The fears in the back of their minds are soon confirmed.
In their words, it was not a plane, nor a satellite, nor any other object familiar to
Varnie Hill Jr. aged 39, his wife Eunice Elizabeth Hill, who went by Vettian aged 41,
Then, they observed it turn around and began moving in their direction.
Betty believed it was following them.
The eyes of the leader had a profound impact on Barney.
He felt them looking at him even when the figure was not present.
Like Barney, the way the beings communicated would later be a subject of confusion for
and requested some sort of proof of this to take back with her.
The leader suggested she look around the room for something to take back.
What are years?
What do you eat?
It flew away, disappearing within seconds, leaving them alone and darkness.
At this point the couple both described feeling great happiness, elation in fact.
One of them, their talk with their church group, was recorded.
In 1965, a reporter working for the newspaper The Boston Traveler named John H. The Trell
Typically, potential explanations for these types of incidents fall into four broad categories,
which are not mutually exclusive.
the couple were both actively apart.
They were each divorced from prior marriages and had met each other in 1956, marrying
four years later.
They had an interracial marriage in a period in which such marriages were not generally considered
acceptable.
Barney being black, Betty being white.
Dr. Simon believed this may have been relevant, and stated that ostracization may have triggered
an episode.
However, the hills denied this, saying that their marriage did not cause them many problems.
The couple never had children together, though Barney had two sons from a prior marriage.
Betty was unable to have children.
Their work lives were moderately stressful at the time, but neither were suffering from
any kind of intense abnormal stress that one would expect to be associated with some kind
of delusional experience.
Neither of them had much interest in UFOs before the incident, though Betty, again, had had
family who had seen UFOs before, and so she was superficially familiar with the subject.
Barney of course knew about this, but said he had never given the subject much serious
thought, leaning towards believing that UFOs were probably all nonsense.
Confusingly, the couple did mention a beacon on top of Cannon Mountain in interrupted
journey, but they were referring to the light of a restaurant.
the initial sighting?
I have stated multiple times that there was nothing in the hills background prior to