| Missing time is a contentious occurrence told by some | | | | Quebec. South of Groveton, New Hampshire, they are |
| individuals in junction with close encounters amid UFOs | | | | said to have watched a bright spot of light in the air. At |
| and alien abduction phenomena. The expression | | | | first, they thought that they were watching a shooting |
| "missing time" concerns a void in conscious recollection | | | | star, only it ascended and halted approaching the |
| recounting a precise period in time. The void can last | | | | gibbous moon. Betty, whose sister had disclosed to her |
| from a number of minutes to a couple of days in | | | | about encountering a flying saucer sighting a number |
| length. The recollection of what took place during the | | | | of years previously, observed the entity by way of |
| missing time is frequently recovered by way of | | | | binoculars as it travelled across the surface of the |
| hypnosis or in the course of dreaming. | | | | moon emitting multicoloured lights. |
| Missing time is contentious in that aside from | | | | Close to the location of Indian Head, the enormous |
| skepticism in UFO events, it is closely aligned to other | | | | craft quickly plummeted toward the Hills' car leading to |
| disputed matters such as regained memories and | | | | Barney to halt right away in the middle of the highway. |
| hypnotic suggestion. Meaning that the recollection of | | | | The craft allegedly descended to roughly 70 to 100 |
| the occurrence, actual or imagined, is so disturbing that | | | | feet above the vehicle and filled the whole field of the |
| the mind suppresses it. Time can additionally be lost | | | | windscreen through which Betty was watching. |
| without a actual abduction. There have been several | | | | Employing the binoculars, Barney alleged to have |
| cases of persons who testify that they have | | | | viewed eight to eleven alien figures who were gazing |
| experienced missing time just by being in the close | | | | out of the UFO's openings, seeming to watch them. |
| proximity of a UFO craft. This phenomenon could | | | | The one outstanding figure continued to appear to look |
| potentially be defined through physics given Einstein's | | | | at Barney and imparted a message to him to "stay |
| theory of relativity recounts that time is relative, and | | | | where you are and keep looking." |
| that time travels slower in the company of a | | | | Missing time |
| gravitational field. It has been shown in many UFO | | | | November 25th, 1961 saw the couple interviewed at |
| sightings that UFO crafts may possess a strong | | | | length by NICAP representatives, C.D. Jackson and |
| gravitational field and may possibly make time | | | | Robert E. Hohman. |
| manipulation conceivable for close observers. | | | | Having studied a previous report on the incident, |
| Missing time is regularly stated as a manifestation of a | | | | Jackson and Hohman asked many questions for the |
| multiple personality disorder. An event similar to missing | | | | Hills. One of their principal queries was about the length |
| time can take place while hearing binaural noises | | | | of the trip. Neither Webb nor the Hills had noticed that, |
| intended to cause altered states of awareness. | | | | though the drive should have taken around 4 hours, |
| One of the most infamous cases of missing time | | | | they did not emerge at their residence until 7 hours |
| comes from Betty and Barney Hill whom was an | | | | following their departure. When Hohman and Jackson |
| American married couple who ascended to cult status | | | | informed this disparity to the Hills, the pair were |
| after they alleged to have been abducted by aliens on | | | | astonished, having no explanation for the missing 3 |
| over two days on September 19th and 20th 1961. | | | | hours. The report documented that, despite all their |
| The couple's tale, frequently dubbed the Hill Abduction, | | | | attempts the Hills could not recall anything of the 35 |
| and sometimes the Zeta Reticuli Event, was that they | | | | mile stretch between Indian Head and Ashland. |
| were casualties of an alleged UFO kidnap or more | | | | This is just one documented case of missing time |
| commonly known as an alien abduction. This was the | | | | which defies explanation, and it is surprising how many |
| first public account of an of alien abduction, which was | | | | cases of this strange phenomenon have been |
| subsequently converted into the best selling 1966 | | | | recorded. Whether what individuals are experiencing is |
| publication called the The Interrupted Journey. At | | | | indeed connected to alien spacecrafts or a |
| nightfall on September 19th, 1961, the couple were | | | | psychological experience continues to evade rational |
| driving back to Portsmouth from a holiday in upstate | | | | explanation. |
| New York, including stop over's at Ontario, and | | | | |