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'''Alien abduction entities''' are the beings alleged to secretly abduct and subject experiencers to a forced [[medical]] examination which often emphasizes their [[reproductive system]].<ref name="medicaldiff">Miller, John G. "Medical Procedural Differences: Alien Versus Human." 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, 1994. Pp. 59-64.</ref> Mainstream scientists and mental health professionals overwhelmingly doubt that the phenomenon occurs literally as reported and instead attribute the experiences to "[d]eception, [[suggestibility]] (fantasy-proneness, hypnotizability, [[false-memory syndrome]]), personality, sleep phenomena, [[psychopathology]], [[psychodynamics]] [and] environmental factors."<ref name="Appelle, 1996">{{cite journal |last=Appelle |first=S. |year=1996 |title=The abduction experience: A critical evaluation of theory and evidence |journal=Journal of UFO Studies |volume=6 |pages=29-78 |url=http://citeseer.uark.edu:8080/citeseerx/viewdoc/summary;jsessionid=2A16D66678FEE5E1D8806E76066C47E6?doi=10.1.1.127.1853}}</ref> Skeptic Robert Sheaffer also sees similarity between the aliens depicted in early science fiction films, in particular, ''[[Invaders from Mars (1953 film)|Invaders From Mars]]'', and those reported to have actually abducted people.<ref name="skepticalperspective" /> The first alien abduction claim to be widely publicized was the [[Betty and Barney Hill abduction]] in 1961,<ref name=time>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Testam(contracted; show full)quot; /> 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" />

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