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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/sociology_articles Part of the Folklore Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Bader, Chris. 1995. "The UFO Contact Movement from the 1950's to the Present." Studies in Popular Culture, 17(2): 73-90. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Sociology at Chapman University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Sociology Faculty Articles and Research by an authorized administrator of Chapman University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The UFO Contact Movement from the 1950's to the Present Comments This article was originally published in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 17, issue 2, in 1995. Copyright Popular Culture Association in the South This article is available at Chapman University Digital Commons: http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/sociology_articles/3 Chris D. Bader The UFO Contact Movement from the 1950s to the Present In recent years, claims of UFO abduction and/or contact have become an increasing fixture in the mass media. So-called "reality" television shows, such as NBC's Unsolved Mysteries, and syndicated newsmagazines such as Hard Copy, and A Current Affair, regularly feature UFO accounts. The syndicated Sightings, and Fox's Encoun ters are entirely devoted to UFOs and other paranormal phenomena while a popular new adventure series, The X-Files, utilizes current UFO beliefs in its storylines.