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