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Dr. David Jacobs

Dr. David Jacobs

Alien AbductionHypnosisResearchUFOs

Dr. David M. Jacobs is a retired Temple University history professor and one of the foremost academic researchers into the alien abduction phenomenon, using hypnotic regression to investigate hundreds of cases over several decades. As a prominent guest on late-night radio, his books Secret Life and The Threat have presented detailed and disturbing patterns within abduction accounts, making him a central figure in the scholarly study of the phenomenon.

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Books2

Secret Life

Secret Life

1992

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The Threat

The Threat

1998

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Episodes6

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Episode thumbnail for February 20, 1998: Alien Abductions - David Jacobs

February 20, 1998: Alien Abductions - David Jacobs

Feb 20, 1998
47m
Art Bell welcomes Professor David Jacobs, a Temple University historian and author of The Threat, for a detailed examination of the alien abduction phenomenon based on hundreds of hypnotic regression sessions conducted over decades of careful academic research.Jacobs presents his findings that abduction accounts fro...
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Episode thumbnail for May 29, 2001: UFOs and Abductions - David M. Jacobs

May 29, 2001: UFOs and Abductions - David M. Jacobs

May 29, 2001
2h 50m
Art Bell speaks with Temple University Associate Professor of History David M. Jacobs, a 35-year veteran of UFO research who has conducted over 800 hypnotic regressions with more than 130 abductees. Jacobs discusses his latest edited volume from the University of Kansas Press, featuring contributions from ten resear...
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Episode thumbnail for September 27, 2003: UFOs and Alien Abductions - David Jacobs

September 27, 2003: UFOs and Alien Abductions - David Jacobs

Sep 27, 2003
2h 50m
Art Bell opens the program with Jose Escamilla to examine new photographic evidence challenging the existence of rods, the mysterious elongated objects Jose has filmed for years. A website called UFO Theater presents compelling images suggesting rods may be insects captured at low shutter speeds, and Jose concedes t...
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Episode thumbnail for September 24, 2015: UFOs & Alien Abductions - David Jacobs

September 24, 2015: UFOs & Alien Abductions - David Jacobs

Sep 24, 2015
2h 21m
Art Bell welcomes retired Temple University history professor Dr. David Jacobs, who has investigated over 1,150 abduction cases during his decades of research. Dr. Jacobs presents his controversial conclusion that the alien abduction phenomenon is not benevolent but represents a systematic program of hybridization,...
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Episode thumbnail for October 20, 2015: Hubrids Part II - David Jacobs

October 20, 2015: Hubrids Part II - David Jacobs

Oct 20, 2015
2h 21m
Art Bell welcomes back retired Temple University professor David Jacobs for the second part of their discussion on human-alien hybrids, or "hubrids," who Jacobs claims are now living among the general population. The show opens with news that the Large Hadron Collider hopes to make contact with a parallel universe,...
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Episode thumbnail for December 8, 2015: Alien Experimentation on Humans - Dr. David Jacobs

December 8, 2015: Alien Experimentation on Humans - Dr. David Jacobs

Dec 8, 2015
2h 22m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. David Jacobs, retired Temple University history professor and longtime UFO abduction researcher, for his third appearance on the program. Art introduces Jacobs as the person who has made the most compelling case for both alien abductions and a quiet invasion of Earth.Dr. Jacobs describes a stru...