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Betty Hill- The Grandmother of Ufology
by Avis Ruffu
In 1961 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, coming home from a
trip
from Canada, Betty and Barney Hill spotted a light in the sky. Thinking
it
might have been a asteroid coming in, they kept a close eye on the
bright
object. It occurred to Barney that it might be a military plane of some
sort. He stopped the car and took his binoculars out to have a look.
What
he saw frightened him. He saw a craft with strange beings looking at
him
from windows. Barney came running back to the car believing that the
beings
in the craft wanted to "grab him." Betty and Barney heard several
beeps and
further down the road they encountered what they believed were nine men
in
the road. The car came to a stop and Betty and Barney were taken from
their
car by beings who were not from this world. They were taken on board
the
craft and both were examined. Betty engaged the beings in conversation
and
seemed to have more reign when aboard the craft. She was shown a star
map
and given a book. After some conversations among the beings, it was
decided
that she would not be allowed to leave with the book. Barney and Betty
were
returned to the car and they continued their trip home. Two hours were
missing from their timetable. After working with Dr. Simon, being put
under
hypnosis by him, a story so extraordinary it defied everything we held
to be
true about us and our place in the universe, unfolded. A Boston
newspaper
picked up the story and ran it for five days. The story was picked up
by
newspapers around the world. Betty and Barney Hill's story became a
part of
history. Most people believe that was the end of their story...in
reality it
was just the beginning.
The abduction event is a small part of Betty's history. Betty was a
child
welfare worker in New Hampshire and retired from a supervisory position
after working for years for the state. Betty raised several children
that
she'd adopted while working and being a wife. Betty's family was
important
to her and she had many brothers and sister and her parents that she
and
Barney were close to. Her father was a mayor and her mother was very
progressive for her time. Betty and Barney's interracial marriage was
unique
for its day, but they were valued members of their community and it was
never an issue to them or others. They loved and lived full lives
built on
mutual respect for each other in the service of others. Betty has
always
held strong political views and has been involved in politics as well
as
other organizations that were designed to help the less fortunate.
Barney
was employed with the postal service after being in the military.
Barney
was equally busy working after-hours with civil rights, integration,
his
church, Community Action and other projects. They were solid citizens
and
gave back to their community more than most. These were people that had
both
feet on the ground. They were not a couple of loose canons with pie in
the
sky dreams or fantasies.
Betty and I went over her history spanning the time period before,
during,
and after her abduction. When Barney died in February 1976, Betty
believed
the interest in them and their abduction would end. It did not. For
years
Betty traveled around the globe going to Russia, South America, and
many
other places. She spent a good deal of time lecturing and doing TV
spots
talking about the 1961 abduction incident. She gave telephone
interviews,
sometimes more than 120 in a month's time.
Betty retired from the UFO community in September of 1991, her
thirty-year
anniversary of the abduction. She has never regretted her decision to
do so.
She has lived a very full life and gave much of herself over the years
to
traveling , lecturing, and documenting sightings. She was, as she says,
"ready to retire" and become like one of the local tourist in her home
state
and lie on the beach and go boating. Betty very quietly and
unceremoniously
slipped away from public view. But she never quite made it into that
retirement. Now and then, as with the N.Y. symposium, she returns for
a
brief moment and then slips back into the background tending to her
brood of
chickens, cat, and flower beds at home.
Betty is more apt to talk these days about local or global politics.
Tracing her roots and genealogy is a past-time she loves to research
and
discuss. If the truth be told, she would love to be known when she is
gone
as one of New Hampshire's finest child welfare workers rather than
Betty
Hill of UFO fame. It was a job she took very seriously as she worked
for
many years protecting children. Betty has a great love of people and I
believe that is what makes her so open and friendly to all she meets.
She
has her opinions, as we all do, and they are held as firmly as her New
England accent. Betty is extremely bright and quite articulate. A
reflection of those qualities shows up in her ability to laugh. She
has a
warm and heartfelt laugh that she doesn't mind directing at herself
when the
occasion arises.
She knows she has lived a charmed life meeting astronauts, scientist
and
celebrities along the way. She has woven into her somewhat
controversial
life a network of good friends whom she views as extended family. The
telling and retelling of her story has allowed her to be on television
around the world, even Chinese television, and has afforded her the
luxury
of traveling to many far-away places. She has lived the good life and
worked hard to preserve her privacy when need be. She is in good
health and
spirits but is tired of telling her story of being abducted saying
"it's
boring." She has moved on and so have we; but every now and then she
returns to us.
Many people know of Betty Hill and her abduction experience, but not
many
know of the fifteen years she spent going out in the local community
with a
hand picked group of people to investigate and document sightings.
Included
in her group were high ranking military officials, medical doctors,
police,
associated press, television cameramen, scientists, teachers and a
priest.
She has a collection of slides of UFO's that were made from the
pictures
taken over the years. She still has her dress that she was wearing the
night of the abduction. Each time I see the dress, there is a little
less
of it to see as samples are taken and sent off to be analyzed in labs
around
the world. As of today, the results are inconclusive regarding the
pink
powdery substance that stained the dress. The dress is kept in a bag
but
every now and then she will bring it out for review. She has the star
map
still vividly ingrained in her mind. Marjorie Fish brought the star
map to
fame when she came across it. Betty had hand-drawn the map under
hypnosis
during one of her sessions with Dr. Simon in Boston. Other than the
remembering of that map, Betty was left with no clues or information as
to
where the alien visitors came from or any information about them or
their
civilization. Now, Zeta Reticula is often referred to as a possible
home of
our alien visitors. She has a bust of the leader that she and Marjorie
worked on many years ago. Junior, the name the local school children
gave
to the peculiar green/gray alien, sits retired in the bedroom on a
mantel.
Not many know that on the night she was abducted, Betty was also
wearing a
pair of blue earrings that ended up missing. Many months later when
she and
Barney returned home from a venture to the White Mountains, they found
a
pile of leaves on their kitchen table. Brushing away the leaves, they
discovered the blue earrings there. They knew that the aliens knew
where
they lived. The abduction took place in the town of Thornton many
miles
from her home. While speaking with the leader, Betty informed him that
they
were not from around there and that she would like to meet them again.
The
leader didn't seem to have any concern with where she lived nor about
getting back in touch with her should they want. The earrings on the
table
were all the proof she needed that they knew where she lived and at any
time
could, if they chose, make contact with them. Some time later, a
neighbor
told them that he saw two men in black enter the house and did not
react or
think it strange as Betty and Barney had strangers visit quite often.
Leaving the doors unlocked was something you did back then so the
neighbor
did not think it was suspect to see them enter, believing Betty and
Barney
were home.
Betty says she has the proof of her abduction. She still has the dress
that
is covered with pink stains of some unknown substance. She has drawn
the
star map that Marjorie Fish brought to fame. Betty told of having a
needle
in the navel and being told it was a pregnancy test. Betty said it was
no
pregnancy test back then in 1961, but afterwards doctors developed the
"needle in the navel" pregnancy test. The local air force base picked
something up on radar that evening that they couldn't account for. They
also
sent out two planes to check it out. Because of the military's
records,
Betty and Barney knew that the craft left at 2:14 a.m.. Betty made an
appearance on F. Lee Bailey's TV show and took a lie detector test
which she
passed. Betty underwent a brain scan to look for anomalies. She passed
with
flying colors. The best proof of Betty's abduction is Betty herself.
Her
story is now 42 years old and she has never waivered from her story in
any
part. She holds fast to the validity of the event and, knowing Betty,
one
is immediately struck by her persona of being a woman of truthfulness
and of
being very grounded, exhibiting a no-nonsense approach to life.
Betty has had numerous sightings over the years around her home. As
she and
Barney were returning from local events, it was not unusual for them to
be
paced by a UFO. Betty has sat out on her back steps and seen them over
the
house and the trees in her back yard. She laughs, cupping her hands
around
her mouth to demonstrate how she calls out to them with "UFO's? Can you
hear
me? I'm here!" It was typical of Betty to stick her hand out of the
car and
wave when she spotted a UFO in the area yelling out "hi boys." She was
friendly, not afraid, and believes it had a lot to do with all the
sightings
she has witnessed over the years. Betty is that 'friendly' and talks
about
her experiences as casually as we might talk about going to the store
or
seeing a meteor streak across the night sky.
I asked Betty one time many years ago "why is it that you are able to
see so
many UFO's and the rest of us will be lucky to see one in our
lifetime?"
She replied "what do you see when you look up at the sky"? I answered
"stars." "Then that is all you will ever see is stars" she advised.
That
brief statement has stuck with me throughout the years and at times I
think
it must mean something, but I'll be darned if I know what it is.
During her years of going out at night, Betty has been privileged to
see
numerous UFO's in the area. Sometimes it would be a lone ship coming
in and
at other times a squadron flying in and landing. She has talked to the
local
people who saw as many UFO's as she did. It was not unusual for her to
be
contacted by someone local telling her they saw a UFO come down in
broad
daylight and land in their backyard. Aliens in green suits would get
off
the craft and appeared to be exercising. Then the aliens would get
back on
the craft and leave. There were numerous sightings by families gathered
in
their living rooms watching TV only to turn around and see unearthly
visitors peering in the windows watching TV right along with them
Betty describes many of the craft being different in size and purpose.
The
mother ship seems to be the biggest and stays the farthest out and
smaller
and smaller ships are launched as they come down closer to the planet.
Betty says most people see the smaller ships that come to observe.
However,
there is a craft that comes in that she calls a "sneaky one." It will
come
right down in close to a populated area and set down in a wooded area.
The
craft looks like a house with a pitched roof and the windows are
lighted so
that it looks like someone is home with the lights on. Betty said if
you
passed it while driving you would only think it was a house sitting
back in
the woods. This shape and ordinary appearance allows them to come into
populated areas without being seen for what they really are.
I asked Betty if she thought the beings she encountered were biological
or
robotic in nature. She said they were real and not robotic. She said
the
beings she and Barney encountered were anywhere from 3 feet to the
tallest
being 5 feet. They were not weak, skinny creatures...they were rugged.
They
were short in stature but well proportioned and built. Each of the
beings
had a different face and personality just as if there were 11 different
people together in a room. Again, she surprised me saying "but...they
do
have a robot." It is some kind of robot they use that has a dark
structure
and a large orange head with wires running through it. At one time she
saw
nine of them. Others in their silent UFO research group saw them as
well.
They nicknamed it "pumpkin head". Betty has no idea what their purpose
was
but that pumpkin head was some kind of mechanical device that the
aliens
used for research. Although Betty and Barney met the typical small
grays
with the wrap around eyes, she believes that others have encountered
aliens
that were much different than the ones they encountered.
In the early years after their abduction, Barney and Betty received
reports
and saw first hand UFO's pacing police cars. If the blue lights were
flashing on the police car, the UFO had its blue lights on pacing the
police
car down the road. The same was true of a fire truck going to a fire
with
it's red lights on. The UFO's would put on red lights and pace the fire
truck as it sped to a fire. They have been spotted hanging over schools
while a school dance was in progress. At a local race track, it was
not
uncommon for folks to witness a UFO sitting silently in the sky over
the
track as a race was in progress.
Betty claims "they were exploring---primitive life forms--- just trying
to
see how we lived." One time Betty says they telepathically spoke to
some
beings in a craft when a UFO showed up at a Christmas parade. They
wanted
to know what it was all about. I jokingly asked Betty "and just what
exactly did you say that made any sense?" The aliens were told that it
was
a religious holiday and we had a Santa, with a long beard and red suit
that
gave gifts; but that there really wasn't a Santa. It was the parents
who
gave the gifts. I asked her "did they get it?" She answered "we
assumed
so...they never disagreed with us." Betty told the aliens about all
holidays.
Betty reports that at one point they were able to record their
communications on tape with an alien. The woman who had the tape
promised a
copy to Betty but died and she does not know what happened to that
tape.
Somewhere out there I hope it still exists and someday it will be
found.
Betty is just so darn used to having UFOs and aliens as a part of her
life
she takes little interest in the gathered items she's collected and has
stored away throughout her home. You would almost be tempted to think
that
some of the stories she tells are the ramblings of an 84 year old woman
who
has a very vivid imagination or has lost touch with reality. But in
reality,
Betty is as solid as the granite rock that the state of New Hampshire
itself
sits upon. Betty is a no-nonsense kind of woman. Even in her advanced
age
she is quick-witted, agile, and has a good strong mind for dates, names
and
facts. I for one would never want to have to come up against her in a
court
of law. She is that convincing.
The first thing that you notice about Betty is that she is unassuming
in her
presence and just her natural relaxed way of being is refreshing,
down-home
and true. She does not feel all that important but believes it is very
important that we continue to study the UFO phenomenon and gather as
much
information as we can. Someday we will have contact. Although having
said
that and laughing, she knows first-hand we already have. I asked her
why is
it if so many people have seen them and videotaped them and taken
pictures,
why does the government not come forward. She said "nobody pays
attention
to the government!" The people know they are real because the UFO's and
aliens let them know they are real. Betty was very impressed with Dr.
Steven
Greer and his attempts to bring the UFO enigma to the forefront and
gain the
support of our government and military. The truth needs to come out.
Even
though she feels we might be looked at as a primitive life form to many
of
our intergalactic visitors, she really has no inside scoop nor was told
why
they are here. Like most, she takes an educated guess at the reasons.
Betty believes that our space visitors have moved beyond war. "For
them to
come here they have resolved their problems" said Betty. She believes
they
are a peaceful people. She also believes there is a galactic federation
of
some sort and that beings from different parts of this universe know
each
other. Soberly I asked her "do you think they will save us if we
resort to
nukes? She said emphatically "no, they couldn't save us." She hopes
that
we don't end up like the late great planet Mars. If we
don't
blow ourselves up, we will one day resemble our intergalactic brothers.
Holding Junior on her lap and affectionately patting his head, Betty
shares
what a physical anthropologist told her that 25,000 years from now we
will
look like Junior. With each succeeding generation, we are losing more
hair,
our noses and ears are getting smaller, our eyes bigger. Betty hopes
that
we continue with our space program and move away from our reliance on
fossil
fuel. We will have to if we are to go beyond these few planets that we
know
of to join the rest of the galaxy in exploration and contact. She holds
out
hope for us as a species. Someday someway we will throw off the
restraints
of war, fossil fuel and ignorance to join our fellow travelers among
the
stars.
Betty became quiet at one point in the interview when she said to me,
"I'm
the only one living. John Fuller is gone, Dr. Simon is gone, Barney's
gone."
I could feel her private memory tinged with sadness as she spoke. When
I
was last up to see Betty, another person of UFO notoriety had died.
Norman
Muscarello of Exeter died, at the age of 55 on February 26, 2003.
Norman's
UFO story was also penned by John G. Fuller in his book Incident at
Exeter.
Norman and Betty lived very close to each other and although they did
not
know each other well, they knew each other. Only Betty is left now.
Betty, the Grandmother of Ufology remains as "feisty" as ever, living
quietly among us. She will not be with us forever but she and her
story are
the stuff of legends and it will live on in history. For those of us
who
know her personally, we have been given a gift. She is everyone's
grandmother in some small way and has generously over the years shared
herself with us. She is retired but every now and then...she returns.
Stacey Allen McGee
Founder and Director
The ARC ~ Alternate Realities Center
Www.AlternateRealities.orG
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Quotes: "Chance favors the prepared mind..." ~ Lewis Pasteur
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Stacey
Allen McGee
"The biggest question facing humanity is not when are we going to
learn, but
rather when are we going to act according to what we already know." ~
Author
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