They were returning from a vacation, and what started as a routine drive soon became an unforgettable ordeal. On the night of September 19-20, 1961, in the remote White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Hills’ lives took a bewildering turn. They led a relatively quiet life in New Hampshire, enjoying family and community activities. Betty was a social worker, and Barney worked for the U.S. Background of Betty and Barney Hillīefore their encounter with the unknown, Betty and Barney Hill were an ordinary American couple. Their account is among the most famous and controversial UFO abduction cases in history, leaving a permanent mark on popular culture and ongoing discussions about extraterrestrial encounters. The film aired two weeks before the Travis Walton UFO incident, on November 5, 1975 (47 years ago) ( ), which led cognitive psychologist Susan Clancy to argue that this film influenced Travis Walton to present his own alleged abduction story.The story of Betty and Barney Hill occupies a significant place in the realm of UFO and abduction phenomena. The film was to be based on the book Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience (2007) by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden. In 2011, The Huffington Post reported that a more developed and detailed film depicting the events of the Hill couple's alleged encounter and abduction was being pursued as a possible project that could give a better insight to the incident. The UFO Incident did not have an official home video release until June 21, 2022 (15 months ago) ( ) when Kino Lorber Studio Classics released a 2K remaster of the film on Blu-ray ( Region A), including bonus features such as a commentary by filmmaker and historian Gary Gerani, a documentary about the film's music composer Billy Goldenberg, and optional English subtitles (SDH). With Doctor Simon's assistance and their strong love for each other, Barney and Betty are able to come to terms with their experience and get on with their lives.Īt the end of the film, it is revealed that Barney died of a stroke in 1969 at the age of 46. She and Barney are subjected to disturbing medical experiments by the aliens, such as Betty having a needle shoved into her navel. Betty also reacts with horror describing their captive experience. Barney begins screaming in horror during the session as he describes seeing grey aliens inside the UFO. Barney describes him and Betty seeing a strange object in the sky that begins to follow and then to terrify them. They report the incident to the US Air Force (the US Air Force at the time had a project relating to UFO sightings called Project Blue Book).ĭoctor Simon places Barney under hypnosis and he begins to relive the experience. Betty is being tormented by mysterious nightmares that she begins to document.
Doctor Simon mentions that Barney has suffered from a childhood of racial strife and feels deep guilt about his divorce.Barney tells the doctor that he has had physical symptoms after the experience such as strange warts on his groin. The doctor decides that the best treatment to unlock their case of double amnesia is hypnosis. Two years later, they are still tormented by what happened during a trip where they have a mysterious lapse of memory after seeing a UFO hover over their car.They wake up from a strange daze after hearing a beeping sound much farther down the road.īarney and Betty consult psychiatrist Doctor Benjamin Simon, who tries to help them find the answer. They are an interracial couple who are very happy with each other, but they are perplexed by a traumatic experience of which they have no memory. The film introduces us to Barney and Betty Hill, two ordinary people who have had the most extraordinary experience. The UFO Incident is a 1975 American made-for-television biographical film starring James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons based on the alleged 1961 alien abduction of Barney and Betty Hill. Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California Hesper Anderson (teleplay) and Jake Justiz (teleplay) A newspaper clip about the film shortly upon its release.
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