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Lyndia Morel Goffstown Abduction Account

November 2, 1973Near Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States

A driver reported an orange spherical craft pacing and approaching her car; hypnosis later supplied an encounter with a wrinkled egg-headed being and additional missing-time material.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→High Strangeness & Anomalous Effects(P-000106)→
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Encounter · Captured! Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-948720reported
“Captured! recounts Lydia's November 2, 1973 drive from Manchester toward Goffstown, beginning with a large bright star-like object flashing red, green and blue.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel initial observation; uploaded PDF pp. 276-277
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CLAIM-948721reported
“The source says a brilliant light temporarily blinded Lydia, after which she reported seeing a humanoid through a window and experiencing tingling, reduced ability to move and a reassuring voice.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel conscious occupant/physiological report; uploaded PDF pp. 277-277
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CLAIM-948722reported
“Captured! says the object later swooped ahead again, Lydia felt dizzy and pulled toward it, her car seemed to move at high speed under external control, and a painful high-pitched sound was heard.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel vehicle/high-pitched-sound report; uploaded PDF pp. 277-277
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CLAIM-948723reported
“The reported figure was described with a large grayish textured head, large dark slanted eyes, no obvious ear flaps or nose, and a slit-like downturned mouth.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel reported occupant morphology; uploaded PDF pp. 277-277
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Encounter · Captured! Investigation Context

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CLAIM-948724reported
“After Lydia fled to a house, the source says a police call was logged at 4:31 a.m.; an arriving patrolman and the residents saw a light above treetops but could not confirm that it was the same object Lydia reported.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel police/resident follow-up; uploaded PDF pp. 277-277
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Encounter · Captured! Aftermath / Evidence Claim

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CLAIM-948725reported
“A Polaroid photograph taken by the residents reportedly showed only a spot of light, and a tracking station on the other side of the mountain did not see the object.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel photograph/tracking result; uploaded PDF pp. 277-277
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CLAIM-948727unverified
“The source says Lydia had worn a blue dress and that Betty later noted repeated patterns of seven small holes, which Betty compared to damage to her own dress.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel dress comparison; uploaded PDF pp. 278-278
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Encounter · Captured! Memory / Recall Layer

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CLAIM-948726reported
“Captured! clearly places Lydia's gravel-road, pond, abduction and physical-examination material in later hypnotic regression used to reconstruct the apparent missing-time period.”
Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience
SRC-002007 · Morel regression layer; uploaded PDF pp. 277-278
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Encounter Claim

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Encounter · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-957125unverified
“Evidence-layer flags for CASE 73-5: hypnosis-derived, missing-time/memory-loss.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Catalogue CASE 73-5 evidence-layer caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 554-555
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Hall Volume II Abduction Phenomenon Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-957001reported
“Hall introduces alleged human abduction by apparent alien beings as an exceptionally high-strangeness and perplexing problem that warrants investigation rather than automatic acceptance or dismissal.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Section XIII opening; uploaded PDF pp. 522-523
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Hall Volume II Abduction Phenomenon Framework · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-957002unverified
“Hall explicitly says skepticism is justified and that many reported abilities and circumstances appear scientifically impossible by present understanding.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · High-strangeness and skepticism caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 522-523
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CLAIM-957004unverified
“Hall states that the actual number of abduction experiences is unknown; pooled investigator information only suggests that reported cases number in the thousands.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Unknown case-count discussion; uploaded PDF pp. 523-523
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Hall Volume II Abduction Phenomenon Framework · Hall Volume II Evidence Claim

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CLAIM-957003unverified
“Hall says available psychological studies did not show abductees as a group to have extreme pathology or serious social-adjustment problems, while also calling for more testing.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Psychological-study summary; uploaded PDF pp. 522-523
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Hall Volume II 38-Case Abductor Profile · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-957080reported
“Hall analyzes 38 catalogue cases to construct an “abductor profile,” describing group size, clothing, morphology, communication and encounter circumstances.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Abductor Profile and Statistics; uploaded PDF pp. 581-582
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Hall Volume II 38-Case Abductor Profile · Hall Volume II Evidence Claim

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CLAIM-957081reported
“Hall reports that beings in the 38-case sample often operated in groups of three to five and usually wore coveralls or uniform-like garments; about 13 percent of cases included masks or face coverings.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Abductor clothing/group profile; uploaded PDF pp. 581-581
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CLAIM-957082reported
“Hall characterizes slightly more than half of the sample beings as humanoid, about one fourth as humanlike and about one fifth as robot-like, with gray or white/pale skin dominating reported colors.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Abductor morphology profile; uploaded PDF pp. 581-581
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CLAIM-957083reported
“Hall’s sample statistics report one abductee in 66 percent of cases, communication in 71 percent, levitation in 46 percent and physiological aftereffects in 54 percent.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · 38-case statistics; uploaded PDF pp. 582-582
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CLAIM-957084reported
“Within communication cases Hall reports telepathy as the dominant mode; the sample also spans vehicle, indoor and outdoor captures and all listed age groups.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Communication/circumstance statistics; uploaded PDF pp. 582-582
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Hall Volume II 38-Case Abductor Profile · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-957085unverified
“Nothing in the 38-case profile establishes that the described beings form one species, share an origin, or that the reported procedures occurred physically.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Sample interpretation caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 581-582
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