Event Summary

On the night of September 19, 1961, Barney and Betty Hill were traveling along Route 3 in New Hampshire when they noticed a bright light in the sky. They realized it appeared to be following them. Upon pulling over to take a closer look, Barney realized this was nothing he had ever seen before. He ran back to the car and warned Betty that they were going to be taken. They sped off, but the craft continued to follow them. The Hills heard thumping on the trunk of their car caused by a rhythmic series of sound waves coming from the UFO. The UFO caused the vehicle to vibrate, and the Hills felt this throughout their bodies. Their next recollection occurred after traveling an additional 35 miles without really remembering doing so. They knew something strange had happened to them and reported it to the nearby Pease Air Force Base.

Key factors of this case

loss of time

Barney and Betty Hill traveled roughly 35 miles but did not remember how they had gone that distance nor had any recollection of anything that occurred over the time frame of the abduction. They felt something had happened to them but did not know what. They arrived home around 5 am and decided not to bring the items into the house that were in the trunk of their car for fear of radiation poisoning.

FURTHER THINKING & RESEARCH: How can the time loss be explained? What would make the couple feel they could not bring their luggage inside the house for fear of radiation poisoning?

Marks on the trunk of the car

After the incident, when they were back home, Betty and Barney, went out to the trunk of their car and noticed circle indentations on the surface of the trunk. They also placed a compass near the vehicle's trunk, which caused the compass to act erratically. We wish we could test this ourselves today, but we are definitely intrigued by this. This correlates with what the Hills stated about the UFO sending a rhythmic series of sound waves thumping against the trunk of their car.

FURTHER THINKING & RESEARCH: What could have caused the indentations on the trunk of the car? What could have caused the compass to react the way it did?

Betty Hill took a Lie detector test and passed

Many years later, on F. Lee Bailey’s show, Lie Detector, on May 23, 1982 - Betty Hill describes the flying saucer and the experience she and her husband went through. She passed the polygraph after being asked about what happened on the night of the abduction.

FURTHER THINKING & RESEARCH: Listen to the show on track #25 on archive.org.

Barney & Betty Hill Hypnosis Tapes & other Audio Recordings

Betty and Barney Hill underwent a series of hypnosis sessions with Dr. Benjamin Simon in 1964. Audio from the hypnosis sessions can be found at archive.org along with other audio compilations.

FURTHER THINKING & RESEARCH: Listen to the hypnosis sessions and other audio compilations on archive.org.

Betty Hill Star Map

After an examination, Betty described an interaction she had with one of the aliens aboard the UFO. Bettys asked the alien where they came from, and the alien showed her a map of stars that Betty was able to recall and sketch. In the 1970s, astronomer Marjorie Fish discovered similarities between Betty's star map and the star system of Zeta Reticuli.

Betty described the map as having heavy lines where the aliens had trade routes. The dashed lines described places where the aliens had ventured to.

FURTHER THINKING & RESEARCH: How could Betty have drawn this map without having any knowledge of the Zeta Reticuli star system?

* You can read an extensive review conducted by Astronomy magazine by purchasing the reprint of the magazine article from 1976 on Amazon.

Betty Hill Star Map

Marjorie Fish Zeta Reticuli Star Map

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