SUBJECT: ROPER ABDUCTION POLL                                FILE: UFO3364








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  Operation Right To Know FORUM Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 4
                  September/October 1992
     Posted at the request of Operation Right To Know

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�         IMPLICATIONS OF THE ROPER ABDUCTION POLL           �
�                                                            �
�By Elaine Douglas                                           �
�                                                            �
�* 47 abductions per hour in the United States               �
�                                                            �
�  A just-released Roper Poll of adult Americans,            �
�commissioned by a Las Vegas real estate developer, estimates�
�there are 3.7 million abductees in the United States. This  �
�is the number extrapolated from Roper's random sample of    �
�6,000 respondents, 2 percent of whom answered "yes" to at   �
�least four out of five key questions developed by UFO       �
�investigators. The questions, relating to experiences       �
�typical of the abduction phenomena, were, (1) "have you ever�
�awakened paralyzed with strange figures or presences in the �
�room;" (2) experienced "missing time" for an hour or more;  �
�(3) experienced flying through the air; (4) seen unusual    �
�balls of light in a room; (5) had any unusual scars? The    �
�Roper figure is the first effort to quantify the abduction  �
�phenomena and estimate the extent of alien abduction        �
�activity in the United States.                              �
�                                                            �
�  The figure of 3.7 million may indicate only part of the   �
�actual activity, since many, if not most, abductees are     �
�abducted more than once. If we assume an average of 5       �
�abductions per person, that equals 18.5 million abductions. �
�To calculate the rate of this activity, we need a time span,�
�say 45 years--the post-war period. These assumptions suggest�
�the aliens have conducted:                                  �
�                                                            �
�� 411,111 abductions per year                               �
�� 7,906 per week                                            �
�� 1,129 per day, or                                         �
�� 47 per hour,                                              �
�                                                            �
�in the continental United States alone for the past 45      �
�years.                                                      �
�                                                            �
�It is likely abductions have been going on for longer than  �
�45 years. If a longer time period is used, this would reduce�
�the rate of activity. However, the poll did not count       �
�children, which aliens are known to have abducted. Thus, 47 �
�abductions per hour may be substantially correct, if not    �
�understated.                                                �
�                                                            �
�=END=                                                       �
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