"Lets look at that posibility... Then why did I have markings on my body that nobody (even in the medical field) could explain? This wasn't the only incident, there were others, this was just the one that convinced me. You could be right, but what do you think explains the markings? I am not trying to convince anyone,(especialy Synaesthesia), I guess I just need help figuring it all out."
Dolphin, I can't (of course) make a definitive judgement as to the nature of your experience. I'm sure that you will understand if I fail to be totally credulous in cases of alien abduction in light of the extensive history of fakery and ignorance that the UFO culture has displayed. I’m not calling you ignorant but there is very real possibility that you are reading too much into your experiences.
Having visions at night is not an uncommon experience. Nor is, for that matter, taking dreams and hallucinations too seriously. (eg. People actually believing that they saw aliens/god(s)/elves while under the influence of various tryptamines or anti-chlorogenics). Millions of people have scars that they don't remember getting. The vast majority of them don't believe they have been abducted or contacted by aliens.
Less then 2% of UFO sightings are unexplained. Generally this is because of a lack of evidence. If, in the absence of evidence, you want to assume that there are aliens flying about abducting farmers by the thousands, go ahead. The same standards can be used to prove anything at all.
An interesting cultural phenomena is that UFOs (Any seemingly flying object which has not been identified by the observer.) have the same name as UFOs (alien spacecraft). It doesn't seem significant, merely being a matter of meaning, but it accounts for the beliefs of a great many people that I know personally. (From what I have seen on the part of “UFOlogists” or whatever they’re calling themselves now, this is widely true.) Interesting that flying saucers are taken so much more seriously because of a trick of semantics.
Here's some quotes from skepdic.com on the topic:
"There are as many photographs of UFOs as there are of the Loch Ness Monster, and they are of equal quality: blurs and forgeries. Other physical evidence, such as alleged debris from alien crashes, or burn marks on the ground from alien landings, or implants in noses or brains of alien abductees, have turned out to be quite terrestrial, including forgeries. The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the testimony of many people, the inability to distinguish science fiction from science, the ability to trust incompetent men telling fantastic stories, the ability to distrust all contrary sources as being part of an evil conspiracy to withhold the truth, and a desire for contact with the world above. In short, belief in UFOs is akin to belief in God."
Regards,
Synaesthesia (Tim)
"Superstition is simply a derogative term for a belief about the supernatural that you don't share."
-Wendy Kaminer