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Accidental awareness or alien abduction ?

By T.K. Randall
November 12, 2014 · Comment icon 14 comments

Could abduction experiences be related to accidental awareness ? Image Credit: sxc.hu
Could a patient who awakens during surgery later believe that they had been abducted by aliens ?
The idea that alien abductions might actually relate to instances of patients regaining consciousness during medical operations was put forward by Columbia University psychoanalyst David V. Forrest in his 2008 book Alien Abduction: A Medical Hypothesis.

Abductees frequently recall being examined while lying on an operating table, something that could be connected to latent memories of a prior surgical procedure.

One of the best known alien abduction cases was that of Barney and Betty Hill who believed they had been taken aboard an extraterrestrial spacecraft after being abducted in 1961.
Betty had later described being rolled over on to her back by an examiner with a long needle while her husband had a similar experience. Both recalled lying on a table underneath a bright light and undergoing some form of surgical examination by beings who were standing over them.

While most accidental awareness patients do not associate their memories with an alien abduction event there are certainly remarkable commonalities between the two experiences.

Barney Hill himself even likened his abduction experience to that of a previous tonsillectomy.

"Like that, but my eyes are closed, and I only have mental pictures," he said.

Source: Scientific American | Comments (14)




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Comment icon #5 Posted by stereologist 9 years ago
I have always wondered why the aliens and their probings have been at a technological level which matches current practices here on Earth.
Comment icon #6 Posted by Growl 9 years ago
Garbage ...
Comment icon #7 Posted by Karasu 9 years ago
Welll; it could explain some of the cases of "abduction". Some other possible theories: Perhaps the person was realty abducted, not by E.Ts; but by humans. They could have worn masks, or not. The mind processes things differently, when under an abnormal level of stress. Call it "hyper-reality" if you will. The mind goes into panic; causing you to view, and feel things differently. Some examples: time slows down, you become more sensitive to light or sound, objects in front of you stand out more clearly, a blurry image is processed into a more defined image, etc. Perhaps the hypnotherapist embe... [More]
Comment icon #8 Posted by Growl 9 years ago
A real adduct under hypnosis It's a scary thing. Each alleged that in hypnosis tries to recover the memories undergoes internal interference to your brain. Practically with hypnosis blocks imposed by aliens and jumping to avoid making the subject too much memories there are external interventions. I listened to about 200 hours of hypnosis carried out in my country. The subject seems possessed by the devil, growls and rages. Practically a stranger but this consciousness in the alleged acts to save the day. The hypnotist can groped to talk and calm this being that intervenes to disturb the hypno... [More]
Comment icon #9 Posted by Zargoza 9 years ago
I actually woke most of the way up during surgery once, to the point i remember trying to sit up and the anaesthesiologist pushed me back on the table saying, 'Oh boy" as he turned the gas back on. It was pretty clear and unmistakable, and after the surgery i asked the doctor about it and he was mildly surprised I was able to remember it.
Comment icon #10 Posted by Paranomali 9 years ago
Whatever they remember, sounds like they are frightening experiences. How terrifying if it's an actual memory and how disturbing the mind is if it's made up!
Comment icon #11 Posted by ancient astronaut 9 years ago
My problem is just the opposite, I was abducted by aliens, and during my experience(anal probe of course), I woke up and thought I was on the operating table. Weird **** here I tell you.
Comment icon #12 Posted by Sweetpumper 9 years ago
I actually woke most of the way up during surgery once, to the point i remember trying to sit up and the anaesthesiologist pushed me back on the table saying, 'Oh boy" as he turned the gas back on. It was pretty clear and unmistakable, and after the surgery i asked the doctor about it and he was mildly surprised I was able to remember it. Me too. I woke up and saw the surgeon malleting the steel rod into my leg, I went under again pretty damn quickly.
Comment icon #13 Posted by highdesert50 9 years ago
There is a fair amount of research, some of it speculative, with regard to sleep paralysis and such events as perceived alien abduction, out-of-body experiences, and near presence of another individual or entity. Sleep paralysis is a somewhat rare event occurring during awakening or at the onset of sleep whereby an individual experiences a form of paralysis and hallucinations. Sleep paralysis is thought to be caused by a disruption of REM sleep.
Comment icon #14 Posted by qxcontinuum 9 years ago
There are also cases of girls alegedly claimining to have been sexualy abused by their fathers via through some non vivid memories that doctors found laters under hypnosys that were imprinted by watching early stage television.


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