Kottmeyer links Barney Hill's alien description to The Outer Limits

When: Jan 1990
Sources: 1 public source

Writer Martin Kottmeyer argued in Magonia that the wraparound eyes Barney Hill described under hypnosis matched an alien in The Outer Limits episode 'The Bellero Shield', aired days before that session. Others dispute a single-episode source, and the link remains debated.

Sources

OtherThe Eyes Have It: Which Outer Limits Alien Inspired Barney Hill's Abduction? (opens in a new tab)Jason Colavito (blog) / 2012-12-27

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How the story came out

This reports on Betty and Barney Hill encounter (19 Sep 1961) and Betty and Barney Hill hypnosis sessions with Dr. Benjamin Simon (1964).

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