John C. Thompson Since the modern era of abductions began with the Barney and Betty Hill UFO close encounter of September 19, 1961, in New Hampshire, ufology has never been the same. Before the Hills’ encounter, UFO sightings were investigated in a prescribed, straight forward manner that involved gathering supporting evidence while simultaneously trying to disprove a witness’s account. The Hill’s remarkable experience injected a new element, regressive hypnosis. In the future, entity-related cases hypnosis would often come to be the only means to prove or disprove an alleged encounter with aliens. Hypnotherapy, in short, became a quick truth serum that often eliminated the necessity of independent witnesses and background checks of the alleged abductees. The lack of supporting physical evidence and why abductions, […] Read More