Date:   Sat Jan 28 1995  18:13:06
From:   Sheppard Gordon
Subj:   Abduction Hogwash
UFO                            -------------------------------
Alien notion
11/30/94     THE NEWS & OBSERVER of Raleigh, N.C.
   Hogwash.
   That summarizes Phillip Klass views of alien abductions. Klass
thinks people like Mack, Hopkins and Howe are only pushing their UFO
theories to sell books and gain the spotlight.
   What's more, the longtime skeptic and Washington-based publisher
of Skeptics UFO Newsletter believes the very people claiming to help
abductees like Rizzolo are causing them undue suffering.
   If even 1 percent of these stories are true, it's the gravest
threat to the people of this country, Klass said. If these stories
are not true, these people are needlessly worrying and being drawn
into cults that will harm them and their children.
   Klass and other UFO debunkers worry that the network meant to
support abductees is really reinforcing incorrect notions. In fact,
they wonder if people like Mack and the publicity surrounding them
aren't really creating the phenomenon and a host of false memories.
   It s not surprising that people are having similar memories, said
Campbell Perry, a professor of psychology at Montreal's Concordia
University. If you found someone who lives without newspapers, TV,
radio, it might be a bit more credible.
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