In 2009, Universal Pictures released The Fourth Kind, a thriller that follows the life of psychologist Dr. Abigail Emily “Abby” Tyler, who lives in Nome, Alaska with her husband. After he mysteriously passes away, she resolves to continue his clinical research with clients suffering from insomnia.
She begins to use hypnosis on select patients as part of their treatment. The hypnosis reveals that several of them have had very similar experiences. They each report waking up at 333 a.m. and seeing a white owl outside their window. Shortly after that, they hear violent sounds outside their room followed by someone, or something, dragging them out of their bed against their will as they scream and howl in protest. Then they black out.
These occurrences follow similar descriptions from alien abductees around the world. Many abductees report seeing animals such as owls, monkeys or raccoons outside their windows at or around 330am right before their abduction.
Charlotte Milchard plays Dr. Abigail Tyler in The Fourth Kind.
Marie D. Jones, a paranormal researcher, was interviewed in a video featurette provided by the film’s producer, Universal Pictures. She calls the appearance of owls a “trigger object.” She said it is a way of calming the abductees before they are taken.
She also explained the time phenomenon. “Time prompts are number sequences that show up over and over again in a person’s life, usually in the form of time,” she explained. “333am is one of the most common time prompts. It is a ‘trigger time’ for abductions to take place.”
In the film, Tyler begins to believe that these episodes are actually close encounters of the fourth kind. Alien encounters are measured on a scale developed in 1972 by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a noted astronomer and famous ufologist. He researched UFOs with the US government, working with various Air Force sponsored studies including Project Sign (1947-49), Project Grudge (1949-52) and Project Bluebook (1952-69). The levels of close encounters are:
- First Kind: Sighting- visual sightings of flying saucers, unknown aerial objects, and odd lights.
- Second Kind: Evidence- observations of UFOs and the physical evidence of them including heat, damage to train, scared and skittish animals, lost time (gaps in memory), crop circles, and paralysis.
- Third Kind: Contact- there are six levels of contact described by Hynek, from observing inside a UFO, to experiencing “intelligent communication” with aliens.
- Fourth Kind: Abduction- a human is taken aboard a UFO.
A New ‘Blair Witch’ Ruse?
Is The Fourth Kind real? In the beginning of movie, Milla Jovovich says, “I am actress Milla Jovovich, and I will be portraying Dr. Abigail Tyler. This film is a dramatization of events that occurred October 2000. Everything in this movie is supported by archive footage. Some of what you are about to see is extremely disturbing.”
The movie studio said the film was based on “archival footage” of a therapist who discovered “the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented” while conducting her hypnosis and therapy sessions. It sounds legitimate, except no one in Alaska has ever heard of Dr. Abigail Tyler. She does not appear in any records of the state Psychologist’s Association or Licensing Board.
However, there actually had been a disturbing number of disappearances in and around Nome, mostly travelers coming to and from surrounding native Inupiat and Siberian Yupik areas. Distraught friends and family were frustrated by the lack of attention from police, believing that there may be one or a group of serial killers at work.
Mysterious Disappearances
In 2006, the Anchorage Daily News reported on the disappearances, saying, “A string of disappearances and mysterious deaths of native villagers visiting Nome was not the work of a serial killer… An FBI study of 24 missing persons and suspicious death cases assembled by Nome police said excessive alcohol consumption and the harsh winter climate were common ties in many of the cases. In 9 of the cases, where no bodies were ever found, state and local investigators said they will continue to search for new leads.”
The article began after a native named Eric Apatiki, 21, disappeared. A tribal council leader, Delbert Pungowiyi, for years had been trying to get an investigation going about various disappearances. “People disappear over there and where are the bodies going? Where are the remains going?” Pungowiyi asked the newspaper. He called Nome “a boneyard for the region because there are so many remains there that have never been found.” The FBI began their investigation in response to the growing frustrations of the native population.
The Daily News concluded that there were no abductions, and the number of missing persons and unresolved deaths is what a small town of Nome’s size would see on average. The newspaper pointed to the FBI investigation, again citing the high incidence of alcoholism and extremely rugged weather conditions.
The nonprofit group that brought the cases to the attention of the general public is not happy about the movie. They claim that it takes away from any real investigation into the disappearances. “The movie looks ridiculous,” said Kawarak, Inc. vice president Melanie Edward told the Daily News. “It’s insensitive to family members of people who have gone missing in gnome over the years.”
A few of the deaths were caused by people suffering from exposure to the cold, or from falling into the freezing waters of the Snake River. Pungowiyi told the paper that he is still under the belief that his uncle disappeared due to some criminal activity. His uncle had arrived in Nome in 1998 to buy a snowmobile. He never returned to his village of Savoonga. He said he believes that some of the deaths, including his uncle, were racially motivated, and believes that one or two people were murdering natives.
Fake News Site
Putting further doubt about the movie’s veracity is the fact that Universal Pictures was sued successfully after they created a fake news site called AlaskaNewsArchive.com. They had a fake story that was reportedly from the real-life Nome Nugget newspaper. The “news story” actually used the name of the Nome Nugget Editor, Nancy Maguire, in the byline. The Alaska Press Club, on behalf of the newspaper and Maguire, sued Universal and settled out-of-court for $20,000.
Alien posession footage from the film
Universal admitted creating the fake online news archive. They said it was part of a “viral marketing campaign.” They even went so far as to create a fake site called AlaskaPsychiatryJournal.com, which listed a bio for Dr. Abigail Tyler and exhibited several scholarly articles she had supposedly written in medical journals on hypnotherapy, hypnotic regression and sleep problems. It was later discovered that Universal Pictures had registered the domain name a month before the movie was released. Both sites are gone now.
Nome residents are also entertained by the obvious difference between the film version of their town and reality. The film was shot in the mountainous areas of Bulgaria, New Zealand, and parts of Alaska. The town of Nome is shown nestled in among mountainous terrain. In reality, Nome is on the edge of a treeless flat expanse up against the Bering Sea in the middle of Alaska’s West Coast.
A Fib On Top of Fabrication
In the final analysis, The Fourth Kind features a therapist, who has a high probability of being fictional, and “archived footage” that is in actuality reenactments with professional actors. In addition, no one seems to be able to find any record of an Abigail Tyler having lived or worked in the Nome area.
Couldn’t they have just checked her Facebook profile?
Many people just brush the movie off as a complete fabrication. However, the producers were not interested in clear cut facts as much as profitable entertainment. It succeeded on the profit scale, pulling in $25.4 million dollars domestically on a $10 million investment. On the entertainment side, it fell a little short. IMDB.com raters peg it at 5.9 out of 10, and RottenTomatoes.com gave it a 25% rating.
The film’s tagline says, “It’s Up to You to Decide.” Abduction skeptics say that no abduction episode has ever proven true. However, no one knows for sure. As you watch The Fourth Kind while gripping the arm of your chair as tight as you can, you realize you aren’t sure yourself.
You can pick up The Fourth Kind on Blu-Ray here.
About Ian Stephens
Ian Stephens is an editor and writer for UFOinsight.com. He has a keen interest in the fields of strange phenomena, UFOs and Aliens. He is also interested in Space, physics and aviation. He also writes for the popular flight simulator website Fly Away Simulation as a senior editor.
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Amazing…well done
Just watched the movie myself and must admit for a lot of the movie as I watched I thought it may have been real and based on facts. But some of the later ”archive footage” seemed too acted instead of real. So I enjoyed it for what it was, a sci-fi with a twist to the usual alien invasions to conquer/destroy the earth. But I still went on line too check and found this web site and the full info’ on the film and a photo of the actress the played the ”archive footage” Dr. I know it has took me 3 years after it was made to see it. but you can’t watch everything at once. Plus I like Milla as well. But having said all that I do believe the ”Truth is out there”.
I watched this movie about a year ago, and I still think about it. It is one movie that scares the H outta me, thinking about all this alien abduction crap, etc. I do believe in it, and I believe all the “archived footage” as well. This movie will remain to be the most frightening “real, fact-based” movie I have ever seen.
In my own point of view as i watched the movie a year ago. It is an eye opener for the people who are wide thinker let us accept that we not alone in this universe so. It frightens me a lot because of the actual footage. I they don’t believe dr. abby tyler why is it that they can’t find her daughter? Just as simple as that to prove her wrong……so how could they critized her? Try to think people I’m not convincing anybody, all I want to know is the truth behind her story…….(“;)
well, from a spiritual point of view this movie is based on demonic possession.
Studies about hypnosis in spirituality suggests that hypnosis causes a hole in your soul (body) to open which can allow your spirit to leave your body, while connected with a golden thread, and of course while your body is open anything can possess it.
People who meditate call on a “higher self” or a spirit guide, this thing they are calling on is a demonic entity, which can actually give them peace, but steal their souls. Usually people who practice these things find it impossible to submit to God and they hate talking about Jesus.
Therefore from a spiritual point of view, what actually happened is a series of demonic possessions which caused havoc in a small town in Alaska.
Witches and satanists all use a technique that allow them to fly in their spiritual bodies, while leaving their soul behind. They can use their spirit bodies to listen in on private conversations, kill someone and move things around but you can not see them at all, because they are only visible in the spiritual realm. Witches and satanists are usually possessed with another entity. Look at videos on youtube about celebrities talking about their alter egos, or the big guy up there, or The sudden personality change when they need to perform. All of it is demons. the spiritual realm is home to “aliens” in spiritual words, these aliens are called Angels and demons. We cannot see them, because they live in the 4th dimension.
Now when these people were hypnotically induced, they experienced another reality, their bodies were taken over by a demon spirit, maybe satan himself as he is likely to call himself God. And their spirit bodies were taken into the 4th dimension. The man that killed his wife and kids claimed he had seen something, something he couldn’t bear to live with. That something was the demons that live in the spiritual realm. Demons are ugly in appearance and because they are higher than humans, they can seem terrifying in power and appearance.
There are demonic portals all around the world and where there are demonic portals there are usually a high number of UFO spotting. Alien portals is a place where demons come in and out from hell. Since these demons are much higher in intellect than humans, they are smart and they are technologically advanced.
The markings and radiation they found on their bodies is simply evidence that a demon has taken them over. LIke the man who said he can hear two distinct voices talking in his head. This is a common phrase used in Schizophrenia. People who suffer from the disorder are likely to be experiencing demonic possession. Since from a spiritual view there is only black and white – either you are filled with the Love (Spirit) of God or something else is inside you. Since we exist of three parts. Soul-spirit-Body. When your soul is not filled with the Spirit, you surely will find another spirit controlling it. Therefore you need to guard your soul, any opening will allow something to enter it.
And that is where the common phrase “demonic possession” comes from.
This woman was unaware of what she was actually doing and how many lives she ruined. But all in good heart.
The owl is a common symbol in the occult. It is also used in the Illuminati and even on an American money you can find a small owl. Therefore the owl they saw was merely a symbol which suggested that a demonic entity had found a gateway into their lives, which by the looks of it seems to be hypnosis. It probably tampered around causing small little things such as depression and insomnia, which lead the people to search for help, the help they received was a further gateway, which was used to steal the souls of those people.
Satan is like an alien and possesses all alien traits, so all alien sighting are in fact demonic. Some people have spiritual gifts and they possess the ability to see things and see into the 4th dimension. Thus they sometimes see demons and think it’s aliens.
The girl that went missing was simply killed and her body confiscated. I sure believe it’s easy for satan to get rid of evidence since he is very skilled at hiding satanic cults from people, including himself. Demons can lift people, demons can talk through people, demons can kill people and break their bones. Demons look like ugly aliens and they are very strong and evil. therefore, yeah, they are aliens. but they can not leave the earth. Only satan can actually go up to heaven and talk to God.
There was something horribly satanic going on in that town and here is evidence of demonic possession yet people are so uninformed, that if it happened to them people would classify them as mentally sick. Wake up people!
There will come a day when the 4th dimension won’t be hidden anymore and we will see everything and you’ll want to shoot your brains out like that other guy, but you won’t be able to. It will be too late.
If you believe in Jesus today there is hope. But otherwise you are screwed and the day when satan and his demons, were wolves and vampires appear in our realm, we will die of fear and end up getting the mark of the beast simply because your afraid.
But the power of the Blood Of Jesus Christ can save you.
I know, I sound crazy, but I hope that I will be with Jesus that day, eating a meal and singing wonderful songs, because I don’t want to see satan and his demons. The end has come and people are sleeping. wake up. it will all be over soon.
ME…I want you to know that,u do not sound stupid, infact everything u mentioned is just The Truth! I’m an African and where i come from, we strongly believe dat d Owl is a Symbol of Evil and if i had seen something like it at night,i’d have prayed and rebuked it in the Name of Jesus Christ! I just feel sorry for those people including the Actors and Actresses who protrayed d events in the movies…cos there is only one truth, Jesus is Coming Soon! Very soon! Believe in him, cconfess him with ur mouth and You will be saved! These events at Nome, Alaska is not entertainment but enlightenment! Be Informed!
Oh my goodness! I though the exact same thing as “ME”, also Faith is totally true. The expressions translated from Sumerian are more like demonic phrases. Also, owls do represent evil stuff and in Central American countries there is the belief that if an owl sings above you, it’s announcing your death. I do not know if the story is true or fiction, if the little girl was raptured in real life I do really really feel sorry. If it is not true then the film kind of plays with viewers’ feelings. About the owl, I do not know if it is superstition or truth, but it does not represent anything good.
We sure must be aware of strange things happening at the end of time. Even if this case is fiction, similar things happen though maybe not “aliens” cause it.