Betty and Barney Hill were at the center of one of America’s most famous alien abduction cases. They were also an interracial couple and civil rights leaders at the time. But their alleged abduction ...

Nothing ends an optimistic faith in the goodness of government quite like an alien encounter. Our own Navy pilots have been terrified of losing their jobs for decades about coming forward about ...

“If you hear about UFOs or are interested in UFOs, eventually you’ll hear about the Betty and Barney Hill abductions.” "Junior," the bust made to look like the aliens Betty and Barney Hill claimed ...

How a contested alien abduction claim from the 1960s helps explain modern cynicism toward credentialed experts and organizations. A friend recently recounted a horrible flying experience full of ...

There is the sound of fear in a voice: a sudden gasp, a stutter or a suppressed scream. And then there is the sound of stark terror: an adult losing all control, blubbering and gasping for breath like ...

There’s something out of this world coming to Hollywood straight from New Hampshire. A Durham author’s podcast about Betty and Barney Hill, a biracial Portsmouth couple who became the first reported ...

So you’ve seen a UFO—great! May I suggest keeping a lid on it? The past decade, with its hearings and headlines, has brought close encounter a new plausibility, but talking about aliens will still ...

*For starters, Barney and Betty Hill (UFC fighter Angela Hill‘s grandfather and wife) were supposedly abducted by extraterrestrials in mid-September 1961 as they drove in a rural area of New Hampshire ...

The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game This gut-wrenching account from sociologist Mauldin (Made to Hear) spotlights the hardships endured by couples in the U.S. when one partner becomes ...

Nearly everything we know—or think we know—about alien abductions begins with Betty and Barney Hill. They were the first people to claim that they had been abducted by aliens, the first people to ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in this week’s CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. Sign up for free here. There is the sound of fear in a voice: a sudden gasp, a stutter or a ...