The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill. White Mountain National Forest.
In the fall of 1961, a couple driving through New Hampshire’s White Mountains encountered something no one could explain. What followed would become the first widely reported alien abduction case in American history — and the blueprint for every abduction story that came after.
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Sources Sources:
The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America, by Matthew Bowman (2023).
“Do We Have Evidence of Alien Life?” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
“They Knew What They Had Seen,” by Colin Dickey (Slate, 2023).
“Betty And Barney Hill UFO Abduction Story Commemorated On Official N.H. Highway Plaque,” by Lee Speigel (Huffpost, 2011).
The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours Aboard a Flying Saucer, by John G. Fuller (1966).