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From: rfsignal@sprynet.com [Cathy Johnson] Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 18:59:11 -0800 Fwd Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 09:40:03 -0500 Subject: Re: ETH [Extra Terrestrial Hypothesis] &c >Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 21:42:08 -0600 (CST) >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> >From: Dennis <dstacy@texas.net> >Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: ETH [Extra Terrestrial Hypothesis] &c >>From: rfsignal@sprynet.com [Cathy Johnson] >>Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 08:45:17 -0800 >>Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: ETH [Extra Terrestrial Hypothesis] &c >>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> >>>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:29:26 +0200 >>>From: Jakes Louw <LOUWJE@telkom.co.za> >>>To: updates@globalserve.net >>>Subject: UFO UpDate: Re: ETH [Extra Terrestrial Hypothesis] &c ><snip> >>>Now very possibly, although statistically highly >>>improbably, 4 million US citizens have been >>>abducted. OK. >That number comes from something known as the Roper Report, which >is totally without any sort of substantiation whatsoever. It is a >disservice to you personally to give it more than the time of >day, and a greater disservice to the public at large to pass it >around as if it had any meaning at all, let alone as if it were >somehow proved. The number is a total charade and completely >without foundation. Thank you for clearing up the source of that information. Personally, I have no idea of the numbers of abductees in North America. I am on several lists that are exclusively for abductees. It seems that there are small groups of people who have gotten together to share their experiences. Some of these groups are literally encounter groups. Others are more informal in intent and content. I would suppose it is a topic of its own. The fact that one person had an unusual story to tell would be very intriguing, and more than likely true. But, the crowds of people that have had such experiences has only served to confuse everything with a host of possibilities that defies the imagination. Now what? Do you believe her, him or them? Who would you believe? I don't even know who to believe. Oh, guess what I found... The "abduction experience"2 is characterized by subjectively real memories of being taken secretly and/or against one's will by apparently nonhuman entities and subjected to complex physical and psychological procedures.3 The number of such experiences has been estimated by Jacobs (1992) as 5-6% of the population, and by Hopkins, Jacobs, and Westrum (1992) as 2% of the population. More conservative estimates may be derived by counting the actual number of cases that have been reported by investigators. For example, Bullard's (1994) survey of 13 investigators yielded 1,700 cases. Whatever the number, few aspects of ufology have attracted as much attention. To those who dismiss the possibility that UFOs may be spacecraft, the notion of abductions by UFO occupants is seen as inherently implausible. For those who believe that UFOs are under the control of extraterrestrials, abduction experiences suggest both a rationale for surreptitious UFO activity and an opportunity to learn about the purpose underlying such activity. In essence, the abduction experience is seen as an answer to the proverbial question, "Why don't they land on the White House lawn?" Take care for now, Cathy Johnson
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