David M. Jacobs earned a Ph.D. in intellectual history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1973 and joined Temple University faculty in 1975, rising to associate professor specializing in twentieth-century American history and popular culture.
Jacobs conducted nearly 1,200 hypnotic regressions with more than 150 individuals reporting alien abductions, publishing five books that detailed consistent patterns of medical procedures, genetic harvesting, and a program to create and integrate hybrids into human society.
- Retired Associate Professor of History at Temple University, 1975–2011.
- Taught the only regular university course on UFOs, “UFOs and American Society,” 1977–2011.
- Published The Threat in 1998 detailing the alien hybridization agenda.
- Stated in 2015 interviews and book that hybrids are being integrated into human society.
- Last worked with an abductee in 2018; retired from active research.
- United StatesBorn 1942
- Temple UniversityAssociate Professor of History 1975–2011
- University of Wisconsin–MadisonPh.D. 1973
- Indiana University PressPublished The UFO Controversy in America 1975
- Simon & SchusterPublished Secret Life 1992 and The Threat 1998
Background
David Michael Jacobs was born on August 10, 1942, in the United States. He received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1973. His dissertation examined the controversy over unidentified flying objects in America and became the basis for his first book.
After a brief period teaching at the University of Nebraska, Jacobs joined the faculty of Temple University in Philadelphia in 1975. He specialized in twentieth-century American history and culture and received tenure in 1981. He served as director of the American Studies program for several years before moving fully into the history department.
In 1975 Jacobs published The UFO Controversy in America through Indiana University Press. It was the first sympathetic academic treatment of UFO existence issued by a university press and analyzed public, media, and government responses from the late nineteenth century onward.
Jacobs began focusing on the abduction phenomenon in the early 1980s after collaborating with researcher Budd Hopkins. He trained himself in hypnosis and began conducting sessions in his home, eventually completing nearly 1,200 regressions with more than 150 people who reported missing time and encounters with nonhuman beings.
In 1992 Simon & Schuster published Secret Life: Firsthand Accounts of UFO Abductions. The book presented detailed transcripts and patterns from dozens of cases, describing consistent elements such as examinations, reproductive procedures, and the creation of hybrid offspring aboard craft.
Jacobs expanded his hypothesis in The Threat, published by Simon & Schuster in 1998. Drawing on more than 700 sessions, he argued that a small number of alien species were running a systematic, multi-generational program to harvest genetic material and produce hybrids capable of functioning in human society.
He continued research and lecturing while maintaining his academic duties. In 2000 he co-edited UFOs & Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge. Jacobs retired from Temple University in 2011 after 36 years on the faculty.
In 2015 Jacobs published Walking Among Us: The Alien Plan to Control Humanity. The book presented later-stage cases in which abductees described hybrids who appeared fully human, possessed advanced mental abilities, and were being prepared for wider integration into society.
Jacobs closed the International Center for Abduction Research after his final abductee session in 2018. He has stated he is working on a book about hypnosis methodology while enjoying retirement in the Philadelphia area.
Where They Are Now
David M. Jacobs, now in his eighties, lives in the Philadelphia suburbs and has retired from active abduction research. He closed the International Center for Abduction Research and last conducted a hypnosis session in 2018.
He continues limited work on a book about the methodology of hypnotic regression with abductees.
Last updated 25 October 2026