Jack Brewer is the force behind the excellent blog, The UFO Trail . Since 2009 Jack has devoted considerable time to researching the connections between elements of the alien abduction narrative, hypnosis techniques used to “recover” memories of the alleged abduction...
hypnotic regression
Sleep Paralysis and Alien Abduction
A few months ago my PEERANORMAL podcast did an episode on the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. As is our format, I and the other hosts read several peer-reviewed articles about the topic and discussed them. Below is an article we didn’t discuss, as the episode...
Review of The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community
I’ve been intending to review Jack Brewer’s book, The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community , for some time now. I’ve linked to some of Jack’s research posted on his blog The UFO Trail before. Jack has devoted considerable...
Short Summary of an Episode in UFO Infamy: the Paul Bennewitz Affair
I’ve often referred to the Bennewitz affair in conversation about how certain U.S. government agencies and personnel are not above using UFO believes as tools to perpetuate a UFO narrative they find useful (read: a useful myth designed to misdirect away from...
Hypnosis in Interrogation: A CIA Paper
Hat tip to Jack Brewer at the UFO Trail for this item. Very interesting. The link above leads to a paper on the CIA website. The paper is marked: ” “APPROVED FOR RELEASE: CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM: 22 SEPT 93.” The paper sections are: Nature of...
Alien Abductions Round-Up
That’s probably the best way to characterize what’s been going on with Jack Brewer and microbiologist Dr. Tyler Kokjohn. Both have posted recently about the questionable methodology (that’s being kind) of Budd Hopkins, one of the more famous names...
Hypnotic Regression: A Critique
I’m still getting caught up on some items I want to make sure readers know about after my recent “finish The Portent draft or die” session of the last two weeks. A couple days ago I directed readers to Jack Brewer’s UFO Trail about true...
The Elephant in the Alien Abduction Research Room: Methodological Integrity
In another excellent piece on the UFO Trail blog, Jack Brewer takes the issue of the use of hypnosis in alien abduction research head-on. The post is another example of why, if you care about thinking clearly about matters ufological, you should be reading his blog. A...
Betty Hill’s Star Map vs. Real Astronomy
From time to time I see the idea of actual intelligent ET visitation defended on the basis of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction -- specifically, on the basis of the "star map" that Betty Hill allegedly saw while on board the alien space ship during her abduction....
Myth and Mystery of UFOs: A Review
I just finished Thomas Bullard’s book, The Myth and Mystery of UFOs , by scholar-folklorist Thomas Bullard (University of Kansas Press, 2010). Rather than write my own review, I found the work summarized nicely in this review over at Magonia review of books...
Second Article in Psychological Inquiry
I’m guessing anyone who’s interested in the first article has read it by now. I enjoyed some of the humorous responses. Yep, it’s another one-size-fits-all explanation from the psychiatric community. They can’t seem to deal with those...
Professional Psychiatry and the Abduction Phenomenon
Well, I’m finally back at blogging after some brief travel. I had meant to go into the third group that would use UFO beliefs as propaganda, but to be honest, I’m more interested now in the next trajectory. For those who are curious, I may go back to this...