[Could a skeptic be abducted]

The answer to all of your questions is "yes" without a doubt.

Belief in UFOs and aliens is not a criteria for alien abduction. In my abduction therapy group that I lead, several of the abductees were not only merely skeptics but total unbelievers as far as life on other worlds and/or dimensions.

Like Cosmic Cowbell, my abductions started around the age of five also and continued on until about a couple of years ago. I have had at least 18 abductions that were nearly all done through hypnotherapy by national respected psychiatrists and psychologists. Being born in 1946 leaves no doubt that I was not at the age of five any type of scifi fan. I never even heard of Buck Rogers at that point in my life. I was too wound up with Disney and Warner Bros. cartoons to even care.

Some people have psychologically blocked out there experiences, but primarily it appears that the aliens themselves do some sort of mental block that in most cases results in the memory of the event being removed or at least altered in some way. A very few do remember for some unknown reason their abduction right after it happened. However, most people have a sense of that something is just not right - an aversion to pictures of the grays or a fear of being at a particular location (possibly where an abduction took place), missing time, or some other physical or psychological problem. Then only a psychologist, psychiatrist or a real experienced hypnotherapist can help one to retrieve those memories.

There is a sight where you can go that lists 58 signs that someone "may" have been abducted. It is not definitive, but it is a start. Be honest with the questions. After that further info may be required to validate your answers. I can help there if you like....

The site for the 58 questions is: http://anw.com/aliens/52questions.htm

Good luck and I hope we've helped you some here.