Abductions primarily occur at night during altered states of consciousness

This claim states that abductions most commonly occur at night when experiencers transition through sleep, paralysis, or hypnagogic states. Jacobs reports that witnesses often describe floating sensations, paralysis, sudden presence of beings, or dreamlike transitions. He interprets these states as opportunities exploited by entities. Evidence includes case reports linking encounters with bedtime routines, sleep paralysis episodes, and nighttime awakenings. Conceptually, DSETI evaluates this claim as Strong for phenomenology but does not adopt Jacobs’s literalist framing.