Case file · Abduction
Budd Hopkins
New York abstract artist (1931–2011) who became the central figure of 1980s abduction research.
1981 CE · 40.71, -74.01 · status: claim
The account
His books 'Missing Time' (1981) and 'Intruders' (1987) used regressive hypnosis to recover what he believed were memories of abduction, and helped define the modern abduction narrative. He founded the Intruders Foundation in 1989 and later wrote 'Witnessed' (1996) about an alleged abduction near the Brooklyn Bridge.
The sceptical view
Psychologists such as Elizabeth Loftus warned that hypnosis can create false memories; his former wife Carol Rainey later criticised the field's lack of scientific and ethical standards.
Connections in the atlas
- David M. Jacobs
- Budd Hopkins
- Intruders
- John E. Mack
- Missing Time
- Whitley Strieber
- Betty & Barney Hill