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SUBJECT: CBC DOCUMENTARY FILE: UFO2722
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PART 2
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06-20-90
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David Jacobs
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I would estimate that %99.99 of all abductees are unawares of what
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has happened to them. Perhaps many of them know that they have had
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strange, out of the ordinary experiences like missing time events, Out
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of Body Experiences, "astral travel," seen ghosts, or even had deceased
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relatives visit them at the foot of their beds, but these experiences
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are chalked up to "normality" oftentimes. They have an available menu
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of culturally determined explanations of strange occurrences and they
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pick and chose among them to help explain what has happened to them.
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Only a tiny fraction of abductees have systematically explored their
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experiences with me or with Budd Hopkins and are fully aware of the
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situation that they are involved in. I have handed out a questionnaire
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geared toward helping me to gauge how many people might have had
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abductions. I have given it to about 900 students at Temple university
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over the past few years. Right now my statistics are running at about
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%6.5 of potential abductees and that is being very conservative. When
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the pressure gets too great on an abductee and he/she feels that
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whatever has happened to them deserves some sort of an explanation,
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they characteristically seek help or answers to their questions in
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three main areas. The first is in the therapeutic community. They go to
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psychologists and psychiatrists in search of help. They think that
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there must be something wrong with them because they are having crazy
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thoughts about being on board a UFO, etc. The therapeutic community has
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not been very much help in this area. Usually they are given some sort
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of a diagnosis that suggests childhood trauma of some sort or
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pathology, in the case of psychiatrists. In fact some members of the
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psychiatric and psychological communities have been damaging to these
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people because of incompetence or avarice. The second area that people
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migrate to in search of answers is evangelical or charismatic religious
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groups or cults. In religion abductees are often given a "demonic"
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explanation. They are told to pray and the demons will be excised. The
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third area is New Age groups. Here they encounter channelers, and
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believers in benevolent space brothers, and higher cosmic consciousness
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and higher vibrational patterns, and universal love, and so forth. Many
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of the abductees find solace and answers in any of these areas. For
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many others, however, these areas do no provide satisfaction that they
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have finally come to the end of their quest. When they come to either
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Budd or me, however, and they finally uncover in more or less a
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systematic way what has happened to them, the quest is over. They do
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not go from us to another area still searching for answers. Now they
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know and they may be frightened and freaked, but at least they have the
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ability to gain some sort of intellectual and emotional control over
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their lives--often for the first time.
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This is not a complete answer, and there are many other ways that
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abductees suspect that something has happened to them, for instance, a
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"triggering" mechanism often works when they see a picture of an alien
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on a book jacket, or read something, or hear something. A bell goes off
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in peoples' minds that suddenly alerts them to the fact that something
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might have happened to them. On of the most important things to say,
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however, is that it is unethical and downright dangerous for anyone to
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suggest that another might have been the victim of abductions. I allow
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people to come to me in anyway that they can. Even when they come to me
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I issue strong warnings to them about the consequences of opening the
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Pandora's box of memory collection. I send them a pamphlet that Budd
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and I put together about the downside of memory collection. When I talk
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to them again I again warn them. If they still want to go ahead, then
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and only then do I attempt regressive hypnosis. This is not something
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to do on a lark. The content of abductions can be fairly strong and
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without proper guidance and experience the possibility of harm to the
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abductee is great.
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The population of abductees that I have investigated is small. I have
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worked with 49 individuals as of June, 1990. However, the way in which
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I do abduction research is different than most investigators. I try to
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spend as much time as possible with each abductee researching, on
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separate occasions, as many abduction events as possible for each one.
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We have found that all abductions begin in childhood and then continue
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throughout one's life (with certain exceptions). I have discovered no
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adult-onset abductions unless they are what I call "opportunistic"
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abductions--the person is in close proximity to an abductee and is
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therefore sometimes taken. Opportunistic abductions are uncommon. Thus
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I have actually researched about 265 separate abduction events. People
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have had as many as twenty-six sessions with me and as few as one. The
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average length of my sessions is about five hours--from the time a
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person walks in to the time he/she leaves. During the session I try to
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bring out as much information as possible on a chronological basis--
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what happens to the abductee from the time he realizes that something
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is first happening to him, say in his bedroom, until the event is over
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and he is returned. Actual hypnosis time varies from one hour to three
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hours.
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Generally speaking, we do not know why a particular person is
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abducted. There appears to be no overt similarities, either mental or
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physical between abductees. This appears to be a random phenomenon.
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However, we have found a rather strong generational and familial link
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with abductions. Abductions appear to begin in childhood and continue
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throughout adulthood (there are exceptions to this). We have not found
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a way to stop abductions.
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During an abduction, characteristic procedures are run on humans that
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are quite narrow in their range. Most people report physical, mental
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and reproductive events. Without going into too much detail, the main
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physical event is the examination (there are many other physical
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procedures) which is carried on in a surprising manner. The main mental
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procedure is an examination of an abductee's emotional state after
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observing some sort of mental imagery. People's emotions are played
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with and they may feel a calming effect. Likewise it is very common for
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people to see scenes of atomic explosions, during which they might feel
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anxiety. These are part of the mental procedures. In the reproductive
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area, people report that sperm and eggs are harvested from them. They
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are also shown odd looking babies that they are sometimes required to
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hold.
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Abductees are mentally altered during the abduction so that it is
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extremely difficult to understand what is happening while it is
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happening. A selective form of amnesia is most commonly in place
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immediately after the abduction so that most people do not know what
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has happened to them--except unconsciously, if that is "knowing."
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Recovering the memories is a difficult task. Not only is there a
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certain amount of trauma involved, but often there is heavy
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confabulation, false memories, incomplete memories, and pseudo-memories
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placed in the abductee's mind as part of mental procedures.
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Furthermore, the physical aftereffects of the phenomenon can be severe-
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-scars, internal scar tissue, eye damage, and so forth. It is, however,
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the mental effects that are most important for people's lives--
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affording the most damage and the most trauma. Thus investigating
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abductions is a very delicate endeavor. One must know what to say, what
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to ask, what is coming next, what is being skipped over, what is being
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held back, what is going to be traumatic, and what is going to have the
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biggest effect on the abductee whether he/she realizes it or not. Above
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all, the investigator must have the psychological acumen to help the
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abductee deal with the material both while the memories are being
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recalled, and after the session is over. At the same time the
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investigator must accumulate the most amount of data as is possible--
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given the enormity and importance of the event. Unfortunately there are
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few who can do this. Sometimes people who need help with abductions
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seek advice and counsel from well meaning but incompetent
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psyhotherapists and even some erstwhile UFO researchers. Unfortunately
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not enough have been trained to service the vast number of abductees
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who need this help. Budd Hopkins and I have been involved with trying
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to train therapists to deal with abductees. This is an uphill battle
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and although progress has been made, we have a long struggle ahead of
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us. in the meantime, for those of you who think that you might have had
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abduction experiences, think very carefully about whether you want to
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open up the Pandora's Box of memories and if you decide to go ahead, be
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extremely careful who you decide upon. The potential for harm is there.
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