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abduction

extraterrestrial hypothesis
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  • unidentified flying object
    / Possible explanations for UFO sightings and alien abductions

    “Contact events,” such as abductions, are often associated with UFOs, because they are ascribed to extraterrestrial visitors. However, the credibility of the ETH as an explanation for abductions is disputed by most psychologists who have investigated this phenomenon. They suggest that a common experience known as sleep paralysis may…

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    “Contact events,” such as abductions, are often associated with UFOs, because they are ascribed to extraterrestrial visitors. However, the credibility of the ETH as an explanation for abductions is disputed by most psychologists who have investigated this phenomenon. They suggest that a common experience known as sleep paralysis may…

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