It was the first widely publicized report of an alien abduction in the United States .
Barney and Betty Hill were an American couple who claimed they were abducted by extraterrestrials in a rural portion of the state of New Hampshire from September 19 to September 20 , 1961 .
It was the first widely publicized report of an alien abduction in the American   .
Barney and Betty Hill were an American couple who claimed they were abducted by extraterrestrials in a rural portion of the state of New Hampshire from September 19 to September 20 , 1961 .