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won over before specific issues and ideology or dogma are ev en mentioned. This love technique is so thoroughly overwhelming that, when articles of religious belief are finally introduced. the subject feels like an ingrate to rej ect th em . Bestowing importance and showering love upon the potential convert weakens his oppo· sition and sets him up for whatever unusual demands are to be made of him. This potent method seems to have ha ppened in a number of U FO abductions. For example, und e r hypnosis, David Oldham recounted the following d i al ogu e. Standing terrified and unable to move before his a bducto r, he says: He wants . . . to hug me . . . says . . . says, 'Why are you scared?' ·I . . . I've never seen something like this . . . ' ' . . . Someone loves you . . . very deeply . . . and they . . . want to see you. Close your eyes . . . and be still.' {These soothing words a re immediate ly followed by a painful operation of some kind.) ' What are you . . . what are you . . . putting me in? What? hurts . . . Oh! Can't see . . . can't see . . . can't It breathe . . . ' ( David is told by his captor to relax.) 'O.K. . . O.K. . . . O . K . . . . I'm relaxed. I'M RELAXED! Help! Help!' ( Dr. Clamar tries to calm him, and then, seconds later: ) Hands . . . in cramps . . . in cram ps . . . in cramps! My arms . . . Oh . . . my body is . . . vibrating. . . . I'm just sta n ding here . . . I can't see. . . . Something is above me . . . and it makes me vibrate. . . . (Again, after all the pain and fright caused by this new pro cess, Davi d is c a j oled by soothing-and flattering-words.! 'Now' . . . he says, . . . 'We are working . . . with your mind. We know . . . yo u have very st rong mental abili ties. . . . '
I t is d ifficult to avoid the impression that David i s being loved and used, loved and used. The bestowing of affection an d impor tance upon a sixteen-year-old boy helps immensely in reducing his resistance to whatever complex and hurtful procedures are central to his abduction. The inference is the same that I made in