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Aboard a Flying Saucer the Adventures of Two 'Kidnapped' Humans

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 29 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This CIA-released copy, approved for release in 2001, reproduces a LOOK magazine condensation of John G. Fuller's book The Interrupted Journey. It recounts Betty and Barney Hill's September 19, 1961 sighting near Indian Head, New Hampshire, their two missing hours, Dr. Benjamin Simon's hypnosis sessions and Walter Webb's NICAP investigation. Simon found neither patient psychotic but said nothing was proved. The file also includes an Air Force UFO report form and a letter from J. Allen Hynek urging scientific study of UFOs.

  • p. 2 …Air Force is charged with the official investigation of UFOS. NICAP contends that the Air Force…
  • p. 3 …He had suggested that the Hills notify the Pease Air Force Base at Portsmouth, a Strategic…

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# Official U.S.Air Force UFO form continued

Did the object disappear while you were watching if it so, how?

Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010003-8

18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and note how much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?

19. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc. and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?

If you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was?

a. Inside a building

1. in an airplane (type)

2. in a plane

24. if you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:

a. North

24. 1. What direction were you moving? (Circle One)

26. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the object which you saw.

Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010003-8

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 29 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.