Alien Abduction Narratives and the Memory Debate: Science, Sleep Paralysis, and the Question of Reality
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Thousands of Americans who report alien abductions face a clash between the claim that these experiences reveal something about consciousness and reality and the view that they are memories distorted by sleep paralysis and suggestion, a debate championed by John Mack and challenged by Richard McNally, Susan Clancy, and Arnold Relman who urge rigorous scientific scrutiny.