Hypnosis can recover suppressed abduction memories

This claim holds that hypnotic regression is capable of retrieving memories that were intentionally blocked or suppressed during an abduction event. Hopkins argues that hypnosis bypasses artificial memory barriers imposed by the entities, enabling abductees to recall examinations, beings, and procedures. Evidence includes multiple sessions in which witnesses describe complex encounter narratives inaccessible through normal waking memory. He views consistency between separate subjects as validation. Conceptually, this claim is foundational to the Hopkins model but controversial within DSETI. DSETI evaluates it as Weak, given the well-documented risks of suggestion and false memory.