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CASE #RGD3HH · 2 entities · 1 connections
The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
In 1961, a New Hampshire couple described a star map under hypnosis — an amateur astronomer later argued it eerily matched a real, then-obscure star system.
In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill reported a close encounter with an unidentified craft and two hours of missing time while driving through rural New Hampshire. Under hypnosis two years later, Betty described a star map shown to her aboard the craft — a map an amateur astronomer would later argue closely matched the real Zeta Reticuli star system.
⇄disputed
Quick facts
- →The Hills filed an official Air Force Project Blue Book report the day after their encounter.
- →This is considered the first widely-reported alien abduction case in the United States.
- →Both Hills were civil rights activists in 1960s New Hampshire, an era when their interracial marriage already drew scrutiny.
- →A historical marker now stands at the site in Lincoln, New Hampshire.
Entities on file
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Betty Hill (person)
New Hampshire social worker and civil rights activist; reported the abduction alongside her husband Barney.
→ experienced the reported encounter alongside → Barney Hill✓documented
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Barney Hill (person)
New Hampshire postal worker and civil rights activist; reported the abduction alongside his wife Betty.
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