Was the first account of alien-abduction caused by an episode of The Outer Limits

The abduction of Betty and Barney Hill, a mixed race couple, by a UFO in 1961 was the first Alien abduction case to be thoroughly investigated.

Betty & Barney Hill Testimony by Ben H. Swett On 7 September 1963, I gave a talk on hypnosis to one of the adult study groups at a Unitarian Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Afterward, two people came up to me, introduced themselves as Betty and Barney Hill, and asked me if hypnosis could be used to recover lost periods of memory. I wondered why they asked that question, because I had ...

The Eyes Still Speak by Martin Kottmeyer Defenders of the reality of the alien abduction phenomenon have taken notice of my argument that Barney Hill was influenced by the Outer Limits episode The Bellero Shield that appeared in The REALL News (Vol. 2, #7; July 1994) and elsewhere. Evidently disturbed by its implications they have offered some counter-arguments that they hope refute or render ...

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