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A Skeptical Analysis on Alien Abduction

1. Explain how (hypnagogic and hypnopompic) sleep paralysis and accompanying hallucinations contribute to “abductees” believing they have been kidnapped by aliens.

2. Folklore in many cultures claim that sleep paralysis is caused by a demon, incubus, succubus, hag, witch, or ghost sitting on the sleeper’s chest. Explain how the existence of this folklore is strong evidence against alien abduction.

3. Explain why hypnosis is not a reliable technique to recover memories of abduction by aliens (or anything else).

4. Explain how the great distances to other stars and their planets is good evidence against Earth being visited by extraterrestrials.

5. Many abductees claim to have given birth to human/alien hybrid babies. Carl Sagan notes that a human being would have a far better chance of reproducing with a petunia (flower) than an extraterrestrial from another planet. Explain what Sagan means.