![]() ![]() You wake up in the middle of the night, you can't move. For example, maybe they've had an episode of sleep paralysis. CLANCY: The modal subject I spoke with typically had a number of sleep experiences that they thought were strange. They just suspect they might have been abducted based on certain experiences that they've had or symptoms that they've had that are consistent with what they've read about or watched on TV or seen in the movie screen, you know, about what happens to people when they've been abducted.īRAND: And what are some of the stories? What do they say happened to them? First of all, what's important to know is that most people who believe that they were abducted by aliens don't have vivid memories of what happened. CLANCY: It's actually easier than you would think. I actually got into it because I was interested in memory distortion and false memory creation, so how people could come to believe and then remember things that didn't happen to them.īRAND: Well, I mean, how can you take them seriously, honestly? I mean, is it sort of like people who say that Elvis is still alive or that the Earth is flat? How do you-I mean, really, how do you talk to them with a straight face? I did not get into it because I was interested in aliens or UFOs. Thank you for having me.īRAND: So how did you get into this field of study? I'm wondering if it raised a few eyebrows there at Harvard. SUSAN CLANCY (Author, "Abducted: How People Come To Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens"): Thank you. ![]() It's called "Abducted: How People Come To Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens," and it's by Harvard psychologist Susan Clancy. And a substantial number of them believe that those aliens have visited this planet, and some of them believe that they were actually abducted by aliens. Despite any credible scientific evidence, most Americans believe that space aliens exist.
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