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Abduction
by Aliens or Sleep Paralysis? (Skeptical)
Susan Blackmore, Skeptical Inquirer
Magazine, May/June 1998
A Roper Poll claimed that nearly four
million Americans have had certain "indicator"
experiences and therefore had probably been abducted by
aliens. But a study of 126 school children and 224
undergraduates shows knowledge of aliens is related more
to watching television than to having the relevant
experiences. R
Abductions:
A Report on the Roper Analysis Data
Geraldo Fuentes, ViewZone
Magazine
In the
typical "alien abduction," the victim is paralyzed by
some unknown force, taken to a small circular room, and
then examined and probed by a number of large-eyed, gray
skinned, hairless, short creatures. Tissues and cells
are sampled and subcutaneous implants are often
installed. R
Abductions:
The Boundary Deficit Hypothesis (Skeptical?)
by Martin Kottmeyer,
Magonia
As claims
about the reality of alien abductions multiply, the
assertion is increasingly heard that psychology offers
little or no insight into how such experiences could
occur if they are unreal. Abductees are normal
people.
Abductions:
The Truth
John C.
Thompson
Until
clouded abduction reports are placed in the true
paranormal arena they belong, ufologists cannot expect
mainstream scientists to seriously investigate UFO
sightings. There is no proof that extraterrestrials are
kidnapping people. There are tens of thousands of
credible anomalous airborne sightings by equally amazing
numbers of impressive and reliable witnesses to suggest
many UFOs are real. Ufologists need to work with what
they have the best chance to scientifically prove.
R
Alien
Abduction and Hypnosis
Nick Pope
In a landmark decision, the National
Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) [in the U.K.] has issued
a policy statement concerning alien abductions. So far
as I am aware, this is the first time that any of the
professional bodies representing British hypnotherapists
has made an official pronouncement on this issue, let
alone issued guidance to its members.
Alien
Abductions - Events During a Typical Abduction
Experience
Davy Russell,
X-Project
The
following is a presentation of events which occur during
a typical alien abduction. This information was obtained
from many abduction reports that I have studied.
An
Examination of the Alien Abduction Phenomenon and
Associated Psychological Theories
What is compelling about abduction
cases is the amount of similar, highly detailed
information that abductees report. Detailed descriptions
of passage to and from the craft, physical procedures
and tests, surgical-type instruments, and descriptions
of the aliens themselves, come from many different
abductees who have never met one another. Until recently
these stories were not available in the media. Abductees
come from all walks of life, age groups, and ethnic
backgrounds. R
Arguments
against Psychosis Explaining the ‘Alien Abduction’
Scenario
Brian P James
Over a period of
four years from 1999 to 2003 I unfortunately had the
opportunity to study the effects of such psychoses first
hand, and from this I believe there is a very strong
argument against this simply explaining the alien
encounter experience/scenario.
Catalogue
of Australian and New Zealand Abduction and Potential
Abduction Cases
Keith
Basterfield
Extensive catalogue of cases compiled
by Keith Basterfield, with brief descriptions of the
cases.
Catalogue
of Australian and New Zealand Abduction and Potential
Abduction Cases
Keith
Basterfield
A
collection of abduction and possible abduction cases
from Australia and New Zealand.
Clinical
Discrepancies Between Expected and Observed Data in
Patients Reporting UFO Abductions: Implications For
Treatment
Rima E. Laibow,
M.D.
It should be
noted that this paper makes no attempt to assign or
withhold external validity relative to UFO abduction
scenarios. Patients who believe themselves to be UFO
abductees are a heterogeneous group widely dispersed
along demographic and cultural lines. Careful
examination of these patients and their abduction
reports presents four areas of significant discrepancy
between expected and observed data. Implications for the
treatment of patients presenting UFO abduction scenarios
are discussed. R
Danger
from the Skies - A Review of David M. Jacobs' Book 'The
Threat'
Greg
Sandow
In "The
Threat," David Jacobs says the aliens are about to get
us. But does he have any evidence? (A book
review.)
Exploring
African and Other Alien Abductions
Dominique
Callimanopulos
The
Ariel School sighting is one of the most significant in
recent UFO history. ...The event lasted about fifteen
minutes, the children said, before the spaceships faded
from view. But even in their state of fear, many of the
children reported also being curious and fascinated by
the strange beings they saw, whose eyes in particular
commanded an intense attention. R
Harvard
Professor Takes Alien Abduction Seriously
George Knapp, Las Vegas Mercury,
January 30, 2003 (UFO Area)
I first met Dr. John Mack in 1993 at a
tiny UFO conference in the Ozarks. The publication of
Dr. Mack's book about alleged alien abductions was still
a year away, but the fact that a professor from the
Harvard Medical School was taking the phenomena
seriously was big news in the UFO field. Mack was an
immediate celebrity, although he seemed to wear the
mantle with some reluctance.
Hypnotised
abductees; Seeing truth or building confabulations?
(skeptical of hypnosis)
Paul Novak,
X-Project
Hypnosis
has become a most popular tool in the field of abduction
research. The understanding of its intents and abilities
by the general public though are still widely relegated
to the earliest erroneous notions of its being a
trancelike state with suggestability and retrieval of
repressed memories being the most noteable of these
traits. Research into the validity of hypnosis and its
traits has been done for 200 years yet the only truly
revealing research has taken place in the last 30 or so
odd years. Research which has shown a much different
facet of its nature.
Kidnapped
by UFOs? - Interview With Carl Sagan
PBS NOVA - Kidnapped by
UFOs?
Interview
with scientists, author, and UFO skeptic Carl Sagan,
focusing on the abduction phenomenon. R
Kidnapped
by UFOs? - Interview with Philip Klass
PBS NOVA - Kidnapped by
UFOs?
Interview
with prominent UFO skeptic Phil Klass. R
PBA
NOVA: 'Kidnapped by UFOs': Program Transcript
PBS
NOVA
The complete
transcript of the PBS television program NOVA's
"Kidnapped by UFOs" about the alien abduction
phenomenon, featuring Betty Hill, Budd Hopkins, John
Mack, Carl Sagan, several alleged abductees, and others.
R
PBS
NOVA: "Kidnapped by UFOs?" - Program Transcript
Full transcript of the PBS
NOVA television program special on the abduction
phenomenon.
Researching
Alien Abductions
C. Leigh
Culver, Cl.H.
This
article will discuss useful methods that may be used in
researching and obtaining data concerning apparent
abductions or close encounters. The use of hypnosis as
well as other research adjuncts will be discussed.
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Statement
from Dr. John Mack - SCI FI Abduction Symposium
Dr. John Mack, Center for
Psychology and Social Change
The complete text of the opening
remarks Dr. Mack planned to present at the November 19
symposium. R
The
Abduction Conundrum
Greg
Sandow
An attempt
to look at abductions objectively, with 52 footnotes,
due attention to the arguments on both sides, and a
little humor, too. But do the aliens really call
themselves 'Zorphs'?
The
Abduction Experience: A Critical Evaluation of Theory
and Evidence (PDF format) 
Stuart Appelle, in Journal of
UFO Studies
Prevalent hypotheses regarding the
etiology of the abduction experience are examined,
especially in regard to the existing evidence.
Deception, suggestibility (fantasy-proneness,
hypnotizability, false-memory syndrome), personality,
sleep phenomena, psychopathology, psychodynamics,
environmental factors, and event-level alien encounters
are each considered as origins of the abduction
experience. The data are discussed in terms of what is
and is not consistent with theory, the concept of
parsimony, and the need for converging lines of evidence
in establishing linkages between fact and theory. On the
basis of this analysis, it is argued that no theory yet
enjoys enough empirical support to be accepted as a
general explanation for the abduction experience. The
concept of the abduction experience as a multicausal
phenomenon is discussed, and suggestions for future
research are provided.
The
Linda Cortile Case
Greg
Sandow
An
abduction that, supposedly, was witnessed by two federal
agents and the Secretary-General of the U.N. -- and
that's only the beginning of the most unbelievable UFO
case ever vouched for by a major UFO investigator. Could
any of it be true?
The
Scientific Context of the UFO/Abduction Phenomenon
Don Donderi,
Ph.D
The purpose
of this essay is to explain how to clarify the evidence
for or against the reality of UFO abductions. Many
workers in this field have modified the conventional
meaning of both the word "reality" and the word
"abduction." I do not accept these modifications. A UFO
abduction, if it occurs, is a physical event.
R
Victim
Mentality In Abductees: An Unacceptable Concept
Ann Druffel, Flying Saucer
Review, Volume 45/3, Autumn 2000, pp.
18-21
During a
magic 2.5 hours with Art Bell on COAST TO COAST, I
fielded intelligent questions from numerous listeners
and will presently appear on DREAMLAND with Whitley
Strieber. All this demonstrates the interest in the
subject of "resisters" who successfully tell the
abduction phenomenon, whatever it is, to go away and
quit bothering them. R | 
