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4 Betty Hill Abduction

Betty Hill Abduction detailed accounts of Cooper's encounters with In an interview with the Clarion Ledger, Parker
UFOs in space during the Mercury and Gemini says he “felt like everyone deserved an
programs. An exciting and provocative UFO explanation,” and the book is his account of

(Continued from Page 3) revelation attributed to the astronaut appears on what he says happened on October 11, 1973.
the package of a "Close Encounters Alien Doll," The story is well-known in Mississippi,
distributed by Columbia Pictures Industries as and neither Parker nor his friend Charles
Skeptics suggest these stories simply underlined
part of the commercialization of the famous Hickson (now deceased) ever wavered in the
her vivid imagination and her propensity for
UFO movie. Says the quotation, "Intelligent details.
fantasizing whether conscious or under beings from other planets regularly visit our The two men said they were fishing on
hypnosis. Moreover, studies critical of many world in an effort to enter into contact with us… the Pascagoula River when they saw a blinding
aspects of the original Hill abduction reportedly NASA and the American government know this light, hovering over the water.
circulated among pro-UFO groups for several
and possess a great deal of evidence. Parker says the light came from a
years. According to people who claimed to have
Nevertheless, they remain silent in order not to football- shaped spacecraft about 80 feet long.
seen these documents, they are stamped with
alarm people. I am dedicated to forcing the He says he saw a door open, and three creatures
the UFO equivalent of TOP SECRET. That is,
authorities to end their silence." The problem is, with large heads, claw-like hands, and no legs
there are embarrassing facts about the original
claimed Cooper, he never said that and never “floated” off the spacecraft and pulled the two
Hill case that some UFO groups believe the
even attended the New York City UFO men inside.
public is better off not knowing. Defenders of conference at which he is alleged to have made Parker thinks the alien creatures
the original Hill abduction case dismiss Dr. those comments. And to express his profound “injected” him and Hickson with something that
Simon's incredulity by suggesting that the
displeasure at having his name exploited by made them powerless to resist as the aliens
Boston hypnotist was unaware of other similar
Columbia, he sued them for two million dollars. subjected them to some kind of physical
reports and thus believed the Hill testimony was
Columbia, meanwhile, refused to comment on examination before releasing them, numb and
an anomaly. Proponents defend the legitimacy
which UFO buff gave them the alleged weak but unharmed.
of the decoded star map (but they disagree on
quotation and why they never tried to verify it. The two men were so shaken that they
which interpretation is the legitimate one). They
Nor did Cooper see any UFOs on his space told their story to the local sheriff, who said at
believe there were many corroborative radar
flights, it turns out. "Complete fabrications," he the time that he believed they were relating a
reports of UFOs that night, though the reporter called the stories that for more than 15 years true story. []
who revealed that information in a local have enlivened UFO literature. Cooper did
newspaper has since lost his notes and cannot
remain intrigued by the real UFO problem, he
now say where he learned those facts. So there
maintains, and his own UFO experiences
is adequate uncertainty to a warrant further
remained uninvestigated and unexplained. But
study of the Hill encounter.
the UFO movement evidently was unsatisfied
What is apparent, however, is that the
with the honest realities of an astronaut's UFO
most publicized accounts of this case are
stories and piled fantasies and fabrications upon
heavily biased in favor of its insolvability, even
them. []
to the extent of deliberately helping the case
stay "unsolvable" by slanting key pieces of ‘I think they injected us’:
evidence and omitting others. As long as this
remains the standard approach to UFO Pascagoula man’s new
documentation, so will UFOlogy remain an
unborn science. The Betty Hill case is an book about alien
excellent touchstone against which such abduction
standards of behavior can be measured…
Ex-astronaut L. Gordon Cooper had
become something of a celebrity with his TV PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Calvin Parker says he
talk show accounts of personal UFO sightings never wanted to talk about it, but 45 years later,
in Europe and California in the 1950s and his he’s written a book about the night when he says
cooperation with international UFO that he and a friend were abducted by aliens.
investigators. Books and magazines are full of