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ceased functioning, and everything became
eerily silent. A mechanical voice speaking “too
perfect” English told her, “All your tests will
be negative.” It went on, “Tell the media. Do
not panic. We mean no harm” (Magee, 1972,
1978). At the UFO’s departure the car’s engine
resumed operation.
She next heard the voice in Fe b ru a ry, when it
i n s t ructed her to return to the “meeting place.”
By this time she had met with two pro m i n e n t
ufologists, Judith Magee and Paul Norman, so
she called them and asked them to meet her at
the designated location. As Puddy waited in her
p a rked car for the two to arrive, a man with
long, blond hair, wearing a uniform that looked
like a ski suit, briefly appeared next to her bef
o re he vanished. As soon as they pulled up,
Magee and Norman joined her inside her ve h icle.
Puddy shouted that the same strange man
was beckoning to her, but the investigators saw
nothing. She then seemed to faint, though her
mouth kept moving. She spoke of being in a
round room and watching as a mushro o m -
shaped device rose from the middle of the flo o r.
It was cove red with markings reminiscent of hie
roglyphics. Near it stood the blond-haired figu
re she had seen minutes before. She said the
man was telling her to describe what she was
seeing. All the while Puddy was growing eve r
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m o re frightened, until finally she broke into
tears. At that moment she regained full consciousness
but re m e m b e red nothing.
She claimed one other subsequent encounter
with the stranger, whom she saw
standing in the road about a week later.
Australian ufologist Keith Basterfield
would write, “All who interviewed Maureen
Puddy thought her to be a normal, healthy individual.
The entire series of events puzzled
her, and she got nothing but ridicule from
persons for reporting the episodes” (Basterfield,
1992). Her story bore some resemblance
to abduction accounts, but there are also some
differences, notably the absence of the medical
examination which figures in most such
experiences. Still, skeptics see it as evidence
that what witnesses believe to be objective experiences
may in fact be subjective in nature.
See Also: Abductions by UFOs
Further Reading
Basterfield, Keith, 1992. “Present at the Abduction.”
International UFO Reporter 17, 3 (May/June):
13–14, 23.
Magee, Judith, 1972. “UFO over the Mooraduc
Road.” Flying Saucer Review 18, 6 (November/
December): 3–5.
———, 1978. “Maureen Puddy’s Third Encounter.”
Flying Saucer Review 24, 3 (November 1978):
12–13, 15.