The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Hypnosis Dr. Simon treated Betty and Barney for dissociative amnesia related to their inability to recall a period of missing time following a close encounter with a UFO. As we mentioned, they first became aware of a period of missing time on the morning of September … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Hypnosis The complex events that precipitated Barney’s psychiatric symptoms commanded expert intervention. With this in mind, Dr. Stevens sought out the best hypnotherapist he could find within commuting distance of the Hills’ Portsmouth, New Hampshire, home. He made a referral to Dr. Benjamin Simon. Benjamin Simon … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: The Hills Begin Their Own Investigation On March 12, 1962, Betty and Barney wrote to Dr. Patrick Quirk, a psychiatrist from Georgetown, Massachusetts, to request a Saturday morning appointment, explaining that they were both employed week- days. They enclosed NICAP’s “UFO Investigator,” a bulletin that … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: The Hills Begin Their Own Investigation Three of the men obviously knew a lot about Air Force UFO reporting—more than I did—but I didn’t know them. Betty and Barney walked outside with me, and we talked for rather a long time. I was skeptical of … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: A Formal Investigation Begins When Hohmann and Jackson visited the Hills on November 25, 1961, Betty and Barney thought that they might finally get some answers to their myriad questions concerning UFOs. The Hills incorrectly assumed that the men were government scientists, visiting in an … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: A Formal Investigation Begins A profound sense of curiosity about the UFO encounter in New Hampshire’s White Mountains prompted Betty to visit the Portsmouth Public Library on September 23, 1961, where she checked out The Flying Saucer Conspiracy by Major Donald Keyhoe. Keyhoe, the director … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: The Project Blue Book Report Chapter A form titled “The True Extract of ‘Daily Report of the Controller,’ ACS [Air Communications Service] Form 96 for the Date of 20 September 1961” outlines the actual ground-visual report. It informs us that the Air Force personnel observed an … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: The Project Blue Book Report Chapter Betty phoned the 100th Bomb Wing at Pease Air Force Base in neigh- boring Newington, New Hampshire, to report an unidentified flying object on September 21, 1961, the day after the sighting. She and Barney gave the interviewing officer a … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: An Evening’s Journey On the evening of September 19, 1961, the skies over New Hampshire’s western slope did not foretell the rain and winds that tropical storm Esther would deliver on southern New Hampshire’s seacoast region only two days later. It was a warm, starry, … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: A Glimpse Into the Lives of Betty and Barney Hill In the summer of 1957, just prior to her senior year in college, she completed fieldwork at a home for delinquent girls, The Leighton Farm School near Philadelphia, where she worked as a counselor. She … Read more
