The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Life Without Barney Soon, Betty’s phone began to ring incessantly. Television and radio programs had been interrupted to announce Barney’s untimely death, and the media wanted more information. Finally, at 4 a.m., Betty dropped into bed, confused and completely exhausted, for a three-hour nap. Friends and … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Life Without Barney During the promotion of the book, the Hills were besieged with a variety of health problems. In 1967, Betty’s health had declined to the degree that she requested a transition from full-time to part-time employment at the Welfare Department. In a letter dated … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Sky Watch 1967 The Hills’ spirit of scientific cooperation led to a plan, coordinated for the experimental team by Robert Hohmann, to again attempt contact with the ETs on June 10, 1967. Betty’s parents agreed to host the experimental team at their Kingston, N.H. farm, while … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Psychophysics Experiments Three and a half years after their initial contact, Robert Hohmann, the second investigator to examine the Hill case, penned a letter to NICAP’s original investigator, Walter Webb. Hohmann, a scientific writer, wrote that he had heard via NICAP Director Dick Hall that … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Psychophysics Experiments It seems more than a coincidence that, according to Betty, her Portsmouth home was entered and uncanny events transpired almost immediately after her contact attempts were initiated. Given the multiple-witness component to some of the paranormal events, one must place these reported phenomena … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Psychophysics Experiments In a letter to Hohmann dated April 29, 1966, Betty indicated that her “psychophysics” experiments seemed to have reaped limited success. She wrote: As you will remember, I suggested that they go to my parents’ home in Kingston and knock on the door, … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: A Betrayal of Trust In 1975, the movie rights were sold to Academy Award nominee James Earl Jones. He had read the book and wanted to play the dramatic part of Barney in the movie. In addition to Betty Hill, John Fuller and Dr. Simon took … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: A Betrayal of Trust Further, although their hypnosis had revealed that they had been captured and taken onboard a UFO where they endured a physical examination, they did not know if this was the objective truth. However, neither they nor Dr. Simon could adequately explain the … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: A Betrayal of Trust Ironically, just as Barney and Betty were seeing a light at the end of a tunnel that they never intended to enter, a dark shroud was thrown over them. In August, their friend Adele Darrah informed them that John Luttrell, a reporter … Read more
The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: A New Focus After six months of long weekly treks to Dr. Simon’s office in Boston, the Hills’ lives once again normalized. They enjoyed active social and community involvement, promoting liberal social and political issues. The Unitarian church held an important position in their lives, and … Read more
