/oss/taxonomy/term/7075/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/alien-abduction-hardly-convincing-one <p>In September of 1961, Barney and Betty Hill had taken a belated honeymoon trip and were on their way to New Hampshire from Montreal on what should have been an uneventful drive. It turned out to be anything but! Just as they were passing Lancaster on U.S. Route 3, Betty noted a bright light in the sky. The couple didn’t pay much attention to it until the light seemed to follow them, getting closer and closer. Betty had a look through binoculars and described what she saw as a “spinning disk” in the air.</p> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 19:37:05 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9618 at /oss