Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: The Abduction Experience (Part 2)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: The Abduction Experience Weeks before Betty’s death, Kathy attempted to extract the true nature of the event from her. Using a cognitive interview technique, she facilitated Betty’s moment-by-moment recollection of the exam. Betty slowly and thoughtfully recalled the exam, adding that her head dropped down … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: Conscious Memory Fades (Part 2)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Conscious Memory Fades Betty then told Dr. Simon that she was escorted along a path in the woods by two of the small men. An additional two men were in front of her, and when she turned her head, she saw Barney being assisted by two … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: Conscious Memory Fades (Part 1)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Conscious Memory Fades With the UFO overhead, emitting electronic buzzing sounds on the trunk of their car, Betty’s and Barney’s conscious memories began to fade—Barney’s more rapidly than Betty’s. They were left only with the hazy memories of a sudden, unplanned left-hand turn off Route 3 … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: An Unconventional Craft Approaches (Part 2)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: An Unconventional Craft Approaches Back on Route 3, the Hills described the craft’s unconventional movement. Barney thought of a paddle with a rubber band attached to a ball. He stated, “You hit the ball and the ball goes straight out and comes straight back without a … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: An Unconventional Craft Approaches (Part 1)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: An Unconventional Craft Approaches As Barney drove south on Route 3, Betty rode silently, observing her surroundings. This Great North Woods area of northern New Hampshire was dotted with sprawling farm homes, acres of cornfields, and yards full of logs waiting to be milled. They … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: Canada to Colebrook (Part 2)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Canada to Colebrook As they drive on, the roads become narrower, and they are finally in a country setting. It is early in the evening and they are hungry, so they stop at a roadside stand for hamburgers and hot dogs, potato chips, and coffee. Barney … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: Canada to Colebrook (Part 1)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: Canada to Colebrook An analysis of the Hills’ separate recall regarding their abduction would be lacking without a detailed inspection of their individual claims under hypnosis. To facilitate this dissection of material, Kathy transcribed the 10 surviving hypnosis tapes recorded by Dr. Simon and given to … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: The Trouble With Betty’s Dreams (Part 1)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: The Trouble With Betty’s Dreams It is clear that, throughout the Hills’ psychotherapy, Dr. Simon continually tested his hypothesis that Barney had absorbed Betty’s dream material and produced fantasies to fill in the period of missing time. He used suggestion and persuasion in an attempt … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: The Trouble With Betty’s Dreams (Part 2)

The True Story of the Worlds First Documented Alien Abduction: The Trouble With Betty’s Dreams Betty didn’t tell her supervisor about another dream that recurred off and on for a period of time after her sighting. She thought it was irrelevant. However, she discussed it with Dr. Simon at the end of her hypnosis sessions. … Read more

Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience: Hypnosis (Part 2)

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