Alien Abduction the Cinema: A History from 1950s to Today

Abduction motifs that appear in science fiction classics such as and are analyzed, as well as those in lesser-known films like . Special attention is given to movies based on the famed experiences of abductees Betty and Barney Hill, Whitley Strieber and Travis Walton. The book also addresses skeptical theories about the origins of the phenomenon in science fiction and examines an uncanny prescience that appears to anticipate these inexplicable occurrences.