June 18, 2023 • 9 mins
Alien Abductions : What Are We To Make Of These Bizarre Stories?
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Key Takeaways
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Key Takeaways
- Accounts of strange and inexplicable encounters with beings — including sexual encounters — go back millennia.
- Widespread fascination with alien abductions began in the 1950s and continues to this day.
- The most likely explanations for this phenomenon include self-hypnotic trances, false-memory syndrome, sleep paralysis, or posttraumatic stress.
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(00:00):
The following in foecast is a presentationof the Xvoon Broadcast Network, x Soon
TV Channel and Roma McConnell Media Company, broadcasting from Canada to the World and
beyond alien abductions. What explains thisphenomenon? If there is anything confounding about
(00:21):
the whole issue of alien abduction,it is the utter conviction of those who
claim etise have taken them into theirspaceships, usually during sleep, usually to
perform illicit sexual experiments, as inthe hilarious Saturday Night Live skits like this
one with Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strongand Ryan Gosling. For many people millions,
(00:43):
in fact, this is serious business. How come? In the US
the first popular story of abduction byextraterrestrials was that of Betty and Barney Hill.
The couple from New Hampshire claimed tohave been kidnapped into a UFO on
September nineteenth, nineteen sixty one.The Hill's account, however, is the
(01:03):
second abduction story that became world famous. The first is from nineteen fifty seven
and centered around Antonio Villas Boas,a farmer from rural Brazil. A sensationalist
video about the case can be seenat this link. Since I grew up
in Brazil and live in New Hampshirein naturally curious and no wonder some of
(01:25):
my researches on astrobiology and the originof life accounts of alien abduction. According
to Villas Boas, on the nightof October sixteenth, while he was plowing
fields with his tractor, he wastaken into a spaceship by a group of
etise measuring about five feet tall.He was put in a room and saw
gas coming out of the walls.The gas made him very sick. Then
(01:49):
a very attractive female naked with longplatinum blonde hair, fire red pubic hair,
and deep blue cat eyes came andforced him to have inter course.
According to Villas Boas, her intentionswere quite clear to produce a human alien
hybrid that she would raise on herplanet. After he got back, Villas
(02:10):
Boas noted he had burns on hisbody. A doctor from a reputable medical
center diagnosed them as being radiation burns. This doctor, a Labo Fontis,
had contacts with the American UFO ResearchGroup apr O. Villas Boas had no
recollection how he got the burns.We must wonder whether these aliens are really
(02:34):
that smart, given that they keeprepeating the same experiment on human anatomy over
and over again. The story gainedworldwide popularity in the late nineteen fifties.
Many believed its veracity for politically incorrectreasons, claiming that a humble farmer from
rural Brazil would not be able toconcoct such a tale. In reality,
(02:55):
Villas Boas was neither humble nor uneducated. His family owned large tracts of land.
He later became a lawyer and practiceduntil his death in nineteen ninety two.
No doubt his notoriety helped his career. The overwhelming majority of scientists categorically
(03:15):
denies that narratives of abductions have anyreal component when told in earnest. Most
are products of various kinds of abnormalpsychological states, from fantasy prone personalities to
self hypnotic trances, false memory syndrome, sleep paralysis, environmental disturbances during sleep,
or some more serious type of psychopathology. Another possibility is a misrepresentation of
(03:38):
reality caused by post traumatic stress plausiblydue to some unwanted sexual encounter. American
researcher and skeptic Peter Rogerson questioned theveracity of Villas BoA's narrative and indeed of
many others, arguing that an articleabout alien abduction had appeared in the popular
magazine O Cruzero in November nineteen fiftyseven. He noted that Villa's BoA's story
(04:02):
only started to gain popularity in nineteenfifty eight, and that Villa's Boas could
have predated his encounter to give itmore credibility. Also, Rogerson argued that
Villa's Boas and other presumed abductees wasinfluenced by the sensationalist narratives of ufologist George
Adamski, who was very popular inthe nineteen fifties. For anyone interested in
(04:26):
the history of abductions, Rogerson's articleis an essential read. Most abduction stories
have elements in common with that ofVilla's Boas, kidnapping into an alien spaceship,
medical exams that center around the humanreproductive system or explicit sexual contact with
extraterrestrials, and mysterious marks left onthe body. Carl Sagan, in his
(04:49):
wonderful book The Demon Haunted World Scienceas a Candle in the Dark, brings
these elements together, arguing for aconnection between what abductees say now and what
narratives of mysterious sexual night encounters havebeen saying for ages. There are mythologies
dating back to Sumerian folklore of twothousand, four hundred BC, in which
(05:10):
a demon in either male or femaleform seduces people in their sleep. Saints
Augustine and Thomas Aquinas wrote of theincubus and succubus demons that come during sleep
to have sexual relations with unwilling humans. Similar stories appear in cultures across the
world. Villas BoA's Platinum Blonde surefits the bill reality Check. The nearest
(05:34):
star to Earth is about four lightyears away. Our fastest spaceship would take
some one hundred thousand years to getthere. If intelligent aliens exist and came
here, they must have technologies thatare beyond anything we can imagine, because
they must be capable of one fastinterstellar travel, two passing undetected by radar,
(05:56):
and three leaving without a trace.The feet are even more spectacular,
considering there are thousands of abduction narrativesand UFO encounters, a topic that has
been making headlines recently. On theother hand, we must wonder whether these
aliens are really that smart, giventhat they keep repeating the same experiment on
human anatomy over and over again.Can they not figure out human biology or
(06:21):
do they just have a perverted side? And are there different aliens coming to
Earth? If so, how manyspecies are out there fixated on us?
I find the possibility highly improbable giventheir spectacular space travel technology. Jay william
Shop, a paleontologist at the Universityof California, once said that extraordinary claims
(06:46):
demand extraordinary evidence, a quote CarlSagan made famous in the case of alien
abductions. Very ordinary explanations easily surpassthe absence of extraordinary evidence. Where are
they? How can no serious scientistsever have any contact with them? Scientists
don't say this because they are stubborn, nasty, insensitive, or blind.
(07:11):
We would love to have evidence ofextraterrestrial life, especially intelligent life. That's
what astrobiology wants. See my recentpost on finding biosignatures with the James Webb
space Telescope. We would be thefirst to embrace the facts if there were
any. The fundamental precept of scienceis to base claims on evidence backed by
(07:33):
solid, verifiable data. Otherwise,why give scientific claims any credibility. That's
what distinguishes what we do from fakenews. I for one, cannot wait
to find convincing evidence of extraterrestrial life. It will most probably not be very
intelligent, more like simple alien bacteria. But wow, how amazing would it
(07:58):
be to know that life is notjust a fluke that happened only here or
even more amazingly than it is tolisten to all the shows on the X
Zone broadcast network. Visit www dotXZBN dot net. To watch the x
(08:20):
Zone TV channel. Exclusive to SIMILTV, visit www dot similtv dot com channel
thirty two. Our motto is dareto believe there to be heard the x
Zone searching for answers, demanding thetruth. Do you have any comments,
suggestions, show ideas, Send themto admin at relhimma dot com for Roma
(08:46):
McConnell Media Company in London, England. I am Brooke McGuire.
The following in foecast is a presentationof the Xvoon Broadcast Network, x Soon
TV Channel and Roma McConnell Media Company, broadcasting from Canada to the World and
beyond alien abductions. What explains thisphenomenon? If there is anything confounding about
(00:21):
the whole issue of alien abduction,it is the utter conviction of those who
claim etise have taken them into theirspaceships, usually during sleep, usually to
perform illicit sexual experiments, as inthe hilarious Saturday Night Live skits like this
one with Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strongand Ryan Gosling. For many people millions,
(00:43):
in fact, this is serious business. How come? In the US
the first popular story of abduction byextraterrestrials was that of Betty and Barney Hill.
The couple from New Hampshire claimed tohave been kidnapped into a UFO on
September nineteenth, nineteen sixty one.The Hill's account, however, is the
(01:03):
second abduction story that became world famous. The first is from nineteen fifty seven
and centered around Antonio Villas Boas,a farmer from rural Brazil. A sensationalist
video about the case can be seenat this link. Since I grew up
in Brazil and live in New Hampshirein naturally curious and no wonder some of
(01:25):
my researches on astrobiology and the originof life accounts of alien abduction. According
to Villas Boas, on the nightof October sixteenth, while he was plowing
fields with his tractor, he wastaken into a spaceship by a group of
etise measuring about five feet tall.He was put in a room and saw
gas coming out of the walls.The gas made him very sick. Then
(01:49):
a very attractive female naked with longplatinum blonde hair, fire red pubic hair,
and deep blue cat eyes came andforced him to have inter course.
According to Villas Boas, her intentionswere quite clear to produce a human alien
hybrid that she would raise on herplanet. After he got back, Villas
(02:10):
Boas noted he had burns on hisbody. A doctor from a reputable medical
center diagnosed them as being radiation burns. This doctor, a Labo Fontis,
had contacts with the American UFO ResearchGroup apr O. Villas Boas had no
recollection how he got the burns.We must wonder whether these aliens are really
(02:34):
that smart, given that they keeprepeating the same experiment on human anatomy over
and over again. The story gainedworldwide popularity in the late nineteen fifties.
Many believed its veracity for politically incorrectreasons, claiming that a humble farmer from
rural Brazil would not be able toconcoct such a tale. In reality,
(02:55):
Villas Boas was neither humble nor uneducated. His family owned large tracts of land.
He later became a lawyer and practiceduntil his death in nineteen ninety two.
No doubt his notoriety helped his career. The overwhelming majority of scientists categorically
(03:15):
denies that narratives of abductions have anyreal component when told in earnest. Most
are products of various kinds of abnormalpsychological states, from fantasy prone personalities to
self hypnotic trances, false memory syndrome, sleep paralysis, environmental disturbances during sleep,
or some more serious type of psychopathology. Another possibility is a misrepresentation of
(03:38):
reality caused by post traumatic stress plausiblydue to some unwanted sexual encounter. American
researcher and skeptic Peter Rogerson questioned theveracity of Villas BoA's narrative and indeed of
many others, arguing that an articleabout alien abduction had appeared in the popular
magazine O Cruzero in November nineteen fiftyseven. He noted that Villa's BoA's story
(04:02):
only started to gain popularity in nineteenfifty eight, and that Villa's Boas could
have predated his encounter to give itmore credibility. Also, Rogerson argued that
Villa's Boas and other presumed abductees wasinfluenced by the sensationalist narratives of ufologist George
Adamski, who was very popular inthe nineteen fifties. For anyone interested in
(04:26):
the history of abductions, Rogerson's articleis an essential read. Most abduction stories
have elements in common with that ofVilla's Boas, kidnapping into an alien spaceship,
medical exams that center around the humanreproductive system or explicit sexual contact with
extraterrestrials, and mysterious marks left onthe body. Carl Sagan, in his
(04:49):
wonderful book The Demon Haunted World Scienceas a Candle in the Dark, brings
these elements together, arguing for aconnection between what abductees say now and what
narratives of mysterious sexual night encounters havebeen saying for ages. There are mythologies
dating back to Sumerian folklore of twothousand, four hundred BC, in which
(05:10):
a demon in either male or femaleform seduces people in their sleep. Saints
Augustine and Thomas Aquinas wrote of theincubus and succubus demons that come during sleep
to have sexual relations with unwilling humans. Similar stories appear in cultures across the
world. Villas BoA's Platinum Blonde surefits the bill reality Check. The nearest
(05:34):
star to Earth is about four lightyears away. Our fastest spaceship would take
some one hundred thousand years to getthere. If intelligent aliens exist and came
here, they must have technologies thatare beyond anything we can imagine, because
they must be capable of one fastinterstellar travel, two passing undetected by radar,
(05:56):
and three leaving without a trace.The feet are even more spectacular,
considering there are thousands of abduction narrativesand UFO encounters, a topic that has
been making headlines recently. On theother hand, we must wonder whether these
aliens are really that smart, giventhat they keep repeating the same experiment on
human anatomy over and over again.Can they not figure out human biology or
(06:21):
do they just have a perverted side? And are there different aliens coming to
Earth? If so, how manyspecies are out there fixated on us?
I find the possibility highly improbable giventheir spectacular space travel technology. Jay william
Shop, a paleontologist at the Universityof California, once said that extraordinary claims
(06:46):
demand extraordinary evidence, a quote CarlSagan made famous in the case of alien
abductions. Very ordinary explanations easily surpassthe absence of extraordinary evidence. Where are
they? How can no serious scientistsever have any contact with them? Scientists
don't say this because they are stubborn, nasty, insensitive, or blind.
(07:11):
We would love to have evidence ofextraterrestrial life, especially intelligent life. That's
what astrobiology wants. See my recentpost on finding biosignatures with the James Webb
space Telescope. We would be thefirst to embrace the facts if there were
any. The fundamental precept of scienceis to base claims on evidence backed by
(07:33):
solid, verifiable data. Otherwise,why give scientific claims any credibility. That's
what distinguishes what we do from fakenews. I for one, cannot wait
to find convincing evidence of extraterrestrial life. It will most probably not be very
intelligent, more like simple alien bacteria. But wow, how amazing would it
(07:58):
be to know that life is notjust a fluke that happened only here or
even more amazingly than it is tolisten to all the shows on the X
Zone broadcast network. Visit www dotXZBN dot net. To watch the x
(08:20):
Zone TV channel. Exclusive to SIMILTV, visit www dot similtv dot com channel
thirty two. Our motto is dareto believe there to be heard the x
Zone searching for answers, demanding thetruth. Do you have any comments,
suggestions, show ideas, Send themto admin at relhimma dot com for Roma
(08:46):
McConnell Media Company in London, England. I am Brooke McGuire.
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