Conscious Recall v. Hypnotic Regression in an abduction case by Charles Lear.

It has been determined by many researchers in the scientific community

that during hypnosis, false memories are very likely to be generated,

and distinguishing them from real memories is difficult, if not impossible,

without some means of confirmation.

This is, for instance, the conclusion of a report for the U.S. Department of Justice

by Martin T. Oren at all, titled Hypnotically Refreshed Testimony, Enhanced Memory, or

Tampering with Evidence, Published January 1985 in Issues and Practices in Criminal Justice.

With the above in mind, it is helpful for researchers attempting to evaluate a case

when a distinction can be made between elements of the report derived from conscious recall

and elements derived through the use of hypnosis. A case where this can be easily done

is that of Judy Kendall of Zamora, California, thanks to a newspaper article announcing her

intention to undergo hypnosis to recover about four hours of missing time and another article

on a different paper after the procedure, which was apparently well attended.

According to the article by Spencer C.S., headlined,

Hypnotist Will Help Woman Find Four Hours Lost During Trip.

Published in the January 26, 1977, Davis, California, Yolo County Shopping News.

Kendall was scheduled to be hypnotized that Saturday to find four hours that experts think

may have been stolen from her by space creatures who abducted her in an unidentified flying object.

The term front-loading comes to mind, but the circumstances that led Kendall

to contact Center for UFO Studies Director Jay Allen Heineck looking for answers are described

in detail. According to Seas, Kendall drove her two sisters home to Zamora one

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