Case file · Non-fiction & research literature
Sagan, 'The Demon-Haunted World'
Carl Sagan's book on scientific thinking, with several chapters examining alien abduction claims.
1995 CE · 42.44, -76.50 · status: explained
The account
Sagan compared abductions with older reports of demons and incubi, and offered his 'baloney detection kit' for weighing extraordinary claims. It is the most widely read skeptical treatment of the abduction phenomenon.
The sceptical view
Abduction researchers say Sagan dismissed cases without engaging with their details.
Connections in the atlas
- Carl Sagan