And since she was about 8 years old, Wilde says she has had regular contact with aliens — she’s been in their ships, had them visit her in her bedroom and has seen them while driving, including one incident at Highway 92 and what is now Legler Road southeast of Belleville. She believes she has nearly 30 hybrid children born to aliens after her eggs were harvested on several occasions and continues to have meetings with Da, a gray alien who has been her primary contact through the years.

She has spoken at conferences about her abductions, has appeared in several YouTube videos and in 2013, wrote a 212-page book, “The Forgotten Promise: Rejoining Our Cosmic Family,” about her life of alien experiences.

“I don’t care what people think of me,” Wilde said while sitting at her kitchen table with Schmitt. “It’s just a crazy life. I just don’t know what to do about it. I am this person.”