Betty and Barney Hill, 1961: The Night Drive That Became the First Famous Abduction Claim

A vintage postcard view of the White Mountains, New Hampshire

About 4 min readOn the night of 19–20 September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill drove home through New Hampshire and arrived two hours late, with 35 miles they could not account for. What they later described under hypnosis became the template for the modern abduction story.