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It was way back in 1961 that Betty and Barney Hill first claimed they were abducted by aliens.

The couple, from New Hampshire in the US, even tried to prove it with Betty drawing a map of where she says the aliens came from.

But their claims were thrown out by expert after expert who said there was no constellation that resembled a known formation.

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(Image: Beyond Belief Archive)

However one expert is now saying that there may be truth to their claims.

Statistician David Saunders says that Betty was telling the truth as her drawing resembles Zeta Reticuli, a star system in the southern constellation of Reticulum.

He argues that there is no way Betty could have randomly sketched the star map.

(Image: Beyond Belief Archive)

Betty, who died in 2004, previously said of her abduction: "I was taken on board. Barney was taken into one room and I was taken into another. The one who did the testing we called The Examiner.

"First they put me on a stool and they checked my eyes, ears, nose, throat. They put me on a table, and said they wanted to check my nervous system.

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"Then they tried to insert a needle-like instrument in my navel which caused pain so they stopped doing it. Barney’s exam was very much like mine in the beginning except they were interested in his bone structure.”

(Image: Beyond Belief Archive)

She also said she had an encounter with 'The Leader' of the aliens.

"I said ‘I know you’re not from this planet but where are you from?’

"He showed me a star map indicating where he came from," she said.

Betty drew the map under hypnosis.

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