Karla Turner
Karla Turner 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.
Turner’s response was to drop her professional university career and turn her full attention to abduction research. Her first book, Into the Fringe, told of her own experiences and those of her family. It is a personal exploration of the abduction phenomena she was suddenly forced to come to terms with with over the previous year and a half of her life – experiences that involved not only her, but also her family and friends.