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Harvard Medical School ends its review of John Mack's abduction research

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Budd Hopkins and John Mack during a hypnosis session
Psychiatrist John Mack (with Budd Hopkins) at a hypnosis session, the abduction work Harvard reviewed Becket01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

After a year-long faculty review of psychiatrist John Mack's work with people reporting alien abductions, Harvard Medical School chose not to censure him. Its dean affirmed Mack's academic freedom but warned him to keep to the faculty's research standards.

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  1. PressHMS Takes No Action Against 'UFO Doctor'The Harvard Crimson / 1995-08-04
  2. PressMack's Research Is Under ScrutinyThe Harvard Crimson / 1995-04-17

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