Dr. David M. Jacobs has a long history in ufology, and since the eighties, he has been one of the foremost researchers of the UFO abduction phenomenon. This is his third book on his abduction research (not including "UFOs and Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge," which he edited and contributed to).
Looking back on Dr. Jacobs' two previous abduction books "Secret Life" (1992) and "The Threat" (1998) you can see how his perception of the phenomenon has evolved over time. In "Secret Life" he was merely studying the phenomenon, laying out patterns he had found, and examining what the abduction experience was like. Apart from confirming Budd Hopkins' findings that the phenomenon involved "hybridization," he had little to say about what the ultimate reason for the abduction phenomenon might be. With "The Threat" he made the bold assertion that the alien agenda was something bad, and the abduction phenomenon was essentially the beginning of a covert invasion, with the ultimate goal of taking control of our civilization. "The Threat" included some cases in which abductees had experienced abusive treatment by hybrids, countering the New Age view that human-alien hybrids would necessarily be spiritually advanced beings who possessed only the best traits of both species.
"Walking Among Us: The Alien Plan to Control Humanity" (2015) presents essentially the same conclusion about the purpose of the abduction phenomenon that was presented in "The Threat" (1998). Dr. Jacobs' negative view of the alien agenda doesn't seem to have changed much over the past seventeen years. I would say that he also doesn't present much evidence to support it, which is the same basic criticism I had of "The Threat." What the evidence presented in "Walking Among Us" *does* show is what the hybrids can do, and how they function. It makes a strong case that some of them are now walking and, indeed, living among us, based on the recollections of the abductees that Dr. Jacobs has worked with.
The meat of "Walking Among Us" consists primarily of abductee accounts of working with hybrids to show them how to perform such mundane tasks as shopping for groceries, making online purchases, setting up an apartment, or using a kitchen faucet. If you want to know what human-looking hybrids (hubrids, as Dr. Jacobs calls them) are like, this is the book for you. There is something about their childlike naivete and dutiful nature that is both humorous and endearing, and this comes across in the accounts, making for an enjoyable read regardless of whether or not you believe that such beings exist.
Of course, there will always be controversy regarding whether or not these hybrids exist, as many people still don't believe in even the small gray aliens that have been so widely reported for decades. Critics of abduction research will always point to the fallibility of hypnotic regression and the possibility of confabulation to cast doubt on the abduction data, but they ignore the importance of multiple-participant abduction cases, and other arguments in favor of the value of regression in this research. Jacobs doesn't spend a lot of time discussing these issues in his new work, but he has addressed them at length in previous writings.
So are the hybrids really here? Are they moving into apartments and learning to live among us, as Dr. Jacobs claims in "Walking Among Us"? The phenomenon is, by nature, secretive and concerned with security. The aliens and to some degree the hybrids, can manipulate human minds and human memory, and this can be used to influence or control our behavior, as well as to cause us to forget our encounters with them. If that's the case, it will be very difficult to determine what's really going on. So it's up to you to read the book and decide for yourself what you believe.
Dr. Jacobs' approach to abduction research is reductionist. In other words, he seems to be trying to simplify an incredibly complex phenomenon, that touches on many aspects of the paranormal, into a single, coherent theory of an alien agenda carried out by essentially one group of abducting aliens operating under a unified command structure. This approach stands in sharp contrast to other researchers, who are interested in the diverse descriptions of alien beings and contact experiences, and the many paranormal, or even spiritual, aspects of the phenomenon.
It's also worth considering that Dr. Jacobs is fairly rigid in his use of terminology. He refers to brains and neurological abilities, rather than to minds and psychic abilities. From my point of view, it seems clear that Dr. Jacobs has a certain bias, possibly rooted in his mid 20th century upbringing, in terms of how he thinks about the concept of aliens, their technology, and their abilities. He doesn't talk about nonlocality, quantum information, the nature of consciousness, or any of the increasingly mainstream ideas that have overturned the old scientific paradigm of reductionist materialism.
I feel that, at some level, Dr. Jacobs is still trying to "sell" the abduction phenomenon to the scientific community, but the scientific community he's trying to sell it to is the one that existed thirty years ago, when he was new to this research. Science is closing in on its next major paradigm shift. Once that happens, I think the abilities that the aliens display, and related paranormal phenomena, will not seem so far-fetched or unnatural as they once did.
One final point that needs to be mentioned. Dr. Jacobs talks about his scenario of what an alien takeover might look like, and how that could be a bad thing for the human future. What he doesn't talk much about is what the alternative would be. What kind of future would we have if the abduction phenomenon did not exist, if hybrids did not exist, and if the alien agenda did not involve integrating hybrids into our society? Would we really be collectively better off without this phenomenon? Dr. Jacobs' data (consisting of the abductee accounts) does *not* point to his conclusion (a takeover in which humanity loses its sovereignty and freedom). I think the ultimately negative conclusion that Dr. Jacobs reaches is a projection of his own worldview, and possibly lingering Cold War fears.
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