How can you tell the difference between dreams and reality? People who have considered the alien abduction phenomenon know that the boundary between dreams and reality is blurred. Abduction researchers assert that the dreamlike experiences are real, while skeptical researchers assert they are nothing more than fantasy and sleep paralysis.
Dream and out of body researcher Raguda asked subjects to have a lucid dream or OBE that encounters an alien or UFO. He found that the dream reports were indistinguishable from genuine alien abduction reports. While it does not deny the reality of abduction accounts, it is undeniable that these testimonies incorporate fiction and fantasy, which is one reason they are dreamlike.