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Part IIT 37 to salvage the situation turn into willing and zealous cooperators per Stockholm syndrome. Strength of Vector: Real abductees and contactees exude plenty of sincerity and conviction in recounting their firsthand experiences with aliens. Their candor can be disarming to undis- cerning audiences. Abductees who document their experiences may have audiovisual, medical, or testimonial evidence that they are indeed being abducted, and that alone piques people's curios- ity about what they learned in the presence of real aliens. Weakness of Audience: Like in the case of channelers, contac- tees can become the center of personality cults, playing the role of intermediaries between the audience and their alien idols like a prophet or pontiff intermediating between worshippers and the divine. It is the abductee and contactee’s proximity and direct interaction with mysterious aliens that boosts the credibility of whatever disinformation is vectored through them. ‘The targeted audience consists of abductees searching for an- swers, researchers of the abduction phenomenon looking for in- side information on alien motivations, and people wishing they themselves could be contacted by aliens. Disinformation appeals to their private longings and blind spots, taking what little they know toward false conclusions and satisfying their ego along the Way. Hypnotist Summary: The hypnotist is trained to guide a client into achieving altered states of consciousness deep enough to access the subconscious. The hypnotic trance is one of suggestibility and dissociation. Abduction researchers commonly accept hypnosis as an investigative tool to help their subjects recover abduction memories made inaccessible by having been in an altered state of consciousness during the abduction, or by abductors installing screen memories and posthypnotic commands to forget. Hypno- tized subjects can also be used for remote viewing, exploring past