James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons, who played Barney and Betty Hill in the landmark 1975 TV movie, The UFO Incident, have received top billing in Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & The Exeter Encounter. Jeff Finn recently flew from Los Angeles to New York and interviewed the two legendary actors and longtime friends.

With the documentary well over a year in the making, Jones’s and Parsons’s shared discussion proved to be the final interview, and the icing on the cake for the independent film by Jeff and his wife, Jess. Strange Septembers is set to have its premiere at the 2011 Exeter UFO Festival.

May the UFOrce be with you!

Here’s the Strange Septembers Facebook page.

Betty And Barney Hill UFO Abduction Story Commemorated On Official N.H. Highway Plaque
by Lee Speigel/Huffington Post
July 25, 2011

New Hampshire — the “Live Free or Die” state — has done something that may surprise UFO believers as well as skeptics. It has just erected a historical marker commemorating the 50th anniversary close encounter of Betty and Barney Hill.

The Hills’ story is undoubtedly the most famous of all UFO experiences because (as the official plaque reads) it was “the first widely-reported UFO abduction report in the United States.”

It was also the first time that anyone in this country had reported undergoing invasive physical examinations at the hands of short, “grey” aliens.

“To tell you the truth, we were very excited about the prospect,” said Elizabeth Muzzey, director of the N.H. Division of Historical Resources, which created the new historic plaque.
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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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Steve Firmani is the founder and Director of MUFON New England, a joint effort to organize and merge the Mutual UFO Network’s New England state chapters in CT/RI/MA/NH/ME, and VT. Steve has also served as New England SIP Coordinator for the MUFON project with Bigelow Aerospace Corporation, and was honored as Co-State Director of the Year at MUFON’s 2009 Symposium in Denver.

Over his career, Steve has investigated the full spectrum of case types as well as several abduction cases, and his talk will focus upon the 2010 Laconia, New Hampshire abduction case.

We are delighted to welcome back Steve as a guest speaker! Learn more at: http://www.mufon.com/MapPages/NewEngland.html

The Exeter UFO Festival is over the moon about adding ufologist and author, Kathleen Marden, as a guest speaker! Kathleen, a New Hampshire native, spoke at our inaugural event in 2009, and she was again on hand with co-author and fellow researcher, Stanton Friedman, in 2010.

Kathleen is the niece of Betty and Barney Hill and has engaged in UFO research and investigation for over 20 years. She will be joining us in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case.

Learn more about Kathleen Marden at: kathleen-marden.com.

The Exeter UFO Festival is proud to confirm that Stanton Friedman, “the father of modern ufology,” has been added to our list of keynote speakers. We were thrilled to have him on hand in 2010 and eagerly look forward to his presentation for 2011.

Since the late 1960s, he has been making his case for the possible existence of alien visitation, technology, and government interaction. He was one of the key early investigators into the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case. In addition, he was the civilian researcher who peeled back the veil of secrecy that for 30 years had surrounded what is now universally known as “The Roswell Incident.” His contribution to the field of ufology is beyond compare.

Welcome back, Stan!

More information about Stanton Friedman is available at: stantonfriedman.com

The Exeter UFO Festival is excited to announce that Richard Dolan, preeminent UFO author and historian, has been added to our already amazing roster of guest speakers!

Information regarding Richard Dolan’s work is available here: keyholepublishing.com/dolan.html

The 2011 Exeter UFO Festival is thrilled to announce that it will host the world-wide premiere of the documentary Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & The Exeter Encounter. The film, by Jeff and Jess Finn, explores the mysteries surrounding Betty and Barney Hill’s September 19, 1961 abduction in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the September 3, 1965 close encounter experienced by Norman Muscarello, Eugene Bertrand, and David Hunt, known as the Incident at Exeter.

Learn more at: StrangeSeptembers.com

It has been confirmed that Tim Binnall will be the Master of Ceremonies for the 3rd Annual Exeter UFO Festival.

Tim Binnall is the founder of the esoteric think tank Binnall of America (BoA), an online coterie that features both a weekly audio program and a talented staff of writers.

We are excited to have Tim host this year!

This year, the Exeter UFO Festival will be observing the 50th anniversary of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction which took place on September 19, 1961 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

The anniversary will also be commemorated at Indian Head Resort in Lincoln, NH, September 23, 24, and 25, 2011. Indian Head Resort is located on the Hills’ UFO abduction route, and is the last property they recalled seeing prior to their unique UFO experience.