Lecture and Book Signing: Three Ways of Thinking About the UFO
Schedule
Sat Oct 26 2024 at 04:00 pm
Location
30 Park Street, Concord, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03301 | Concord, NH
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This free program is offered both in-person and virtually. Registration is NOT required to attend in person. Advance registration is required for virtual attendees at the link above.The abduction tale of Betty and Barney Hill is one of the most significant elements of UFO culture in the United States. After an encounter with a strange light that followed their car down Route 3 through Franconia Notch in September 1961, the Hills began to experience nightmares and anxiety—symptoms that were relieved through hypnosis. Although they were cautioned that any “memories” that emerged were likely manifestations of emotional truth alone, the Hills were convinced they had been taken aboard an alien craft by extraterrestrials, examined, and then released. For years afterward, they struggled to understand what had happened to them, and their quest for answers illustrates in microcosm broad trends in mid-century American culture: a decay of trust in authority, the emerging prominence of the New Age movement, and the political turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s.
The modern UFO movement in the United States was born out of these changes, and this presentation by Matthew Bowman, professor of religion and history at Claremont Graduate University, will demonstrate that the Hills’ experience, whether or not real, was central to this movement.
Bowman’s most recent book, which delves into this topic, will be available for sale at the event and through the Society’s online store at nhhistory.org.
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Where is it happening?
30 Park Street, Concord, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03301Event Location & Nearby Stays:
