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alien abduction  

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  • Alien abduction is a familiar theme in popular culture. As described by those who claim to have experienced it, alien abduction (in this entry, abduction, for short) is the physical seizure, or kidnapping, of a human being by an extraterrestrial intelligent being. [Source: Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication; Alien Abduction]

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