Sector:USA/Linda_Case_Hopkins

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**Incident ID:** INC-1973-LC01
**Date:** Reported incidents beginning 1973; primary interview excerpts dated to late 1970s
**Location:** New York metropolitan area (residence), USA
**Reporting Agency:** NOVA Online / Budd Hopkins case files (public interview excerpts)
**Status:** UNRESOLVED

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## Executive Summary

A case file was compiled concerning an adult female herein identified by the pseudonym "Linda" in source material. The subject reported episodic nocturnal absences of time, surface lesions, and repeated recollections of non-consensual physical procedures recovered during hypnotic regression sessions. The case was documented through structured interviews, sleep-period observations, physical examinations, photographic records, and hypnotically facilitated recall. A single physical artifact was recovered and examined. Most observations were accounted for by documented procedures and corroborated witness statements, while one physical analysis result remains without a clear terrestrial explanation.

## Background and Source Material

The source material was extracted from a 1970s-era investigative interview conducted by Budd Hopkins and provided to NOVA Online in the form of published excerpts. The documentation was presented as a case study within a broader series relating to purported abduction phenomena. The subject was referred to by first name only in external reporting; medical records were not provided in the public interview excerpts. Summaries of regression sessions and physical examinations were reported by the investigator and by medical consultants referenced in the original interview.

## Subject Identification and Baseline Description

- An adult female was identified in the files by the name "Linda." No full legal name was provided in the public excerpts.
- Age at first reported incident was reported as early-to-mid 30s in the original interview excerpts.
- Height was recorded in one observational note as approximately 165 cm tall.
- Typical clothing at time of bedtime was recorded as cotton nightgown, ankle length, light-patterned fabric, unlaced slippers present beside the bed.
- Hair length was described in the interview as shoulder-length, straight, dark brown.

## Environment and Initial Observations

- At 02:12 AM local time on an unspecified date within the reported incident window, the subject's bedroom was described as dimly lit by an alarm clock LED (red, numeric display), no overhead light active. Window blinds were reported closed. Ambient weather was recorded in a contemporaneous diary entry as clear skies, temperature approximately 12 C, wind calm.
- The room was reported to be quiet; a floorboard creak was noted at 01:58 AM in an audio diary. No heating system noises were recorded on the tape used for sleep monitoring. A small electric fan was reported as off.



- The bed was documented as a double mattress, spring-type, with a quilted cover. At the time of observation, the bed covers were reported as