21.   Proponents of pseudosciences, such as alien abduction, often accuse the scientific community of hiding key evidence, as though scientists were part of some monolithic institution.

22.   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.

23.   So fears of demons in the Middle Ages evolved to ghost sightings in Victorian times and into alien abductions in the jet age, he said.

24.   Still, sleep paralysis cannot be a full explanation because some reports of alien abduction do not involve sleep.

25.   That is the sort of suspension-of-common sense quid pro quo that you find among people who believe in space alien abductions.

26.   The first firm to boldly go where no insurer had gone before, the Florida-based UFO Abduction Insurance Co. began offering alien abduction insurance a decade ago.

27.   The growing professional literature on sleep paralysis has often mentioned the parallels with reports of alien abductions.

28.   The research societies also share information and reports on the quirkier aspects of UFOs, like alien abductions.

29.   The Research Societies also share information and reports on the quirkier aspect of UFOs, like alien abductions.

30.   The program focused on such paranormal activity as alien abductions, cattle mutilations and secret government programs.