Originally published in the same year as his Exeter book, The Interrupted Journey is now being reissued at a time when UFOs are again in the news-and when the government remains less than forthright about the extent of their investigations into the subject.īack in 1965, Fuller wasn’t exactly keen on the supernatural, but he was prone to asking provocative questions. Their case is fascinating, and one that I have tried to avoid for most of my life. Betty was a 42-year-old white social worker who also worked for the local NAACP. He held a leadership role at the Portsmouth NAACP, and worked for a post office in Boston. Barney, a 39-year-old Black Army veteran, served on the New Hampshire State Advisory Board of the United States Civil Rights Commission. The Hills were unlikely candidates for UFO fame. The Hill case is fascinating, and one that I have tried to avoid for most of my life. When they came to, they were confused and anxious-and 35 miles farther down the road. He rushed back into the car, sped down the road, but then heard a loud, vibrating, continuous beep. Within 50 feet of the craft, Barney saw beings onboard. He finally stopped the car, got out, and headed into a field with his binoculars. Barney, who conjectured it might be a military craft, thought it was playing games with them. Betty couldn’t tell if the object was moving, but it remained in sight while they continued to drive. She spotted a bright object in the sky near Lancaster. Barney drove through the White Mountains toward Portsmouth while Betty admired the clear, cloudless night. On September 19, 1961, the Hills were driving back from a trip to Canada, where they visited Niagara Falls and Montreal. During his work on the Exeter case, Fuller discovered an even more explosive New Hampshire incident, one that would become famous as the first widely publicized alien abduction case in America: the story of Barney and Betty Hill. He wrote a longer version for Look magazine, and expanded his investigation into the book Incident at Exeter. “But curiosity is also a powerful force.” Fuller was curious about the recent rash of UFO reports in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Exeter, New Hampshire-where police officers, among others, saw objects in the sky.įuller sensed a bigger story than could fit in a short column. Fuller in the October 2, 1965, entry of “Trade Winds,” his regular column for The Saturday Review. “Skepticism is a healthy thing, especially when you get involved with whirling saucers that defy the laws of aerodynamics,” wrote John G.
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