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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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This "flying flapjack" was an experimental craft of the U.S. Navy and it did get off the ground. This picture was released in 1952.

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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.