the prominent psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Simon, an expert in hypnosis.
Dr. Simon was not interested in UFOs, but he found their case fascinating all the same.
They would meet with Dr. Simon every Saturday until June 27th of that year.
Dr. Simon directed them not to remember anything they brought up during hypnosis after they
What they were about to tell Dr. Simon is what made this case famous.
As they recounted these events to Dr. Simon, both of them began to cry, yell, and panic.
It became inflamed again a few years later during the interviews with Simon which was verified
By April, Dr. Simon had heard their stories fully and soon allowed them to begin remembering
Dr. Simon was not sure what to make of their story.
this explanation, which Dr. Simon himself was the first to admit.
There was still no clear explanation as to what had happened, but Simon's goal as a doctor
Furthermore, Simon's ultimate conclusion was that he and hypnosis could not solve the
They asked Dr. Simon to preserve the recordings of their sessions and provide them with copies.
He reached out to the hills and even Dr. Simon for information.
In 1966, they, and Dr. Simon, sat down with John G. Fuller to be interviewed for the
Dr. Simon believed this may have been relevant, and stated that ostracization may have triggered
Dr. Simon believed that their sighting of the unidentified object was probably real,
time, Simon argued they may have convinced their subconscious minds that these events were
Simon was encouraged in this conclusion by the fact that Betty's experience was
As Simon himself conceded, it is not a truth serum, nor any kind of mental glasses that
professional and cautious as Dr. Simon was, it is possible that they created an even bigger
Simon was fairly convinced of his explanation, even saying on national television quote,
However, there are very obvious problems with this explanation which Dr. Simon himself admitted.