THEMES WITHIN ABDUCTION REPORTS
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Reproduction
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Warnings/
Prophecies
Dying Planet
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Deceit & Indifference
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Visits to the Otherworld
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Initiations & Conversations
MOST REPORTS BY LOCATION
1.
North America
2.
South America
3.
England
4.
Australia
5.
Europe
6.
Asia
7.
Africa
" The reports come from males and females alike, and the experience seems independent of income, occupation, or level of education. Psychological tests reveal no overt mental illness of any standard sort (Fund for UFO Research 1985). People of
all ages report abductions, but by far the most abductees are less than 35 years
old at the alleged time of the first encounter." (Bullard, 1989)
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ABDUCTION
1. Capture. Strange beings seize and take the witness aboard a UFO.
2. Examination. These beings subject the witness to a physical and mental examination.
3. Conference. A conversation with the beings follows.
4. Tour. The beings show their captive around the ship.
5. Otherworldly Journey. The ship flies the witness to some strange and unearthly place.
6. Theophany. An encounter with a divine being occurs.
7. Return. Witness comes back to Earth, leaves the ship, and reenters normal life.
8. Aftermath. Physical, mental, and paranormal aftereffects continue in the wake of the abduction.
These aspects of Alien Abductions show how rituals play out in the context of these abductions. According to Sims & Stephens, "It is important to understand that regardless of where or when they take place, rituals are outward expressions or enactments of inwardly experienced values, beliefs and attitudes. " (2011) The structures and themes expressed above show just that.