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Raymond Fowler publishes 'The Andreasson Affair'

When: 1979
Sources: 2 public sources

Investigator Raymond Fowler published The Andreasson Affair (Prentice-Hall), a book-length account of Betty Andreasson's claim that she was taken aboard a UFO from her Massachusetts home in 1967, based largely on hypnosis sessions.

Sources

OtherThe Andreasson affair (catalog record, LCCN 78011659) (opens in a new tab)Library of Congress Catalog (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., c1979) / 1979
OtherThe Andreasson affair: the documented investigation of a woman's abduction aboard a UFO (1994 reissue with introduction by J. Allen Hynek; LCCN 94019414) (opens in a new tab)Library of Congress Catalog (Wild Flower Press, Newberg, Or., c1994) / 1994

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How the story came out

This reports on Betty Andreasson encounter, South Ashburnham, Massachusetts (25 Jan 1967).

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Where it fits

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