Susan Blackmore's New Scientist cover story on alien abduction

When: 19 Nov 1994
Sources: 1 public source

Psychologist Susan Blackmore Zooterkin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Psychologist Susan Blackmore argued in New Scientist that abduction accounts need not come from disturbed people: sleep paralysis may supply a real core experience, and suggestion and memory reconstruction can turn it into a vivid, sincerely believed abduction story.

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FirsthandAlien Abduction - the Inside Story (New Scientist, 19 Nov 1994, pp. 29-31; author's copy) (opens in a new tab)Susan Blackmore / 1994-11-19

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