Date: 06-24-91 13:22
From: Bryce Eckstein
Subj: Re: CBC Documentary

Hello Rick!

In a msg of <20 Jun 91>, Rick Graham writes to Bryce Eckstein:

> What was the result of the documentary on Betty and Barney Hill? What
> conclusion was reached?

The documentary contains commentary and opinion from two reputable
astronomers and three equally reputable researchers.

1. Astronomer Terry Dickenson, who's article about the Hill abduction
in Astronomy Magazine in 1974, first brought the incident to the
attention of the scientific community.

2. Amateur Astronomer Marjorie Fisch, found a real three-dimensional
distribution of stars that perfectly matched Betty Hill's map, first
published in John Fuller's book, "Interrupted Journey".

3. Dr. David Jacobs, Assistant Professor of History at Temple
University in Philadelphia, the only Prof teaching a course in UFO's at
any major university in the U.S. or Canada, has spent his research time
for the past five years, exclusively on alien abductions. He's
interviewed 51 subjects from whom he has collected over 300 abduction
stories.

4. Dr. David Gottlieb, a Psychotherapist in Toronto.

5. Dr. Michael Persinger, a Psychologist and Neuro-Scientist at
Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. With the exception of Dr.
Persinger, who examined the Hill incident and compared it to similar
cases from a neurological viewpoint, all guests on the program
objectively ruled out hoax and supported the Hill's experience as being
valid.

Bottom lines:

Dr. Gottlieb .. "Beats me!"

Dr, Jacobs .. (And I paraphrase here) "The whole incident disturbs me
greatly. I wish the scientific community had not heard of the Hill case
and other's that I have researched. But now that we have, we must come
to grips with the fact that ET activity is a reality and make an effort
to remove the blinders as to what is really going on". Dr. Persinger ..
goes into how the experiences are likely manifestations of neurological
activity. Sorry, that's as far as I can take his theories - far too
deep for my understanding {grin}.

Marjorie Fisch .. is convinced the Hill star map is valid.

Terry Dickenson... feels his role in the investigation is that of an
astronomical referee. Here is a quote from Dickenson, taken from the
tape:

"We've got something that can be studied completely from an
astronomical point of view. It seems to hold up from that angle".
"Also, Betty Hill drew the map before the star atlases were available
to interpret it, so there is no possibility of any kind of confusion or
faking in that regard". "But I back off completely when we start
talking about the bizarre circumstances that led to the original
drawing of the map, the abduction scenario, the hypnosis and all the
rest of it". "I feel totally unqualified to talk about it. I don't know
where it all stands right now. All I can say is that the map works.
Nobody else come up with any other interpretation that works, and I
have to leave it at that". I'm personally convinced Betty and Barney
Hill had a bona fide CEIII... and I too, will leave it at that.

Cheers Bryce

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