Meaning of missing time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A time period of amnesia or a gap in conscious memory reported by individuals who have experienced alien abduction.
   countable, uncountable
2. An operational metric which measures the total amount of time on a timeclock that is unassigned to any task, whether productive or not.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“The report⟳ of abduction, the memory loss, the missing time, and the shape⟳ of the UFO are all familiar to UFO investigators, for this is not an isolated episode.”

“We have⟳ already seen how the victims of UFO abductions seem to have⟳ 'missing time' - sometimes they have⟳ no memories of several hours of their lives.”

“There were two to three hours of missing time in their return⟳ trip⟳ for which neither of them could account.”

“Hopkins describes "missing time" as a time lapse of approximately two hours, after which the abductee can consciously remember⟳ little or nothing of the experience⟳.”

“While Johnson doesn't display many of the indications of alien abduction, he does have⟳ a period of missing time which can be absolutely verified, unlike most abductees' cases.”

“If not for the contact⟳ and encounters, I would never have⟳ thought the missing times in childhood might have⟳ been for the purpose of meetings with ETs.”

“According to Zerbe, while he and his team were out at the crash⟳ site, they experienced a period of what in alien abduction terminology has become⟳ known as missing time.”

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