1.   Blackmore said several million people in the U.S. have reported alien abductions.

2.   Several scholars have found that people are more likely to report alien abductions when they have been exposed to movies or books about the idea.

3.   The Enquirer is a supermarket tabloid, sharing the racks with the papers that report UFO abductions.

4.   The woman reported the abduction to the State Department and the office of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., a longtime friend.

5.   Families of kidnap victims in Colombia often choose not to report the abduction to authorities, preferring to deal directly with the kidnappers.

6.   He said he did not report the abduction because the kidnappers threatened to kill him, police said.

7.   Lamb said he reported the abduction to Tanzanian authorities, prompting the search.

8.   Like many other crime victims, the businessman believed police officers were involved and never reported his abduction.

9.   Mission head Jean-Pierre Mahe reported the abduction on Saturday to the Interior Ministry, it said.

10.   The aid group reported the abduction on Saturday.