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In the News (Tue 21 May 13)

  
  alien abduction
The explosion in alien abduction claims was both accompanied and encouraged by an outpouring of popular literature (for example, by Hopkins and Strieber), TV documentaries, and motion pictures sympathetic to the theme.
Although the extraterrestrial option is given short shrift by the scientific community in general, alien abduction as a phenomenon with genuine psychological and possibly geophysical underpinnings has been the subject of a number of serious investigations and conferences.
Even if aliens are not to blame, it may be that tales of abduction can shed valuable light on effects such as false memory syndrome and temporal lobe lability.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/A/alienab.html   (611 words)

  
 Esoterica: Alien Abductions
Alien Abduction Experience and Research is a perfect example of what's wrong with the present state of abduction research.
Aliens and Children showcases crayon drawings of "aliens" by children who, according to the site's author, are being exploited to create a human-alien hybrid race a la David Jacobs ("The Threat").
The International Center for Abduction Research (ICAR), headed by David Jacobs, reflects the "nuts and bolts" perspective on the abduction phenomenon, which holds that flesh-and-blood aliens are literally abducting people out of their beds and cars and subjecting them to reproductive experiments.
www.mactonnies.com /abductions.html   (925 words)

  
 alien abductions
The aliens are abducting people in larger numbers, are leaving other signs of their presence in the form of so-called crop circles, are involved in cattle mutilation, and occasionally provide revelations such as the Urantia Book to selected prophets.
The alien abduction story that seems to have started the cult beliefs about alien visitation and experimentation is the Betty and Barney Hill story.
Another contributor to the mythology of alien abductions is Robert Bigelow, a wealthy Las Vegas businessman who likes to use his money to support paranormal research (see entry on Charles Tart) and who partially financed a Roper survey on alien abductions.
skepdic.com /aliens.html   (4363 words)

  
 The UnMuseum - Alien Abductions
Alien abductions, which are sometimes referred to as "close encounters of the fourth kind," form an additional category of incidents.
One of the earliest reports of an alien abduction is the story of Betty and Barney Hill.
If the sleeper's dream consists of an alien abduction he or she might awake thinking the experience was real.
www.unmuseum.org /ce4.htm   (773 words)

  
 Earthbounddog's Ultimate Alien Abduction Links
Stop Alien Abductions: Be the first on your block to build your very own "thought screen helmet." Tells you everything you need to know to build this goofy looking prevention device.
Eyes That Spoke: Alien Abduction and the Outer Limits: A quick look at the occurrence in early pop-fiction of the modern stereotypical alien- especially the wrap-around eyes, as a possible influence on abduction reports.
Alien Scalpel: Tales of surgery on alien abduction victims which have yielded alien implants.
www.earthbounddog.com /alien-abduction.html   (802 words)

  
 Alien Abduction Case Files, UFO Casebook
Alien abduction is an increasingly troublesome phenomena which is in need of further research.
They are stopped on the road by aliens, and become part of an abduction case for the ages.
An extremely compelling, yet controversial case of alien abduction is that of Linda Napolitano.
www.ufocasebook.com /alienabductions.html   (1627 words)

  
 Fire in the Sky - about Travis Walton's alien-UFO abduction experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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www.anw.com /fire/fireinthesky.htm   (460 words)

  
 Betty Andreasson - near-death experience from alien abduction
During her abduction, she was taken before a being of intense light and love called "the One." This description of this being is remarkably similar to descriptions of the so-called "Being of Light" encountered in near-death experiences.
The similarities between UFO abduction and NDEs have been explored by a number of writers and researchers, the most famous and credentialed of which is undoubtedly Dr. Ken Ring.
Abductions may represent a contemporary form of shamanic journey - one that fits and is phrased in terms of a highly technological society which has already turned its imaginative attention to star flight...
www.near-death.com /experiences/triggers19.html   (4981 words)

  
 Alien Abduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Many are of the opinion, from first hand experience or speculation, that the motive behind alien abductions is to learn about mankind in order to HELP US one day.
Proponents on both sides have the same reasoning for the alien experimentation which is almost always associated with such abductions.
Alien Abduction, UFO Sighting, and Crop Circle Phenomena.
www.doomsdayguide.org /et_abduction.htm   (307 words)

  
 Alien Abductions: The Roper Analysis//Viewzone
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.
He worked with abduction therapists to carefully craft a list of "positive indicators" and these questions were intermixed with inquiries about the scent of laundry soap, the preferred sweetness of ketchup and a number of other inquiries in three Limobus surveys.
Mack and other therapists believe that it is important that therapists do not consider recollections of alien abductions as "crazy." He suggests that successful therapy for victims of this terrifying experience requires that repressed memories be acknowledged and accepted as true, regardless of the personal belief (or disbelief) of their therapists.
www.viewzone.com /abduct.html   (1919 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Magazine | Alien thinking
Not many scientists are prepared to take tales of alien abduction seriously, but John Mack, a Harvard professor who was killed in a road accident in north London last year, did.
Abduction, Alienation and Reason, a programme about John Mack, was broadcast on Wednesday night on BBC Radio 4 at 2100BST.
One piece of evidence which points to alien abductions being a type of dream is the fact that the first encounters did not occur until War of the Worlds was written.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/magazine/4071124.stm   (1810 words)

  
 Alien Abductions
Many abductions are not reported, because there is no one to tell, or the abductee fears ridicule from others, especially if they feel they have been sexually violated.
The abduction agenda involves quite physical aims and procedures that belie the idea of a primary spiritual motivation on the aliens part, as well as refuting the notion that all they're doing in their agenda is crossbreeding.
Aliens through technology create virtual reality scenarios that are absolutely real to the perceptions of the targeted person.
www.crystalinks.com /abduction.html   (3392 words)

  
 Halfbakery: Do it yourself alien abduction
Instructions: Setup your abduction HQ on a road that is rarely used.
Approach the car (insure you've put on your alien costume and it covers your gas mask) and open the door (always try for older model cars that don't have automatic locks or carry a locksmith tool...no one believes in aliens with slim jims).
A novelty T-shirt might be nice: "I was abducted by an alien butt-probe and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." A piles cushion would also be a courtesy.
www.halfbakery.com /idea/Do_20it_20yourself_20alien_20abduction   (747 words)

  
 Psychology Today: Alien Abductions: The Real Deal?
People who believe they've been abducted by aliens have always resided at the farthest fringes of science, and the recent claim by a UFO cult known as the Raelians that they had cloned a human being does little to endear abductees to the mainstream.
His 1994 bestseller, Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens, drew international attention with the argument that "experiencers," Mack's term for the men and women he has debriefed, probably are being abducted by aliens.
To be sure, there is a surfeit of elaborate sex in abduction reports; one study found that among abductees, 80 percent of women and 50 percent of men reported being examined naked on a table by humanoid beings.
www.psychologytoday.com /htdocs/prod/PTOArticle/PTO-20030527-000002.asp   (3221 words)

  
 Man Abducted In Brazil - Amazing Photos Of Scene
The man who was abducted returned after 48 hours and had a lot to say about his experience (it was his 3rd abduction).
He told me the Chumash indians thought of them as good luck stones, and he thought they were droplets of volcanic lava that had swirled into stones as they hit the sea.
Whatever they are the resemblance to these stones that accompanied the abduction in Brazil is exact.
www.rense.com /general32/abduct.htm   (316 words)

  
 Alien Abduction, How To Prevent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Yes, there ARE real extraterrestrial aliens, their ships, and even a handful of actual physical alien abductions.
You will learn about the first recorded alien abduction in the modern era and how certain scientific knowledge was gained from the aliens that was later shown to be real.
You may find an article on aliens in the Quran of interest at Aliens In the Quran.com The article gets into the "Jinn theory" as Ann Druffel did in her book.
www.abductions-alien.org   (3022 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Alien abduction claims examined
Some researchers at Harvard University devised an experiment to determine if memories of an abduction by space aliens would provoke the same physiological reactions that occur when other people, such as combat veterans and those who survive deadly car accidents, recall their traumatic experiences.
The same procedure was done with eight people haunted by traumatic experiences unrelated to abduction by aliens.
The researchers tie such abduction stories to a phenomenon they call "dreaming with your eyes wide open." The episodes occur just as people awaken from a dream.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/02.20/01-alien.html   (940 words)

  
 The Doctor's Plot
A press release begins: "Abduction by aliens was not a topic taken seriously at Harvard University, until John E. Mack, a medical doctor and professor of psychiatry.
Ed has sex in a "pod" with a silvery-blond alien and finds it "fulfilling" and "great." Catherine is forced to lie on a table naked and spread her legs while an alien with cold hands inserts an instrument into her vagina.
These aliens, clumsy as they are about anaesthesia and scars, have a way of making the experience vanish from the conscious minds of all 4 million of their American victims.
www.around.com /abduct.html   (3806 words)

  
 ICP : Games : Alien Abduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A tip for the Aliens: Try to pick phobias that would reasonably be caused by the knid of bizarre experimentation that an alien abductee would be subjected to.
What's far more likely is that one of the Aliens will interrupt you, explaining that you can't do what you just tried to do.
Alien Abduction is really just a wierd varaint game of Twenty Questions, so there really isn't a winner or a loser.
www.invisible-city.com /games/alienabduction.htm   (787 words)

  
 Abduction by Aliens or Sleep Paralysis? (Skeptical Inquirer May 1998)
I then read, slowly and clearly, a story called "Jackie and the Aliens," in which a girl is visited in bed at night by a strange alien who takes her into a spacecraft, examines her on a table, and brings her back unharmed to bed.
Each questionnaire contained five multiple-choice questions about the alien, the room, and table; and the children were asked to describe what was in the jars and to draw the alien writing.
For each person, an "alien score" from 0 to 6 was given for the number of "correct" answers to the questions about the alien (that is, answers that conformed to the popular stereotype), and another score for the number of Roper Poll indicator experiences reported (0-4).
www.csicop.org /si/9805/abduction.html   (3781 words)

  
 International Center for Abduction Research
The ICAR will provide accurate information to therapists and lay individuals who are interested in abductions, and help them cope with the variety of problems that arise from the use of hypnosis and other memory collection procedures.
The majority of evidence for the alien abduction phenomenon is from human memory derived from hypnosis administered by amateurs.
Abduction researchers are mainly amateurs doing their best to get to the truth knowing that objective reality may elude them.
www.ufoabduction.com   (319 words)

  
 CFREE: Alien Contact:Abduction
The abduction phenomenon reflects a wide spectrum of experiences, including encounters which run the gamut from "greys" to "super conscious beings" and even "beings of light." After interviewing and working with hundreds of abductees, I feel there is no question that contact is being made, it is real and it is not a new phenomenon.
These are articles I have personally written on various aspects of the abduction experience and the general subject of UFOs.
In this section, you will find an ongoing collection of the most compelling and controversial abduction cases from around the world.
www.cfree.org /Contact/Abduction/menu.html   (177 words)

  
 Probing The World Of Alien Abduction Stories
These reactions are often seen as a testament to the authenticity of the memory - some have gone so far as to use physical reactions to memories to prove their validity, even when the memory is as far-fetched as ritual abuse by satanic cults.
The researchers found that those who claimed to have been abducted had similarly strong reactions to the stressful narrative and the alien abduction, and weaker reactions to the happy and neutral narratives.
When people believe they've been abducted by aliens, recalling their abduction can evoke reactions not unlike those evoked by a genuine memory that is stressful.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/06/040622012449.htm   (530 words)

  
 Alien Psychology
These sorts of unusual experiences are a source of skeptics’ favorite explanation for the current spate of alien abduction experiences, especially, sleep paralysis and associated hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations (i.e., hallucinations just prior to falling asleep or upon awakening).
Glanvill, Boyle, and some current apologists for alien abduction all arguing not for credulity (whether or not they encouraged, or even succumbed to it, is another matter), but for open-minded investigation.
Glanvill's "more-scientific-than-thou" arguments are echoed today by the apologists for taking the alien abduction experiences at face value, i.e., as what they seem to be.
watarts.uwaterloo.ca /%7Eacheyne/A_P.html   (853 words)

  
 Woman who claimed alien abduction dies
Betty Hill, whose tale of being abducted by aliens launched her to fame and became the subject of a best-selling book and television movie, has died.
The Hills were puzzled when they arrived home and noticed Betty's torn and stained dress, Barney's scuffed shoes, shiny spots on their car, stopped watches and no memory of two hours of the drive.
Too many people with "flaky ideas, fantasies and imaginations" were making UFO and abduction reports, she told The Associated Press in a 1991 interview.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-10/19/content_383741.htm   (358 words)

  
 Alien-UFOs.com Network Forum - Is This Alien Abduction?
I looked around and I was on a flat table in a room and I saw a little grey alien type running around from the side of the table to the end where my feet were.
I woke up with my eyes closed and could not move, but had the impression that aliens were around me. I knew from what I saw on Tv that aliens can read minds.
I had a little grey alien in a bear hug, and I was suffocating him.
www.alien-ufos.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4938   (1316 words)

  
 Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) and Alien Abduction comparison
When studying "alien" abduction testimonies, an enormous amount of similarities to Satanic Ritual Abuse begin to appear, which cannot be ignored when studying the topic(s) critically...
While we do not believe true space aliens are the perpetrators (See In A Nutshell), many "alien" abduction scenarios have a much more spiritual basis and "use of non-human resources" than most SRA cases.
However, the similarities reveal beyond a shadow of doubt that the methodology shares the same original source and goal (torment and programming of the individual, destruction of faith in God), although RA perpetrators are not always Satanists.
www.alienresistance.org /sra_aa_compare.htm   (834 words)

  
 Alien Abduction Index
If you have experienced an alien abduction of some kind, then please fill out this small form.
This is part of a research effort for a new book by Dr Kelley, go to her webpage at http://www.bates.edu/~skelley/research/index.html to read more about the questionnaire and her research.
A 30 year-old woman, a housewife and mother of three children, ages 3,6, and 10 tells her amazing abduction experience in a 9 page report.
www.abcfield.force9.co.uk /abduct.html   (202 words)

  
 Eyes that Spoke: alien abduction and the outer limits (Skeptical Briefs September 1994)
The eyes of the alien were unusually long and wrapped around the side of the face.
In saying that all eyes speak, the Bifrost alien is conveying a truth and simultaneously dodging the human/alien language-barrier problem by a unique dab of poetic license.
Betty Hill's dream aliens were too normal to justify the fear he displayed during the original UFO experience.
www.csicop.org /sb/9409/eyesthat.html   (1226 words)

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