{"type":"events","slug":"1967-betty-andreasson-abduction","title":"Betty Andreasson Abduction","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1967-betty-andreasson-abduction","description":"Massachusetts homemaker Betty Andreasson claimed grey beings took her aboard a craft during a 1967 power outage","date":"1967-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Abduction"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":2,"lat":42.6362,"lng":-72.0334,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Visitors in the kitchen\n\nDuring an evening blackout in South Ashburnham, Andreasson said small grey entities entered her home through a closed door and floated her into a waiting craft, leaving her family in suspended animation.[^1][^2]\n\n## Hypnosis and book\n\nInvestigators from [MUFON](/organizations/mufon) and researcher Raymond Fowler conducted hypnotic sessions that produced detailed narratives of examinations and spiritual messages. Fowler later published *The Andreasson Affair*, sparking debates over memory and belief.[^3][^4][^5]\n\n\n[^1]: [Encyclopedia.com: Betty Andreasson](https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/andreasson-betty)\n[^2]: [Raymond E. Fowler, The Andreasson Affair (Internet Archive)](https://archive.org/details/andreassonaffair0000fowl)\n[^3]: [Raymond E. Fowler, The Andreasson Affair (Internet Archive)](https://archive.org/details/andreassonaffair0000fowl)\n[^4]: [Ernest H. Taves, \"Betty Through the Looking-Glass,\" review of The Andreasson Affair, Skeptical Inquirer Winter 1979-80](https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/03/Issue-02-2.pdf)\n[^5]: [Encyclopedia.com: Betty Andreasson](https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/andreasson-betty)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"organizations","slug":"mufon","title":"MUFON","url":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/mufon"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1967-betty-andreasson-abduction","title":"Betty Andreasson Abduction","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1967-betty-andreasson-abduction","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["Massachusetts homemaker Betty Andreasson"]}