Michael E Zimmerman January, 2026 Some time ago in conversation with Karin Austin (director of the John E. Mack Archives), I learned that alien abductions began a dramatic decline in the early 1990s and eventually ceased. Whitley Strieber generally agrees with this assessment, as does Steve Aspin, who recently published an insightful book (Out of Time) about his own abduction experience. [i] Even though some reports of abductions are still posted on-line forms, the number of...

Michael E. Zimmerman                     Widespread reports of alien abduction are particularly difficult to accept or even entertain,...

Michael E. Zimmerman                   Dennis O’Connor’s book, The First and Last Deception: Aliens, UFOs, AI, and the Return of Eden’s Demise , is a noteworthy intervention in UFO literature. Indeed, it should be required reading for anyone wanting to know why some Christians regard ETs not as creatures from other planets, but instead as supernatural  diabolical entities seeking human ruin. What follows is not a full review of O’Connor’s lengthy book but only comments on some particular...