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UFO-1961-019 · UFOs & UAPs

Betty and Barney Hill encounter

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The case record

What was reported?

The Hills reported observing a strange craft while driving; later hypnosis sessions produced an abduction narrative.

The dates are bounds supplied by the workbook; they do not establish the exact day of an event.

Reported date
19 Sept 1961 – 20 Sept 1961
Witnesses
Motorists · 2
Investigation
USAF / Project Blue Book

Evidence in the record

Eyewitnesshypnosis-derived testimony

Eyewitness; hypnosis-derived testimony

Competing explanations

Official and research context

Insufficient evidence

Conventional explanations

Aircraft/star misidentification plus later memory construction proposed

Arguments that remain contested

Hypnosis reliability and exact location remain disputed

Locations & timeline

Coordinates are representative. Area and route labels do not imply exact paths or object positions.

  1. Primary reference location

    US Route 3, White Mountains

    Lincoln / Indian Head

    Reported event location · Approximate area radius: 20 km

    44.049°, -71.672° · route · Medium

Record notes

Show driving route, not a single house pin.

Imported starting record; individual claims and source links await editorial verification.

Original dataset status: Disputed

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