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INDEX

A

absorptive individuals

acupuncture

effectiveness

pseudoscientific origins

Adams, John Couch

Adamski, George

Adamson, Richard

Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO)

evidence tested by

founders of

agriculture, homeopathy and

aircraft

Bermuda Triangle disappearances

and UFO sightings

Alar panic

Albert, Gretl

alien abductions

belief in

of Betty and Barney Hill

Budd Hopkins on

in mainstream culture

in media

physical evidence lacking

psychology of

alien autopsies

Allison, Dorothy

alternative medicine

acupuncture

herbal remedies

homeopathy

jargon in

magnetic therapy

naturopathy

prayer

and quantum mechanics