In March of 1953, two women asleep in their cabin in a remote area of the Big Tujunga Canyon were awoken by a bright light. 

Inexplicable time loss, an alien abduction account and years of searching for answers followed. 

This was the first in a string of UFO accounts that one local researcher called “The Tujunga Canyon Contacts”... they made this stark landscape just about 30 minutes north of downtown L-A a hotbed of UFO encounters. 

Here’s LAist's Robert Garrova. 

In March of 1953, two women asleep in their cabin in a remote area of the Big Tujunga Canyon were awoken by a bright light. 
Inexplicable time loss, an alien abduction account and years of searching for answers followed. 
This was the first in a string of UFO accounts that one local researcher called “The Tujunga Canyon Contacts”... they made this stark landscape just about 30 minutes north of downtown L-A a hotbed of UFO encounters. 
Here’s LAist's Robert Garrova.