# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-m-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:00:13.339Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-m-jacobs"
name: "David M. Jacobs"
slug: "david-m-jacobs"
description: "David Michael Jacobs is an American historian and retired Associate Professor of History at Temple University specializing in 20th-century American history. Jacobs is a prominent figure in ufology and the study of the alien abduction phenomenon, including the use of hypnosis on subjects claiming to be abductees. Jacobs has authored several books on the subject."
tagline: "American ufologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._David_M._Jacob.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.774229333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.ufoabduction.com/"
sources:
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    title: "David M. Jacobs"
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    title: "دايفيد إم. جاكوبس"
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    title: "David M. Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Jacobs"
    title: "David M. Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Michael_Jacobs"
    title: "David Michael Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Michael_Jacobs"
    title: "David Michael Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈیوڈ ایم جیکبز"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump