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pencil in a buttonhole with a piece of paper wound tightly around it. He took the paper and burned it. Then he seemed to come out of a trance. He had to look for the road. Not understanding why he had come there, he turned himself in and thus met Sheriff Otto Pfief, who gave him the details of aoe The Lorenzens contacted Irwin after he had returned to Fort Bliss and undergone a new psychological examination, as futile as the previous one. His case came to the attention of the Inspector General, who ordered a new investigation. On July 10, Irwin reentered the hospital. On August 1, he failed to report for duty. One month later he was listed as a deserter. He was never seen again. American folklore: the report by Betty and Barney Hill and their examination under hypnosis by Dr. Benjamin Simon, which has been documented at lenght by John Fuller in his excellent book The Interrupted Journey. The reader must keep in mind the main features of the Irwin and Hill cases in order to follow the discussion that is the object of this chapter. Report No. 100-1-61, in the files of the 100" Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command, Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, was prepared by Major Paul W. Henderson. The only official document concerning the Hill case, it contains a detail of which both Dr. Simon and John Fuller were unaware: the object seen by the Hills had been detected by military radar. During a casual conversation on 22 Sept 61 between Major Gardiner B. Reynolds, 100" B S DCO1 and Captain Robert O. Daughaday, Commander 1917-2 AACS DIT, Pease AFB, N.H., it was revealed that a strange incident occurred at 0214 local on 20 Sept. No importance was attached to the incident at the time. On the night of 19-20 Sept between 20/0001 and 20/0100 Mr. & Mrs. Hill were traveling south on route 3 near Lincoln, N H when they observed, through the windshield of their car, a strange object in the sky. They noticed it because of its shape and the intensity of its lighting as compared to the stars in the sky. The weather and sky was clear at the time. In the report itself we read Betty Hill's account of the sighting as reported by Pease Air Force Base officials: The observers were traveling by car in a southernly direction on Route 3 south of Lincoln, N.H., when they noticed a brightly lighted object ahead of their car at an angle of elevation of approximately 45°. It appeared strange to them because of its shape and the intensity of its lights compared to the stars in the sky. Weather and sky were clear. They continued to observe the object from their moving car for a few minutes then stopped. After stopping the car they used binoculars at times. le be eS ea. 9 ey ey ae Se Be bee They report that the object was traveling north very fast. They report it changed directions rather abruptly and then headed South. Shortly thereafter it stopped and hovered in the air. There was no sound evident up to this time. Both observers used the binoculars at this point. While hovering, objects began to appear from the body of the "object" which they describe as looking like wings which made a V shape then extended. The "wings" had red lights on the tips.... The object continued to descend until it appeared to be only a matter of "hundreds of feet" above their car. At this point they decided to get out of that area, and fast. They report that while the object was above them after it had "swooped down" they heard a the first incident. New Hampshire Revisited The Irwin case is reminiscent of another incident that has become one of the standards of modern The visual sighting itself is summarized as follows: