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Alien abduction entities
'''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 "deception, [[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. |yeardate=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=Testament for Believers |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828455,00.html |quote=On the night of Sept. 19, 1961, Barney Hill and his wife Betty were driving home to Portsmouth, N.H., after a holiday in Montreal. A brilliant waxing moon sailed through a cloudless and star-fretted sky. As the Hills watched, first idly and then in terrified astonishment, one of the stars detached itself Tom the firmament and came down to earth—so near that the Hills could see it was no star.  |work=[(contracted; show full)

However, Bullard does not see evidence for influence on abduction claimants from science fiction sources.<ref name="varietyofabductionbeings" />

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[[Category:Alien abduction phenomenon|Entities]]
[[Category:Alleged UFO-related entities]]