Rebuttal to Dr. David Jacobs
In early April 2010, "alien abduction" researcher, Dr. David M. Jacobs, of Temple University, published a defamatory statement about me on his website. He used the pseudonym "Alice" to refer to me, although I use the pseudonym "Emma Woods". I have presented a rebuttal to his statement here.
Rebuttal to Dr. David Jacobs
Notice:
I am currently taking action in regard to Dr. David Jacobs', in my opinion, misconduct towards me as his research subject. Consequently, I am only adding a few related pages to this website during this time. I will resume working on this website once this action is completed. Thank you for your patience.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
I would like to extend my thanks to the wonderful people in the UFO community who have helped me through a difficult time, and who continue to do so.
B. helped to sustain me through the long period when no one wanted to hear. He is assisting me in ways that I cannot divulge, but which are incredibly courageous, driven by his high integrity. I owe him a debt I can never repay.
Kim Carlsberg did so much in first bringing the serious ethical issues involved in Dr. Jacobs' work with me as his research subject to the attention of the UFO community. She displayed such courage, integrity and humanity in the process. I am forever grateful for what she did.
(See Kim Carlsberg's beautiful website at Out There Zone.)
Jeremy Vaeni and Jeff Ritzmann immediately recognized the important ethical issues involved, and the wider implications for "alien abduction" research and raised them publicly on their internet radio show, Paratopia. They subsequently both talked about about it on the Future Theatre radio show. In addition, Jeremy Vaeni wrote a fantastic and thought provoking article on what occurred for UFO Magazine, and he spoke about it on the Overnight AM radio show. I am truly indebted to them for their ethical and humane response, and for the integrity with which they have shone the light of public scrutiny on these important issues.
(Jeremy Vaeni and Jeff Ritzmann provide a unique forum for listener content, as well as conducting informative and in-depth interviews with guests from within, and without, the paranormal field, on Paratopia.)
Bill Birnes and Nancy Birnes will be providing substantial coverage of the issue in UFO Magazine, and they interviewed Jerry Vaeni and Jeff Ritzmann about it on their radio show, Future Theatre. In addition, Bill Birnes gave an insightful commentary on the matter on the Overnight AM radio show. I am extremely grateful to them for their objective investigation of the events.
(Bill Birnes and Nancy Birnes interview guests every week "for a wonderful two hours of talk" on Future Theatre.)
UFO Magazine contains many salient articles related to UFO research and investigation.)
Lan Lamphere addressed the issue on his Overnight AM radio show, interviewing Jeremy Vaeni, Bill Birnes, and myself. In addition he analyzed one of the audio clips that I provided in a spectral analyzer. I am truly indebted to him.
(Lan Lamphere interviews guests on many interesting topics on Overnight AM.)
Debbie Kauble and Glen Means addressed the issue on their internet radio show Strange World. I am appreciative of their objectivity and recognition of the important ethical issues involved.
(Debbie Kauble and Glen Means "talk about everything UFO and more" every week on Strange World.)
Alfred Lehmberg offered me moral support, and provided me with other assistance that I cannot divulge at this time. I am extremely grateful to him for his help.
(Read Alfred's Lehmberg's very interesting and informative blog at Alien Views.)
F.B. has given me support and advice over such a long time. It has meant so much.
M.F. took a courageous action out of integrity that has helped me. I will always be grateful.
J.M. helped me without my even knowing about it. I am forever indebted to him.
R.H. listened to what I said with a clear head and integrity, at a time when no one wanted to know, recognizing what I was going through. He helped to maintain my faith that there are people in the UFO community who can be both objective and humane.
Gary Haden published well researched and insightful blog posts on the issues involved. In addition, he made a substantial offer of help that I cannot divulge at this time. I am very grateful to him for his support.
(Read Gary Haden's excellent philosophical blog at Speculative Realms.)
Carol Rainey provided a perceptive and thought provoking opinion on the events at Jeremy Vaeni's request, and allowed him to read it on the Paratopia internet radio show. I am very appreciative of her generosity.
(See Carol Rainey's beautiful website at Carol Rainey.)
H.P. gave me both public and private support, and provided me with helpful information. In addition, he gave me invaluable practical assistance. His kind emails and wonderful sense of humor always manage to lift my spirits.
Matt Graeber offered me help that I cannot disclose at the present time, and shared his interesting articles and thoughts with me. Although he is a skeptic and has a different view of anomalous experiences than I do, I value his kindness and humanity.
Many people have contacted me privately, and have offered their support, help and advice, for which I am indebted.
A number of radio and talk shows have asked to interview me. Although I have only participated in two interviews, on Paratopia and Overnight AM, I nevertheless appreciate their offers.
I am grateful to the many people who have addressed the matter in blog posts, forum comments, and on Facebook. Their public recognition of the ethical issues involved, and of what they have meant for me personally, has helped to keep up my morale.
Thank you to all of you from the bottom of my heart.
Notice About MPD:
Many people now know that while "alien abduction" researcher, Dr. David M. Jacobs, of Temple University, was conducting hypnosis with me, he put hypnotic suggestions in my mind that I had Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), and that I should take medication for it.
This is an audio clip of Dr. Jacobs putting the hypnotic suggestions in my mind that I had MPD:
Naturally, a lot of people have questions about this, and would like to know what happened.
This is a short explanation of what occurred. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me about it.
1) I was Dr. Jacobs' research subject between 2004 through 2007, and he investigated my anomalous experiences using hypnosis.
2) During that time, Dr. Jacobs told me that he was in danger from "hybrids/aliens" because of his "alien abduction" research, and in my opinion, his behavior became quite bizarre and paranoid.
3) Dr. Jacobs also believed that those "hybrids/aliens" could read my mind (and the minds of other abductees) because it is well documented that the communication that abductees remember having with "aliens" (whatever the actual cause of the phenomenon is), is primarily telepathic.
4) Consequently, while Dr. Jacobs had me under hypnosis, he planted suggestions in my mind that I had Multiple Personality Disorder. He did this ostensibly to try to fool the "hybrids/aliens", not because he really believed that I had MPD.
5) Dr. Jacobs ostensibly believed that the "hybrids/aliens" would read my mind, see that he had a new theory 'that everyone telling abduction stories was actually suffering from MPD', and that the "hybrids/aliens" would therefore loose interest in him.
6) Dr. Jacobs told me that he actually believed in "alien abduction". He said that he believed that his life was in danger from the "hybrids/aliens" because he knew that they had a "secret" program to infiltrate Earth by using "hybrids" to blend into human society.
7) Dr. Jacobs was ostensibly trying to use my mind as a shield to protect himself from "hybrids/aliens", whom he said he believed would use mind control on him, or even possibly kill him, to stop his "alien abduction" research.
8) I am of the opinion that, deep down, Dr. Jacobs knew that he was not really in danger from "hybrids/aliens", because I do not think that he would have put his family in danger in order to do his "alien abduction" research.
9) Dr. Jacobs did not ask my permission before he put the suggestions in my mind that I had MPD, and I did not know that he was going to do it.
10) I realized at the time that Dr. Jacobs' suggestions were intended for the "hybrids/aliens" benefit, but because I was hypnotized, they still affected me.
11) After Dr. Jacobs had brought me out of the hypnotic state, he continued to reinforce to me that I must keep it in my mind, so that the "hybrids/aliens" would believe it.
12) I tried to deal with it by making light of it at the time, but it nevertheless frightened me.
13) Dr Jacobs is not a medical doctor. He is a historian. Even if he had really believed that I had MPD, which he did not, he would not have been able to diagnose it.
14) In my opinion, Dr. Jacob's actions were the self absorbed and unethical actions of a researcher so involved in his fantasy world that he lost total regard for my well-being, and had no concern for the injury and ramifications that those hypnotic suggestions might ultimately have on me.
15) This is not a character assassination of Dr. Jacobs. I am merely trying, in the only way that I know how, to make my story known, so that others will not suffer the same abuse from Dr. Jacobs, or from any other unethical researchers.
16) Unfortunately, the phenomenon is still so suppressed by society, that there are few places people can turn to for help. There appear to be no effective regulations in place to protect vulnerable experiencers of the phenomenon. It seems as though word of mouth is the main protection that we have at this time.
My Research on My Anomalous Experiences
I am one of many people who have had experiences throughout their lives that cannot be explained in conventional terms. My own experiences fit patterns which, in our culture, are often explained as "paranormal", "UFO" or "alien abduction" experiences. I have an agnostic view of these cultural explanations; I am neither a "believer" nor a "skeptic". However, I think that the underlying experiences giving rise to these explanations are both real and anomalous, whatever their actual origin.
In order to gain a deeper understanding of my own experiences, I compiled a detailed chronological record of them. I also investigated the "alien abduction" phenomenon as a possible explanation for them. For a period of one year, I collected physiological data relevant to some of the theories about the "alien abduction" phenomenon, to correlate with my experiences.
The resulting narrative, from my earliest childhood memories in 1962 through to the events of 2010, as well as the physiological data that I collected and an analysis of the correlations, are presented here. To understand my experiences from a sociological, psychological or medical perspective, additional information is provided. Although, at this stage, I have not reached any definite conclusions regarding the explanations for the events, I hope that my material can be of assistance to others exploring, and researching, these mystifying experiences.
My Work with Dr. David M. Jacobs
For a number of years, I was a research subject of "alien abduction" researcher, Dr. David M. Jacobs, of Temple University.
From December 2004 through February 2007, Dr. Jacobs conducted ninety-one hypnotic regressions during thirty-seven hypnosis sessions with me. Later, in mid-late 2009, an analysis of the recordings of these hypnotic regressions showed that he engaged in extensive leading and suggestion, which I was not fully aware of at the time. It is probable that many of my hypnotically retrieved memories were confabulated as a result of this.
The contents of the hypnotic regressions that Dr. Jacobs conducted with me are presented on this website, along with an analysis of them.
The final year of my work with Dr. Jacobs degenerated, in my opinion, into a psychologically abusive farce. During that time, he began to receive communications from his webmaster, Elizabeth Smith's (pseudonym), computer via email and instant messenger which she told him were written by alien-human "hybrids".
Eventually, after I had raised a number of inconsistencies in Elizabeth's claims, Dr. Jacobs received a warning on instant messenger, which she told him was written by a "hybrid". The warning said that it was dangerous for him to work with me as there were "hybrids" around me who were very concerned about "security". I came to the opinion that this was a hoax, and that Elizabeth had written the communications. Dr. Jacobs, however, said that he believed that they were authentic.
I chose to end my work with Dr. Jacobs in February 2007. I am currently taking action in regard to his, in my opinion, misconduct towards me as his research subject.
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