Free Alien Universe by Don Lincoln

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    Abducted!
    If contact by space angels is an uplifting and spiritual experience, not all interactions with Aliens are as positive. The next paradigm in the saga of Aliens on Earth began in 1961, when Betty and Barney Hill encountered a new brand of extraterrestrials.
    An interracial couple in conservative New Hampshire in 1961, they were a little more liberal than some of their neighbors. But otherwise the Hills were pretty ordinary. Betty was a social worker, while Barney worked for the postal service. They were active members in a Unitarian Universalist congregation and the NAACP. Sometimes nicknamed “Ma and Pa front porch,” they inspire more credibility than do some of the attention-seeking people we encounter in the UFO saga.
    Betty and Barney were driving south through New Hampshire on their way home from vacation. It was about ten o’clock on the night of September 19, 1961, and they had just stopped for dinner in Colebrook. A cup of coffee and a cigarette for alertness and then they were back on the road, Barney behind the wheel.
    They drove on, expecting to get home around three o’clock in the morning. Betty noticed a bright star or planet near the moon, not at all an unusual occurrence. When she looked at the moon some time later, she saw a second star near the first one. However the second star seemed to be getting bigger. They dismissed it as probably a satellite or something.
    They had brought their dog along for this trip, and she began to get antsy. So Betty wanted to take her out for a walk. They parked at a spot where there was a good view of the sky and grabbed some binoculars. The object was moving all right, but what it was, was hard to know.
    They got back in the car and continued to drive. Betty kept an eye on the light in the sky, while Barney watched the road. Betty realized that the light couldn’t possibly be a satellite as its path was erratic. Barney dismissed it as a plane, but the fact that the light was following them made that seem less and less likely. In addition, as the light got close, there was no sound of a plane’s engine.
    Things started to get a little weird. The light came to within a couple hundred feet of the car. Betty put the binoculars to her eyes and was shocked to see what appeared to be windows along the sides of the light. The light was no longer a light, but some sort of craft, with complex structures and “shaped like a pancake.” She made Barney stop the car, and he took a look at it himself.
    While Betty stayed with the car, Barney set off across a field with the binoculars to get closer to the aircraft. He saw half a dozen figures inside the craft watching him out the portholes. They were wearing uniforms and braced themselves against the windows as the saucer tipped toward them. Most of the figures turned to what appeared to be a control panel, while one—presumably the leader—continued to watch him.
    Barney panicked and ran back to the car, put it in gear, and headed off down the road. He told Betty to keep an eye on the saucer, but she couldn’t see it anymore. He thought that the craft might be above them. Then, suddenly they heard a beeping sound coming from the vicinity of their trunk. They didn’t know what was causing it. But suddenly things got fuzzy and they both got drowsy.
    After a time—and they weren’t sure how long that was—they heard the beeping again. As they came out of their mental fog, they found themselves driving along the road. Still a bit groggy, they entered Route 93 and saw a roadside sign that said “Concord 17 miles.” They had gone about 35 miles.
    They talked a little bit as they drove, and Betty asked him if now he believed in flying saucers. This was a question she had asked in the past when a story had appeared in the newspapers. Barney, ever the skeptic, told her not to be ridiculous. When they eventually got home, Betty read the clock in their house, which said it was a little after