Many UFO experts believe there is a generational link with abductees. ibid.
What persuaded me that I was dealing with something of extreme importance here is the degree to which the experiences or the experiencers share so much in common in what they report has happened to them. Professor John E Mack, Psychology, Harvard University
What they experienced is real, not dreams, not hallucinations. These people’s experiences suggest we are in a cosmos with beings far more intelligent than us. John E Mack, author Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens
I am a foot surgeon who has removed numerous objects from the human body, and among these are objects that we believe are of extraterrestrial origin. Dr Roger Leir
We believe that we have definitive physical evidence of abduction phenomena as real. Dr Roger Leir
These people were not mentally impaired. Many of them were in fact highly trained. They believed these things. It gave them the same kind of satisfaction that religion gives other people – the notion that we’re not alone, that there’s some entity that’s looking after us, that there is a better place waiting for us when we die. Dr Charles Ziegler, anthropologist Brandeis University
Could these mysterious objects be proof that aliens have abducted human beings? Best Evidence: Alien Abductions
To sceptics the notion that UFOs and that big-eyed creatures have a secret plan is ridiculous. It’s the product they say of active imaginations, sleep disorders, scientific ignorance and popular culture. ibid.
Can memories reclaimed through guided hypnosis be relied on? Conspiracy Test: Alien Abductions
This is a debate with no middle ground. ibid.
Assuming that the laws of physics understood on Earth are applicable across the cosmos then it would be hard to explain how alien visitors cover the vast distances involved in interstellar travel. ibid.
I was taken into a classroom setting by a little grey. I never saw the grey’s face; it called my name very sweetly, my real name Deborah. And I was taken in. And I felt the long fingers around my hand. I could feel those long fingers, but I wouldn’t look. Female, televised interview, Conspiracy Test: Alien Abductions
Chuck Rak was the first to realise they were not alone. The response was instantaneous. Their next memory was being back on shore. Just staring up at the bright object ... Then the nightmares began for Jim and Jack Weiner ... They underwent hypnosis to probe the hidden details of their experience. Under hypnosis each of the men experienced terrible repressed memories. Memories of being abducted. They were almost exactly alike. Independently of one another each of them drew illustrations of their incredible recollections ... Each of the Allagash Four took polygraph tests and passed easily. Unsolved Mysteries, the case of the Allagash Four
Almost all my life I’ve heard stories that the Nazis had obtained a flying saucer. And I do believe the Nazis were in touch with non-human intelligences. That gave them the advanced technology that they developed right up to the end of the war. Jim Marrs, author Rise of the Fourth Reich
This is a real phenomenon. Something is happening to these people. Jim Marrs, author Alien Agenda
The Betty and Barney Hill story of course is one of the abduction experiences that kind of kicked off the whole abduction phenomenon. Jim Marrs
Over four million Americans claim to have been abducted by aliens. The first widely reported case was Betty and Barney Hill in 1961. Danny Dyer, I Believe in UFOs, BBC 2010
But the idea that aliens were really visiting us was set in stone by the story of Betty and Barney Hill. An American couple that reported sighting a UFO in 1961. Under hypnosis they told a story of abduction by aliens, a tour of a spaceship, a medical examination by aliens. Barney and Betty went public in 1964 – the world hasn’t been the same since. Strange But True?
That was the story told by Betty and Barney Hill. Virtually all scientists who’ve studied it are sceptical. Professor Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Encyclopedia Galactica, 1979
The modern craze for alien abduction can be traced back to the 60s when Betty and Barney Hill claimed they had been taken aboard a flying saucer and interfered with by a group of aliens. World’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories, 2004
We both described under hypnosis the car coming to a complete half, the electrical system dying out. Barney Hill, televised interview
They tried to insert an instrument, a needle-like instrument, just below my navel. And this caused pain. Betty Hill, televised interview
Ash, that transmission – Mother’s deciphered part of it. It doesn’t look like an SOS. Well I – it looks like a warning. I’m gonna go out after them. Alien ***** 1979 starring Sigourney Weaver & Tim Skerritt & Veronica Cartwright & Harry Dean Stanton & John Hurt & Ian Holm & Yaphet Kotto & Bolaji Badejo & Helen Horton et al, director Ridley Scott, Ripley
Alien life-form. Like it’s been dead a long time. ibid. captain
It’s full of leathery objects like eggs I suppose. ibid. Hurt
It seems to have life. Organic life. ibid.
You do your job; let me do mine, yes? ibid. Ash
Nostromo Rerouted to New Co-Ordinates. Investigate Life Form. Gather Specimen. Priority One Insure Return of Organism for Analysis. All Other Considerations Secondary. Crew Expendable. ibid. computer
Ash is a goddamned robot! ibid. Parker
Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded ... Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. ibid. Ash
I got you, you sonofabitch. ibid. Ripley
Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo. Third officer reporting. The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off. ibid. closing lines
You were out there for fifty-seven years. Aliens 1986 starring Sigourney Weaver & Michael Biehn & Paul Reiser & Lance Henriksen & Carrie Henn & Bill Paxton & William Hope & Jenette Goldstein & Al Matthews & Mark Rolston et al, director Ridley Scott, company bloke to Weaver
I’m ready, man. Check it out! I am the ultimate bad-ass! State of the bad-ass art! You do not want to fuck with me. Check it out! Hey, Ripley, don’t worry. Me and my squad of ultimate bad-asses will protect you! Check it out. Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. WHAP! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs. We got sonic, electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks. ibid. Private Hudson
So who’s laying these eggs? ibid. Ripley
Fiorina ‘Fury’ 161 outer-veil mineral ore refinery double-y chromosome-work correctional facility maximum security. Aliens 3 1992 starring Sigourney Weaver & Charles S Dutton & Charles Dance & Paul McGann & Brian Glover & Ralph Brown & Danny Webb & Christopher John Fields & Holt McCallany & Lance Henriksen et al, director, opening caption
Standing Crew: 42 enlisted, 7 science officers. Alien Resurrection 1997 starring Sigourney Weaver & Winona Ryder & Ron Perlman & Dominique Pinon & Dan Hedaya & J E Freeman & Brad Dourif & Raymond Cruz & Kim Flowers & Gary Dourdan & Leland Orser & Michael Wincott et al, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, opening caption
You going to kill me or what? ibid. Ripley to robot
Why do you go on living? ibid. Robot to Ripley
I think they want us to come and find them. Prometheus ***** 2012 starring Michael Fassbender & Charlize Theron & Noomi Rapace & Guy Pearce & Logan Marshall-Green & Rafe Spall & Sean Harris & Kate Dickie & Benedict Wong et al, director Ridley Scott, her to him
Weyland Corporation: Building Better Worlds. ibid. slogan
We call them engineers. They engineered us. ibid. Elizabeth Shaw
It’s us. It’s everything. What killed them? ibid.
Well, doctor, it’s not exactly a traditional foetus. ibid. David
It must feel like your God’s abandoned you. ibid. David