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DETERMINATION OF ABDUCTION CASES
John Komar, State Director, 1990
Copyright MUFON
In a paper delivered during a MUFON UFO International Symposium,
researcher Budd Hopkins classified Abduction cases into five types:
- Type 1: The abductee consciously recalls parts of the full abduction
scenario:
The on-board experience, the UFO, it's occupants, it's interior, and
so on. (In a clearly related sub-group, the abductee's conscious
recall of this material is delayed.)
- Type 2: The abductee recalls the UFO, the circumstances of the encounter, and
often the appearance of the occupants, but does not remember any of
the actual on-board experience. That part of the experience
registers
only as a perceived gap in time.
- Type 3: The abductee recalls only a UFO and/or humanoids, but nothing else.
He
or she does not recall a time-lapse or dislocation. (This type may
include a good many so-called bedroom visitations.)
- Type 4: The abductee recalls only a peculiar time-lapse and/or dislocation.
No UFO is consciously recalled, nor is any other part of the UFO
scenario.
- Type 5: The abductee recalls nothing of the usual abduction scenario.
Instead, there remain vague indications, ranging from the "feeling
that something happened to me", to intense, unnatural fears of
specific locations or sections of highway, to physical wounds or
marks
of unknown origin, and includes sometimes recurring dreams of a
temporally un-anchored abduction experience.
Type number five, which Budd Hopkins concentrates upon in his book,
"MISSING TIME", is believed to be the most common. This type also presents
the greatest challenge to an investigator. The descriptions above can also
cover many situations that turn out to not be actual abductions.
How can a researcher determine which reports to pursue and which to
ignore, taking into account the limited knowledge of the topic by a typical
researcher, and the time constraints involved. Hypnosis in itself is an
expensive and time involving endeavor, not to be included with the
investigation of each case, as a determining factor of the validity of the
abductee, but only to be used as the extreme avenue after much time and work
has been expended during the initial investigation of the case.
As a suggestion, we should consider each case in the "quantitative"
sense, weighing the details as the facts present themselves. The more
specific and detailed the facts, the higher the priority to be placed on the
case as a whole.
Asking the witness about any previous experiences or unusual encounters,
any physical marks or wounds not associated with any known incident the
witness can recall, possibly a recurring bad dream, could add weight to the
credibility of the case.
Each fact or detail, by itself, possibly would not provide enough
substantive justification to actively pursue the case, but coupled together
could provide enough detail and connecting information to warrant the time
expenditure required. Other considerations of the case would be:
- 1. The volume and content of the information as it pertains to the case.
- 2. The quality of that information.
- 3. Is the person who is citing the experience the only witness to it's
happening, or are there others.
- 4. The strangeness of the case, whether it be the facts as presented, or
the witness itself, or the location where the experience is perceived to
have happened.
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