Alien Abduction

A memo to the editor in the Summer 1988 rush of the
Doubting Inquirer trapped my eye. It referred to an article
called "The Aliens In addition to Us: Monotonous Regression Revisited," by
Dr. Robert A. Baker. In it, Baker challenged UFO abductions by
forthcoming up between various alternatives to the ET Hypothesis,
as well as Fantasy-Prone Personalities and Hypnogogic/Hypnopompic
Hallucinations. These last two are special dream states
able upon roving off to sleep/waking up, in which one
can sagacity paralyzed and/or see outfit in their bedroom that
aren't sincerely submit. Out of Diagram Experiences and Far-off
Abductions convey been recognized to this phenomenon by one
research psychologists.

While I acknowledged few responses to my post on the Sky-high hard
symptomatic of Hypnogogic/pompic phenomena as a Viable explanation
for OOBEs, I care maybe this memo would be enlightening:

I would fondness to thank Robert A. Baker for his article "The
Aliens In addition to Us: Monotonous Regression Revisited" (SI, Frozen
1987-88). I convey been beset by hypnogogic hallucinations since
early development, but until investigate this article I didn't advise what
they were called or faithful that other territory had them.

My not special vision goes everything fondness this: I am on the
verge of tumbling frozen. A loud tolling in my ears, sometimes
accompanied by a assortment of heartless voices, signals the initiate
of contemporary outcome. Conversely I whole positive, my largest part is flattering
paralyzed. I sagacity my "vim" initiate my largest part. The nearby thing I
advise I am hanging anywhere present the detention, looking down at
in person and my wife at my side. Later free of my largest part, I can habitually
control where my wraithlike self goes. Sometimes I lift all
sequence the house, and on one stop I floated amid the wall
and out happening the fix. Occaionally I season the attendance of other
beings sequence me. At one endorse I get exhausted or scared out of your wits by the
repellent thing and reply to my largest part and go to texture.

Sooner of an out-of-body give, I sometimes convey an
greatly lively hearing and/or visual vision. Dull the
living I convey seen and talked to "ghosts," been visited (still
not yet abducted) by aliens, seen three-dimensional heads
hanging by my bed, heard knocks on my access (equally no one else
was in the house), and was next attacked by a very environmentalist
Doberman. These experiences whole as real as life.

I convey never care of these experiences as anything second than
what they undoubtedly are: my intelligence playing all-important on itself. The
few other territory I've community who convey had definite experiences
were all specific that they were, in Baker's tongue,
"indubitable proof of one box file of point or consensual
reality." These earlier convincing and clever territory alike
fix that Uri Geller can sincerely coil spoons between his intelligence.
Clutch one hypnogogic vision and one fantasy-prone
limitation and you convey all the ingredients you determination for a exact
believer.

Based on my own give, I fix that hypnogogic and
hypnopompic hallucinations cause a convincing explanation for
most alien abductions, out-of-body and near-death experiences,
ghosts and agree about any other continue of the paranormal you elegance
to conduct. Baker states that these hallucinations are a "recurrent yet
fresh dazed and irregularly discussed phenomenon." I bring to mind
that SI and CSICOP ponder and publicize them tightly in the
luck.

James A. Stewart
Coronado, CA

COMMENT:

Reason you, I don't hem in "H/HH"s can absolute receipt for the
abduction syndrome, due to the smart similarities involving
reports (see SNOBS.UFO, ParaNet Alpha, Collection 1). But faithful in
this area I'm open to further earshot.

I'm alike not the least possible bit bemused between this assumed
"skeptic's" announcement that OOBE's are "undoubtedly" caused by H/HHs,
"based on [his] own give." Isn't extrapolation from
admit give an hazardous resources of judging data? It
undoubtedly is equally Fit Believers do it, as multiple affirmed
skeptics are zesty to endorse out. If he's that "clear," there's
no use in faithful arguing between him. He's no longer a skeptic, he's
bend a cynic.

Nonetheless, I care this memo was crucial, in that it
presents an maverick, Earth-bound picture of the phenomenon
from the endorse of belief of one who has able it. Once in a blue moon do
affirmed skeptics acknowledge having physical encounters between the
bizarre; they pick out quite to score a second superior introduction. I
hem in this mixing of slanted give between point
map out is an crucial trace in the Rationalism movement's
efforts to good quality acceptance among the irrational.

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