In the early 1960s, a married couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
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Title: The UFO Incident (TV Movie 1975)
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| James Earl Jones | ... | Barney Hill | |
| Estelle Parsons | ... | Betty Hill | |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Dr. Benjamin Simon | |
| Dick O'Neill | ... | General James Davison | |
| Beeson Carroll | ... | Lt. Colonel Jack MacRainey | |
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Terrence O'Connor | ... | Lisa MacRainey |
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Jeanne Joe | ... | Examiner |
| Lou Wagner | ... | The Leader | |
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Through memory flashbacks accessed by hypnotic regression, depicts the alleged UFO abduction of Betty and Barney Hill on September 19, 1961 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Upon returning from a trip into Canada, Betty (a social services worker in Portsmouth, New Hampshire) and Barney (a postal employee in Boston) are plagued by crippling anxiety and nightmarish visions. Turning to Dr. Benjamin Simon for help in piecing together the happenings of that night, the Hills enter into therapy and independently relate a most unearthly tale. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
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psychotronic film | black man white woman romance | black man white woman marriage | black man white woman relationship | hypnosis |Parents Guide:
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Travis Walton's personal abduction story was revealed only two weeks after this television movie was broadcast. This led cognitive psychologist Susan Clancy to argue that this film had influenced Walton to present his own alleged abduction story, which eventually inspired the feature film, Fire in the Sky (1993). See more »Goofs
While under hypnosis, Barney recalls that he is storing a gun, a "32-caliber pistol" in the trunk of their car while traveling through Canada. Later, when we see him retrieve the gun, it is a revolver, not a pistol. See more »Connections
Featured in Nova: Kidnapped by UFOs? The True Story of Alien Abductions (1996) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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20 October 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This movie is very closely based on the true story. I can attest to this, because I have a unique relationship to it. I was 9 years old in October, 1965, when our 4th grade math teacher rolled in the 21" TV to our classroom abruptly one afternoon, and displayed a live interview on local Boston TV with the Hills. Betty Hill described, verbatim, what the movie depicts, except she was much more detailed in the TV interview, which lasted nearly an hour. What she said was so impressive, I never forgot it for the rest of my life. She is the rarest of abductees, in the sense that she had a lucid conversation with her abductors. I believed every word she said then, and I have believed it for 45 years since, without the slightest modicum of doubt. As to the movie itself, I cannot imagine more perfect casting than Estelle Parsons and James Earl Jones. They were made for these parts. If you have ever seen the real Hills in an interview, the resemblance is uncanny. The film pays strict attention to detail and is well made. It took guts for these people to go public, and even more to make a movie that didn't distort the story to the tastes of greedy Hollywood execs. For a low budgeted TV movie, this is more like a superb documentary.