Case · UFO Afrinews No 8, Sept. 1993
Betty and Barney Hill needle test (comparison case)
1961 ยท New Hampshire, United States
Outside the region. Hind reprinted this case from elsewhere; it has a file here but no place on the map.
What was reported
To explain the needle examination reported by Pat and Debra, Hind recaps the September 1961 abduction of Betty and Barney Hill in New Hampshire, as told in John Fuller's The Interrupted Journey. Betty underwent several tests aboard the craft, one of which involved a long needle inserted into her navel that she was told was a pregnancy test. She cried out in pain when it went in, and the being conducting the test at once laid his hand on her forehead, leaving her calm and relaxed. Hind notes that Debra reported an identical calming hand on her forehead, and that neither South African woman knew of the Hill case or had read the book, though they may have learnt of it later.
What Hind made of it
Cited only as a parallel to Debra's experience; Hind believes the women were unaware of it at the time.
In their words
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When the needle was first inserted, Betty cried out as it was painful
Cross references
- Case No 50
- The Interrupted Journey by John Fuller