Alien Abductions FAQ .50

"Don't give me another one of your rational explanations - I know what I experience, and I'm not crazy" - TKK


A fairly recent phenomenon in the field of UFOlogy, alien abductions are when a person is kidnapped or taken against their will by the beings from, to someplace not on Earth, and generally have something unusual done to them. While that explanation may seem very vague, so is the phenomenon.

There are several different types of abductions. Sometimes, UFOs will fly by, stop, and grab a person for a few hours, and then return them, or , witnesses will stumble onto a UFO, and be taken aboard against their will. In the type, there is no premeditiation, it seems, just a chance encounter.

In other cases, the beings apparently repeatedly abduct a person (see the Have you been Abducted by Aliens list in the forum for signs of this) over a lifetime. These people are called Abductees, or Experiencers. People who communicate with aliens freely , are called contactees.


Q. What was the first case of someone being abducted?

A. The first case of someone beings taken aboard a UFO against their will, seems to have been
that of Antonio Villas-Boas. In 1957, beings from a UFO dragged him from his tractor on his farm in brazil, and took him aboard a UFO. He was undressed, and a blood sample was taken from him. Later, much to his dismay, a female alien forced herself on him. After she made love to him twice, he was returned to his farm. While this story may seem wild, he did show signs of having had something done to him, including a scar where the blood sample was taken, and slight radiation burns.

The most popular case, though, was that of Betty and Barney Hill, which occured in 1961. Betty and Barney Hill had been driving home on a derserted highway, and they saw a UFO approach closly. They stopped their car, and got out to look at it. Getting scared, they got back into the car, and drove off. While driving off, they started getting drowsy. A couple weeks after the sighting, Betty started having dreams about UFOs and Aliens. To stop this, they visited a psychologist. Upon being hypnotized, Betty remembered being taken aboard the UFO and examined. Barney produced a somewhat similar tale, yet different in several points. Their psychologist came to the conclusion that they were remembering the dream, but Betty and Barney disagreed, saying they were remembering what really happened on that night. Most skeptics of the time claimed that the dream was inspired by Betty's reading of UFO literature, and by a popular movie.

One interesting note - during the hypnotic regression, Betty recalled being shown a star map by beings, and they pointed to the star they were from. She duplicated this during hypnosis. The map was later identified by a amatuer astronomer and housewife as being of the Zeta Reticula area, and that was the home system of the aliens. Upon later analysis, this was disputed by professional astronomers using 3-d computer models and analysis of any randomly produced dot patterns. (It's complicated).

Q. Okay, who was the first widely known abductee?

A. That belongs to Betty Andreasson, a housewife in Massachusetts. Her story began in 1967, when aliens apparently entered her house through the walls. Under hypnotic regression, she told a remarkable story, about meeting a being named Quazagaa , about being examinded medically in a UFO, among other, wilder, things. Her story was populared in the book, The Andreasson Affair in 1977 by Raymond Fowler, and I believe was continued in The Watchers in the 80s, and The Watchers II, published just recently.

Q. What is missing time?

A. Missing time is when someone seens a UFO, or an anomalous event, and cannot account for several hours after that. For example, say I see a UFO and I look at my watch at it says 7:00 pm. Then, I next look at my watch 5 minutes later, only to discover it's 11:30 pm. Somehow, I missed 4 1/2 hours.

This first happened apparently in the Betty and Barney Hill case. However, Budd Hopkins later popularized it in his book, Missing Time.


Q. Is there any proof that alien abductions are taking place?

A. Well, outside of hypnotic recall, and some concious memories of abductees, not a whole lot. There have been some implants removed, but tests on them have been inconclusive. Ultimately, belief depends on whether or not you believe the witnesses are truthful and sane, just like any other aspect of UFOlogy or the paranormal.



Copyright 1996 by Jeremy Reaban


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