Satanic ritual abuse panics and UFO abduction tales both peaked in the 1980s.

Evidence

Although they have escaped, they warn that millions of others walk among us in an enslaved condition, ready to do the bidding of their invisible masters. Rumors about satanic cults ritually abusing children arose contemporaneously with New World Order conspiracies and UFO abduction tales in the 1980s, peaking at the end of the decade. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 393

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Satanic panic was a moral panic of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse, starting in the 1980s and persisting today. — Satanic panic — Wikipedia; Fears of satanic worship spread across the United States in the 1980s, fueled by public accusations against heavy metal albums, Dungeons & Dragons, and day care workers. — What Sparked the Satanic Panic of the 1980s?; Antigovernment politics fused with UFO belief throughout the 1990s — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 47 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Antigovernment politics fused with UFO belief throughout the 1990s #qualifies (0.75) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 47
• Paul Bennewitz-type UFO lore grew into a full alien-government collusion narrative by 1987. #expands (0.75) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 446