A new book explores the disturbing stories of sexual encounters with aliens and UFOs.
Stories about these wild interactions have been around since the 1950s, and in The UFO Files Nigel Watson explores the psychology behind them.
In an interview with DailyMail.com, Mr Watson explores whether they arise from our subconscious or whether they are part of a longer tradition of supernatural encounters dating back many centuries.
Nigel Watson is one of the authors of the UFO Files
But the book points out that many of these encounters were “remembered” with the help of hypnotists, who may have planted the memories there.
Reports of encounters with supernatural entities are also much older than people realize.
Mr Watson said: ‘Whatever the origins of such reports, we must remember that throughout history people have reported sexual contact with a variety of supernatural beings.
‘Either the aliens have been conducting their beastly experiments for thousands of years, or such stories meet deep-seated social-psychological needs.
“Until solid medical evidence is obtained or hybrid children emerge, the latter hypothesis seems more likely.”
Antonio Villas Boas
One of the very first alien abduction stories, by Brazilian farmer Antonio Villas Boas, also contained a strong sexual element.
In October 1957, Boas was ‘pulled aboard’ a star-like UFO which landed in front of him, before being experimented on and coated with a mysterious gel.
One of the very first alien abduction stories, by Brazilian farmer Antonio Villas Boas, also contained a strong sexual element
Villas Boas, 23, was then seduced by a female ‘alien’ with blond hair and blue eyes who he later claimed kept a sample of his semen.
But he said: ‘The growling that came from her at certain times almost ruined everything because it gave the unpleasant impression of being with an animal.’
Researchers have since suggested that Villas Boas used details from previous Brazilian news stories and was a supporter of UFO author and alleged contact Georges Adamski – but Villas Boas never recanted his story until his death in 1991.
Betty and Barney Hill
The story of Antonio Villas Boas remained relatively low-profile until the kidnapping and alleged sexual assault of Barney Hill made headlines around the world.
The 1961 Betty and Barney Hill Experience became the de facto “first” alien abduction story, with the couple encountering a strange light on a road in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
The 1961 Experience of Betty and Barney Hill became the de facto “first” alien abduction story
The couple couldn’t remember part of the ride and their watches stopped working, but Barney was in for even worse.
He claimed a cup-like device was placed over his genitals, before another cylindrical object was inserted into his anus – and ‘samples’ were taken in both cases.
Psychiatrist and hypnotist Benjamin Simon helped the couple remember their experience – a Freudian one, he suggested, which could indicate latent homosexuality.
Gabriella Versacci
In October 1973, Gabriella Versacci was driving around the small village of Langford Budville near Somerset, England at 11 p.m.
Versace’s car stalled and she came out to investigate, before being pushed to the ground by a dark, metal robot and passed out.
In October 1973, Gabriella Versacci was driving around the small village of Langford Budville near Somerset, England
She woke up in a circular room, naked and tied to a table.
She claimed a male humanoid stared at her “without visible emotion” before pressing a pin-like device against her and raping her.
She took a pregnancy test (it was negative), but her story was all her own and not told under hypnosis.
Ed Duvall
Ed Duvall was hypnotized in 1986 by UFO researcher Budd Hopkins.
He reported on a kidnapping he ‘remembered’ in the early 1960s, in which a violent attempt to collect a semen sample using a ‘suction device’ left him humiliated.
Duvall’s experience came out under hypnosis by Budd Hopkins
Duvall said, “They take what they want, when they want it, regardless of anything. They don’t seem to care how we feel.’
But later he was approached by a female alien who, Duvall recalled, “was well endowed, she definitely had breasts.”
After intercourse, the gray aliens collected a sperm sample that they kept in a bottle.
Pamela Stonebrooke
Los Angeles jazz singer Pamela Stonebrooke labeled herself the ‘Intergalactic Diva’ long before her alleged encounters with aliens.
She said of the nickname: “Oddly enough, it works now.”
Pamela Stonebrooke, the ‘intergalactic diva’
Since then, she has described multiple sexual encounters with aliens – and with creatures that were apparently alien-human hybrids.
She said: ‘My first sexual encounter… was so intense and pleasurable.
‘I awoke from my sleep to find myself making love to what appeared to be a Greek god.
‘But the sex was very intense. The next time I opened my eyes, he had transformed into a reptilian entity with scaly, snake-like skin. It was then that I realized I was making love to a shape-shifting alien.”