“She said to me that she wanted the dress to be preserved, so that when our science caught up with alien science that it would be able to determine what the chemicals were on her dress, for example.
“I think that she wanted to make sure the materials were available for serious study,’’ said David Watters, director of UNH’s Center for New England Culture. Betty Hill’s dress and other artifacts are part of UNH’s special collections. In 2009, the University of New Hampshire held an exhibition and seminars devoted to the Hills.
But after meeting with family members, they decided to speak publicly.īetty Hill died in 2004 at age 85 her husband died in 1969 of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 46. Marden said they were afraid of losing their jobs - which did not happen - not to mention their reputations. The interracial couple - he was a Postal Service worker, she was a social worker - were actively involved in civil rights causes. They were prominent citizens in the state of New Hampshire and in their community.’’ It would be the worst thing that could have happened to them. “They never wanted this to be released to the public. Marden, who lives in Clermont, Fla., said the couple were not seeking attention: The gas station is at the site of what used to be a farmer’s field and apple orchard where Barney Hill had said the UFO descended, hovering less than 200 feet above him and his wife. It sells alien-themed hats and balloons and summarizes what happened in what it says is the “First Rest Room Museum Dedicated to Alien Abduction.’’ The Irving Notch Express gas station on Route 3 in Lincoln also pays tribute with a mural of an alien and a flying saucer. “One of the things we’re hoping to do with this event is to explore the potential for this being a UFO ‘destination,’ similar to the area around Roswell,’’ said Stew Weldon, the resort’s marketing manager. It’s also having fun with the event - the gift shop has alien-themed green golf balls, lollipops, “UFO Crossing’’ signs - even a juicer shaped like a flying saucer. The Indian Head Resort is dedicating its own bronze plaque to the Hills next weekend. The military later declared it was a top-secret weather balloon.įriedman has authored papers and books on his UFO research, including one coauthored in 2007 with Marden, “Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience.’’įriedman said the state marker gives some credibility to UFO sightings and research. “How many states have courage enough to do something like that? Even the state of New Mexico hasn’t put up a plaque for Roswell,’’ asked Stanton Friedman, a nuclear physicist who was the first civilian investigator of the Roswell, N.M., incident, a purported UFO crash in July 1947. Kathleen Marden, the Hills’ niece, will give a guided tour of places they stopped at during their encounter.
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