Barney Hill Jr (July 20, 1922 - February 25, 1969). Along with wife Betty, claimed they were abducted by extraterrestrials in a rural portion of the state of New Hampshire from September 19 to 20, 1961. The very first widely publicized report of an alien abduction in the United States and called the "Hill Abduction" or "Zeta Reticuli Incident". Set the tone for UFO abductions until the present day.