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Alien abduction scenarios are hypothesized to be products of REM sleep, where individuals may confuse dream experiences with reality as described in [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, the clinical occurrence of these reports is linked to the overlapping nature of wakefulness and REM sleep states as noted in [4].
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Perspectives on the alien abduction phenomenon - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimResearchers in a 2021 study hypothesized that if some alien abduction stories are products of REM sleep, they could be deliberately emulated by lucid dreaming practitioners.