napolitano's] movements prior to their initial meeting." Yet they waited over a year to write a letter to a random ufologist instead of knocking on Linda Napolitano's door. If they were government agents, surely they would have better resources than Budd Hopkins.

Greg Sandow in International UFO Reporter noted that American agents would not be guarding the secretary-general. The U.N. has its own security. And, given that Dan had been institutionalized, should he still have security clearance and a gun? Additionally, Dan supposedly wrote a threatening note from a mental institution on the same typewriter as his usual letters that was mailed from the United Nations. Did he bring it while being committed?

Though Hopkins was wowed that Napolitano "'spontaneously' recall[ed]" her experiences under hypnosis, according to Skeptics UFO Newsletter, the most straightforward answer is that she had some part in crafting them.

Napolitano, confronted that she erroneously said she would be getting half the proceeds for Witnessed, admitted that she intentionally spread disinformation, according to "A Critique of Budd Hopkins' Case..." Seven years after her abduction in 1989, "Priests of High Strangeness" recounted that Napolitano came to Hopkins's home, telling a harrowing tale of having just escaped another kidnapping attempt with her cousin Connie. Hopkins insisted that he speak to Connie to verify. Napolitano left, and Connie called shortly after. Once it concluded, Hopkins said, "That was Linda, pretending to be her cousin Connie."

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