Biblical UFOs, Abductions And Ancient Astronauts

I have long maintained that God and the gods were not totally imaginary, but not supernatural either, rather extraterrestrials (ET). What ET is known for today, among other things, are not only those UFO encounters of the first, second and third kind, but those alleged abductions of humans for various purposes - close encounters of the fourth kind. Perhaps as it is now, so it was back in Biblical times.
Here are some people and events from the Bible (King James Version) that is suggestive of close encounters of the heavenly or out-of-this-world or extraterrestrial kind. Heavenly is apt since heaven is literally out-of-this-world.
One of the keywords in searching for Biblical UFOs is the 'whirlwind'. In Biblical texts, the 'whirlwind(s)' - all 27 references - is clearly identified with phenomena caused by or related to God, or the LORD as He often is referred to, or more often as not refers to Himself. Whirlwinds go up, as in the case of Elijah (see immediately below), and they come down, as for example in Ezekiel (see further below).
ELIJAH
Elijah is only one of two people in the Bible who does not die. Why? Here's why!
2 Kings 2:11: And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
*Now we have no idea what really transpired after that abduction, but there are those who maintain that, all these centuries later, Elijah is alive and well and has yet a role to play in that 'end of days' scenario.
Malachi 4:5: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
*So Elijah is abducted, but will ultimately be returned, sort of like modern UFO/alien abductees, only over a far longer time span.
ENOCH
Enoch is the other of that duo that doesn't die in the Bible. While there is no quasi-UFO event, there is an abduction related scenario according to the Bible.
Genesis 5:24: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Hebrews 11:5: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
*If God took him, and God is an ET, then an alien UFO abduction rose-by-any-other-name is still an alien UFO abduction.
EZEKIEL
Ezekiel had that famous UFO encounter recounted in Ezekiel chapter one relating those wheels within wheels and various creatures that looked sort-of like men but weren't. Ezekiel says he had a "vision" of God, but if God is really an extraterrestrial, then Ezekiel had a vision of an extraterrestrial(s) or in modern parlance, a 'close encounter of the third kind'. Here are the first couple of verses.
Ezekiel 1:4: And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel 1:5: Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
Ezekiel 1: 6: And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
*Ezekiel's close encounter is fairly self-explanatory, and it goes on from there. But what happened after that?
Ezekiel 3:12: Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
Ezekiel 3:13: I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
Ezekiel 3:14: So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel 3:15: Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
*All of that sounds a bit like an unwilling UFO abduction to me!
MOSES
Another keyword associated with a possible Biblical UFO event is 'cloud'. Take Moses for example. Moses too was 'abducted' in a cloud by God, but, as typical of most abductees, returned safely to earth, or in the case of Moses, the wilderness.
Exodus 19:9: And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud.
Exodus 24:15: And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Exodus 24:18: And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 33:9: And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
Exodus 34:5: And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him [Moses] there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
MORE UFO CLOUDS
Speaking of clouds as a term for UFOs by those who comprehended the idea of a 'cloud' but not of an extraterrestrial atmospheric shuttlecraft, we note that a Biblical 'cloud' actually transports; it goes up and down and contains passengers. Here are a few examples from the Old Testament.
Exodus 13:21: And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.
Exodus 16:10: And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
*When the Lord assisted His Chosen People out of Egypt, He didn't hoof it like the Israelites but oversaw events from his aerial 'cloud'.
Numbers 11:25: And the LORD came down in a cloud.
Numbers 12:5: And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle.
Numbers 12:10: And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle.
*Clearly this 'cloud' not only has a passenger (the Lord) but lands and takes off.
Deuteronomy 31:15: And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
*God's own personal aerial limousine again is depicted as a 'cloud'.
Psalm 104:3: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind.
*We note the association between (aerial) clouds and transportation (chariots), as well as a hint of actually being airborne. I mean if you're in an aircraft and you move about the cabin, you could be said to be walking on the wings of the wind in a manner of speaking.
Isaiah 19:1: Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
*Not only does God ride as if a passenger in a cloud, but the 'cloud' is moving along at a pretty quick-smart pace.
Jeremiah 4:13: Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles.
*A multi-association is depicted between a passenger and clouds and chariots and whirlwinds and speed.
Ezekiel 1:4: And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
*I repeat the quote of what kick-started Ezekiel's close encounter, but noting specifically the associations between a whirlwind and a cloud as well as fire (akin to that pillar of fire in Exodus?) and brightness. While a whirlwind-cloud might be a tornado, that sort of weather event isn't common in the region and isn't associated with fire and brightness. Besides, this whirlwind-cloud disembarked living creatures.
Ezekiel 10:3: Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
*Could this be a suggestion of a landed UFO 'cloud' that first landed and then disembarked a man in an inner courtyard? If the cloud had really been fog then more than just the inner court would have been filled.
UFO 'clouds' aren't confined to just the Old Testament. The New Testament clouds the issue as well.
Matthew 17:5: While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Mark 9:7: And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
Luke 9:34: While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
Luke 9:35: And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
*It would appear that God's cloudy limousine has made the transition from Old to New Testament.
Luke 21:27: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
*It would also appear that Jesus gets to ride in his daddy's cloudy limo too, or more likely he had one of his own.
Acts 1:9: And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
*Up, up and away he went in a 'cloud' only to finally vanish from sight.
Revelation 1:7: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Revelation 10:1: And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire.
*What goes up must come down, and so those who from on high who will partake in Armageddon will need to transport on down, and of course the preferred means is via that 'cloud'.
Revelation 11:12: And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
*What goes down must go up. Mortals hail a taxi; ET thumbs a ride back to his heavenly abode via a 'cloud'.
UFOs MIMIC STARS
Another possible UFO connection could be a 'star'. While most references in the Bible that refer to stars really do refer to those celestial stellar objects; most, but not quite all. There's that one famous exception - the Star of Bethlehem.
Matthew 2:9: When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
*Alas for a natural explanation, no celestial objects (apart from the North Polar Star Polaris) ever stand still since the Earth rotates, and one assumes that the North Star was a familiar object - which was in the north and not in the east in any event. This was obviously not a standard celestial sight, and since it 'guided' people to a specific destination then stood still, well that implies intelligence. Therefore this is another case of a Biblical UFO under the direction of ET.
CHARIOTS
Chariots are an obvious choice as something associated with UFOs, especially given Erich Von Daniken's best seller "Chariots of the Gods". Most chariots in the Bible are clearly your standard horse-drawn ground vehicle. Of course there are exceptions.
2 Kings 2:11: And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
*I repeat this famous passage to illustrate the association of a chariot with an up, up and away whirlwind.
Psalm 104:3: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind.
*I repeat this verse to indicate the cloud-chariot connection as well as the other aerial connection of walking-wings-wind.
Jeremiah 4:13: Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles.
*I repeat this verse to point out the connection of a chariot with both the whirlwind and clouds. The horses are given an aerial connection being compared to eagles, all the more obvious since the "he" in question is ascending.
Isaiah 66:15: For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
*We note the association with the whirlwind; the implication that the chariots are airborne.
Zechariah 6:1: And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
Zechariah 6:2: In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses.
Zechariah 6:3: And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
*Zechariah must have been puffing on the good stuff. The four chariots appear to be aerial coming out from between two mountains, mountains that were made of brass - WTF? Further, all the horses aren't pulling the chariots; they are "in" the chariots!
FLYING ROLLS
And whatever are we to make of this incident? Is he doing some more puffing on the weed perhaps? What transpires in Zechariah is hardly an incident that anyone would suggest is an alien abduction, nor is there a cloud noted, but it's still obviously a close encounter of the third kind.
Zechariah 5:1: Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
Zechariah 5:2: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
*A "flying roll" is a near perfect description for a standard disc-shaped UFO. Now a cubit is roughly equal to 18 to 22 inches, so let's call it 20 inches even. That makes the "flying roll" 400 inches in length and 200 inches in breadth, or a bit over 33 feet in length and a bit over 16.5 feet in breadth. That's pretty good ballpark figures when compared to your average run-of-the-mill modern UFO sighting.
Zechariah 5:9: Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
*These winged females are not identified in any shape, manner or form as being angels. In fact they aren't identified as anything at all, except winged females.
WINGED HUMANOIDS
While non-human entities in the Bible aren't depicted with green skin, or pointed ears or antenna or oozing slime or hoisting ray-guns, there are certainly some out-of-this-world creatures in the Bible. The most notable of these are the winged beings called the Cherubim and the Seraphim. [Note: despite popular depictions, angels aren't winged.]
Exodus 25:20: And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high.
2 Chronicles 3:13: The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Isaiah 6:2: Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
JESUS, THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL
John 8:23: And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
*Though one could put this statement in a supernatural context, one could just as easily interpret this as having an extraterrestrial context.
So there you have it. This is by no means an exhaustive list of relatively suggestive close encounters as related in the Bible. For more of same, see my further suggested reading list immediately below.
Further readings: While dozens of books on 'ancient astronauts' and UFOs will discuss the more famous of the Biblical UFO events, there's more to Biblical UFOs than just The Star of Bethlehem and the Wheel of Ezekiel.
Blumrich, Josef F.; The Spaceships of Ezekiel; Bantam, New York; 1974:
Dean, John W.; Flying Saucers and the Scriptures; Vantage Press, New York; 1964:
Downing, Barry H.; The Bible & Flying Saucers; Avon, New York; 1968:
Jessup, Morris K; UFO and the Bible; Citadel Press, New York; 1956:
Leonard, R.; Flying Saucers, Ancient Writings and the Bible; Exposition Press, New York; 1969:

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Abducted By Aliens? A Possible Case History

What follows are the threads of evidence that individually are relatively commonplace, but when taken together are highly suggestive that something extraordinary, even an out-of-this-world experience, has happened to an ordinary person - Mr. Joe Blow Average Citizen (who has related the following to me in confidence). If you're looking for proof positive, even a smoking gun or just plain (where there's) smoke (there's fire) that UFO/alien abductions are reality and not something illusory or delusional, then look elsewhere for I'm not providing it here. Instead, consider this just one more chink in an extremely long chain of UFO/alien abduction chinks that collectively add up to a facet of society that needs to be taken as seriously by the skeptics as it's taken by the victims and their families and friends.

Mr. Joe Blow Average Citizen is exactly that, apart from the fact that Mr. Joe Blow Average Citizen believes that the alien 'grays' have taken an interest in him - not that that makes him anything other than Mr. Joe Blow Average Citizen. Mr. Joe Blow Average Citizen has lots of apparent company.
What sorts of evidence leads this person to think they may have had at least one, possibly several, UFO/alien abduction experiences? Experiences they have no obvious conscious self-awareness of, but would surely have some degree of subconscious recollection of, which will play out a bit further on down the track.

Firstly, and the one piece of physical evidence that remains, is a long roughly 3 inch linear scar on the slightly right side of the abdomen. It's not a trivial scar, the sort of one you might get and not notice or pay any real attention to. Yet, given the scenario that the receipt of any such a wound that would leave behind such a scar would have been obvious to the person concerned is not apparently the case. How very odd.
Secondly, the person concerned recalls many superficial wounds of the lower left leg noticed on one occasion as if the leg had been dragged through a thicket of brambles. The mystery is the person concerned doesn't wear shorts; always just full length shoe-top jeans, and any such routine excursion through any sort of brambles or other sharp vegetation wouldn't have reached the leg in question. Alas, all evidence of that has by now healed up leaving no trace. As with the abominable scar, the person concerned hasn't a clue how these superficial 'bramble' wounds happened since there no such bushes on the property in any case.
Thirdly, if you pull, tear, wrench or otherwise seriously injure your musculature, it's highly unlikely you can't recall the event by which it happened, like say lifting a heavy object or undergoing a sudden but unnatural movement in a sports event. We've all experienced that sort of happening. But what about when it happens and you cannot recall the event that's now causing your discomfort, even intense pain? The person concerned has experienced several bouts of back-wrenching discomfort without knowing the cause; in one case experienced intense and ongoing for lengthy periods right shoulder pain, as if one had a torn rotator-cuff experience, but equally being unable to associate the cause with the effect. That sort of shoulder injury is common in baseball pitchers, but unfortunately, the person has long since retired from active baseball playing. All of these sorts of wrenching muscle injuries are suggestive of one violently resisting being dragged kicking and screaming against-their-will to their fate, like being abducted.
Another common UFO/alien abduction experience is nosebleeds, and the person concerned has experienced those. The alleged association is that aliens have implanted some sort of tiny [tracking?] device up through and behind one nasal cavity. You might argue that nosebleeds are pretty commonplace, and you would be right. However, there are three unusual facets. Firstly, they happened exclusively in one and only one nostril. Secondly, they normally happened shortly after awakening. Thirdly, if the person concerned were prone to nosebleeds, they should still be happening, but for some strange (even if welcomed reason), they've stopped happening, as if according to the alien 'grays' "that's it - we're now through with you - many thanks and see ya". And it's stating the obvious that the person concerned cannot account for them, like being punched in the nose or banging into a door, etc.
Moving away from the purely medical, the person concerned relates how they experience at quite irregular intervals, extremely restless nights without logical explanation. Okay, we all have those off nights when sleep is elusive and we toss and turn, but usually there is some reason(s) we can assign that accounts for it - a stressful day; a dread of tomorrow; a mild case of evening meal food poisoning; an unusually experimental highly spicy meal or one you had much later than normal; mixing your drinks that you don't ordinarily do; perhaps it's an ultra hot-and-humid night, etc. But what if none of the above apply - you have an extremely bad night, the sheets/blankets/covers are all helter-skelter in the morning, yet the day and evening before was absolutely no different than multi-dozens of others where sleep was restful and peaceful and there was hardly a wrinkle in the sheets come morning. Translated, you cannot explain why you had a bad and extremely restless night. Well, if a collision at sea can ruin your day, a UFO/alien abduction can ruin your night's sleep, and if you have no conscious recollection of the 'grays' having their wicked way with you, well then you're stumped for a reason.
But the clincher that pushed our alleged victim over the edge in terms of thinking quite seriously about a possible relationship with the UFO alien 'grays' happened without warning.
The person concerned is a regular Red Cross blood donor with over 120 whole blood donations under the belt, and as anyone who donates blood is aware, you are subjected to a pre-donation interview and medical check to make sure 1) you are fit and well and can withstand the rigors and dangers of blood donation (small, but not zero), and 2) to weed out to the greatest extent possible any possibility of a medical lawsuit against the Red Cross by someone who has received your tainted blood. In fact you have to sign a legal document that you have told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about your state of health - otherwise you could end up in the poo too.
Now part of that pre-donation medical check involves checking your weight; checking your hemoglobin levels; checking your blood pressure; and lastly measuring your heartbeat or pulse rate. It was with respect to the latter that things came to a head.
The person concerned, expecting yet another very routine pre-blood donation Q&A and medical checkup at the hands of the Red Cross inquisition, was stunned to be told that their heartbeat/pulse rate was way above normal - way, way too much above normal to be acceptable for donation purposes. Fortunately, some relaxation/meditation suggestions from the staff, like heavy controlled deep breathing, eventually reduced the pulse rate to just under the maximum allowed. The Red Cross isn't about to give up a good blood donation without pulling out all the stops. Still, it was a quite an awakening for the person concerned.
Off to the quack, sorry the medical general practitioner - no explanation found. The pulse rate tended to be in any other set of circumstances to be within the normal range, at least normal for an old fart who's not a superbly trained 20-something athlete.
In the following blood donation after the initial discovery of the high pulse rate the person concerned wasn't notified that the pulse rate was equally as high. Rather the person concerned actually had to ask. Now the point here is that it is highly likely that the person concerned had experienced very high pulse rates at blood donation interviews well prior to the one where it was first revealed. If it had been going on for quite some considerable time before that revelation then that might be a point in favor of some ongoing issue the donor was unaware of.
The issue was the subconscious abduction experience(s) coming to the fore because the blood donation scenario was a bit too similar to the UFO/alien abduction medical procedures apparently or allegedly practiced - procedures that involve large needles. If one is terrified during a UFO/alien abduction experience, and just about all of us would be, then that stress would reflect itself by an extremely rapid pulse rate - panic stations. Placed in a situation that has strong resemblances to that (i.e. - blood donation), well it might not be too unusual to have that heartbeat rise to those sort of abnormal levels, despite being an old hand at giving blood and thus, you'd think, being always cool, calm and collected when fronting up and centre for the blood donation via the big needle experience.
I would maintain that the above bits and pieces of evidence are suggestive of, or at least compatible with, the typical UFO/alien abduction scenario.
There are however a trilogy of anomalies that need explaining.
Firstly, why hasn't any external observer(s) witnessed, recorded, or at least reported the abduction-in-progress? The numbers of case histories where an abduction event happened and was observed by external disinterested parties (ones not part and parcel to being a participant) are extremely few and far between - too few being the facts of the matter.
Secondly, how do the aliens get in and out of the abode of their victim, with their victim, through locked doors and windows? It must be super-science of some kind or other.
Thirdly, why is there apparently no reaction from animal companions? You'd expect dogs to bark like mad; cats to hide in terror, not sleep soundly through it all. Animals tend to react as when having strange beings enter their abode. Lack of reaction is an anomaly in itself.
And that's what makes the abduction area so frustrating. You have myriads of extremely sincere people insisting their alien abductions really happened yet the logic and the supporting evidence is lacking, as in there being any external verifications.
There's also the anomaly that older farts are less likely to be chosen as victims by the 'grays', though in this case, the pulse rate surges could be the psychological remnants of abductions many moons prior.
One final drawback is that the person concerned happens to be independently highly knowledgeable about all things extraterrestrial, including things relating to the area of UFO/alien abductions. That alone would make any personal experiences claimed by that person in that area to be highly suspect. Being someone already saturated with that sort of knowledge, and claiming to also have firsthand experiences, is sort of bordering on a conflict-of-interest. That's at least what skeptics would argue, and the person concerned has related that they acknowledge that.

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Alien Abduction Or Sleep Paralysis?

Since the first reported alien abduction in 1957 by Antonio Villas Boas there have been a number of others that have also claimed to have been abducted. Their stories are remarkably similar. They wake up and find themselves paralyzed, unable to move or cry out for help. They see flashing lights and hear buzzing sounds. They feel an electric sensation which levitates their bodies. The approaching aliens with wrap-around eyes, gray or green skin, lacking hair or noses causes the abductees' heart to pound violently. They are transported to the alien's ship where they are probed. Instruments are inserted in their noses, navels, or other orifices. It's painful.
After a few seconds or minutes it is over. The aliens have vanished and the abductees are back in their own beds and can move again.
This experience sounds strangely like that of someone experiencing sleep paralysis. You wake up and find yourself paralyzed, unable to move or cry out for help. You are transcending from a sleep to a waking state causing hallucinations, where you may see and hear strange forms and sounds. Where you are fully awake you are not sure what just happened.
Ok so how do I come to remember all the details of my experience? Well most people that have claimed to have been abducted only remember the experience after being hypnotized to help them recover their lost memories.
Some leading Psychologist believe that hypnosis is a misleading way to help recover memories. Not only that, it renders the subject susceptible to creating memories of things that never happened, things that were suggested to you or that you just imagined.
This means that during hypnosis the hypnotist may actually create false memories by asking you questions like is there anyone in the room with you.
A study conducted by Psychologist at Harvard University also found that while the abductees show little evidence to support psychopathology in abductees. The research did indicated that these individuals usually do not meet the criteria for serious psychiatric impairment, but they scored high on measures of schizotypy. Such individuals can be described as eccentric, prone to magical and imaginary thinking, and loners. The study concluded that abductees were prone to creating false memories in the lab and were confused about the source of their memories.
This study also made some other tantalizing discoveries. Measurements of sweating, heart rate, and brain waves reviled that those claiming to be abductees show similar symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome as combat veterans. The researchers did not, however, conclude that the abductees had experienced combat-type trauma. Rather, they believe, it is the emotional significance of a memory, whether it is true or not, that causes sweaty hands and rapid heartbeats.
You may also find it interesting that stories of alien abduction did not exist prior to 1962, and they seem to have gained popularity after they were publicized on TV and in the movies. The first movie involving an alien abduction was the 1953 movie Invaders from Mars, and the Outer Limits television series presented numerous episodes involving alien abduction from 1961-1964.
With the above information you may believe that those reporting to have been abducted by aliens are highly imaginative people that have experienced sleep paralysis and later through hypnotism have been couched into recovering false memories of the experience.
The possibility always exists that some sleep paralysis experiences might have been misinterpreted by the individuals and reported them as alien abductions, particularly by susceptible people who have been reading books about aliens and UFOs. But what about those who have claimed to have been abducted during a waking state?
While there is no proof to support or dismiss the reports of alien abduction we would be pretty vain to believe that we are the only intelligent beings in the universe or for that matter the most evolved. This being said I still find some of the reported abductions a little hard to accept of a more evolved being. If I am studying a monkey I am pretty sure that I am not going to want to have with it.

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