UFO Abduction Narratives: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Belief, Memory, and Cultural Epistemologies

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Scholars from sociology, anthropology, psychology, and folklore explain why abductee stories about UFOs persist by showing they mix altered states and trauma with cultural context and memory, are shaped by what societies consider taboo and how they define knowledge, encompass a range of psychological patterns and memory distortions, are influenced by media and experts, and can function as living myths reflecting technological anxieties, with no single view dominating.