I've always found the alien encounter/abduction phenomenon interesting as folklore and myth. Aliens are basically faeries and goblins for a post-industrial, tec

I've always found the alien encounter/abduction phenomenon interesting as folklore and myth. Aliens are basically faeries and goblins for a post-industrial, technological zeitgeist. Unfortunately there's a lot of racist and antisemitic undertones behind a lot of it, particularly the reptilian and ancient astronaut stuff.