Across centuries, humans have reported nighttime visitations by non-human entities—encounters marked by paralysis, telepathic communication, sexual interference, missing time, and lasting psychological impact. In the Middle Ages, these intruders were called incubi and succubi—demonic beings said to enter bedrooms, immobilize victims, and engage in forced intimacy. Today, the same pattern appears in alien abduction reports, reframed through a modern technological worldview.

Surprisingly, many researchers argue these experiences may not be extraterrestrial at all—but manifestations of a deeper, older phenomenon.

Medieval Demons vs. Modern Aliens: The Same Visitors in New Costumes?

Historical accounts of incubi and succubi mirror modern abduction reports with uncanny precision:

1. Paralysis before the entity appears
2. A presence beside the bed
3. Telepathic communication
4. Physical or sexual contact
5. Feelings of dread, awe, or violation
6. Entities vanishing instantly
7. No physical evidence except psychological trauma

In the documentary transcript you provided, multiple researchers point out that medieval people interpreted these events through a religious lens because religion dominated their worldview. Today, in a technological age, the same encounters are interpreted as aliens, abductions, and UAPs. Some believe the phenomenon adapts to cultural expectation—appearing as fairies in one age, demons in another, and aliens now.

When UFO Researchers Reject the “Alien” Explanation

One of the more surprising revelations from historical UFO research is that several respected investigators concluded that UFOs were demonic, not extraterrestrial.

The transcript notes that three former chairmen of BUFORA (the British UFO Research Association) independently arrived at this view. For example:

1. Roger Stanway, BUFORA chairman in the 1970s, resigned and became a born-again Christian, allegedly stating that UFO phenomena had “satanic origins.”

Other researchers quoted in the file argue that the phenomenon behaves more like a trickster intelligence, constantly deceiving, shifting forms, and playing psychological games—something more aligned with folklore and demonology than interplanetary visitation.