Encyclopedia - Abduction: Encyclopedia - Abduction
Abduction. Kidnapping, as a near synonym in criminal law, but sometimes used particularly in cases involving a woman or child Abduction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abduction: Parapsychology Dictionary On Abduction
Abduction: The act of an unknown life form taking an individual or a group. Many people believe these life forms to be of extraterres...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abduction: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Abduction
abduction The act of taking Human beings by Extraterrestrials. (Also see Abductee)   (See also: Abduction , Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon
For other uses of related terms, see abduction The abduction phenomenon is an umbrella term used to describe a number of hypotheses, clai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hill Abduction: Encyclopedia - Hill Abduction
Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrials on September 16, 1961. Their story, commonly called the Hill Abd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abductive Reasoning: Encyclopedia - Abductive Reasoning
Abduction, or abductive reasoning, is the process of reasoning to the best explanations. In other words, it is the reasoning process that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Abduction: Encyclopedia - Child Abduction
Child abduction is the abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an older person. Several distinct forms of child abduction e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allagash Abductions: Encyclopedia - Allagash Abductions
The Allagash Abductions is a part of the UFO / Alien Abduction theories. The Allagash abductions occurred on August 20, 1976 when four me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Abduction In The Children Of God: Encyclopedia - Child Abduction In The Children Of God
Since the late 1970s, there have been steadily increasing reports of children of former members of the Children of God (also known as The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegina Mythology: Encyclopedia - Aegina Mythology
In Greek mythology, Aegina was the daughter of the river-god Asopus and the nymph Metope. She bore at least two children: Menoetius by Ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kidnapping: Encyclopedia - Kidnapping
Kidnapping, a word derived from kid = 'child' and nap(nab) = 'snatch', recorded since 1673, originally meant stealing children for use as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia - Persephone
In Greek mythology, Persephone (Greek Περσεφόνη, Classical Greek Persephónē, Modern Greek Persefóni) was the queen of the Und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Explanation: Encyclopedia - Explanation
An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context and consequences of some object (or process, state of affairs etc.), togeth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sita Devi: Encyclopedia - Sita Devi
Sita (Sanskrit सीता Sītā) is the wife of Rama, the Seventh Avatara of Vishnu, and is esteemed an examplar of womanly and wifely...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anomalous Phenomenon: Encyclopedia - Anomalous Phenomenon
An anomalous phenomenon is an observed phenomenon for which there is no suitable explanation in the context of a specific body of scienti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Abduction - Parental Abduction
Parental child abduction, in simple terms, is the permanent removal of a child from their place of habitual residence (the place where th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Abduction - Parental Abduction
Parental child abduction, in simple terms, is the permanent removal of a child from their place of habitual residence (the place where th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abductive Reasoning: Encyclopedia Ii - Abductive Reasoning - Logic-based Abduction
In logic, abduction is done from a logical theory T representing a domain and a set of observations O. Abduction is the process of derivi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abductive Reasoning: Encyclopedia Ii - Abductive Reasoning - Set-cover Abduction
A different formalization of abduction is based on inverting the function that calculates the visible effects of the hypotheses. Formally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abductive Reasoning: Encyclopedia Ii - Abductive Reasoning - Applications
Abduction has been applied in artificial intelligence for various tasks. The most direct application of abduction is that of automaticall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abduction Phenomenon - Overview
While few mainstream scientists believe the phenomenon literally occurs as reported—some experts contend the field is rife with kooks a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abduction Phenomenon - History
The notion of being kidnapped by extraterrestrials goes back at least to the mid-1950s, with the Antonio Villas Boas case (which didn't r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abduction Phenomenon - History
The notion of being kidnapped by extraterrestrials goes back at least to the mid-1950s, with the Antonio Villas Boas case (which didn't r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abduction Phenomenon - Profile
Although different cases vary in detail (sometimes significantly), some argue that there is a broad, fairly consistent sequence and descr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abduction Phenomenon - Profile
Although different cases vary in detail (sometimes significantly), some argue that there is a broad, fairly consistent sequence and descr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Abduction - Children Abducted For Slavery In Africa
There are reports that abduction of children to be used or sold as slaves is common in parts of Africa. The Lord's Resistance Army, a reb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hill Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Hill Abduction - The Incident
That evening while driving back to their Portsmouth, New Hampshire area home from a vacation in Canada, the Hills spotted a light in the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alien Abduction: Parapsychology Dictionary On Alien Abduction
Alien Abduction: Term used to describe being taken onboard an "alien" craft against one's will or being 'kidnapped' by extr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alien Abduction: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Alien Abduction
Alien Abduction Kidnapping by non-human beings. The first reported claim of alien abduction was in Brazil in 1957 and since then there...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abductive Reasoning: Encyclopedia Ii - Abductive Reasoning - History Of The Concept
The philosopher Charles Peirce introduced abduction into modern logic. In his works before 1900, he mostly uses the term to mean the use ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hill Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Hill Abduction - Interrupted Journey
The 1966 publication of Interrupted Journey, by John G. Fuller, details much of the Hills' claims. Excerpts of the book were published in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Abduction - Removal By Stranger
Women who kidnap babies to bring up as their own are typically unable to have children of their own. The crime is often premeditated, wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Abduction - Removal By Stranger
Women who kidnap babies to bring up as their own are typically unable to have children of their own. The crime is often premeditated, wit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alien Abduction: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Alien Abduction
Alien Abduction Kidnapping by non-human beings. The first reported claim of alien abduction was in Brazil in 1957 and since then there...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Controversy
In the meantime, Spaulding had announced to the press that he and "Dr." Steward had questioned Walton for two hours, and had uncovered in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - The Encounter
A little after 6.00pm on the evening of November 5, Rogers and his crew finished their work for the day and piled into Rogers’s truck f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Publicity
Additionally by Saturday, word of Walton's disappearance had spread internationally. News reporters, ufologists and the curious began tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - The Search
At about 7.30pm, Peterson called police from Heber, Arizona, near Snowflake. Deputy Sheriff Chuck Ellison answered the telephone call; Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Background
The case began on a Wednesday, November 5, 1975. Walton was employed by Mike Rogers, who had for some nine years contracted with the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Polygraph
On Monday, November 10, all of Rogers’s crew (except Walton, of course) took polygraph examinations administered by Cy Gilson, an Arizo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hill Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Hill Abduction - Hypnosis And Star Map
Under hypnosis sessions in 1963, the Hills recounted what later became the standard UFO abduction template: They seemed hypnotized or par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abduction Phenomenon - Interpretations Analyses And Proposed Explanations
There have been a variety of explanations offered for abduction phenomenon, ranging from sharply skeptical appraisals to uncritical accep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abduction Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Abduction Phenomenon - Interpretations, Analyses And Proposed Explanations
There have been a variety of explanations offered for abduction phenomenon, ranging from sharply skeptical appraisals to uncritical accep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Travis In The Ufo
In his survey of UFO abduction literature, Terry Matheson writes that "Walton’s experience stands out by virtue of its not being partic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - The Medical Exam
Duane remembered Spaulding's promise of a confidential medical examination. Without having notified authorities of Travis's return, Duane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - An Independent Witness?
A curious episode occurred in the early stages of publicity for the film. Walton was contacted by a man who claimed to have been hunting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Later Years
1978 saw the publication of two books related to the Walton case: Bill Barry’s The Ultimate Encounter, which argues that the various d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Travis’s Return Makes The News
By afternoon Monday, word of Travis’s return had leaked out to the public. Duane took a telephone call from Spaulding, and told Spauldi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travis Walton Abduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Travis Walton Abduction - Walton’s Return
Just before midnight on Monday, November 10, Grant Neff reported that he answered his home telephone in Taylor, Arizona, a few miles from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guinevere: Encyclopedia Ii - Guinevere - The Abduction Of Guinevere
The earliest mention of Guinevere is in the Welsh tale Culhwch ap Olwen, where she appears as Arthur's queen, but little more is said abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guinevere: Encyclopedia Ii - Guinevere - The Abduction Of Guinevere
The earliest mention of Guinevere is in the Welsh tale Culhwch ap Olwen, where she appears as Arthur's queen, but little more is said abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Persephone - The Abduction Myth
In the Olympian pantheon, Persephone is given a father: according to Hesiod's Theogony, Persephone was the daughter produced by the union...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lindbergh Kidnapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Lindbergh Kidnapping - The Abduction
That evening (March 1, 1932) at about 8.00 p.m., the baby had been put to bed by his mother, and by nanny Betty Gow. Gow stayed with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - Abductions And Arrest
Some of the following describes the events as alleged by the prosecution. Julie Lejeune (age 8) and Mélissa Russo (age 8) were kidnapped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mordechai Vanunu: Encyclopedia Ii - Mordechai Vanunu - Disclosure Abduction And Publication
In early September 1986, Vanunu flew to London with Hounam, and in violation of his non-disclosure agreement, revealed to The Sunday Time...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hanns Martin Schleyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hanns Martin Schleyer - Abduction And Murder
Schleyer was kidnapped on September 5, 1977 by the Red Army Faction, also known as Baader-Meinhof Gang, in Cologne. The purpose of this w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Cantuta Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - La Cantuta Massacre - Abduction Of July 1992
In the pre-dawn hours of 18 July 1992, members of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE) and the Army Directorate of Intelligence (DINTE), m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donald Neilson: Encyclopedia Ii - Donald Neilson - The Abduction Of Lesley Whittle
By 1972, Neilson had decided he needed to step up his criminal activity if he was to gain the big payout he wanted and receive the public...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Edward Mack: Encyclopedia Ii - John Edward Mack - Abduction Phenomenon
This theme was taken to a controversial extreme in the early 1990s when Mack commenced his decade-plus study of 200 men and women who rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanic Ritual Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanic Ritual Abuse - Parallels To Reports Of Alien Abduction
California-based therapist Gwen Dean noted forty-four parallels between alleged alien abductions and satanic ritual abuse. Both emerged a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alias Episodes Season 2: Encyclopedia Ii - Alias Episodes Season 2 - The Abduction
Original airdate: December 15, 2002 Directed by: Nelson McCormick Written by: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci Jack meets Alliance of Twelve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kidnapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Kidnapping - Named Forms
E.g. a child is taken hostage to force the shopkeeper to open the safe ... See also:Kidnapping, Kidnapping - Definition, Kidnapping - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Cantuta Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - La Cantuta Massacre - Prosecutions And Amnesty
In April 1993, a group of Peruvian military officers anonymously released a document detailing the events at La Cantuta. Their document c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greys: Encyclopedia Ii - Greys - Supposedly Genuine Appearances
The Hill Abduction incident also involved creatures vaguely similar to Greys, and probably represents the prototypical story of alleged h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kidnapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Kidnapping - Kidnapping In English Law
This is a common law offense requiring: that one person takes and carries another away; by force or fraud; without the consent of the pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kidnapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Kidnapping - Scope Of Application In The United States
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away (asportation) of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - The Trial
Dutroux's trial began on March 1, 2004, some seven and a half years after his initial arrest. It was a trial by jury and up to 450 people...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Persephone - Overview
The figure of Persephone is a well-known one today. Her story has great emotional power: an innocent maiden; a mother's grief at the abdu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Edward Mack: Encyclopedia Ii - John Edward Mack - Early Career
Mack received his medical degree from the Harvard Medical School (Cum Laude, 1955) after undergraduate study at Oberlin (Phi Beta Kappa, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mara Jade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mara Jade - Background
Mara Jade - Emperor's Hand. The Emperor's Hands were an elite group of Force-sensitive assassins handpicked by Emperor Palpatine to car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mara Jade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mara Jade - Background
Mara Jade - Emperor's Hand. Main article: Emperor's Hand The Emperor's Hands were an elite group of Force-sensitive assassins handpic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donald Neilson: Encyclopedia Ii - Donald Neilson - The Grim Discovery
Previously, senior crime officers from Scotland Yard had discounted a full search of Bathpool Park, claiming there would be nothing to fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Search
A massive community search effort, organized by the Laura Recovery Center, looked for Elizabeth in the days immediately following her abd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael S. Heiser: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael S. Heiser - Ufos And Conspiracies
Heiser considers it likely, along with a recent movement in the Evangelical Christian community, that there are similarities between the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli Engineering Corps: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Engineering Corps - History
The Israeli Engineering Corps ( IEC חה"ן ) are based upon the sabotage unit of the Palmach and the tractors operators units of the Isr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extradition: Encyclopedia Ii - Extradition - Controversies
Extradition - International strains. The refusal for a country to extradite suspects or criminals to another may lead to international ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - Before The Kidnappings
Dutroux was the eldest of five children; his parents, both teachers, emigrated to the Belgian Congo and returned to Belgium in 1960. They...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sita Devi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sita Devi - Legend
Sita is one of the principal characters of the "Ramayana", the Hindu epic named after her husband Rama. Sita was a foundling, discovered ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc Dutroux: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc Dutroux - Shortcomings Of The Investigation Public Outcry
Authorities were criticised for various aspects of the case. Perhaps most notably, police searched Dutroux's house on December 13, 1995 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of International Instruments Relevant To The Worst Forms Of Child Labour: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of International Instruments Relevant To The Worst Forms Of Child Labour - Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children Csec
The most comprehensive international instrument focussing on CSEC is the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - False Memory - Prominent Examples
False memory - Sexual abuse. False memory has figured prominently in many investigations and court cases, including cases of alleged se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - False Memory - Prominent Examples
False memory - Sexual abuse. False memory has figured prominently in many investigations and court cases, including cases of alleged se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anomalous Phenomenon: Encyclopedia Ii - Anomalous Phenomenon - Introduction
Out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, extrasensory perception, ghosts, demonic encounters, poltergeists, as well as sightings ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - False Memory - Background
It is common experience that memory is unreliable to some degree, whether by failing to remember things or remembering incorrectly. Less ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - False Memory - Criticisms Of Recovered Memory Therapy
Although there is genuine concern that important memories may be buried and need uncovering, there is concern that the goal of neutral tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - False Memory - Discussion
If a person remembers an event that lacks another witness or corroborative physical evidence, the validity of the memory may be questione...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hanns Martin Schleyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hanns Martin Schleyer - Life
Schleyer came from a national-conservative family. His father was a judge. Hanns Martin Schleyer started studying law at the university o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanic Ritual Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanic Ritual Abuse - Prevalence
Those who believe that there is organized Satanic ritual abuse going on in the United States claim that large numbers of people there are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanic Ritual Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanic Ritual Abuse - Historical Origins
The belief that certain people worship evil principles or entities, and use magic powers against others, commonly known as witchcraft, is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanic Ritual Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanic Ritual Abuse - Modern Times
Reports of SRA began occurring as early as the 1960s and coinciding with numerous cattle mutilations in the southwest. Following the publ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guinevere: Encyclopedia Ii - Guinevere - Guinevere's Character
In the later adaptations she is the daughter of King Leodegrance and is betrothed to Arthur early in his career, while he was garnering s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guinevere: Encyclopedia Ii - Guinevere - In Current Pop Culture
Guinevere - Motion pictures. King Arthur, the 2004 movie featured Guinevere as a Celtic warrior maiden who became Arthur's consort aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guinevere: Encyclopedia Ii - Guinevere - Guinevere's Character
In the later adaptations she is the daughter of King Leodegrance and is betrothed to Arthur early in his career, while he was garnering s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Cantuta Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - La Cantuta Massacre - Context
The Enrique Guzmán y Valle National Education University ("Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle", or "UNE"; better...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Persephone - Modern Scholarship On Persephone
Persephone - Persephone Before the Greeks?. Many modern scholars have argued that Persephone's cult was a continuation of Neolithic or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Abduction: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Abduction
  Dream Interpretation Abduction Abduction in you dream indicates wish-fulfilment and is, in general, a good sign of achieving ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mordechai Vanunu: Encyclopedia Ii - Mordechai Vanunu - 2005 Arrests
On January 26, 2005, BBC reported that its Jerusalem deputy bureau chief, Simon Wilson, was banned from Israel after BBC refused to submi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mordechai Vanunu: Encyclopedia Ii - Mordechai Vanunu - Support
The European Parliament has condemned Israel's treatment of Vanunu, and referred to his detention by Mossad agents as a gross violation o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mordechai Vanunu: Encyclopedia Ii - Mordechai Vanunu - Background
Vanunu was born in Marrakech, Morocco to a Jewish family; his father was a rabbi. He had 11 brothers and sisters, and emigrated under the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mordechai Vanunu: Encyclopedia Ii - Mordechai Vanunu - Imprisonment
Vanunu was put on trial in Israel on charges of treason and espionage. The trial, held in camera, took place at the District Court in Jer...   » Read the article