Media regularly publish reports about UFOs. Random witnesses describe flying objects from which strange creatures descend and abduct people. However, there is no compelling evidence to support these stories. Publishing house UPIAR released a book dedicated to discussing extraterrestrials titled The Reliability of UFO Witness Testimony, edited by Vicente Juan Ballester-Olmos and Richard Heiden. The work involved 60 authors from 14 countries, almost all of whom hold doctorate degrees.
The editors also invited Michael Raduga because he is the only one who has conducted experiments in this field. In his article, he notes that many “abductions” are related to sleep and provides a list of characteristics in the accounts of UFO “witnesses”:
1. They were reclined, sitting, or lying down.
2. They woke up, fell asleep, dozed off, meditated, or experienced waking dreams.
3. They were in a state of sleep paralysis or felt “vibrations.”
4. They levitated or passed through solid objects.
5. They had out-of-body experiences.
6. They participated in paradoxical events or witnessed something impossible in reality.
7. They quickly moved from one place to another, even if these places were not directly connected.
8. They experienced unstable vividness of perceptions or encountered “hyperreality.”
9. Ultimately, they teleported back from where they were “abducted.”
10. They forgot how the story ended.
Only the first two characteristics are mandatory. The author adds that these events occur more frequently among people who are interested in the supernatural—that is, people who read books, consume media, and watch movies about alien abductions. Since the sensations can be very real, such experiences can easily be mistaken for reality.
Have you ever mistaken a similar experience for reality?
The book was published in May 2023 and is available on the publisher’s website.
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