An author and researcher whose relatives claimed to be abducted by aliens in one of the most famous UFO stories of the last 60 years says she has key evidence proving extra-terrestrials exist.
Barney and Betty Hill said they saw a UFO as they were driving through rural New Hampshire, USA.
Their niece Kathleen Marden was just 13 at the time but began researching the incident many years later for a biography of the couple.
A pink substance on Mrs Hill’s dress and spot marks on the car boot are evidence of the 1961 abduction, the Florida-based writer told the Examiner in her first ever British interview.
The self-proclaimed ‘Ufologist’ was speaking at the UFO Truth magazine conference in Holmfirth, west Yorkshire, which ran this weekend.
She said her aunt and uncle were credible witnesses whose story only went public when a journalist breached their confidence.
‘I believe there was an abduction,’ she said.
‘When I began the investigation I was as unbiased as I could be.
‘I did analysis of Betty and Barney’s statement when they were on the (alien) craft, being taken and then released.
‘My analysis is that the experience was real.’
Barney and Betty Hill, who claimed to have been abducted by aliens in rural New Hampshire, pictured with their dog Desley
After speeding away from the scene, the couple claim to have found themselves 35 miles south with little memory of how they’d ended up there.
They described details of a disc-shaped ship while under hypnosis, with Mr Hill recalling eight to 10 beings who were ‘somehow not human’.
Mrs Marden said: ‘They were dressed in black shiny uniforms…Barney believed they had a plan to capture him.
‘Something started to drop down out of the craft. He ran back screaming to Betty that they had to get out of there or they would be captured.’
Author Kathleen Marden said at the UFO conference that physical evidence confirms her aunt and uncle were telling the truth
The couple sped away from the scene but later found themselves 35 miles further south with little memory of what had happened in the interim period.
Mrs Marden is convinced their account is not a hoax and called on sceptics to scrutinise the evidence.
‘The scientists who investigated the case said Betty and Barney were honest and mentally healthy,’ she said.
‘They were upstanding members of their community.
‘I think people should look at the evidence instead of speculating.’