Betty and Barney Hill 60th Anniversary

America’s First Reported UFO Abduction Marks 60 Years

Barney and Betty Hill said they encountered extraterrestrials six decades ago, and their story still packs a punch. It’s a case that is all about firsts, but what really happened?

Bryce Zabel
Trail of the Saucers
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18 min readSep 14, 2021
Look Magazine | Photographer: Paul Fusco | 1966

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Bryce Zabel
Trail of the Saucers

Written by Bryce Zabel

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Writer/producer in features & TV. Creator, five primetime series. Ex: TV Academy CEO; CNN reporter; USC professor. Author of books about the Beatles, JFK, UFOs.

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