We Are Not Alone: Betty and Barney Hill Abduction In 1961, the first abduction case was brought to the public’s attention, this case is known as the “Betty and Barney Hill Abduction”. Betty and Barney Hill, an American couple, reported seeing an UFO and experienced a period of missing time while on a car journey back home. According to the Hills, the alleged UFO abduction happened on September 19, 1961 around 10:30 P.M. to September 20, 1961 1:00 A.M. near White Mountain, New Hampshire while driving on U.S. Route 3. While on driving on U.S. Route 3, Betty observed a falling star, however; the star began to grow bigger and brighter. Betty urged Barney to stop the car for them to take a closer look. Through binoculars, Betty and Barney saw an …show more content…
Benjamin Simon, a Boston psychiatrist specializing in hypnosis, agreed to conduct an analysis on the Hills. He used a technique called regression hypnosis to help unlock the Hills’ forgotten memories. Dr. Simon began hypnotizing the Hills on January 4, 1964. He hypnotized Betty and Barney several times each, and the sessions lasted until June 6, 1964. Simon made sure to conduct the sessions on Barney and Betty separately to assure that one could not overhear another’s memories. Simon hypnotized Barney first. However, “Barney, who admitted that he had overheard snippets of Betty’s dreams, informed Dr. Simon, ‘I just told her it was a dream and nothing to get alarmed about…I can’t believe whatever these dreams are that she is having…I never believed her dreams.’(March, 21, 1964 hypnosis transcript)” Dr. Simon kept this noted while analyzing Barney’s hypnosis to be assure he was just not repeating Betty’s dream. Barney recalls witnessing non-human figures but kept his eyes closed for much of the abduction and physical examination due to being scared. Barney exhibited considerable fear and emotional distress during majority of his hypnosis sessions. Although, Barney’s recollection were very alike to Betty’s hypnotic. Both of Hills had mentions that the beings’ mouths did not move when they communicated in English with them. The non-human beings communicated telepathically with the Hills. However, under Betty’s session, her recollection were similar to her dreams. But, there were notable differences in her account. She was able to fill in many missing details that were not in her dreams such as the technology of the craft, her physical examination. She had also mentioned the “leader” of the non-human beings had shown her a map of where they were in space. Under her hypnoses in 1964, Betty sketched a copy of the three-dimensional star map that rather looked like a hologram. Around the late 1960s, Majors Fish, a teacher, tried to compare the star map to real nearby
Gould’s attempt at explaining how this type of hypnosis occurs began at first comparing two sides of a certain word. He started by using the word ‘Certainty; one definition is that certainty is warm, provides peace, and security. The other definition is that certainty is also threat; “ certainty is also a great danger...how
What really happened over the summer in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico? People have debated this topic countless times. Despite all of the deviations of what happened, there is a general timeline. Sometime during the months of June and July 1947, an aircraft landed in Mac Brazel’s ranch; Brazel proceeded to tell Sheriff George Wilcox. He sent a member of the Roswell Army Air Field base to look at the wreckage on Brazel’s ranch. This person took some of the debris back to the base for further inspection. On July 8, 1947, the newspapers published stories about how someone found a flying saucer in New Mexico. However, the government told the newspapers to report that it was merely a weather balloon that had crashed. After that, everybody simply accepted the story and dropped the topic. Throughout that story, many pieces of evidence went untold to the media. There were numerous pictures that went unreleased. Many affidavits went unnoticed and nobody paid attention to inconsistencies in the government’s justifications. Because of explicative photographs, several eyewitness accounts, and contradictory government explanations, there is extensive proof that the government concealed an alien landing in Roswell, New Mexico.
The mass hysteria of UFOs and the Salem Witch Trials share many similarities between each other. Some that were stated were the fact that people claim that they have witnessed UFOs or witnessed a Witch. These claims also lead to the similarities of how people were split in both topics, never agreeing to one side of the hysteria. A difference was also expressed in this paper saying that in the Trials people died compared to UFO sightings where no one died related to them. Overall they share many similarities and differences and there are many more that can be
This paper will prove it will remain unknown if the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) crash sighting at Roswell, New Mexico on July 4th, 1947 did happen, although the government is hiding Extraterrestrial information there. The following is a list of terms that may become confusing to some readers.
In 1963, Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment that was one of the most controversial of his time, and of ours. “The subjects—or ‘teachers’—were instructed to administer [electroshocks] to a human ‘learner,’ with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful” (Collins, para. 1, Book Overview). The subjects watched as the “learner” was strapped into a chair. When the experimenter asked if either of the two had a question, the “learner” mentioned he had a heart problem. The “teacher” heard this, as well, and still continued to go through with the experiment. told that they were to read a series of paired words, and “learners”
Firstly, the experiment took place at Yale University, which creates an atmosphere of credibility and importance. Those participating were also lead to believe that their contribution went to a worthy cause – to advance knowledge and understanding of learning processes. They were also told that the victim (the learner), was taking part voluntarily meaning they had an obligation to fulfill even if it became unpleasant, (also applies to the teacher). Additionally, the volunteers were being paid which created a further sense of commitment to the investigation. Those who took part also had little knowledge about how psychological experiments ran, as Milgram’s study was most likely the first one they ever partook in. Therefore they had little knowledge about the rights and expectations of the situation, and felt more confined than if they had been through a similar experience prior. The participant was also under the impression that the roles of being the teacher or learner were assigned randomly, so there were no feelings of unfairness in the system. The partakers had also been assured that the shocks were “painful but not dangerous” and that the procedure was all part of a worthy long term cause (Holah). Lastly, the victim responded to all of the questions until the 300 Volt was reached, convincing the participant of their willingness and persistence to
Hypnosis is derived from the Greek word hypnos, which means sleep ("Hypnotism"). However, the patient does not sleep during hypnosis. It has been described as a therapeutic method, which uses the "technique of inducement of trance, which is a state of semi-conscious relaxation, at the same time maintaining sensory contact with the environment" (Bernik). Hypnosis can produce various levels of perception, increased memory, increased attention and motor functions, and "higher intellectual functions" (Bernik).
Around June 25th, 1947 a pilot, Ken Arnold had reported strange objects in the sky while flying near Mt. Rainer, Washington. He stated that they flew like "saucers being skipped over water." This was where the term "Flying Saucers" derived from. The Roswell UFO Incident all started on the evening of July 3, 1947, Dan Wilmot and his wife were sitting on their front porch when they saw the distinct shape of a saucer flying through the sky. A few days prior to this sighting, military radar in the area was tracking an Unidentified Flying Object for four days. On Independence Day the radar indicated that the object had gone down about 30-40 miles Northwest of Roswell. A few days after the actual sighting from the Wilmot's, W.W. Brazel, the Foreman of the J.B. Foster Ranch went to check on his sheep after some intense thunderstorms the night prior. He happened to discover a very large amount of debris of an unknown metallic substance scattered throughout the field. It was also stated that he stumbled across a shallow trench in the ground that stretched hundreds of feet. Brazel would gather some of this debris to show family and friends. A few days after he would contact sheriff Wilcox of Chaves County. Once Wilcox had the information he needed, he contacted the Roswell Army Air Force Base, where Major Jessie Marcel was briefed to look int...
. At the town of Roswell an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) crash landed in the quiet little town. Many Roswell residents testified that they saw a burning object plummet toward the ground before exploding upon impact. The Air Force's initial reaction to the incident was to tell the world that they did not know what it was. This shows me evidence that they had no “protocol” for this kind of occurrence, thus the Military leader stepped in and covered everything up. This incident caught the attention of citizens of the United States, local officials, and the media. It has especially gained interest in a variety of Special interest groups/ groups that specialize in researching and investigating events that involve UFO’s.
The original study took place at Yale University. Milgram came up with an advertisement to gain participants to contribute to his study. He offered them four dollars and told them it was a study about memory. Three people took place during each experiment. The three subjects were the experimenter the “learner” and the “teacher”. The experimenter was a dressed as a biology teacher and the “learner” was trained to act out his role. Of the three participants the teacher was only person that didn’t know about the actual study. The “teacher” and the “learner” were placed in separate rooms so that they were unable to see one another. The teacher’s role was to ask the “learner” a number of questions and punish the “learner”” for answering incorrectly. The “teacher” was advised to issue a shock to the “learner” each time he answered incorrectly. The participant was also told to administer +15-volts of shock for each additional question answered incorrectly.
Roswell has been described as one of the most intensively investigated UFO reports to date, and it is still being studied today. The official date that it was recorded on is July 8, 1947 in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Considering that the Roswell case is so well-known, there are scientists and researchers all over the world that have their own theories about what all really happened in Roswell, New Mexico. There are many theories that give their own facts, beliefs, and why,
The Roswell incident is one of the most publicized and well-known accounts of a possible UFO crash in the world. Perhaps the greatest evidence that a UFO did indeed crash near Roswell, is the wide scale military cover up that took place after the crash. This along with numerous eyewitness accounts of the crash site, prove that what ever happened in the summer of 1947, was certainly not a normal occurrence.
The Roswell Incident, which enlightened our minds to the capacity of excepting all, has remained one of the most controversial issues today. In Roswell, New Mexico, 1947, a strange occurrence arises. An alien craft from outer space crashed in an open field. The issue lay still for almost thirty years, until the thought of a government cover-up arose.
Kidnapped Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 was written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1850. As a child growing up, Stevenson was extremely sick and suffered from severe respiratory ailments which continually interrupted his schooling. As he grew up, his relationship with his parents became more and more difficult. His father expected Robert to follow the family profession and become an engineer.
Every year there are countless amounts of kidnappings. With the majority of the victims being white females between the ages of twelve and seventeen. Sadly, approximately ninety percent of the abductors are men and in half of the cases, the victims were sexually assaulted (Krajicik).