Here's an interesting review of a book explaining where people's beliefs about alien abduction come from.
Here's a quote from the review
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Is there any consensus about the psychology of alien abduction? Prior research has yielded a few insights, some of which are hardly surprising: People who believe they've been abducted tend to be fantasy-prone and eccentric, for one. On the other hand, they don't tend to be crazy. Most abductees are regular Joes, with decent jobs; though they have varying levels of education, they are predominantly white and middle class. In addition to an appetite for fantasy, researchers have identified several mental phenomena that often accompany a person's belief that she's been abducted: One is sleep paralysis,
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http://www.slate.com/id/2129111/?nav=navoa
Intersting read. The actual book its reviewing is by a former Harvard psychology department researcher who was involved in a study into the area a few years ago. Her name being Susan Clancy.
Just curious, are there any alien abductees here in the fora? And does the above explanation describe who you are?????