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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedWeiner and his twin Jack, with Chuck Rak and Charlie Foltz, reported a light over their canoe in Maine in August 1976 and later recovered abduction memories under hypnosis. Rak later recanted. The corpus discusses the case and the dispute.
Who
| Role | One of four art students in the 1976 Allagash Waterway abduction account |
|---|---|
| Side | civilian |
| Status | verified public figure (does the person exist and hold the stated position — not whether their claims are true) |
Interviews and appearances
Claims made
Raymond Fowler's 'The Allagash Abductions' (1993) exists and, per the witnesses, prints the four men's regression transcripts verbatim with Fowler's analysis.
- 1:39:17 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
some of the hypnotic regressions are are word for word in his book.
- 1:39:17 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
Weiner and Foltz testified that in 1988-1989 all four men underwent multiple hypnotic-regression sessions with investigator Raymond Fowler, under an agreement not to discuss content between themselves.
- 1:15:44 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
So, we all four of us agreed to undergo um regression multiple regression sessions. And then we we agreed that we would not talk about them between us.
- 1:15:44 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
Foltz and Weiner testified that the next morning they reported the sighting to the ranger collecting trash, and that they asked other campers on the lake system whether they had seen anything.
- 0:53:43 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
So when the ranger came to collect our trash, we said, "Hey, you know, did anybody see anything weird?" >> Uh-huh.
- 0:53:43 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
The Weiner twins stated on air that they are Rh-negative, in response to the host's framing that Rh-negative blood is a commonality among experiencers.
- 0:13:51 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
Yeah, my brother and I are Rh negative.
- 0:13:51 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
The Weiner twins testified to childhood bedroom disturbances (covers pulled, figures, balls of light, a voice calling their names) and that their mother reported a hooded bedroom figure to Fowler that she had never mentioned to her sons.
- 0:11:47 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
we'd wake up in the night and there'd be something pulling the covers off our
- 0:11:47 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
Jim Weiner testified that his temporal-lobe epilepsy led to a Beth Israel sleep-deprivation EEG where he had a visceral reaction to the Communion cover, after which neurologist Jonathan Silverman steered him toward John Mack and then to Ray Fowler's event.
- 1:10:03 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
And when I saw the face on the cover, I flipped out.
- 1:10:03 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
Jim Weiner testified that in spring 1973, near Mansfield State College, Pennsylvania, he and two friends watched six to eight star-like lights tumble end-over-end in formation, respond to his flashlight signal with an amber flash, stop and reverse without decelerating.
- 0:22:46 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
they were tumbling like a slinky. They would
- 0:22:46 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
The four men were taken aboard a craft and clinically examined, including sperm collection — the hypnosis-phase content of the Allagash case.
- 1:29:53 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner / Charlie Foltz (regression content) ▶
Well um I remember them taking sperm sample.
- 1:29:53 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner / Charlie Foltz (regression content) ▶
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The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose 10 May 2026
- 0:02:49 ▶ interview
- 0:11:47 ▶ Jim Weiner The Weiner twins testified to childhood bedroom disturbances (covers pulled, figures…
we'd wake up in the night and there'd be something pulling the covers off our
- 0:13:51 ▶ Jim Weiner The Weiner twins stated on air that they are Rh-negative, in response to the host's…
Yeah, my brother and I are Rh negative.
- 0:22:46 ▶ Jim Weiner Jim Weiner testified that in spring 1973, near Mansfield State College, Pennsylvania, he…
they were tumbling like a slinky. They would
- 0:53:43 ▶ Jim Weiner Foltz and Weiner testified that the next morning they reported the sighting to the…
So when the ranger came to collect our trash, we said, "Hey, you know, did anybody see anything weird?" >> Uh-huh.
- 1:10:03 ▶ Jim Weiner Jim Weiner testified that his temporal-lobe epilepsy led to a Beth Israel…
And when I saw the face on the cover, I flipped out.
- 1:15:44 ▶ Jim Weiner
So, we all four of us agreed to undergo um regression multiple regression sessions. And then we we agreed that we would not talk about them between us.
- 1:29:53 ▶ Jim Weiner / Charlie Foltz (regression content) The four men were taken aboard a craft and clinically examined, including sperm…
Well um I remember them taking sperm sample.
- 1:39:17 ▶ Jim Weiner
some of the hypnotic regressions are are word for word in his book.
“An 80 Foot UFO Abducted Us On a Lake!” -Jim Weiner & Charlie Foltz | MEMBERS RELEASE 9 May 2026
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Allagash abduction report (August 1976). Open the full map filtered to this record.
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- 1:39:17 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
some of the hypnotic regressions are are word for word in his book.
- 1:15:44 The Bizarre Alien Abduction Details The Government Will Never Disclose · Jim Weiner ▶
So, we all four of us agreed to undergo um regression multiple regression sessions. And then we we agreed that we would not talk about them between us.
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