The Perils of Cognitive Bias in Research: The Importance of Listening to the Experiencer One of the curious aspects of alien abduction research is how experiencers seemed to find their way to researchers who held similar opnions about the motivations of the abductors. Mack seemed to always have thoughtful and positive experiencers, Jacobs held the […]
I am so happy to announce that my book Testimony: Alien Abduction in the UK is now available on Amazon. My focus was to look at the alien abduction phenomena from a UK point of view, as often the phenomena was presented in such as US-centric light despite acknowledging the global nature of the phenomena. […]
There are some abductions cases which are just truly horrific. The case of Gabriella Versacci (not her real name) is one of those cases. I featured it in my forthcoming book Testimony: Alien Abduction in the UK. When so much love & light is poured on the alien abduction phenomena, I always point people to […]
False Memory Syndrome (FMS) is a controversial psychological phenomenon in which a person’s identity and relationships are affected by memories that are factually incorrect but strongly believed. These false memories can be incredibly vivid and detailed, often resulting from suggestive therapeutic practices or other influences. (I have long argued these should called false beliefs, as […]
I met John Mack, twice. We (myself and a friend) met John at Cardiff train station and I rode shotgun as we took him to his hotel. He was speaking at a UFO conference in Cardiff in the early 1990s. The second meeting was at the aforementioned conference, where we discussed ontological shock and its […]
This is a really interesting essay from John Mack’s stepdaughter. It came up as I was doing some research for the next Testimony book that I am currently working on (Volume 2). It is very poignant and instantly took me back to the 1990s, the X-files and all points inbetween. It can be found here.
My aim for the series of books on alien abduction has been to take the study of alien abduction and give it a more UK & Europe based focus. UFOlogy & alien abduction research has been a very US-centric affair and I think that not only is there a lot of data being missed by […]
Introduction In the vast expanse of human experience, few phenomena elicit as much fascination and fear as alien abduction. This intense curiosity is often intertwined with a profound existential crisis known as ontological shock. Ontological shock refers to the psychological and existential upheaval experienced when an individual encounters phenomena that challenge their fundamental beliefs about […]
One of the main issues is that the field of alien abduction rarely wants to look at the real issues around the use of hypnosis, still continuing to think hypnosis is without reproach. Among these risks/issues, the potential for therapists to inadvertently lead their patients into forming incorrect or false beliefs through suggestive questioning stands […]
Science still does the knee-jerk reaction to alien abduction, and this article from Big Think, which popped up in my timeline today, illustrates the point. Apparently, people believe they have been abducted by aliens if they see or experience something unusual (see a UFO, suffer a bout of sleep paralysis etc), then via hypnotic regression […]
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