Westchester, IL: Five-year-old experiences ten hours of missing time
A five-year-old boy reported experiencing missing time in 1964. He recalled being put to bed at night and immediately seeing daylight without memory of the intervening hours. The incident remained unexplained despite investigations into contemporary UFO reports.
Background
In March 1964, five-year-old Dan Ragan experienced a disturbing temporal anomaly at his home in Westchester, Illinois. After his mother tucked him into bed at approximately 10 PM, the boy reported that darkness instantly transformed into daylight. When he checked the time, ten hours had elapsed, yet he possessed no memory of sleeping or any intervening events.
The witness maintained this account throughout his life, discussing it with family members before formally reporting it in 2005. Investigators examined historical UFO databases including the National UFO Reporting Center and Project Blue Book files for March 1964, finding no corroborating sightings in Illinois during that period. Despite the lack of additional witnesses or physical evidence, the witness was deemed credible by investigators.
The case represents a classic example of missing time phenomena often associated with abduction experiences, though no entities or craft were observed. The incident occurred while both parents remained asleep in the same house, unaware of any unusual occurrences.