If it is indeed a violation it seems to me that James Earl Jones, since he acquired the exclusive rights, would be the one who is jumping up and down.” At this point I am picturing James Earl Jones jumping up and down. In a reply to an inquiry by Fuller, Roberta Pryor responds (dated 1/6/81): “On the PBS-Carl Sagan/Cosmos business it seems to me the easiest way would be to call up PBS and if you can’t do it perhaps James Earl Jones’ lawyer Stanley Rothenburg would like to do it. Fuller strikes first, in a letter to ICM (International Creative Management). Since he was known as a believer in life on other planets, and was an early supporter of SETI, I was surprised at all the anger. I had only heard praise for the show, but the more I dug in the archive, the more negative comments I read about Sagan. What had Sagan got so wrong, and why was Betty’s friend so upset about it? It took me a moment to realize the letter was talking about Carl Sagan and Cosmos. I’m surprised that Sagan didn’t have you black and Barney white!” One would think that a documentary like Cosmos would be more factual than a Hollywood dramatization. Sagan had made so many errors until playing the tape back. The first hint I had was a handwritten letter to Betty Hill from her friend Stan Ferguson I just happened upon in the files. So follow along on the paper trail of the Cosmos incident. William Lamb-Senior Vice President at KCET Television.īrenda Young-Attorney for Community Television for Southern California.Ĭosmos-Episode 12 features a short reenactment of the Hill’s claimed abduction. Also not a Sagan fan.Ĭarl Sagan-Host and creator of Cosmos, the most viewed PBS series in the world, and a world-famous astronomer, who was known to be open minded about the possibility of alien life and occasionally referred to himself as “Dr. Starred as Barney Hill in a TV movie based on the book. James Earl Jones-The voice of Darth Vader and CNN’s catchphrase, but also owner of the rights to The Interrupted Journey. Wrote The Interrupted Journey about the abduction claim of Betty and Barney Hill. John Fuller-Author of many books with paranormal themes. Betty and Barney Hill were a biracial couple (quite unusual at the time), and their story was made into a book and TV movie. This rather quirky bit of UFO history has a fascinating cast:īetty Hill-Well known UFO personality, who claimed to have been abducted with husband Barney in 1961 while travelling in New Hampshire. ![]() My favorite surprise of the Hill Archive though, has to be the epic “Cosmos“ letters. I found myself almost trembling when I had a chance to hold and photograph it. Resting unassumingly in a file, his simple drawing with his signature in the corner with the date, makes this paper one of the most important documents in paranormal history, and UFO lore/UFOlogy in particular. One surprise I had was finding the fragile paper on which Barney Hill drew his conception of the UFO that he claimed abducted him in 1961. ![]() The Hills, as many skeptics know, spawned the “alien abduction” craze, and their experiences set the template for many later reports. The librarians at UNH assure me that the Barney and Betty Hill archive housed there is quite popular, where new discoveries can still be made. One of my favorite places to excavate is the Milne Special Collections at the University of New Hampshire Library in Durham. I like to give it a stir and see what pops up to the surface. I consider an archive like a dark, still pool. Some researchers go into an archive with a specific goal in mind, looking for the letter or paper that supports or disproves a hunch they have. I enjoy researching paranormal topics, but I have to admit that while I enjoy online research, there is nothing like digging through a pile of old papers at an archive.
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