[SalukiLawyer]

It would be perfectly explanable if all abductions took place from people's beds

But abductions are not the only odd thing that people report where stories are similar. Again, remember the McMartin Preschool case? I think that sort of thing shares a lot with abduction accounts

Fraud. Sleep paralysis. So-called "recovered memory" as in artifacts of hypnosis. Unskilled or biased investigators interviewing suggestable subjects. Hallucination, delusion, or other mental illness. I submit that each of these accounts for some of the abduction stories, perhaps most or even all, without requiring a belief in visiting, malevolent aliens from other planets.

Where are the abduction accounts where explanations such as the above can be fairly ruled out? Until we get to actual cases, we are just all stating opinions.

[World'sGoneInsane]

So-called "recovered memory" as in artifacts of hypnosis.

All I can add is that not everyone who has these memories were hypnotized, and many were not abducted from their beds. These too may have a scientific basis, but from what I could see, they couldn't be bothered to thoroughly investigate the possibility. It was easier to pooh-pooh the peoples' stories, and decide what they considered to be the cause as true, without out any supporting evidence of their own.

[Quix]

The Martin case had people in contact with one another.

The vast numbers of abductions take place from VERY disconnected folks--many of whom have had NO awareness of the whole UFO field.