The Modern Alien Abduction Canon: Hill, Berkshire, and Beyond
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Beginning with Betty and Barney Hill in 1961, whose hypnotic accounts and a Zeta Reticuli star map fed a template for alien abductees, through the 1969 Berkshire County sightings and later cases like Pascagoula (1971) and Travis Walton (1978), these enduring stories rely on highly detailed yet unproven memories and claimed clues, sparking government interest and shaping how people think about memory, fear, and what might lie beyond Earth.