“One of America’s Most Famous Alien Abductees, Betty Hill”

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A Close Encounter With Betty Hill

By David Mendelsohn
www.nhmagazine.com
7-16-14

      When my wife, Wendy, and I first moved up here in 1974, it seemed that both New Mexico and New Hampshire were the national hotspots for UFO activity. We vividly recall, in 1976, seeing something strange circling Nottingham Lake at night, then darting off so quickly that no human could withstand those Gs. Ten minutes later, two fighters from Pease arrived. That same year, we attended a small ET conference at UNH that featured Betty Hill. She was charming, quite believable and even managed a laugh as two frat boys took their seats halfway through, wearing hastily cobbled costumes consisting of space blankets, tin foil and rabbit ear television antennas.

In the early nineties, Wendy and I began gathering folks with diverse backgrounds for dinners that we’d host. The exchanges were always pretty amazing. Sadly, no recordings were made nor any records kept. One particular evening involved a painter, a surgeon, a mortician and Betty. She quickly became the central spirit among us, not through any need on her part, but simply because we all realized that any stories or insights we might have would pale against hers. I remember Betty being gracious in recounting, in detail and with relish, her abduction experience, a story she must have told hundreds of times before. I remember all of us hanging on her every word. I recall a spirited Q and A. I also remember that absolutely no one left there a skeptic. . . .

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See Also:

Barney & Betty Hill: The White Mountain Abduction Documentary

Anniversary of Barney & Betty Hill's UFO Incident

State of New Hampshire Erects Historical Marker for Betty and Barney Hill

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