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As news of the UFO sighting became more common place, the Hills were
forced to hide from reporters as much as possible. Because of the
missing time element, and the desire to know what, if anything, had
happened during that time, they decided to contact a psychiatrist. They
decided on Boston psychiatrist and neurologist, Dr. Benjamin Simon,
well-known in his field. He would come to play an important role in the
Hill abduction story.
His suggestion for treatment was regressive hypnosis, which would
hopefully unlock the memories of the two missing hours of time. His
sessions began with Betty, and soon Barney followed. After six months of
treatment, it was Simon's opinion that the Hills had been abducted and
taken aboard an unknown craft. Regressive hypnosis, a controversial
treatment, is often used to unlock lost memories. It has been used in a
number of other alien abduction cases, including The Buff Ledge Abduction and The Allagash Abductions.
Some of the memories that were uncovered from the Hills included
that their automobile had stalled on the road. The UFO had landed in the
middle of the road, and alien beings came to their car, carrying both
Betty and Barney to the UFO. They were subjected to various medical and
scientific tests. Before the aliens released them, they were hypnotized
and ordered to keep their capture a secret.
During
the intensive regression sessions, the Hills would describe their
captors as "... bald-headed alien beings, about five foot tall, with
greyish skin, pear shaped heads and slanting cat-like eyes." This
description very much described what would become known as the "greys,"
now a standard description for the small beings with large heads, small
mouths, and little or no ears, and hairless.
Also details were released about the actual procedures performed on the Hills. Both physical and mental experiments were conducted. Samples were taken of their skin, hair, and nails. Betty had gynecological testing, and Barney reluctantly revealed that sperm samples were taken from him.
The Betty and Barney Hill case is still studied and discussed today. It is the alien abduction case to which all others are compared and judged.
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