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The [[alien abduction]] phenomenon has resulted in a lengthy list of entities purported to have abducted humans.

==Alleged motivations==
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! colspan="4" align="center" |'''Entities Reported in a Survey of 203 of pre-1985 Abduction Claims'''<ref name="varietyofabductionbeings">Bullard, Thomas E. "The Variety of Abduction Beings." In: Pritchard, Andrea & Pritchard, David E. & Mack, John E. & Kasey, Pam & Yapp, Claudia. ''Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference''. Cambridge: North Cambridge Press. Pp. 90-91.</ref>
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! Type
! Description
! Number of Reports
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| Short Humanoids.
| Includes [[Greys#Height|short]] [[Greys]] and similar entities.
| 51
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| Average (Human) Height Humanoids
| Includes [[Greys#Height|tall]] [[Greys]] and similar entities.
| 25
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| Tall Humanoids
| Beings similar to, but much taller than a normal human. Considered an atypical abduction category.
| 23
|-
| Mummy-like
| Beings that resemble the reanimated [[mummies]] of horror movies.
| 5
|-
| Miscellaneous Humanoids
| Includes [[reptoids]], [[hairy dwarves]] and others.
| 33
|-
| Human-like
| Includes [[Nordic aliens|Nordics]](also Known as Orions)Possibly Annunaki and similar entities.
| 52
|-
| Non-human
| Bullard described them as "Monstrous" and resembling [[science fiction]] creations.
| 14
|-
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(contracted; show full)<ref name="varietyofabductionbeings" /> In an essay, Bullard writes that "The small showing for monstrous types and the fact that they concentrate in less reliable cases should disappoint skeptics who look for the origin of abductions in the influence of Hollywood. Nothing like the profusion of imaginative screen aliens appears in the abduction literature."<ref name="varietyofabductionbeings" />

==References==
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[[Category:Alien abduction phenomenon]]