On Monday, Dave O. Dodge gave a talk at White Birch Books about his new books: "Betty: The Untold Story of Betty Hill’s Extraterrestrial Life" and "The Seasons of Grace". Here he is seen after signing a copy of "Betty" for Ruth O'Connor of East Longmeadow, Mass. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)
On Monday, Dave O. Dodge gave a talk at White Birch Books about his new books: "Betty: The Untold Story of Betty Hill’s Extraterrestrial Life" and "The Seasons of Grace". Here he is seen after signing a copy of "Betty" for Ruth O'Connor of East Longmeadow, Mass. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)
ABOVE: Betty and Barney Hill claimed to be abducted by aliens in 1961. (UNH PHOTO)
Grace Metalious is seen signing books at a Woolworth store in Laconia in 1963. (COURTESY PHOTO)
CONWAY — Late one night in September of 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were allegedly abducted by aliens in the White Mountains during a journey from Canada to their Portsmouth home. The incident became widely publicized and their story is now recounted and lightly fictionalized in a new book by author Dave O. Dodge.
On Monday, Dodge spoke at White Birch Books and signed copies of “Betty: The Untold Story of Betty Hill’s Extraterrestrial Life” (Glue Pot Press, 2024) and “The Seasons of Grace,” (Glue Pot Press, 2021) a novelization of the life of Grace Metalious, 1924-64, author of the New Hampshire-based bestseller of 1956, “Peyton Place.”
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