UFO reports are all misidentification of prosaic phenomena. Abduction reports are seen as sleep paralysis, psychosis or attention-seeking confabulation. This skeptical perspective (btw, the one I held fervently for about 30 years) answers some of these questions, in a fashion.
In this paradigm, questions number 1, the issue of the energy expenditure/waste-to-benefit ratio of UFO phenomenon, number 2, the coincidence of genetic similarities of alien and human species, and number 3, the lack of a seemingly logical point to the UFO/abduction phenomenon, are all answered by simple denial of the existence of the phenomenon outside of experiencers' heads.
Question number 4, the relationship between UFO/abduction phenomenon and other supernatural/religious phenomena, can be answered by this "swamp gas" explanatory model, if one first makes the assumption that the cultural well from which all the delusions spring includes the major religions, as many adherents to this paradigm do.
INTERPRETIVE PARADIGM II: ASSORTED VERSIONS OF 'SPACE BROTHERS WHO COME TO SAVE US'
This paradigm basically covers any and all explanations that define the UFO/abduction phenomenon as our salvation, in one form or another. It assumes that the aliens are much more advanced spiritually as well as technologically than humans and therefore are intervening like benevolent grandparents, to assure that our limited intelligence does not lead us to ruin.
This paradigm does not specifically address questions number 1, regarding the expenditure/waste-to-benefit ratio of alien intervention, or 2, the coincidence of genetic similarities..
This model answers question 3, what is the purpose clearly "to save us".
It does not give a specific answer to question number 4, regarding the relationship between the similarities of alien abductions and paranormal/religious phenomena.
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