Women, Books, and Belief: Gendered Knowledge in Hill and Andreasson Alien Abduction Narratives

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Two famous Cold War alien-abduction stories center on Betty Hill and Betty Andreasson, portraying women as the pivotal interpreters of otherworldly events within marriage, motherhood, and Christian faith, while husbands are sidelined and families unsettled, with a mysterious book motif linking the experiences to fears about female literacy and prophetic authority—Hill’s account is rational and social, while Andreasson’s is intimate and messianic.