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Alien abduction claims examined:

Mark H. says he was abducted by aliens. He clearly remembers awakening one night, unable to move anything but his eyes. He saw flashing lights, heard buzzing sounds, experienced feelings of levitation, and felt electric tingling sensations. Most terrifying were the nonhuman figures he saw by his bed.

Mark believes they were aliens. Later, he underwent hypnosis to try to recall exactly what had happened to him. Under hypnosis, Mark remembered being whisked through an open window to a large spaceship. He was very frightened when aliens took him into some kind of medical examining room.

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Articles of Interest

‘What I saw that night was real’: is it time to take aliens more seriously?

Despite the debunkers and proliferation of more mundane explanations for UFOs, reports of close encounters have persisted for decades. Terry Lovelace, a retired assistant attorney general in Vermont, USA, and author of Incident at Devil’s Den, kept his abduction to himself for 40 years due to fear of losing his job. He had a close encounter in 1977 while serving in the US air force.

Alien Abduction and UFOs: Why Are Grays So Common?

Grey Aliens, sometimes called Zeta Reticulans, Roswell Greys, or just Grays, are defined by their humanoid forms, long limbs, large black eyes, small noses, thin mouths, and of course, gray skin or gray clothing. They are some of pop culture’s most recognizable representations of extraterrestrial life. But where did this depiction of extraterrestrials come from?

Alien Abduction or “Accidental Awareness”?

Alien abduction has been considered a fantasy, a hoax, and even to some, a fact; but it is now clear that it may also represent a recovered memory. Recovered memories are frequently astounding and implausible—if they were orderly and digestible, we would not have forgotten them.

Alien Abduction? Science Calls It Sleep Paralysis

Called sleep paralysis, this disorder -- the result of a disconnect between brain and body as a person is on the fringe of sleep -- is turning out to be increasingly common, affecting nearly half of all people at least once. Moreover, a growing number of scholars believe that sleep paralysis may help explain many ancient reports of attacks by witches and modern claims of abduction by space aliens.

Alien Nation: Have Humans Been Abducted by Extraterrestrials?

A prestigious Harvard psychiatrist, John Edward Mack, thought so. His sudden death leaves behind many mysteries.

An Alien Abduction Therapist Explains Extraterrestrial Encounters

An clinical hypnotherapist specializing in alien abductions, UFO's, and extraterrestrial contact answers 10 questions about her job treating people who've encountered the extraordinary.

Awake in a Nightmare

From ancient demons to alien abductions, paranormal tales reveal that “sleep paralysis” may be as old as sleep itself.

Carl Sagan on Alien Abduction

Carl Sagan was captivated by the notion of life beyond Earth. Yet in this interview, conducted shortly before the well-known champion of science died in 1996, Sagan says that extraterrestrial intelligence is "a wonderful prospect, but requires the most severe and rigorous standards of evidence." Sagan doubted that the various proponents of so-called "alien abduction" making headlines in the 1990s had met those scientific standards.

I Tried to Understand People Who Claim to Have Been Abducted by Aliens

What happens when empathy starts outweighing rationality.

Interview with John Mack Psychiatrist, Harvard University

When I first encountered this phenomenon, or particularly even before I had actually seen the people themselves, I had very little place in my mind to take this seriously. I, like most of us, were raised to believe that if we were going to discover other intelligence, we'd do it through radio waves or through signals or something of that kind.

Probing Extraterrestrial Abduction

The overwhelming majority of scientists categorically deny that narratives of abductions are real in any way. Most cases are, if not plain hoaxes, the product of various kinds of abnormal psychological states.

Some scientific explanations for alien abduction that aren’t so out of this world

Present day awareness of alien abduction dates to the 1961 case of Betty and Barney Hill, who witnessed odd lights and experienced “missing time” and “lost memories” while driving. The reported consequences of abduction are often loss of memory, missing time, and problems such as sickness, sleepwalking, nightmares and psychological trauma. Following their experience, Betty and Barney experienced psychological problems and subsequently sought therapy.

The First Alien Abductees

The alien abduction narrative started right here on Earth.

The Hypnotherapist Who Treats Victims of Alleged Alien Abductions

Instead of, say, child psychology or PTSD, clinical hypnotherapist Laurie McDonald specializes in alien encounters. She treats patients who claim they’ve seen UFOs, been visited by extraterrestrials, and even had sexual encounters with the otherworldly, helping her clients work through what they say they’ve experienced by having them relive it, right there in her office.

Where's the Physical Evidence?

When the subject of alien abductions was first suggested as a possible NOVA, I was intrigued. As a long-time sci-fi buff and one open-minded to the notion of extraterrestrial intelligence, I could not help but be curious about the bizarre and frightening reports of extraterrestrial kidnappers. So I started reading and watching the virtual explosion of media coverage on these strange encounters.