Bypassing the ego. That is a pretty good description of what is at work in the unbelievable beliefs of the abduction experience, the sci-fi visions born out of our own fears, projections, and warlike natures. There is no alien invasion. There is an attempt, largely a missed opportunity, to tell us that we are not, and that our violent nation-states and horrible histories are not really worth preserving—that those histories are there for mourning, not celebrating, that we need to go back to remember and redeem the past, not to deny, preserve, or conserve it.
