PBS NOVA airs 'Kidnapped by UFOs?'

When: 27 Feb 1996
Sources: 3 public sources

Logo of PBS's NOVA, which aired 'Kidnapped by UFOs?' in 1996 PBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The PBS science series NOVA examined alien abduction accounts, giving time to Budd Hopkins, John Mack and abductees, then weighing them against sleep paralysis, suggestibility and false-memory research presented by Carl Sagan, Elizabeth Loftus and other skeptics.

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OfficialKidnapped by UFOs? (program transcript) (opens in a new tab)PBS / WGBH NOVA
OfficialProgram Overview: Kidnapped by UFOs? (opens in a new tab)PBS / WGBH NOVA
OfficialNOVA Online: Kidnapped by UFOs? (companion site) (opens in a new tab)PBS / WGBH NOVA

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Earlier in Close encountersHarvard Medical School ends its review of John Mack's abduction researchAug 1995 Later in Close encountersNewman and Baumeister paper on the UFO abduction phenomenonApr 1996

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