Abduction narratives exhibit genuine ontological shock rather than fantasy

This claim states that abduction experiences produce profound ontological shock—an existential crisis caused by encountering something that defies existing worldviews. Mack argues that this shock is too deep, long-lasting, and disruptive to be explained as fantasy, dream, or fabrication. Evidence includes intense emotional reactions during interviews, life restructuring, and reluctance to publicize experiences. He concludes that the emotional force suggests a genuine encounter with something outside normal psychological processes. Conceptually, this supports Mack’s stance that the phenomenon is real, even if not literally physical. DSETI evaluates this as Moderate-to-Strong phenomenologically.