Millions of Americans, and perhaps even tens or hundreds of millions of people worldwide, claim they have been abducted by aliens from another planet. By analyzing the evidence- author credentials, eyewitness testimony, and verifiable facts-offered by the authors in this anthology, readers can perhaps make their own determinations about whether these abduction stories are true or whether the so—called abductees are exaggerating or imagining their experiences.

Alien abduction cannot be studied scientifically because most alleged abductions are unexpected and scientists are rarely around to study and test the phenomenon as it occurs. So ufologists (those who study UFOs and alien abductions) must rely on the personal accounts of people who claim to have been abducted by aliens. Ufologists must take several factors into account when they study abduction reports: whether the eyewitness is reliable; whether any physical evidence exists of an abduction-at...