{"id":4074,"date":"2025-03-11T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:38:00","slug":"frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequency of alien abductions, past and present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exploring the Frequency of Alien Abductions: Then and Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi everyone! I&#8217;m currently researching the phenomenon of alien abductions and have a few questions I can&#8217;t seem to find clear answers to. I&#8217;m curious whether cases of alien abductions are still happening today. It seems like after a peak in the &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s, reports of abductions have been declining, while UFO sightings seem to be increasing now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think accounts for this trend? Is it possible that abductions still occur but are less frequently reported? Or could it be that they&#8217;re happening just as often but simply go unmentioned for some reason?<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, I\u2019d love to hear if anyone knows of accounts where individuals claimed to have been abducted before the famous Betty and Barney Hill case in 1961, which is often seen as the starting point for modern abduction narratives. Are there historical instances that might suggest similar experiences without being tied to current religious interpretations?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading! I\u2019d appreciate any insights, personal experiences, or recommendations for reading material that could help enhance my understanding of this intriguing topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nExploring the Frequency of Alien Abductions: Then and Now Hi everyone! I&#8217;m currently researching the phenomenon of alien abductions and have a few questions I can&#8217;t seem to find clear answers to. I&#8217;m curious whether cases of alien abductions are still happening today. It seems like after a peak in the &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s, reports&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Frequency of alien abductions, past and present&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}