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Roy Baumeister argues that UFO abduction reports are shaped more by hypnotic suggestion, interview techniques, and cultural narratives than by literal encounters, producing vivid but potentially false memories and distress, and he calls for cautious, non-sensational interpretation and rigorous scrutiny of memory reliability and origins.

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