No article about would be complete without addressing the elephant in the room. In the 1990s, Hopkins was vilified by the academic community, specifically by psychologists like Elizabeth Loftus. Critics argue that Hopkins’ hypnosis techniques were "leading"—that he accidentally planted memories of aliens in vulnerable patients.
Before Intruders , Hopkins published Missing Time (1981). That book introduced the public to the concept of "screen memories" and hypnotic regression. But Intruders is where he perfected his craft. Budd Hopkins Intruders.pdf
No article about would be complete without addressing the elephant in the room. In the 1990s, Hopkins was vilified by the academic community, specifically by psychologists like Elizabeth Loftus. Critics argue that Hopkins’ hypnosis techniques were "leading"—that he accidentally planted memories of aliens in vulnerable patients.
Before Intruders , Hopkins published Missing Time (1981). That book introduced the public to the concept of "screen memories" and hypnotic regression. But Intruders is where he perfected his craft.