Betty and Barney Hill abduction

The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction case is more famous compared to other alien encounters because the other cases were mere followers. Because it is the first public account of alien abduction, there was controversy; the questionable evidence of when, where, and why it happened still intrigues today. First set evidence is looking at when it happened, we can tell it happened in the early 1960’s. It was September 19, 1961, night the Hills were on their way home to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after a holiday in Montreal. “The story of the alleged UFO abduction of Betty and Barney Hill in New Hampshire in 1961 is well known to the public.” Betty. On their way home saw this bright object in the rear view mirrors. Barney stopped the car to see what this bright object was when. Barney, a 39 year-old black man, was a postal worker, and Betty, a 41 year-old white woman, who worked in the child welfare department. The Hills had embarked on a vacation…

In an interview, Barney stated that the aliens spoke to him telepathically. When it was Betties turn to share the incident, she stated that the aliens spoke to her in english. A major difference between the aliens on the same UFO. Another key clue appeared prior to Barney undergoing hypnosis, the committee of skeptical inquiry states “his face kept twitching spasmodically to one side. The picture of Barney that emerges is that of a man under enormous pressure”. You can tell when a man is lying…

suits (this one was a matte black, it would be invisible in the night sky) appeared out of a panel in the wall and assembled itself around him as he stood holding Loki’s gaze, smiling slightly. “Stand behind me, put your arms around my neck,” Tony instructed. Loki did, and a moment later they were flying. Tony was flying slower than usual, since he had an unarmored companion on his back, but still they were whipping through the sky, almost silently around the mostly-quiet, mostly-dark…

Do you think we have extraterrestrial life living amongst us. Alien abductions have occurred around the world. There have also been U.F.O sightings around the world. Aliens have erased some people's memories. Aliens are and have been living amongst. Point #1 Paragraph Alien abductions have occurred. People have been abducted and released by aliens. “In 1961 Betty and Barney Hills were driving in mountain in New Hampshire in the mountains and a light seemed to follow them and, it got bigger and…

On the other hand, Daniel Loxton, a writer and illustrator who has been published in Skeptic magazine, claims that we cannot count on Betty Hill testimony of her abduction. Loxton says that when Betty began to have UFO dreams and nightmares it was not surprising: “she'd just sighted a UFO, made an official UFO report to the Air Force, read an entire UFO book, and written to the head of a UFO organization. It's fair to say she had UFOs on her mind” (Loxton). Indeed, after her experience Betty…

of Alien abduction narratives (AANs), Scott Scribner’s chapter section titled “Alien Abduction Narratives and Religious Contexts,” proposes that there are many religious aspects and common similarities between uncanny AANs and epistemological religious narratives (Tanminia, 2007). Scribner introduces the history of AANs and makes a clear-cut distinction between stories claiming abduction or ‘contact’, an important point, the author emphasizes. Moreover, Scribner analyzes the religious parallels…

theories. Reasons why this occurs can be traced back to mental illness, fame, and attempts to explain the unexplained. Many psychologists believe that claimed alien abductions can be traced back to various mental phenomenons (Drinkwater and Dagnall). One of these phenomenons is lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is where you are consciously aware of your surroundings and can control your actions during a dream. This could cause people to believe that they are being abducted in real life when it…

was a UFO either thus invalidating the argument. This kind of reasoning is known as the argumentum ad ignorantiam. They also use the fallacy of testimonial which is also a pitfall of human perception. They have scientists and doctors that say UFOs exist and alien abductions take place and since they are supposedly credible sources then it must be evidence for the existence of UFOs. Proponents also use the stories of people who claim to have seen UFOs or been abducted by aliens as trustworthy…