Roper 'Unusual Personal Experiences' survey published

When: 1992
Sources: 2 public sources

Budd Hopkins, one of the authors of the Roper survey questions Carol Rainey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A report funded through Bigelow Holding Corporation analyzed 1991 Roper poll questions written by Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs and Ron Westrum. It projected that about 3.7 million Americans might be abductees. Critics such as Susan Blackmore said the questions did not measure abduction.

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OtherAbduction by Aliens or Sleep Paralysis? (Skeptical Inquirer, 1998) (opens in a new tab)Susan Blackmore (author's site, reprint) / 1998
OtherAbducted! Scientific Explanations of the Alien Abduction Experience (opens in a new tab)Skeptic magazine (J. Randal Montgomery) / 2022-12-27

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