Brief
Barney Hill
The claims the writer was given for Barney Hill, in the order they were given.
1
Benjamin Simon was called on to interview, psychoanalyse, and hypnotise Betty Hill and Barney Hill.
“he was called on to interview, psychoanalyze, and hypnotize Betty Hill and Barney Hill”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:00:14.4-00:00:20.6 administrative first hand
2
In late 1963, near Christmas time, Benjamin Simon kept an appointment his secretary had made with Barney Hill.
“Well, it was in late '63, quite near Christmas time. And I kept an appointment which my secretary had made with a Mr. Barney Hill.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:01:24.4-00:01:34.2 testimony first hand
3
Barney Hill had been under treatment for about a year with a New Hampshire psychiatrist for marked anxiety before being referred to Benjamin Simon.
“He gave me the several stories that he had been under treatment for about a year with a New Hampshire psychiatrist. for marked anxiety, had also symptoms of high blood pressure. And over the year, he hadn't gotten very far and was ultimately recommended to me by his psychiatrist.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:01:44.0-00:02:07.4 testimony first hand
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Barney Hill also had symptoms of high blood pressure.
“had also symptoms of high blood pressure”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:01:55.7-00:01:58.1 testimony first hand
5
Barney and Betty Hill's case began with a six-page report from the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) describing their sighting of an unidentified flying object.
“they began almost at the beginning with a six-page report from NICAP...this was the story of their seeing an unidentified flying object, which was investigated by a NICAP investigator who made this report”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:02:15.3-00:02:36.0 testimony first hand
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The NICAP investigator who wrote the report on the Betty and Barney Hill sighting believed their story.
“He had intimated that they were put on his people and that he believed the story.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:02:40.6-00:02:46.4 testimony first hand
7
Barney and Betty Hill's account of the missing two hours first came to light during Barney Hill's treatment by his New Hampshire psychiatrist.
“That story had first come to light doing the treatment by his New Hampshire psychiatrist.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:02:47.7-00:02:55.1 testimony first hand
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Barney Hill's anxiety symptoms began just after the sighting he and Betty Hill reported.
“Barney's symptoms had begun just after they had this supposed sighting.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:03:25.1-00:03:30.6 testimony first hand
9
Benjamin Simon treated Barney and Betty Hill using hypnosis to penetrate what appeared to be an amnesic period with a vague background, covering approximately a two-hour gap on their trip home from Canada.
“to take both of the treatment and to use hypnosis to penetrate what appeared to be an amnesic period with very vague background. The only feeling they had was that coming back on a trip from Canada, they got home about two hours later than they should have, and they had no idea what had happened”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:03:47.5-00:04:13.5 testimony first hand
10
Barney and Betty Hill came to Benjamin Simon for treatment, not for a UFO investigation, and everything about the UFO story that followed was a consequence of the findings made during that treatment.
“I must insist that everyone understand that these two people came to me not for an investigation of UFOs or any of the things that led us to law...All of the rest that transpired afterwards...story and everything was a consequence of the findings in doing the treatment of the two”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:04:18.5-00:04:46.9 opinion first hand
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Benjamin Simon's treatment of Barney and Betty Hill was substantially successful in about seven months.
“which was substantially successful in about seven months”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:04:48.0-00:04:50.9 testimony first hand
12
Benjamin Simon began the hypnosis sessions from a starting point at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where Barney and Betty Hill had been at the top of their journey home from Niagara Falls to New Hampshire.
“I took them back to a starting point of Montreal. They had been to Niagara Falls and were coming home. And Montreal, you might say, was at the top of the journey...coming down to New Hampshire.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:05:09.2-00:05:25.5 testimony first hand
13
Benjamin Simon hypnotised Barney Hill and Betty Hill one at a time, beginning with Barney Hill, directing each to relive and act out the trip rather than simply give a written report.
“under hypnosis, which was quite deep, told him, well, I took him one at a time before, so we begin with Barney, and directed him to tell me everything that happened on that trip...Here they were to really act out or relive that trip.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:05:34.2-00:05:52.7 testimony first hand
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Barney Hill and Betty Hill gave the same story under hypnosis, which was precisely like the story written up by the NICAP investigator, with no significant differences between the three accounts.
“Barney and Betty gave the same story. And that story was precisely like the story that had been written up by the NICAP investigators. There were no significant difference, in fact, actually no differences between the three.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:06:19.7-00:06:36.6 testimony first hand
15
During hypnosis, Barney Hill's account of the trip up to the sighting revealed, mostly from his unconscious, a marked anxiety about being a black man in a white culture during the road trip.
“What marked the trip, particularly from Barney's point of view, up to the time of the sighting, was a revelation, coming mostly from his unconscious, of the marked anxiety he had in being a black man in a white culture.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:06:54.2-00:07:11.5 observation first hand
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Benjamin Simon considers Barney Hill's anxiety about being a black man in a white culture the most important part of the revelations about the feelings of a human being in surroundings he felt to be hostile.
“To me, this is the most important part in the revelations of the feelings of a human being in a surroundings which he felt to be inimical to him.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:07:12.5-00:07:22.7 opinion first hand
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During the drive south, Barney Hill worried whether he would be allowed into places they stopped, such as places to eat or a hotel.
“as he made trip down, they would stop to eat. You would wonder if you were going to be allowed in or they stopped at a hotel or something like that. Whether they would accept it.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:07:23.9-00:07:35.9 testimony first hand
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Under hypnosis, Barney Hill described a state of intense fear before the sighting in which he groveled on the ground and screamed with terror, near some lonely woods where he feared bears might come out and harm him.
“it got to a point where they were in near some lonely woods where he wondered if there were bears and the bears might come out and harm him. There were some experience on up in a intense fear in which he, as would be seen in the movie, groveled on the ground, screamed with terror, and that preceded the actual sighting”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:08:09.0-00:08:33.9 testimony first hand
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Barney and Betty Hill described the sighted vehicle as often round, saucer-shaped or crescent-shaped, with men aboard.
“that preceded the actual sighting, which I've seen the well-described type of vehicles often round saucer-shaped, crescent-shape, whatever you will, of the men there.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:08:31.7-00:08:44.0 testimony first hand
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Barney and Betty Hill initially tried to determine what the sighted object was, considering it might be a plane or a Piper Cub.
“They were trying to determine what it was. They thought of a plane, of a Piper Cub, various things like that.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:08:54.2-00:09:00.8 testimony first hand
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Barney Hill did not show strong conviction that the sighted object was anything other than a wayward plane.
“Barney did not show strong convictions that it was anything but some wayward plane or what you will.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:09:01.2-00:09:08.8 observation first hand
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Betty Hill stayed in the car for most of the sighting while Barney Hill was outside.
“Betty stayed in the car for the most part.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:09:10.1-00:09:12.4 testimony first hand
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Betty and Barney Hill's dog, Delphi, was frightened during the sighting.
“Thier little dog, Delphi, was frightened.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:09:13.3-00:09:15.5 testimony first hand
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Benjamin Simon observed that Betty Hill was more anxious about Barney Hill walking away from and back to the car than about what they had seen, though she herself thought it was some sort of UFO.
“It seemed to me she was much more anxious about Barney out on the road and sort of walking away and then back to the car. Then she wasn't about what they saw, though she herself thought that it was some sort of UFO.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:09:19.5-00:09:33.4 observation first hand
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Betty Hill had much more conviction that the sighted object was a UFO than Barney Hill did.
“She had much more conviction on that than Barney.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:09:33.7-00:09:35.6 observation first hand
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Barney Hill's hypnosis session ended on a note of exaltation, with his fears quieted and feeling better, after which he took a deep breath and went home in his account.
“I finished Barney on a sort of a note of exaltation. His fears were quieted, and he was feeling better...He had been through an experience and took a deep breath and went home.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:10:18.5-00:10:29.3 observation first hand
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Betty Hill's story matched Barney Hill's story up to the point of the sighting, but she gave more detail and showed less terror, and continued the narrative further than Barney did.
“Betty's story and Barnie's were the same. She, being a different personality, gave a little more gandy to it and so on, didn't show as much terror, and she went much further than Barney”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:10:39.2-00:10:52.2 observation first hand
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Betty Hill's account described being taken aboard the UFO, with Barney Hill, his eyes closed, being half-dragged by two men to the vehicle while Betty walked with her eyes open, led by the apparent leader of the group.
“She went on with a fantastic story of having been taken aboard. She described Barney as, with his eyes closed, as sort of suspended between two men who were half dragging him along to the same vehicle, and she had her eyes open and did not have to be dragged, and she was taken along by what appeared to be the leader of the group”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:11:49.0-00:12:12.6 testimony first hand
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In Betty Hill's account, she and Barney Hill were separated aboard the UFO, with Barney taken to a room for an examination presumably similar to the physical examination conducted on Betty.
“They were separated. Barney was taken into a room, presumably for the same purpose as she was, into her room, that is an examination, and on board they conducted a physical examination of her”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:12:15.3-00:12:26.9 testimony first hand
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Benjamin Simon says he believes implicitly in the honesty of Barney and Betty Hill.
“I believe implicitly in the honesty of these people”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:12:39.6-00:12:41.8 opinion first hand
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Benjamin Simon did not consider Barney and Betty Hill's experience to be psychotic hallucination.
“There certainly was not psychotic hallucinations.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:12:51.4-00:12:53.0 opinion first hand
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Benjamin Simon found that up to the point of the sighting, Barney and Betty Hill's stories were exactly alike, but from that point onward Betty's account of the abduction was far more vivid and detailed while Barney simply felt himself being supported with his eyes closed, and nothing in Betty's account of the abduction appeared in Barney's account.
“up to the point of the sighting and those experiences, the two stories were exactly alike...Betty's experiences were far more vivid, fog there, and much more material there than Barney, who simply felt himself as being supportive with his eyes closed...Nothing of Betty's story, but nothing was in Barney's story.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:15:02.7-00:15:24.5 observation first hand
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Barney and Betty Hill both gave the same clear account that the missing two hours were due to an abduction which they supposed had taken place and had been repressed on instruction from the visitors.
“Both of them gave the same...It was not due to that abduction, which they suppose had taken place in the two hours and had been repressed on instruction from these visitors.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:16:04.3-00:16:16.9 testimony first hand
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Benjamin Simon says that if the abduction story were true, two other people undergoing the same two-hour experience should give identical testimony, and everything else in the Hills' accounts was identical up to the point of the abduction, but the abduction accounts themselves were markedly different.
“if it was true, they should be identical. Everything else was identical up until then. But now the question, they two were not alike, very markedly different.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:16:31.1-00:16:42.8 opinion first hand
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Benjamin Simon determined that the difference between Barney Hill's minimal account and Betty Hill's elaborate account of the abduction was the turning point that led him to look for an explanation of the story's origin.
“the turning point was, again, as I said, that difference in their two stories. And the second realization that Betty gave a very elaborate story...and Barney gave a minimal story that everything that occurred with Barney was known to Betty and nothing of Betty was known to Barney. Then I realized that there had to be some substance, something behind that difference.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:17:45.2-00:18:11.6 opinion first hand
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Betty Hill told Benjamin Simon that she had not told Barney Hill about her nightmarish dreams because he was working nights and was not home.
“I asked Betty if she had told her dreams to Barney. She said, no, he was working nights, so he wasn't home.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:18:30.9-00:18:36.6 testimony first hand
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Barney Hill told Benjamin Simon that Betty Hill had not told him about her dreams.
“When I asked Barney if she told him, he said, no.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:18:37.7-00:18:40.2 testimony first hand
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Barney Hill denied that Betty Hill had told him her dreams.
“Barney denied that she had told him her dreams.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:26:48.0-00:26:50.0 hearsay second hand
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Betty Hill denied that she had told Barney Hill her dreams.
“She denied that she had told him her dreams.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:26:51.0-00:26:52.5 hearsay second hand
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Benjamin Simon concluded that the two stimuli behind Betty and Barney Hill's sighting were an American Airlines plane, which he had seen long before knowing the Hills, and a brilliantly lighted sign outside Hartford, Connecticut, reflected through misty sky.
“the two stimuli, without giving the story, turned out to be the American Airlines plane, and the one which I saw long before I ever knew the Hill's and one subsequently unseen by me, and another is a guy that turned out to be a brilliantly lighted sign outside of Hartford, which was reflected through misty sky.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:30:03.7-00:30:24.5 opinion first hand
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Benjamin Simon considers that a scene in the film The UFO Incident showing men working in the road at the Hills' last stop could easily have been misinterpreted by the Hills as a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object).
“they cut that into the movie, it's not that clear, is that when they stopped at their last place, it looked as if some men working in the road, and if you saw the movie, that is shown there, and that could have been very much a thing misinterpreted as a UFO in the other sense of the word.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:30:31.7-00:30:54.9 opinion first hand
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When the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) interviewed Betty and Barney Hill, NICAP accepted their story completely.
“When Betty and Barney Hill were interviewed by NICAP, do you know, did the people in NICAP buy their story, Hook, Line, and Sinker? ... Yes.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:31:01.0-00:31:12.5 testimony first hand
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Benjamin Simon considers it one of the greatest mistakes by the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) that its interviewer, a scientist, never went to look at silver spots, about the size of a silver dollar, that Betty and Barney Hill said were still visible on the back of their car.
“And NICAP made one of the greatest mistakes I have ever seen. And that is that the interviewer was a scientist. And there was a story of these silver spots about the size of a silver dollar on the back of their car. ... And for God knows what reason, he never went out to look at them.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:31:14.0-00:31:39.4 opinion first hand
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Only Betty Hill and Barney Hill reported seeing the silver spots on the back of their car.
“Well, nobody but Betty and Barney.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:31:45.1-00:31:47.1 testimony first hand
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The silver spots on Betty and Barney Hill's car eventually washed away.
“They were washed away eventually.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:32:06.4-00:32:07.9 testimony first hand
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Benjamin Simon believed that Betty Hill and Barney Hill were both telling the truth when Betty denied telling her dreams to Barney and Barney denied being told, and he sought to explain how Betty's story reached Barney nonetheless.
“how did when Betty denied telling it to Barney and Barney denied being told, there I was again because I believe they were telling the truth. How did this Betty story get to Barney or fragments of it?”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:32:16.4-00:32:28.9 opinion first hand
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Barney Hill was working nights during the period when Betty Hill discussed her dreams with her sister and supervisor.
“Well, of course, he was working nights.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:32:42.7-00:32:44.9 testimony second hand
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Barney Hill was in the corner of the room occupied with something while Betty Hill discussed her dreams with others in his presence.
“Well, he was over in the corner fussing around with something.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:32:48.5-00:32:51.9 testimony second hand
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Benjamin Simon concluded that Betty Hill did not verbally tell her dream story directly to Barney Hill, but told it in his presence, which is how Barney came to know it while both could truthfully say she had not told him.
“she didn't tell it to Barney, and the literal thing was that she didn't tell it to Barney coming from him. But she did tell it in Barney's presence, and that's where he got it. And so it was both the truth and lie.”
The Hypnotist Who Unlocked Betty & Barney Hill’s Alien Memories | Dr. Benjamin Simon Speaks 00:33:03.9-00:33:15.3 opinion first hand
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Betty Hill and Barney Hill disagreed on several details of the appearance of the occupants they described in their 1961 UFO abduction account.
“this would explain why contactees Betty and Barney Hill disagreed on several details of the occupants’ appearance”
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On 1961-09-19, Betty Hill and Barney Hill encountered a flying saucer in the White Mountains area of New Hampshire.
“It is on September 19, 1961, in the White Mountains area of New Hampshire, that Betty and Barney Hill meet their flying saucer.”
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During the 1961 encounter, the object approached Betty Hill and Barney Hill and appeared to change from looking like a star to looking like a disk.
“At first it looks like a star. They keep driving on the lonely road, observing the object. It comes closer and looks like a disk.”
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During the 1961 encounter, Barney Hill used binoculars and observed the object had a large curved window behind which humanoids were looking at him.
“Barney stops the car, gets his binoculars. The object has a large curved window, and behind that window, humanoids are looking at him.”
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Barney Hill became frightened, rushed back to the car, and drove away after observing the humanoids.
“Barney rushes back to the car, frightened, and drives away.”
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A few miles down the road from the encounter site, Betty Hill and Barney Hill lost all awareness of their actions and next remembered driving past Ashland, about 100 kilometres to the south.
“A few miles down the road the middle-aged couple loses all awareness of their actions. They next remember driving past Ashland… sixty miles to the south!”
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A psychiatrist used regressive hypnosis to take Betty Hill and Barney Hill back to the instant of the 1961 incident, during which they described eerie dwarf-like men in black uniforms taking control of them and taking them inside the flying saucer for a medical examination.
“A psychiatrist took Betty and Barney back to the instant of the incident by using regressive hypnosis, and they both described a scene they could not remember consciously: the car was stopped; eerie dwarf-like men in black uniforms took control of them; and they were taken inside the flying saucer for a medical examination.”
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Barney Hill died after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage at age 46.
“Barney Hill is dead now. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at 46.”
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Ufologists including Stanton Friedman and Dave Saunders consider Marjorie Fish's star model to indicate that the saucer which abducted Betty Hill and Barney Hill came from Zeta Reticuli.
“It is this model that indicates to many authorities among the UFO believers – men like Stanton Friedman and Dave Saunders – that the saucer which abducted the Hills hailed from Zeta Reticuli.”
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Jacques Vallée believes Betty Hill and Barney Hill really saw a UFO and that something unknown stopped their car and took control of their minds, and that they were not lying or "nuts."
“Before I present my side of the story, I want to state that I think Betty and Barney Hill really saw a UFO and that something unknown stopped their car and took control of their minds. They were not lying, and they were not “nuts.””
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Jacques Vallée does not believe any contactees, including Betty Hill and Barney Hill, have been physically on board an actual saucer, but rather took a nonphysical trip controlled by a system acting on human consciousness, which the Soviets term "psychotronic."
“I do not believe that any of the contactees – not even Betty and Barney Hill – have been physically on board an actual “saucer.” It is more likely that they have taken a nonphysical “trip,” controlled and guided by a system of which we have no clear idea as yet, a system that acts on human consciousness (the Soviets use the term “psychotronic” to designate such devices)”
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Most researchers in the alien abduction field recognise the Betty and Barney Hill case of 1961 and the Antonio Villas-Boas case of 1957 as the two watershed first abduction reports.
“Most researchers in this field recognize that there are actually two "first" abduction reports that have had a strong impact on our perceptions of the phenomenon...These are the watershed case of Betty and Barney Hill from 1961 and the controversial sexual "seduction" encounter of Antonio Villas-Boas from 1957.”
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During the night of 1961-09-19, Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, experienced a strange interrupted journey on the way home from a holiday, during which they claimed a prolonged UFO sighting and saw figures at the windows around the UFO.
“During the night of September 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill, a respected Portsmouth, New Hampshire, interracial couple, experienced a strange "interrupted journey" on the way home from a holiday. They claimed to have had a prolonged UFO sighting, during which they saw figures at the windows around the UFO.”
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After their 1961 interrupted journey, Betty and Barney Hill became aware of a period of missing time and arrived home a couple of hours later than anticipated.
“After the experience, they became aware of a period of missing time during which they were unable to remember what had happened. They arrived home a couple of hours later than anticipated.”
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Betty and Barney Hill began experiencing anxiety dreams and stress-related problems that became so severe they sought the help of Boston psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Simon in January 1964.
“The couple began experiencing problems—anxiety dreams for Betty and stress-related problems for Barney—that became so severe that they sought the help of a Boston psychiatrist, Dr. Benjamin Simon, in January 1964.”
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Under hypnosis, Betty and Barney Hill's account described abduction and medical examination by aliens aboard a flying saucer.
“What emerged was a complex account of abduction and medical examination by aliens on board a flying saucer.”
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Dr. Benjamin Simon never believed the Hills' UFO abduction was real, regarding their story as a fantasy to be explored to relieve their anxiety.
“Dr. Simon never believed that the Hills' UFO abduction was real. For him, their story was a fantasy to be explored in an effort to relieve the associated anxiety.”
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The Anomaly Physical Evidence Group (APEG) team led by Bill Chalker received dress samples and control biological samples pertinent to Betty and Barney Hill.
“My APEG team received some dress samples and control biological samples pertinent to Betty and Barney Hill.”
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DNA found on Betty Hill's dress was connected to Betty and Barney Hill, and at least some of the stained areas were found to be due to spider's blood.
“Despite the passage of decades, DNA found on the dress was connected to Betty and Barney Hill, and rather surprisingly, at least some of the stained areas were found to be due to spider’s blood.”
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On 1967-12-03, Herb Schirmer, a patrolman from Ashland, Nebraska, had an experience regarded as comparable to the abduction accounts of Betty Hill, Barney Hill, and the Pascagoula fishermen.
“On December 3, 1967, a patrolman named Herb Schirmer, of Ashland, Nebraska, had an experience that deserves to be placed in the context of the stories of the abduction of Betty and Barney Hill and of the Pascagoula fishermen.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:33308-33523 administrative first hand
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In the 1961 Barney Hill UFO encounter, the observation of a disk with windows fell into strangeness category 3, and this is what Barney Hill and Betty Hill reported to the United States Air Force.
“The Betty and Barney Hill "abduction" case of 1961 is a fascinating one in light of this classification because one part of the incident (the observation of a disk with windows) is clearly of category 3 and this is indeed what they reported to the Air Force.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch13:10053-10305 testimony second hand
71
Barney Hill and Betty Hill did not report the creatures or the time loss from their 1961 UFO encounter until they discussed the case with a local UFO amateur they trusted.
“They did not say anything about the creatures (category 5) or the time loss (category 7), which only came to light after they discussed the case with someone they trusted, a local UFO amateur.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch13:10312-10496 testimony
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The full story of Barney Hill and Betty Hill's 1961 abduction only emerged under hypnosis.
“Finally, the whole story of their "abduction" only came out under hypnosis.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch13:10505-10571 testimony
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Jacques Vallee has spent hours with Betty Hill and Barney Hill and discussed the case of their abduction with Dr. Simon.
“I have spent hours with Betty and Barney Hill and have had a chance to discuss the case of their abduction with Dr. Simon.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch17:17101-17217 testimony first hand
74
In 1961, Barney Hill tried to explain to the humanoid examining him that time was an important concept for humans on earth, and the humanoid appeared not to understand what he meant.
“In 1961, similarly, Barney Hill found himself trying to explain to the humanoid examining him that time was an important concept for us on earth. The humanoid appeared not to understand what he meant.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:22449-22643 testimony second hand
75
The 1961 Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction incident may have been the first time hypnosis was used on people who claimed to have been abducted by aliens.
“It may also have been the first time hypnosis was used on people who claimed to have been abducted by aliens.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:41343-41445 observation
76
Betty Hill and Barney Hill were an interracial couple who were both active in the civil rights movement.
“Betty Hill and Barney Hill, an interracial couple, were both active in the civil rights movement.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:41972-42060 administrative
77
Betty Hill and Barney Hill lived in New Hampshire.
“They lived in New Hampshire.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:42070-42088 administrative
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On 1961-09-19, Betty Hill and Barney Hill were driving on a rural road in New Hampshire when they spotted a light that resembled a falling star but moved differently.
“On September 19, 1961, they were driving on a rural road in that state, when they spotted a light that resembled a falling star but moved differently.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:42099-42237 testimony second hand
79
Betty Hill and Barney Hill stopped and used binoculars to try to identify the light, then got back into their car and continued their journey.
“They stopped and used binoculars to try to identify it, but then got back into their car and continued their journey.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:42250-42359 testimony second hand
80
During the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction incident, the light continued to be visible and appeared to hover in the sky above their car.
“The star, however, continued to be visible and in fact seemed to hover in the sky above them.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:42368-42456 testimony second hand
81
During the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction incident, the light came toward their vehicle, almost filling the windshield with its light.
“At one point, it came toward their vehicle, almost filling the windshield with its light.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:42462-42545 testimony second hand
82
Frightened by the light, Betty Hill and Barney Hill stopped the car, and Barney Hill got out with a pistol he was carrying.
“Frightened, they stopped the car, and Barney got out with a pistol he was carrying.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:42552-42626 testimony second hand
83
After the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction incident, Barney Hill experienced headaches and nightmares.
“Additionally, Barney had been experiencing headaches and nightmares since the event.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:43634-43712 testimony second hand
84
While hypnotised, Betty Hill and Barney Hill related that they believed alien beings had abducted them, taken them aboard a UFO craft, and then examined them.
“Betty and Barney related, while hypnotized, that they believed that alien beings had abducted them, taken them aboard a UFO craft, and then examined them.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:43843-43992 testimony second hand
85
On 1961-02-22, during hypnotic regression, Barney Hill described the eyes of one of the UFO beings as slanted but not like a Chinese person's eyes.
“In hypnotic regression on February 22, Barney described the eyes of one of the UFO beings as “slanted . . . [b]ut not like a Chinese.””
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:44124-44249 testimony second hand
86
In a sketch Barney Hill made under hypnosis, the eyes of the UFO being appear indefinably sinister and malevolent, with irises and pupils not distinguished from each other and close together, while the rest of the eyes trail away upward toward the sides of the being's head.
“In a sketch he made under hypnosis, the eyes look indefinably sinister, malevolent: the irises and pupils, not distinguished from each other, are close together, while the rest of the eyes trail away upward, toward the sides of the being’s head.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:44259-44499 observation second hand
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Barney Hill later told John Fuller that the eyes of the UFO being continued around to the sides of their heads, so that it appeared they could see several degrees beyond the lateral extent of human vision.
“Barney later told [author] John Fuller that the eyes continued around to the sides of their heads, so that it appeared that they could see several degrees beyond the lateral extent of our vision.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:44505-44693 testimony second hand
88
In 1994, UFO skeptic and pop-culture expert Martin Kottmeyer announced that the 'wraparound eyes' described by Barney Hill had been seen by the nation's television audience on 1964-02-10, twelve days before Barney Hill's hypnotic session, in an episode of the science fiction series The Outer Limits.
“In 1994, UFO skeptic and pop-culture expert Martin Kottmeyer announced a startling discovery. These “wraparound eyes,” as they’d come to be known in UFO parlance, had been seen by the nation’s television audience on February 10, 1964—twelve days before Barney’s hypnotic session—in an episode of the science fiction series *The Outer Limits*.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:44704-45038 opinion first hand
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The alien in the episode 'The Bellero Shield' of The Outer Limits had the same sort of wraparound eyes as described by Barney Hill.
“The alien in an episode titled “The Bellero Shield” had the same sort of eyes.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:45047-45120 observation
90
Jacques Vallee refuses to affirm or deny that Betty Hill and Barney Hill received messages from extraterrestrials from the Zeta Reticuli star system, which is what they claimed, but does not dismiss their experiences as not having been real.
“He refuses to believe or disbelieve, for example, that Betty and Barney Hill received messages from extraterrestrials from the star system of Zeta Reticuli, which is what they claimed. He does not, however, dismiss the experiences as not having been real.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:28101-28351 opinion first hand
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Betty Hill and Barney Hill claimed to have received messages from extraterrestrials from the Zeta Reticuli star system.
“that Betty and Barney Hill received messages from extraterrestrials from the star system of Zeta Reticuli, which is what they claimed”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:28151-28277 testimony second hand
92
Betty Hill and Barney Hill reported empirical evidence of a starlike object sighting to the United States Air Force, but when describing their experience to people they felt would not scoff, such as Donald Keyhoe and later their therapist, they divulged the story of an encounter with nonhuman beings.
“They reported empirical evidence to the Air Force, the sighting of the starlike object. But when describing their experience to people they felt would not be inclined to scoff, like Donald Keyhoe and later their therapist (who, ironically, did not believe in UFOs), they divulged the story of the encounter with nonhuman beings.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:7068-7389 testimony second hand
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The therapist who treated Betty Hill and Barney Hill did not believe in UFOs.
“their therapist (who, ironically, did not believe in UFOs)”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:7274-7327 administrative
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Whitley Strieber had no conscious memory of reading about the Betty Hill and Barney Hill case in Look Magazine before his own hypnosis.
“I had, as I have said, no conscious memory of reading about the Betty and Barney Hill case in Look”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch20:22297-22391 observation first hand
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The Greys reported by Betty and Barney Hill differed from those Erik Nanstiel describes, having different slit-like eyes.
“Even among the grays, like even if you look at Eddie and Barney Hill, who you mentioned earlier, it's different. They have different slit-like eyes and there's different...”
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