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Alien abduction (also called abduction phenomenon, alien abduction syndrome, or UFO abduction) refers to the phenomenon of people reporting what they believe to be the real experience of being kidnapped by extraterrestrial beings and subjected to physical and psychological experimentation. [1]
Oct 7, 2020 · From the Pascagoula UFO abductions to the chilling story of Betty and Barney Hill, these are the creepiest alien stories in history. While none of these accounts have concrete evidence to support them, many feature the same phenomena, including memory and time loss.
- The Hills Saw Strange Lights Pursuing Their Car
- Betty and Barney Hills' Close Encounter
- Using Hypnosis to Recover The Hills' Abduction Memory
- The Hills' Story Became A Model For Alien Abductions
- The Psychology of Alien Encounter Stories
The Hills’ road trip was spontaneous, a well-earned break Barney decided the couple needed, as explained in The Interrupted Journey, a 1966 book they collaborated on with author John G. Fuller. Barney worked a grueling night shift at the post office, driving 60 miles each way. Betty’s job handling state child-welfare cases was no easier. The little...
He knew she was right. Barney had an IQ of 140, noted Fuller in his book. Barney was also a pragmatic man who wouldn’t give flying saucers a second thought, remembered his niece Kathleen Marden in her work, Captured: The Betty and Barney Hill Experience. The night was too quiet for a helicopter, a commercial plane or even military jet with a hotsho...
Back home in Portsmouth, they tried to make sense of the night. Barney felt compelled to examine his body’s lower half. Both seemed aware of a puzzling presence. In the weeks and months after, Betty, an avid reader, checked out books from the library discovering the civilian UFO group National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena(NICAP). Sh...
The Hills weren’t the first to spot a UFO or even to report an abduction. But their story did capture the nation’s imagination and was so widely publicized, it has helped shape how we talk about alien encounters and abductions to this day. Before the Hill’s story, alien encounters were friendly, according to Christoper Bader, a professor of sociolo...
Those who report abduction might also see the world a little differently. According to research, one of the strongest predictors of false recall is a vivid imagination. This group scores high in “magical ideation” and is more likely to believe in ghosts and tarot readings, according to McNally. Some believe the Hill’s story was simply a myth in the...
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Alien abduction claimants (also called abductees and experiencers) are people who have claimed to have been abducted by aliens. The term "abduction phenomenon" describes claims of non-human creatures kidnapping individuals and temporarily removing them from familiar terrestrial surroundings. [1]
Oct 19, 2023 · Matthew Bowman’s new book, “The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill,” claims that the couple’s story of the 1961 encounter isn’t so much about aliens as it is about race.
Dec 5, 2017 · When Did Alien Sightings Turn Into Alien Abductions? Reports of encounters with extraterrestrials took a turn in the 1980s. The question is why.
Jan 27, 2017 · The theory that alien abductions are hoaxes may be true in a few cases, but there is no reason to assume that the majority of “experiencers” are frauds. In fact, psychologists have come up with a...
