I have suddenly found myself in crisis mode when it comes to my research paper topic. I find myself in this predicament because I have three related topics—what are UFO’s, what is the government’s knowledge of the phenomenon, and alien abduction experiences—which I am trying to marry. To accomplish this I believe I will pose the question, what are UFO’s, and then try to answer it and support my answer with psychological studies on alien abduction experiences, and also present evidence towards possible government involvement in the UFO phenomenon.

My intended audience—besides Mrs. Stewart and my fellow ENG W-233 classmates—is the many skeptics of anything UFO related. We have progressed to a point in our culture where anything that has the slightest whiff of the supernatural is automatically dismissed without a second thought. For the most part this rational westernized mind set has been very productive for our civilization, but it can also prove to be a detriment when it comes to explaining things yet to be discovered. In the case of alien abduction experiences this detriment is on full display, as millions of people around the world are suffering from various combinations of psychological disorders that produce memories of being abducted and violated sexually by alien beings. These victims are for the most part given little or no sympathy, let alone help. In the case of UFO’s the same scenario likely exists, where the mere mention of the anagram is enough to evoke a chuckle, but this reaction is also a likely detriment to discovery, as the UFO phenomenon likely exists as something tangible, yet to be explained. This paper is proving to be quite challenging in terms of how to go about organizing the content, but in the end I believe it will be worth it, as this is a topic that I find to be fascinating.