Really?! I'd love to hear more about it sometime. Almost everyone at least knows someone who's had an experience first-hand. There was a lot of activity in the Ohio/Michigan area, especially in the 50's-70's timeframe.
I've had two major experiences in my life (and a few subtler ones), one occurred in the early 1980's when I was a child, the other around 1992 when I was a young adult. The later one completely changed my life. I was on a pretty bad path and after that experience I was stricken with such debilitating anxiety that it led me to pursue meditation. I wrote it into my novel (Alarm Clock Dawn) almost exactly as it happened, in the book the experience happened to the protagonist. It was really wild and frightening but in hindsight it was a true blessing. I ended up with such a better life as a result of it.
I don't know if I remember all the specifics, but she was driving home from a bigger city to her small town and it is about a two hour drive. So like she left at 7 and she should have gotten home at 9 PM, but she didn't end up getting home until early in the morning. Of course no cell phones back then. She has no recollection of being gone that long and as far as she is concerned, she drove straight back in the two hour time frame. I don't think I have had any personal experiences with stuff like that.
I've heard that hypnosis will sometimes bring the memories back but sometimes people don't really want to know what happened. I've heard an interesting theory about why the missing time happens. When in a gravitational field, supposedly, the craft's propulsion system works by bending gravity and in the process of doing that it alters time of those inside of it in relation to those who are experiencing a planet's gravity. According to Einstein's Time dilation theory hours could pass on Earth if someone was inside one of these craft for just a few minutes. Pretty crazy to think about.
That is pretty crazy. You are right, not knowing the details of a probe might not be a bad thing! Actually, I wonder where that stereotype came from. I'm sure aliens have better things to worry about than our back sides!
I have no idea how that "probe" myth got started. I have a hard time believing these beings traversed the galaxy to practice proctology. Lol.
Same!