It was an interracial couple, we weren't taking from that specifically, but it was in the water, in our experience, the stories that we all knew," AHS: Asylum producer Tim Minear told Entertainment Weekly back in 2013. "The Betty and Barney Hill story of the fifties, sixties, was one of the first abduction stories. According to the couple, they encountered gray beings with large eyes, who walked them into a metallic disc, where they examined the couple and erased their memories. When they finally returned home to Portsmouth at around 5 a.m., they were dazed, felt dirty, their watches had stopped working, Barney's shoes were scuffed and Betty's dress was ripped, and, perhaps most oddly, they could not account for two hours of the night.Īlthough the Hills initially could not remember much of the encounter, reports that with the help of a psychiatrist, they slowly began to remember the evening. The object, they said, descended, got closer to their vehicle, and followed them. The Hills were driving down rural roads in New Hampshire's White Mountains when they witnessed a strange flying object in the sky. Later dubbed the "Hill Abduction" and the "Zeta Reticuli Incident," the alleged abduction occurred in a rural portion of New Hampshire on September 19, 1961. (Photo: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Īsylum's alien abduction storyline is heavily based on the alleged real-life alien abduction of Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple, similar to Kit and Alma, who claimed they were abducted by aliens in 1961. Although Kit's story was deemed a delusion, flashbacks appeared to prove he was speaking the truth, and it turns out that the story has some basis off the screen, too. His wife, Alma (Britnie Oldford), was abducted, only to return years later with a newborn child, whom she believed the aliens would eventually return for. Among the patients there is Kit Walker (Evan Peters), who was committed following an encounter with extraterrestrials several years prior. 20 – Ryan Murphy's buzzed about horror anthology series is set to pull from the pages of Danielle Valentine's novel Delicate Condition, but not every aspect of the show has been based in fiction, including the terrifying alien abduction storyline in Season 2, American Horror Story: Asylum.ĭebuting in 2012, Asylum follows the patients at the fictional mental institution Briarcliff Manor. Now heading into its 12th season - American Horror Story: Delicate premieres on Wednesday, Sept. In unison, all but one figure moved to what appeared as a wall of the hallway and the one that stayed continued to look at Barney and communicated a message telling him to “stay where you are and keep looking.FX's American Horror Story has been haunting fans with chilling stories for more than a decade. As the couple followed it for quite a bit, they stopped near a field where the light-emitting object had landed on the ground.Īs they had binoculars packed with them for the trip, the Hills confirmed that it was some sort of a craft and they saw “eight to eleven humanoid figures”, who were peeking out of it, seeming to look at him altogether. The Hills stated that they were traveling back to Portsmouth from a vacation when suddenly Betty saw a bright light in the sky. I would say that if you’re gonna do a story about the first Black man to be abducted by aliens, get the Black side of the family to talk about it,”Īlso read: 15 Celebrities Who Claim To Have Seen UFOs And/Or Aliens Plot Details of the Upcoming Movie: White Mountainīarney Hill and Betty Hill were an American couple who were abducted by aliens on a UFO in New Hampshire from September 19 to 20, 1961. I think it’s one of the parts that make it more interesting… “It sucks when you see something being produced and it’s already greenlit, it’s ready to go and you’re like, ‘Man I really wish my family was part of it,’ because we’ve pretty much been written out of that part of the story. It was no different for Angela “Overkill” Hill, as she expressed interest in the upcoming movie, saying, It is true that if there was a movie being made that has a direct connection with you, one would want to be a part of the show.
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