Rainey, Carol
Carol Rainey (1949 to September 17, 2023)
Budd Hopkins with former wife and co-author, Carol Rainey, 1996
- Writer/Director at Freelance Filmmaker and Writer
- Former Grant Writer at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Former Television Producer & Marketing at Multivision
- Former Senior Project Manager at VizWiz Productions
- Former Director of Media Development at New England Research Institutes, Inc. (NERI)
- Studied at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Studied at Illinois State University
- Lived in Tiverton, Rhode Island
- From New York, New York
The Manhattan Alien Abduction (Netflix) 2024 | Maturity Rating:TV-MA | 1 Season | Documentary A woman claims to have been abducted from her bedroom in Manhattan. This docuseries explores whether it was an elaborate hoax — or proof of alien life.
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Netflix Sued for “Egregious Improprieties” in the Making of Alien Abduction Docuseries
The following is a press release by several of the principals involved with the estate of Budd Hopkins, the main witness, Linda Napolitano, and UFO researcher, Peter Robbins: New York, NY. November 4th, 2024
Carol Rainey: The Co-Creation Of The Abduction Phenomenon – Spectrum Radio Network , Jul 14, 2011
Co-creation of the “alien abduction phenomenon”– Carol Rainey: Paratopia vol. 1, n° 1
Carol Rainey: Open Letter to the UFO Community – TheUfoTrail, February 24, 2014
The Singer’s Hybrid Daughter: Excerpt from The Abductionist’s Wife: A Memoir by Carol Rainey – Part One / Part Two – TheUfoTrail, February 2016
Abductology Implodes (PDF) by Robert Sheaffer – Skeptical Inquirer
Budd Hopkins, Abstract Expressionist and U.F.O. Author, Dies at 80 – NYTimes, by Margalit Fox, Aug. 24, 2011
Mr. Hopkins’s three marriages, to Joan Baer, April Kingsley and Carol Rainey, ended in divorce. Besides his daughter, Grace, from his marriage to Ms. Kingsley, he is survived by his companion, Leslie Kean; a sister, Eleanor Whiteley; and a grandchild.
His memoir, “Art, Life and UFOs,” was published in 2009 by Anomalist Books.