Originally posted on RESPOND:
In 1961, the first big Alien Abduction claim hit the public consciousness. Barney and Betty Hills, from Portsmouth New Hampshire, reportedly had a Close Encounter with‌something. It has cemented them and their claims firmly in pop culture.
And this raises a question for me. As I raise my eyebrow at the Hills’ outlandish claim, I wonder whether the New Testament’s report of Jesus physical return from the dead is any less outlandish and fanciful?
Let’s go back for a moment to the cold war tensions and paranoia of 1961. It wasn’t just a new decade marked by musical brilliance and Moon shots. Aliens were also reportedly doing medical procedures on unfortunate folks who were going about their daily business!
What exactly was Barney Hills claim?
Driving home one evening, they thought they saw something unusual in the night sky. Actually – many people including the US Military later agreed that something weird‌
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