Alien Abductions Part 2: Inside the Experience

In Part One, we examined the cases that helped establish the modern alien-abduction phenomenon. Now, the investigation turns inward. In Part Two: Inside the Experience, Sandman explores what could cause an abduction experience without a person being physically taken by extraterrestrial beings. Could some accounts be deliberate hoaxes or stories that became more elaborate over time? Can hypnosis uncover a hidden memory—or unintentionally create one? How closely do bedroom abductions resemble sleep paralysis, and how much has popular culture influenced the beings, examinations, and spacecraft people remember? This episode also examines whether several people can genuinely share a hallucination, how witnesses can influence one another’s memories, and why sincere belief does not necessarily establish that an event occurred exactly as remembered. The answer may not be real, hoax, or hallucination. Different cases may have entirely different causes—and some may remain unexplained. This is Alien Abductions: Real, Hoax, or Shared Hallucinations? Part Two—Inside the Experience. Turn On, Tune In, & Find Out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices