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SUBJECT: ROPER ABDUCTION POLL FILE: UFO3364
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MUFONET-BBS GROUP - MUFONET-BBS NETWORK
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Operation Right To Know FORUM Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 4
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September/October 1992
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Posted at the request of Operation Right To Know
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ IMPLICATIONS OF THE ROPER ABDUCTION POLL ³
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³ ³
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³By Elaine Douglas ³
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³ ³
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³* 47 abductions per hour in the United States ³
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³ ³
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³ A just-released Roper Poll of adult Americans, ³
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³commissioned by a Las Vegas real estate developer, estimates³
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³there are 3.7 million abductees in the United States. This ³
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³is the number extrapolated from Roper's random sample of ³
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³6,000 respondents, 2 percent of whom answered "yes" to at ³
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³least four out of five key questions developed by UFO ³
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³investigators. The questions, relating to experiences ³
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³typical of the abduction phenomena, were, (1) "have you ever³
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³awakened paralyzed with strange figures or presences in the ³
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³room;" (2) experienced "missing time" for an hour or more; ³
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³(3) experienced flying through the air; (4) seen unusual ³
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³balls of light in a room; (5) had any unusual scars? The ³
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³Roper figure is the first effort to quantify the abduction ³
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³phenomena and estimate the extent of alien abduction ³
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³activity in the United States. ³
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³ ³
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³ The figure of 3.7 million may indicate only part of the ³
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³actual activity, since many, if not most, abductees are ³
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³abducted more than once. If we assume an average of 5 ³
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³abductions per person, that equals 18.5 million abductions. ³
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³To calculate the rate of this activity, we need a time span,³
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³say 45 years--the post-war period. These assumptions suggest³
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³the aliens have conducted: ³
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³ ³
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³ù 411,111 abductions per year ³
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³ù 7,906 per week ³
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³ù 1,129 per day, or ³
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³ù 47 per hour, ³
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³ ³
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³in the continental United States alone for the past 45 ³
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³years. ³
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³ ³
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³It is likely abductions have been going on for longer than ³
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³45 years. If a longer time period is used, this would reduce³
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³the rate of activity. However, the poll did not count ³
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³children, which aliens are known to have abducted. Thus, 47 ³
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³abductions per hour may be substantially correct, if not ³
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³understated. ³
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³ ³
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³=END= ³
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