The couple began to believe that they were watching a plane, appear and disappear, as the movement of their vehicle caused the trees to come and go in obstructing their view. Barney pointed this out to Betty, and they both began to keep track of the object. At about a quarter past 10:00 P.M., three miles south of the city of Lancaster, Barney noticed what appeared to be a bright star, or planet which seemed to move erratically. The night was clear, with a crescent moon shining on the heavily wooded landscape, that surrounded US Route 3 in the central part of New Hampshire. The couple had visited Niagara Falls, and Montreal, and on the 19th of the month, they began their journey back home to Portsmouth. Barney had recently developed an ulcer, and he and his wife Betty decided to take a short vacation to Canada. The story of Betty and Barney Hill begins in September 1961, in the state of New Hampshire. What ensued after the couple went public with their story, was much more stressful to him than any anti-racial remarks he may have encountered. Hill’s life, I can’t find any reason for his stress being the cause of telling such an incredible story. The fact that the Hills were an interracial couple has been given weight by some who state that Barney was suffering stress in dealing with some public ridicule about the black and white union, which was not nearly as readily accepted in the early 1960s as it is today. His wife Betty was a 41 year old white woman, who owned a Master’s Degree, and was the supervisor for the child welfare department. In 1961, Barney Hill was a 39 year old black man who worked for the US Postal Service. One thing about this whole subject that seems odd to me, is that it is considered within the realm of possibility that someone could see a UFO, but for someone to be taken aboard one, NO WAY. Soon, this story became an international one, and even today, is still considered one of the most believable, and certainly most researched UFO cases, except for maybe the Roswell incident. As I began to read the article, I was astounded to see that these two people claimed to have been abducted by aliens, and taken inside the ship! Well, that was enough for me to think, “What is this, some kind of joke?” I thought I had heard the last of it, but I had not. In our small town paper, you just didn’t see things on this type of subject. Then one morning, I was scanning over our local newspaper, and noticed about three pages deep this heading, “New Hampshire couple encounters UFO.” Well, needless to say, I was intrigued. ![]() ![]() When I was but a young boy, the only time anyone talked about flying saucers was after watching a movie about them, or seeing an episode of Twilight Zone, or Science Fiction Theater.
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