Alien abduction entities

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Alien abduction entities are the beings alleged to secretly abduct and subject experiencers to a forced medical examination which often emphasizes their reproductive system.[1] Mainstream scientists and mental health professionals overwhelmingly doubt that the phenomenon occurs literally as reported and instead attribute the experiences to "deception, suggestibility (fantasy-proneness, hypnotizability, false-memory syndrome), personality, sleep phenomena, psychopathology, psychodynamics [and] environmental factors."[2] Skeptic Robert Sheaffer also sees similarity between the aliens depicted in early science fiction films, in particular, Invaders From Mars, and those reported to have actually abducted people.[3] The first alien abduction claim to be widely publicized was the Betty and Barney Hill abduction in 1961,[4] which featured diminutive, large-eyed beings who wore military-style uniforms.

  1. ^ Miller, John G. "Medical Procedural Differences: Alien Versus Human." In: Pritchard, Andrea & Pritchard, David E. & Mack, John E. & Kasey, Pam & Yapp, Claudia. Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference. Cambridge: North Cambridge Press, 1994. Pp. 59-64.
  2. ^ Appelle, S. (1996). "The abduction experience: A critical evaluation of theory and evidence". Journal of UFO Studies. 6: 29–78. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference skepticalperspective was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Testament for Believers". Time. November 18, 1966. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-30. On the night of Sept. 19, 1961, Barney Hill and his wife Betty were driving home to Portsmouth, N.H., after a holiday in Montreal. A brilliant waxing moon sailed through a cloudless and star-fretted sky. As the Hills watched, first idly and then in terrified astonishment, one of the stars detached itself Tom the firmament and came down to earth—so near that the Hills could see it was no star.