Media1975

NBC airs The UFO Incident

When: 20 Oct 1975
Sources: 2 public sources

NBC broadcast The UFO Incident, a TV movie dramatizing Betty and Barney Hill's account of a 1961 abduction, based on John G. Fuller's book The Interrupted Journey. James Earl Jones played Barney Hill and Estelle Parsons played Betty Hill.

Sources

PressThe Bootleg Files: The UFO Incident (opens in a new tab)Film Threat / 2013-01-18
OtherUFO Incident, The (opens in a new tab)The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

How sources are chosen and tiered

How the story came out

This reports on Betty and Barney Hill encounter (19 Sep 1961).

See it on the timeline: happened vs became public

Where it fits

Earlier in MediaJohn Keel publishes 'The Mothman Prophecies'24 Mar 1975 Later in Media'The Man Who Fell to Earth' premieres in London18 Mar 1976

See it on the timeline More in Media