Betty and Barney Hill: Civic Leaders Reframed in Portsmouth

To the point

An exhibit at the Portsmouth Historical Society foregrounds Betty and Barney Hill as civic leaders and real people, showing how their UFO encounter entered popular culture during the Space Age while emphasizing memory, belief, and community history over literal truth and noting that preserving their papers was driven as much by their civil rights work as by the story itself.

Alien abductions and local history collide in Portsmouth exhibit
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Alien abductions and local history collide in Portsmouth exhibit

That little alien emoji staring back from your phone, with its smooth, bulbous head and almond-shaped black eyes, has Portsmouth, NH in its DNA.