As the sun came up the shooting stopped But enemy aircraft were nowhere to be seen Many soldiers were certain they'd hit something Nothing had fallen to the earth to prove it though Some people began to think the aircraft weren't enemy planes They had been alien spacecraft That would explain why they never attacked the city It would also explain why none had been shot down Some people say aliens are gray and have large black eyes
7 JUST NERVES Many people blame this early US alien encounter on jittery nerves They say there was never any aircraft at all The alleged sighting just set off a chain reaction of fear and overreaction As soon as one person started firing others joined in Sirens alerted people during the air attacks at Pearl Harbor 1,400 fired that night About how many rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition were Some people say the unknown aircraft could have been a weather balloon The incident is called the Battle of Los Angeles Five people lost their lives Several had heart attacks Others were in car accidents caused by the panic
2 Aliens Abduct a Couple in New Hampshire Missing time torn or dirty clothing and the feeling of things being not quite right are all signs of alien encounters Betty and Barney Hill experienced all of them In 1961 the couple was driving through New Hampshire It was dark The road was empty But a strange light in the distance seemed to follow them It got closer no matter how fast they drove Eventually Barney stopped the car and got out He meant to shoot at the aircraft Instead he froze Then he ran back to the car When the couple got home they couldn't shake the encounter To add to the mystery their clothes had somehow gotten dirty Their watches weren't working They couldn't recall hours of the drive 8
2 Number of hours the Hill lost According to Betty this wasn't her only encounter She said the aliens visited her several more times The Hills described the alien aircraft as a spinning disk The aliens in the Hills story were gray They had large heads and big eyes 9 Some stories say aliens beam people up into their spaceships
