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In ''[[The Sims]]'', alien abduction is only possible when a Sim uses the "Gaze" option at night on the Horrorwitz "Star-Track" Backyard [[Telescope]] introduced in ''[[Livin' Large]]''. If a Sim uses the telescope at night, there is a low chance that the Sim will be abducted by an unseen UFO. A blue sphere will appear, and the Sim will vanishfloat into the air screaming, before vanishing.

When a Sim is successfully abducted, all family members and [[NPC|NPCs]] on the lot will run over to the area of abduction and cry. While the Sim is abducted, their needs will stay static and their [[personality]] is changed, as well as their [[interests]]. After a few Sim hours, the abductee will return and will immediately think of aliens and spaceships in their thought balloon.

In ''[[The Sims Bustin' Out]]'', an abductee will return after about 8 hours with a changed personality. This might, or might not, work in the player's favor. It could be a way of changing stats that the player regretted having given the Sim, or it might drastically alter certain categories that the player sees as favorable; e.g. from very neat and not outgoing to not neatmessy and veryextremely outgoing.

After 3 Sim hours, the abducted Sim will be returned. Until then, an icon of the UFO labeled "Return Home" will appear in the Sim's action queue, and his or her [[motive]]s will fluctuate wildly. If the Special Event Camera is enabled, the Sim's return will trigger a cutscene. Otherwise, the UFO will appear, hover above the street, and unceremoniously drop the Sim onto the street. This does not harm the Sim, although he or she will bounce. Other Sims and pets on the lot will come to watch, at least if they are awake. The front of the UFO opens when the Sim is ejected. This can be seen in the cutscene, or if the game is paused at the right moment and the display is rotated so that the front of the UFO is visible. If the abducted Sim is an [[adult]] male, he will always come back [[Pregnancy|pregnant]], so long as he is more than 5 days from becoming an [[elder]], and there are fewer than 8 household members when he is abducted.<ref>[http://www.cyjon.net/node/174 Cyjon notes] that ''FreeTime'' introduced a reduced chance of pregnancy.</ref> In three days, he will give birth to a half-alien baby whose other parent is the unseen [[NPC]] [[Pollination Technician]].

A player who ''wants'' a Sim to be abducted can use "[[testingcheatsenabled|boolprop testingcheatsenabled true]]", then shift-click any telescope, and select '''''be abducted'''''. This cheat does not work after ''Nightlife'', ''Seasons'', or ''Bon Voyage'' is installed. It also will not result in the Sim having the memory of alien abduction, but will still result in pregnancy for male adult Sims 6 or more days away from the elder stage.

By default, alien abduction is disabled in ''[[The Sims Castaway Stories]]'', but it can be enabled with mods,<ref>[{{Wayback|date=20160414002337|url=http://www.sims2workshop.com/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=2810|title= Alien Abduction Hack Castaway] at ''Sims2Workshop''}}</ref> and male pregnancy works in the game.

== Console versions of The Sims 2 ==

Aliens and alien abduction return in ''[[The Sims 3: Seasons]]''. Abduction can occur when a Sim is on the same lot as a UFO, between the hours of 12 am and 3 am. A Sim who has been abducted will have a negative [[List of Moodlets (The Sims 3)/Life status#Aliens|"Abducted"]] [[moodlet]] for 10 hours. There is a 2% chance a Sim will get abducted at night. An additional +13% chance will be added if the Sim stargazes through a [[Telescope#The Sims 3|telescope]], and an extra +38% chance will be added for each space rock in a Sim's inventory, up to +75%.

When an abduction occurs, multi-colored  sparkles will appear in the sky. All actions in the soon-to-be-abducted Sim's queue will be canceled, and will be replaced with the "Investigate Mysterious  Anomaly" action. During this action, the Sim will walk over to the sparkles and look up at  them curiously.  Even if the player does not wish the Sim to be abducted, this action cannot be canceled, unless the player manages to block the Sim's way to those sparkles. Soon after, a UFO will appear, a blue beam will suck the Sim up into the UFO, and the UFO will then take off. Unlike ''The Sims 2'', the Sim's motive bars are not affected during abduction. Upon return, along with the aforementioned "Abducted" moodlet, the Sim will have a negative thought bubble of the abducting alien, and may also cry, get angry or feel nauseous.

Another difference from ''The Sims 2'' is that the player will be given the choice of sending the baby back to the alien homeworldhome-world.

Both female and male Sims, including aliens, can be abducted. Only males will return with a 25% chance of alien pregnancy, while females will only receive the moodlet.

Sims in the [[Science (career)|scientist or medical]] profession are more likely to be abducted. The satellite dish, andthe Out of this World Desktop, the worm hole generator, and space rocks also increase the odds. The satellite dish and the Out of this World Desktop can also be used to contact aliens (with a 24h cooldown), which may trigger an abduction.

*In ''The Sims 2'', if a young adult male gets abducted while at universirsityuniversity, they will not get pregnant until they graduate and move to the main neighborhood or another sub-neighborhood.