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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010003-8 ABOARD A FLYING | ~ SAUCER © The adventures of two “kidnapped” humans Nightmares and crippling anxiety drove Betty and Barney Hill to the office of Dr. Benjamin Simon, the distinguished Boston psychiatrist and neurologist. During “World War II, Dr. Simon was Chief of Neuropsychiatry and Executive Officer at Mason General Hospital, the Army’s chief psychiatric center. He had extensive experience and remarkable success with hypnosis in the treatment of many psy- “chiatric disorders among military personnel. The Hills were deeply di…

Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010003-8 FLYING SAUCERS continued Air Force lethargy? The National Investigations-Committee on - Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) is a nonprofit~ ‘otganization incorporated in the District of Columbia. Its main purposes are scientific investigation and research of reported uni- dentified flying objects, and encouragement of full reporting to the public by responsible authorities of all information that the Gov- > ernment has accumulated on this subject. The U.S. Air Force is charged with the of- ficial investigation of UFOs. NICAP contends ‘that …

Shaken, but finding an itresistible impulse to move closer, ‘Barney continued across the field, coming within 50 feet of the craft, as it dropped to the height of a single tall tree. In the car, Betty waited. Suddenly, she be-’ came aware of Barney’ s disappearance into the blackness of the field. “Barney,” she yelled. “Bar- ney, come back! Barney! Do you hear me?” There was no answer. ; Out in the field, Barney put the binoculars tohis eyes, Behind theclearly structured'windows, he could see at least half a dozen living figures wearing black uniforms. They seemed to be brac- ing themselves ‘ …

- 48 Loox 10-4-66 _ explain her Panic. ER ge Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010003-8 So FLYING SAUGERS continued nated her waking life during that week and con: tinued to plague her with anxiety afterward. But the dréams themselves stopped abruptly after five ~ days and never returned. Years later, under Dr: Simon’s hypnosis, she recalled in detail: ~ She had dreamt she had encountered a strange” roadblock on a lonely New Hampshire road. A group > of men approached the car, and as soon as they reachéd it, she found herself slip>. ping into unconsciousness. Sheawoke to …

Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81 ROO560R0001 0001 0003-8 i -f FLYING SAUCERS continued \ the doctor saw the couple togethier and soon real- ized that both needed help. They had brought with them a copy of the NICAP report written by Walter Webb. Do Dr. Simon’s attitude toward the subject of UFOs was neutral. He was willing’to accept what- ever authOritative sources said about it. : Atthecloseofthesession, Dr.Simon decided that one of his objectives was to open up the am-  nesia,.if this was what the condition turned out to be. This symptom.usually responds particularly well to. hypn…

y) FLYING SAUCERS continued 17. And this object that was a plane—was not a - plane. It was—oh, it was funny. It was coming around towards us. I looked up and down the road. And I thought: How dark it is. What if a _ bear was to come out? ... . I returned to the car; ’ and said: Let’s go Betty. It’snothing but a plane: And they're coming over this way. They’re chang- ing course. Probably it’s a Piper Cub. pocror: A Piper Cub would only have one or two windows, wouldn’t it? You saw windows in this plane? BARNEY: This is what I said, and this is what I saw when I returned to my cat. A Piper Cub. …

Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010003-8 pocror: You said they were friendly. BARNEY: Not the leadet’s. I said the one look: ing over his shoulder. : pocTor: How did you know the other one was the leader? BARNEY: Because everybody moved—everybody was standing there looking at me. But everybody moved. These levers were in the back . . . or they went to a big board, it looked like a board. And only this one with the black, black shiny jacket and the scarf stayed at the window. pocror: He had slanted eyes. What did that make you think of? BARNEY: I don’t know. I’ve never s…

Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010003-8 FLYING SAUCERS continued BARNEY: I thought I was inside something. But I did not dare open my eyes. I had been told to keep my eyes closed by the man I saw through the binoculars. poctor: Was this one of the men in the road? BARNEY: No. These men in the road . . . they took me and carried me up this ramp. pocror: Carried you up the ramp? BARNEY: I know I was going up something, and my feet were dragging. Doctor: These are the men who flagged you down? BARNEY: Yes. pocTor: How many were there? BARNEY: I thought I saw a cluster of …