A Skeptic’s Guide to Aliens/w @chriscfrench

When:
November 4, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
2019-11-04T19:00:00+00:00
2019-11-04T21:30:00+00:00
Where:
The Joker
58 Penton Street
London N1 9PZ
Cost:
£12
Contact:
Funzing
020363733306

Are aliens really visiting our planet on a regular basis? Are people really being abducted by aliens and subjected to bizarre medical investigations? Even worse, are the aliens engaged upon a sinister cross-breeding project to produce human-alien hybrids?

This talk will cover psychological aspects of various types of alien contact claim, ranging from simple sightings of “unidentified flying objects” to alien abduction experiences. Along the way, we will review the history of UFOs within society and discuss the risks inherent in the “memory recovery” techniques employed by some ufologists.

It will be argued that all claims of alien contact can be plausibly accounted for in terms of known psychological phenomena such as sleep paralysis and false memories.