> in the early 1990s, the european hipparcos ("high precision parallax collecting satellite") mission, which measured the distances to more than a hundred thousand stars around the sun more accurately than had previously been done, showed that some of the stars in fish's interpretation of the map were in fact much farther away than previously thought. other research revealed that some stars counted by fish as likely to host life would have had to be excluded by her own criteria, while some other stars which had been discounted by fish have been recognised as potential abodes for life. results such as these led fish herself to reject her hypothesis in a public statement. > ufo expert robert sheaffer writes that the hills are the "poster children" for not driving when sleep deprived. > false memories "recovered" under hypnosis. > sheaffer later wrote that as late as 1977, betty hill would go on ufo vigils at least three times a week. one evening she was joined by ufo enthusiast john oswald. when asked about betty's continuing ufo observations, oswald stated, "she is not really seeing ufos, but she is calling them that." on the night they went out together, "mrs. hill was unable to distinguish between a landed ufo and a streetlight."
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