What famed and controversial incident did Betty and Barney Hill claim took place today in 1961?

September 16, 2011 By Chad Vander Veen

Answer:

Their abduction by extraterrestrials. According to the Hills (pictured), during a drive back home to Portsmouth, N.H., following a vacation in Canada, at around 10:30 p.m., they encountered a strange light in the sky. The couple claimed the light was actually an alien spacecraft, upon which they were forcibly taken. The incident was the first widely publicized account of alien abduction in the U.S.

Click here for a brief but thorough account of the incident at Wikipedia.

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J. Lozano | Commented September 19, 2011

Why is this relevant to the mission of Govtech? It is unlikely that trivia is part of it.

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