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Taken: Inside the Alien-Human Abduction Agenda
After several years of being out of print and becoming a bit of a collectors item; TAKEN, the startling accounts of alien abduction as documented by the late Karla Turner, has been refreshed and reissued faithfully with the sole input and authorization from husband Elton Turner.
With a new foreword written by the legendary Nick Pope who with 21 years of experience at the British Government's Ministry of Defence and an incredible history of research and broadcasting, puts it best that Taken is a real ‘researcher’s book’.
This is the ultimate investigation of the paranormal links between humans and 'other worldly' beings.
With a new foreword written by the legendary Nick Pope who with 21 years of experience at the British Government's Ministry of Defence and an incredible history of research and broadcasting, puts it best that Taken is a real ‘researcher’s book’.
This is the ultimate investigation of the paranormal links between humans and 'other worldly' beings.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 1994
About the author
Karla Turner
9 books45 followersDr. Karla Turner died of cancer on January 10, 1996, after being threatened for her work. She was just 48. Since then, several other people involved in UFO investigation have also experienced threats followed by highly unusual cancers. Several of her cases studies are now dead.
Karla was widely respected in the UFO community for her research on alien abduction. A scholar and professional educator, she earned a Ph.D. in Old English studies and taught at the university level in Texas for more than ten years. But in 1988, she and her husband and son endured a shocking series of experiences and recollections that forced them to recognize that they were all abductees.
Karla's response was to drop her professional university career and turn her full attention to abduction research. Her first book, Into the Fringe (Berkley Books, 1992), told of her own experiences and those of her family. Her second book, Taken - Inside the Alien-Human Abduction Agenda (Kelt Works, 1994), profiled the abduction stories of eight women whose experiences included both "alien" and human intrusions, and both benign and negative elements, illustrating the profoundly complex nature of the abduction mystery. Her most recent book, Masquerade of Angels (Kelt Works, 1994), was co-written with psychic Ted Rice and recounts Ted's lifelong encounters with strange entities whose identity hovered in a shadowland between angelic and demonic. Karla was working on another book when she became ill in early 1995.
Karla was widely respected in the UFO community for her research on alien abduction. A scholar and professional educator, she earned a Ph.D. in Old English studies and taught at the university level in Texas for more than ten years. But in 1988, she and her husband and son endured a shocking series of experiences and recollections that forced them to recognize that they were all abductees.
Karla's response was to drop her professional university career and turn her full attention to abduction research. Her first book, Into the Fringe (Berkley Books, 1992), told of her own experiences and those of her family. Her second book, Taken - Inside the Alien-Human Abduction Agenda (Kelt Works, 1994), profiled the abduction stories of eight women whose experiences included both "alien" and human intrusions, and both benign and negative elements, illustrating the profoundly complex nature of the abduction mystery. Her most recent book, Masquerade of Angels (Kelt Works, 1994), was co-written with psychic Ted Rice and recounts Ted's lifelong encounters with strange entities whose identity hovered in a shadowland between angelic and demonic. Karla was working on another book when she became ill in early 1995.
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January 12, 2023
This was a banned book before it was reissued, so naturally, I had to get my hands on it as I've always been interested in this topic.
This particular one contains various stories from various women of different backgrounds who have been abductees.
Although somewhat repetitive and lacking a solid recap of these events, alien/UFO enthusiasts won't be disappointed.
If you are looking for only information and facts about aliens, with extensive information on their looks and actions, this may not be the book for you.
If you want to hear what others have experienced, this is a great start.
This particular one contains various stories from various women of different backgrounds who have been abductees.
Although somewhat repetitive and lacking a solid recap of these events, alien/UFO enthusiasts won't be disappointed.
If you are looking for only information and facts about aliens, with extensive information on their looks and actions, this may not be the book for you.
If you want to hear what others have experienced, this is a great start.
October 23, 2017
A landmark book in abduction research. A must-read for both UFO and mind control researchers. Karla Turner asked the tough questions and worked hard to gather the data necessary to cut through the layers of illusion and misdirection. It appears she paid for her insights with her life.
This is not a "UFOs are all a mind control psyop" book nor an "everything the aliens say is true" book. This is a work that offers a full appreciation of the complexity and nuance of the phenomenon, and does not grasp at conclusions that are still out of reach.
This is not a "UFOs are all a mind control psyop" book nor an "everything the aliens say is true" book. This is a work that offers a full appreciation of the complexity and nuance of the phenomenon, and does not grasp at conclusions that are still out of reach.
September 28, 2020
Okay if you like this sort of thing. Not at all the AHA! THE MILITARY ARE BEHIND IT ALL as it was described on Reddit.
April 19, 2022
Don't read this if you enjoy going to sleep. Very scary stuff
December 29, 2024
Taken: inside the Alien-Human Abduction Agenda is an important and vital body of work on the abduction phenomenon. Dr. Karla Turner died of cancer in January of 1996, but prior to her death she wrote three books on the abduction phenomenon. This is the second in the series. This fallows the story of eight woman that have reported abduction experience. Dr. Turner does her best to allow in all the information that the space will allow. She is one of very few that does not dilute or alter the information to make it more palatable. The information that she gives is just as it is presented to her. She then offers her own analysis of the information through a filter of years of experience as both a researcher of the abduction phenomenon and an abductee herself. The key points of data that are offered in this book are then, in later chapters, analyzed for similarity and even laid out in a chart for comparison. It is evident that a lot of time and hard work went into producing this.
This book is presented in a easy to read and understand format. I highly recommend this read for anyone, novice or advanced, that is interesting in Ufology or the abduction agenda within Ufology. There is real insight offered from a very intelligent and thoughtful investigator.
This book is presented in a easy to read and understand format. I highly recommend this read for anyone, novice or advanced, that is interesting in Ufology or the abduction agenda within Ufology. There is real insight offered from a very intelligent and thoughtful investigator.
April 12, 2025
A very unusual and interesting read for anyone who is interested in the subject of alien abductions.
I would have liked the author to be a more detached observer, but since she claims to have had abduction experiences herself (and her husband too) she is clearly very much involved.
Some rather extraordinary statements from the women interviewed are presented here without commentary or explanation, which is fine if you like this kind of accounts.
I would have liked the author to be a more detached observer, but since she claims to have had abduction experiences herself (and her husband too) she is clearly very much involved.
Some rather extraordinary statements from the women interviewed are presented here without commentary or explanation, which is fine if you like this kind of accounts.
February 27, 2018
Dr. Turner was not just a researcher, but also a relentless seeker of the truth. She was very interested in the US military's role in the abductions she investigated and was not afraid to follow those leads. Since her time, other researchers are seeing the same indications of military involvement, notably Dr. Greer of the Disclosure project.
January 30, 2024
Very interesting, one of the most compact, and also full of "information" on the abduction phenomenon. The author takes very seriously the idea that the US military is behind some of the abductions, I completely disagree with this point, apart from that very interesting book, would be a top 10 on the phenomena of Alien Abductions.
November 2, 2024
The whole world should read this book!
Probably the best book about the abduction phenomenon!
God bless Karla, wherever her soul may be in the universe.
R.I.P.
Probably the best book about the abduction phenomenon!
God bless Karla, wherever her soul may be in the universe.
R.I.P.
December 20, 2025
Very informative!
December 9, 2024
Turner’s second book recounts the UFO experiences of eight women. All have had lifelong encounters and have all the standard UFO components: implants, missing fetuses, medical examinations, military involvement, religious/spiritual messages, cataclysmic warnings, etc.
One unique experience was of a woman who recalled, as an adult, her experiences when she was 11 living in Indiana in 1954. She remembers Jesus and grey aliens taking her and giving her spiritual information, and giving her a rock as a souvenir. Jesus told her she was the chosen one (several of the eight were told they were the chosen one) she is taken aboard a craft and medical samples are taken. The next day, a large contingent of US military arrives, with troops and doctors. Armed soldiers scour the sixteen acre property. They talk to the girl about her experiences and are intent on trying to convince her it was a dream. She is adamant it was real and they were angels. The family lost all memory of the events, which took place over four days.
A large source of frustration is that much of the encounters are odd dreams that they then interpret as being a screen memory or partially recalled abduction. Several of the others are remembered only from hypnosis. Most of the waking evidence are seeing lights in the sky or odd scratches.
One unique experience was of a woman who recalled, as an adult, her experiences when she was 11 living in Indiana in 1954. She remembers Jesus and grey aliens taking her and giving her spiritual information, and giving her a rock as a souvenir. Jesus told her she was the chosen one (several of the eight were told they were the chosen one) she is taken aboard a craft and medical samples are taken. The next day, a large contingent of US military arrives, with troops and doctors. Armed soldiers scour the sixteen acre property. They talk to the girl about her experiences and are intent on trying to convince her it was a dream. She is adamant it was real and they were angels. The family lost all memory of the events, which took place over four days.
A large source of frustration is that much of the encounters are odd dreams that they then interpret as being a screen memory or partially recalled abduction. Several of the others are remembered only from hypnosis. Most of the waking evidence are seeing lights in the sky or odd scratches.
August 17, 2022
Brilliant read, keeping to as much precise information as possible but a few well thought out conclusions. Reminds me that when D.S. & co intend to take? The vax was there and the last try after inflation was going to to be a false E.T. invasion (wish I could remember the book I read this in). Dr Turner's interviews when looked at closely seem to confirm this but that's just my opinion.
July 11, 2016
another must read. simple.
July 28, 2012
Phenomenal.
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