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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


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.

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