Editing Devils Den UFO Incident — The AFOSI Interrogation (section)

=== The Hypnosis Session ===
Among the most remarkable elements of the AFOSI's response: the agents '''hypnotized Lovelace*** as part of their investigation. The stated purpose was to assist his recall of the events. However, Lovelace's description of this hypnosis session suggests it was conducted under conditions of pressure and with an agenda of confirming specific details rather than open-ended memory recovery.

The fact that AFOSI possessed the capability and chose to deploy hypnotic regression in 1977 — before hypnosis became a standard tool in civilian abduction research — is cited by Lovelace as evidence that the Air Force had existing frameworks and protocols for handling abduction-related incidents.