Alien Abductions

<p><strong>Alien abduction</strong>, sometimes also called <strong>abduction phenomenon</strong>, <strong>alien abduction syndrome</strong> or <strong>UFO abduction</strong>, is a personally held belief in which the alleged "abductee" describes "subjectively real experiences" of being secretly kidnapped by non-human entities (<a title="Extraterrestrial life" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life">aliens</a>) and subjected to physical and psychological experimentation.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Most scientists and mental health professionals explain these experiences by factors such as <a title="Suggestibility" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suggestibility">suggestibility</a> (e.g. <a title="False memory syndrome" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome">false memory syndrome</a>), <a title="Sleep paralysis" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis">sleep paralysis</a>, deception, and <a title="Psychopathology" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathology">psychopathology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Appelle,_1996_2-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction#cite_note-Appelle,_1996-2">[2]</a></sup> Skeptic Robert Sheaffer sees similarity between the aliens depicted in <a title="Science fiction film" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film">science fiction films</a>, in particular <em><a title= "Invaders from Mars (1953 film)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invaders_from_Mars_(1953_film)">Invaders From Mars</a></em> (1953), and some of those reported to have actually abducted people.<sup id= "cite_ref-skepticalperspective_3-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction#cite_note-skepticalperspective-3">[3]</a></sup> People claiming to have been abducted are usually called "abductees"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction#c