When I was a kid, one of my earliest memories was episodes of the TV show, The Twilight Zone. One of my favorites was the story of rural general  store owner, Somerset Frisby.  He would hold court around the central stove and tell tall tales about himself. On one of these sessions, visiting aliens overheard him and mistakenly believe him to be one of Earth’s leading intellectuals. He was abducted but managed to escape his captors with the help of his trusty harmonica; the noise of which incapacitated the aliens. He quickly returns to his store and, although still panicked, begins recounting his ordeal to all his buddies in the store. They respond with roaring laughter and congratulated him on being one of the biggest liars ever. 

That is loosely how most of the people that actually report an abduction are perceived. A 2025 survey found that there were a total of 182,018 UFO sightings reported across America since 1974, putting the risk of getting taken by ET around 1 in 1,833 (0.0545%) — surprisingly more common than one might think. 

Aerial phenomena are receiving a surprisingly high amount of mainstream news coverage in recent years. YouTube is chock full of UFO videos. With the advancement of AI, it is only a guess as to what percentage of these videos are genuine. Hundreds of drones, some the size of a small car, have flooded the East coast as well as other parts of the country and other countries beginning November 2024. The Federal government themselves have released footage of flying objects they say they cannot explain. 

The term “UAP” was coined by the U.S. Department of Defense in 2022 to bring a more scientific lens to the issue. Scientists, previously hesitant to discuss UFOs due to the stigma of pseudoscience, are now becoming more involved in their study. While the government investigates, a significant portion of sightings, the public remains skeptical about extraterrestrial explanations for UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). However, the increased attention and governmental efforts are likely contributing to a greater awareness and perhaps, eventually, a gradual shift in public perception over time. 

The ‘black sheep’ or crazy uncle of the UAP movement by ufologists is human abductions by aliens. The precise number of alleged abductees is uncertain. One of the earliest studies of abductions found approximately 1,700 claimants. Other surveys argued that around 6 percent of the general population allege to have been abducted.

Psychology Today offers articles and insights into the psychological aspects of alien abduction reports, including explanations for why people might believe they’ve been abducted. Other studies findings conclude dream–reality confusion is common among persons with sleep disorders, which can lead to “dream delusions.” Sexual masochists are especially susceptible to false memories and dream–reality confusion involving aliens

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All in all, aliens taking humans is basically seen as a bridge too far in believing the UFO experience according to many UFO blogs. If abductions and maybe cattle mutilations are removed from the equation, it’s believed as many as 40% of the population could get onboard with the current UFO craze.  Visitations, sightings, maybe even crop circles may eventually have enough circumstantial evidence to sway some skeptics. Cattle mutilations or stashed alien saucers and corpses may be on that bridge too far. 

I believe. I believe because of what I’ve seen and I’m just the kind of person that has faith. 

I have seen film of interrogations of Betty and Barney Hill, Travis Walton, Antônio Vilas-Boas, and the Pascagoula Abduction pair and those folk really believe they went through something horrific. Hopefully this isn’t another government MK-Ultra episode performed on thousands. Even worse, maybe Dwight D. Eisenhower actually did make a deal with the aliens…..what? , you never heard of the deal. Come back next week.

I’m S.A.Bear and I approve this message.

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