Interrupted Journey: The Betty and Barney Hill Controversy, Revisited | MHP 08.26.26.

More than six decades after Betty and Barney Hill reported a mysterious encounter while driving through New Hampshire's White Mountains, their story remains one of the most influential—and controversial—cases in UFO history. But what can the surviving evidence, from rare historical documents to archival recordings and surviving U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book records, actually tell us about what happened to the couple on that night back in 1961?

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we revisit the famous case with a review of information documented immediately after the incident, and how it compares with later information that surfaced through dreams, hypnosis, and subsequent investigations. Finally, we also examine the radar reports recorded around the time of the encounter by the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book, and skeptical explanations that have emerged over the decades—all in an effort to reevaluate one of history's most complex and culturally significant UFO encounters. 

SHOW NOTES

Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode.

• NEWS: Betty & Barney Exhibit at the Portsmouth Historical Society 
• Fuller, John G. The Interrupted Journey. The Dial Press, New York. 1966
• "A Dramatic UFO Encounter in the White Mountains, NH." Webb's Original Report to NICAP
• Project Blue Book Incident Report for Lincoln, New Hampshire (Hill Incident Report, via Fold3)
• Project Blue Book Report: N. Concord AFS, Vermont," September 1961 (via Fold3)

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