Today, September 19, 2011, marks the 50th anniversary of the Betty & Barney Hill UFO abduction case. The recent coverage has been fairly extensive, with Fox news even getting in on the act. And it now appears Hollywood producer Bryce Zabel of Dark Skies fame plans to update the The UFO Incident, the 1975 TV movie about the Hills, by way of Kathleen Marden & Stanton Friedman’s contemporary book, Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience. With all this activity, including Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & The Exeter Encounter, the new feature-length documentary by Jeff & Jess Finn, there are a lot of sparks flying in the ufology community!

Check out the excellent Exeter article’s slide show for a photo of the new Exeter UFO Festival t-shirt, designed by Jess Finn, co-director of Strange Septembers!

In honor of today being the big day, here’s a recent feature article from The Wire out of Portsmouth, NH.

New Hampshire UFO Research
Saturday, August 27, 2011

The 3rd Annual Exeter UFO Festival

UFO enthusiasts from all over the country will be descending on Exeter New Hampshire next weekend for it’s 3rd Annual Exeter UFO festival on Saturday September 3rd, 2011.

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Alien beings will return to Exeter
Third annual festival is in September
By KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
July 05, 2011

EXETER­ — The Exeter UFO Festival will mark its third anniversary Labor Day weekend with a new sponsor, new and returning speakers, and a celebration of New Hampshire’s most famous alien sighting.

Dean Merchant, the festival’s organizer, said businesses and nonprofits will combine their talents for a day of out-of-this-world fun Saturday, Sept. 3, in downtown Exeter.
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