{"id":6592,"date":"2025-03-25T15:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-4\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T15:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:54:44","slug":"frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequency of alien abductions, past and present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exploring the Frequency of Alien Abductions: Past and Present<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi everyone, I&#8217;m currently researching the phenomenon of alien abductions and have a few questions that I can&#8217;t find clear answers to. I&#8217;m curious whether alien abductions are still happening today. It seems to me that after a significant increase in reports during the &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s, these abduction cases have been on the decline, while UFO sightings appear to be increasing now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on this trend? Why do you think this shift is taking place? Am I mistaken in thinking abductions have decreased, or do they still occur frequently but are simply not discussed as much? <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, I&#8217;m interested in whether anyone knows of any accounts of alleged abductions that occurred before the famous Betty and Barney Hill case in 1961, which is often regarded as the beginning of modern abduction reports. Are there historical instances that could be interpreted as alien abductions, aside from those that have been framed within religious contexts?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time! I welcome any insights, personal stories, or recommendations for further reading that can help enhance my understanding of this intriguing subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nExploring the Frequency of Alien Abductions: Past and Present Hi everyone, I&#8217;m currently researching the phenomenon of alien abductions and have a few questions that I can&#8217;t find clear answers to. I&#8217;m curious whether alien abductions are still happening today. It seems to me that after a significant increase in reports during the &#8217;60s and&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/frequency-of-alien-abductions-past-and-present-4\/\" 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":829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6592","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\/6592","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=6592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}