In the wee morning hours of September 20th, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill drove down New Hampshire's Route 3, through the Franconia Notch, and into the
UFO history books. Five years later, John G. Fuller's account of their story,
The Interrupted Journey, became the most well known alien abduction case of all time. Fuller's book was adapted into a made-for-TV
movie in 1975.
The book and movie brought the
"Greys" into the public consciousness as the quintessential UFO occupants, although it has been
alleged by skeptics that the Greys themselves were inspired by an episode of the TV show
The Outer Limits.
Last year, the state of New Hampshire erected a
historical marker at the site of the alleged abduction.
Skeptics and believers have been debating the case for decades now. Interestingly, a UFO enthusiast named John Oswald published an
account in 1980 that claimed "Mrs. Hill was unable to 'distinguish between a landed UFO and a streetlight'", which even included a photo of said streetlight. It was not until 2007 that a science fiction writer who lives in the area where the "abduction" took place published an article which reveals the real
"UFO" and puts forward a
plausible explanation.
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posted by smoothvirus
on May 3, 2012 -
32 comments
ALIEN age 11 - an adaptation created by an underage artist based on the Alan Dean Foster novelization and a few stills, without having seen the actual film.
posted by Artw
on Jan 30, 2012 -
23 comments
Aliens vs Predator: Whoever wins,
you lose - MeFi's own
jscalzi talks about the worst Sci-Fi film of the year. Meanwhile Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott suggest making another alien movie - with
Ripley but
without any aliens. It's may not be all bad news for xenomorphs though - 2009 will see the release of Aliens: Colonial Marines is still just around the corner,
hopefully.
posted by Artw
on Dec 11, 2008 -
412 comments
