Intruders [Mass Market Paperback]

Budd Hopkins (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 12, 1987

"One comes to a tender regard for Hopkins's subjects. Their uniform similarities of description of their UFO abductions and of the aliens bear a faithful fact that could sway many an ironclad skeptic."
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
There have been tens of thousands of verified UFO sightings and landings. But it is the actual temporary abductions that are the most controversial and dramatic stories behind this phenomenon. In the summer of 1983, Kathie Davis was floated out of her room in rural Indianapolis, while she slept, then subjected to a physical examination inside a UFO. The story she told the world afterwards, and corroborated by specialists and hundreds of other victims all over the country, is not to be missed or dismissed lightly.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Hopkins, who uses hypnotism in interviewing UFO abduction claimants, argued in his first book, Missing Time, that UFO aliens had inserted implant devices in several children. Here, after researching 125 supposed abductions, he reports on "the apparent interbreeding of an alien species with our own." During hypnotic sessions, men have told of being raped by alien females and women have related experiences interpreted by Hopkins as ova-retrieval and artificial insemination. The book's key case involves Kathie Davis, a 28-year-old Indianapolis mother who described under hypnosis multiple abductions and gynecological operations, and the investigation here extends to the UFO experiences of her children, relatives and friends. Hopkins's disarming manner as he leads the reader through the steps of his research adds credibility to the science-fictional aspects of this account. True or not, the author's speculations equal the excitement generated by his earlier book. Illustrations not seen by PW. 62,500 first printing; major ad/promo; Preferred Choice Bookplan dual main selection; Troll Book Club selection; author tour
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"One comes to a tender regard for Hopkins's subjects. Their uniform similarities of description of their UFO abductions and of the aliens bear a faithful fact that could sway many an ironclad skeptic."
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
There have been tens of thousands of verified UFO sightings and landings. But it is the actual temporary abductions that are the most controversial and dramatic stories behind this phenomenon. In the summer of 1983, Kathie Davis was floated out of her room in rural Indianapolis, while she slept, then subjected to a physical examination inside a UFO. The story she told the world afterwards, and corroborated by specialists and hundreds of other victims all over the country, is not to be missed or dismissed lightly.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 8 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (December 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345346335
• ISBN-13: 978-0345346339
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #801,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Abduction Book To This Date April 2, 2009

By David Gesell Jr.

Format:Paperback

Let me just start off by mentioning that I read Budd Hopkin's book Sight Unseen and was somewhat disappointed in it. Although it did pick up at the end. So altogether I was not too prospective about this book, but I was totally wrong. The way he writes in Intruders and the way he writes in Sight Unseen are completely different. The characters and their stories are so much more believable and just better written than in Unseen. At certain points in the book I really felt compassion and sadness for these people and their experiences. I mean like the author says, abduction accounts are one of two things. One, it's some new psychological disorder that a mass of people from cultures throughout the world are developing, in which people have almost identical experiences involving very serious, intimate actions. Or, second, Extraterrestrials are real. They are here. And they're taking people and conducting experiments involving very serious, invasive things. Either way, these two scenarios, whichever it might be need to be looked at and studied extensively, and these people "Victims" should not be ridiculed or shunned anymore than an abused or raped person should receive.

Saying all of that, this book strongly supports the E.T. involvement scenario and goes into extreme detail about the experiences of these people. These people deserve help either way. This book is a great read and will surely be at the top of your alien abduction book list.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Just One Step Behind "Missing Time" May 1, 2008

By TrailsEndWild VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

I have read this book (actually the hardcover) several times and even cited it as resource material for a college paper (back in the day). Powerfully written. Each reader has to make up their own mind about the subject matter, but there is no denying the talent which Hopkins possesses when he puts pen to paper. Not as "edge of your seat" as Missing Time, but a very close second. You will not be disappointed.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic UFO book that belongs in every enthusiasts library August 31, 1996

By A Customer

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Hopkins whose "Missing Time" caused a sensation in the UFO
community and general public alike with its claim that humans
were being whisked away by aliens for experimental purposes,
in this follow up work focuses on the abduction experiences of a young woman and her
family members. The author presents the evidence, suggests possible conventional
explanation for the bizarre events, and deftly eliminates all
of them in favor of the only rational one: that what is being
described is exactly what happened.