The Psychosocial Model of UFO Experiences: Hallucinations, Cultural Narratives, and the André Case

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Under the Psychosocial Model, UFO experiences are mainly explained as simple mistakes, misperceptions, false memories, or hoaxes, with hallucinations being a plausible contributor in some cases, most witnesses have mental health rates similar to the general population, culture and media (like Orson Welles's War of the Worlds) can shape what people think they saw, the André case shows there can be intersections with psychopathology without a single cause, and studying group sightings is hard because evidence is limited and witnesses often influence each other.