Barney began to think, mad in fact insist, that it was a plane or a helicopter, but uncertainty
Barney, however, remained determined that it was an aircraft of some sort, becoming
puzzled Betty and, privately, Barney as well.
Barney began to get the feeling he was being watched.
At some point, Barney grabbed a 32-calibre pistol from his trunk.
Betty, who could see it better as Barney was driving, said the object now appeared to have
Betty told Barney to stop the car and look.
Barney equated the shape of the object to a large, glowing pancake, the object which
It was then that Barney claimed he saw somewhere around ten figures staring at him from out
Barney claimed his memory of this part was blurry, but he recalled the slanted eyes of
Terrified, Barney took off running back towards the car, hopped in, and took off as fast
Barney was practically hysterical.
Barney was still driving.
The tops of Barney's shoes were scuffed and he had a strange compulsion to examine
Betty recalled Barney making a sharp turn somewhere, but she wasn't sure where.
Barney recalled the roadblock of some kind somewhere along their journey.
Barney, however, was not interested in speaking about it.
The Hills were open to this idea, even Barney, who was becoming more open to the conversation
Still desperate for answers, with Barney especially suffering from what was believed to
It was while standing in the field at Indian Head, seeing the craft up close, that Barney's
The eyes of the leader had a profound impact on Barney.
Barney said that he believed this figure was somehow communicating with him, encouraging
Barney had difficulty explaining how exactly this communication was happening.
Terrified, Barney ripped the binoculars away from him, tearing a strap in the process,
This was when Barney ran back to the car, and drove off.
Barney and Betty became much more vague and profoundly emotional when retelling this
After hearing the beeping noises, Barney braked suddenly, then turned off the highway down
Barney recalled he couldn't understand why he had turned off Rauctery, and later attributed
Barney felt weak but not necessarily afraid at this moment.
Barney and Barney both walked.
Barney's eyes were closed for much of the portion of the story, feeling that the leader
Barney was carried by the men.
Barney had no recollection of what happened to Betty.
She became angry and turned behind her and called out to Barney, who she said appeared
Barney, is that his name?
Like Barney, the way the beings communicated would later be a subject of confusion for
Barney believed they were all the same.
which Barney, now under hypnosis, claimed only the leader wore.
Barney and Betty were taken to separate rooms.
Barney recalled being taken into a room and placed on a low metallic table resembling
Barney's recollection of this portion was still vague, though, with his eyes closed for
Like Barney, the beings, specifically the examiner, examined her body.
Barney described it as opening their mouths slightly and making a kind of mum, mum,
Soon thereafter the examiner and some other figures entered the room holding Barney's
They did not seem to understand why Barney's teeth could come out but her as would not.
She replied that Barney had dentures which were fake teeth because he had lost his originals
Meanwhile Barney was being released from his portion of the examination.
Barney entered the car ahead of her and found their dog Delcy under the seat curled up
Betty went over to Barney, picked up Delcy and invited him to come watch them leave
Barney had no idea what she was talking about as by this point he had completely forgotten
Barney started the car and began driving back towards Route 3.
As mentioned, Barney had an urge to go home and examine his groin, thinking at the time
around Barney's groin.
When Betty's dreams were recalled around Barney multiple times, Barney may have picked
Confusing a dream for reality was something Betty and Barney both admitted they could not
Barney vassally did more between different explanations, but leaned towards feeling that
Betty and Barney gave public talks on their incident and even appeared on radio and television
Barney Hill died from a stroke in 1969, aged 46.
the Betty and Barney Hill UFO experience.
Barney Hill was a veteran of the Second World War, who worked as an assistant dispatcher
Barney Hill worked as a child welfare worker for the state.
more carefree and a bit more outgoing than Barney.
with Barney's quote unquote passive and highly suggestible personality.
Barney being black, Betty being white.
The couple never had children together, though Barney had two sons from a prior marriage.
Barney of course knew about this, but said he had never given the subject much serious
Well you can't say they didn't achieve that, but there, especially Barney's desire
As Betty recalled her dreams to the investigators with Barney overhearing her do so time after
suggestal Barney of these things.
a much more thorough than Barney's.
but as Barney himself pointed out, they used phrases like, wait a minute.
But they clearly did know enough about our world to abduct Betty and Barney without
Secondly, while hearing about Betty's dreams may have influenced Barney's memory, he
At no point under hypnosis, did Barney recall a detail that Betty shared of which she
onto Barney, it is also worth considering that, if it were real, because of these same personality
differences you would expect Betty to remember more because she wanted to, while Barney
Barney passed away in 1969.
the UFO subject after Barney's death.
Barney.
interpretations and memories, and that she transferred them onto Barney.
While Barney may have been much more cautious, he did suffer from anxiety, according to his
Consider that a panic attack was triggered in Barney by Betty's excitement, that his
But it was argued that Barney had no history of reacting to stress like this.
not originate from her or Barney.
Betty and Barney Hill case endures, 60 years later, as one of the most mysterious and captivating