Clancy parallels interviews with abductees with her own studies of memory, and both refutes and corroborates the allegations. Clancy suggests a connection between alien abductions presented in the media and waves of reports from people who claim to have been abducted. However, she is also intrigued by the vast similarities in the procedures described by most victims. Then again, she suggests that sleep paralysis might be a major culprit.

-The New York Times: Explaining Those Vivid Memories of Martian Kidnappers