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Jacobs, 'Secret Life: Firsthand Accounts of UFO Abductions'
Temple University historian David Jacobs's reconstruction of a standard abduction procedure from hypnosis sessions with many subjects.
1992 CE · 39.98, -75.16 · status: disputed
The account
Jacobs argued that abductions follow a consistent clinical sequence and serve an alien breeding program, a darker reading than Mack's. His standing as an academic historian gave the abduction thesis a scholarly face.
The sceptical view
Jacobs, a historian rather than a clinician, used hypnosis extensively; critics, including former subjects, have accused him of leading and shaping memories.
Connections in the atlas
- Secret Life