The strange tale of Ronnie Hill
Aaron Sakulich
Issue date: 1/12/07 Section: Ed-Op
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The study of the UFO phenomenon is, at times, a highly contradictory one. UFO enthusiasts will fight to their last breath to convince the world that a certain case, which has no physical evidence behind it, is absolutely true; yet, on other occasions, cases that have at least something physical to them are ignored.
For instance, we have the case of a boy named Ronnie Hill, aged 14, of Pamlico County, N.C. On the fine summer afternoon of July 21, 1967, he was playing in his family's garden, apparently alone, when a strange scent filled the air. It was so bad that it made his eyes start to tear; he became suddenly concerned that this malodorous aroma had to do with the spaceship landing in a nearby field. Thinking, and quite rightly, that no one would believe him if he told them he'd seen a flying saucer, he ran inside to get a portable Kodak camera.
Returning to the scene, Ronnie saw that the spaceship, a spherical white thing that he estimated to be about nine feet in diameter, had indeed come to rest in the nearby field. Ominously, from behind the craft stepped a creature clad in a shiny silver suit, with spindly, thin legs and an oversized gnome head. It carried a black object that it inserted into the ground and withdrew, and then returned to the ship, which departed for points unknown. In the ship's wake, Ronnie could smell something similar to propane gas, but the thing that scared him the most was that this whole nightmare scene played out in absolute, dead, total silence. No birds chirping, no insects whirring, no nothing.
At first glance, this is the sort of alien encounter that occurs every day. Well, supposedly occurs every day. Fodder, perhaps, for the tabloids? Not so! Because Ronnie Hill, in a feat of either courage or total stuttering foolishness, snapped a picture of the space monster before he returned to his ship and departed for the stars.
Incontrovertible proof that space aliens have appeared on Earth to kidnap her dirt and startle her children? Perhaps. Perhaps not. There are several noteworthy things about the photograph:
For instance, we have the case of a boy named Ronnie Hill, aged 14, of Pamlico County, N.C. On the fine summer afternoon of July 21, 1967, he was playing in his family's garden, apparently alone, when a strange scent filled the air. It was so bad that it made his eyes start to tear; he became suddenly concerned that this malodorous aroma had to do with the spaceship landing in a nearby field. Thinking, and quite rightly, that no one would believe him if he told them he'd seen a flying saucer, he ran inside to get a portable Kodak camera.
Returning to the scene, Ronnie saw that the spaceship, a spherical white thing that he estimated to be about nine feet in diameter, had indeed come to rest in the nearby field. Ominously, from behind the craft stepped a creature clad in a shiny silver suit, with spindly, thin legs and an oversized gnome head. It carried a black object that it inserted into the ground and withdrew, and then returned to the ship, which departed for points unknown. In the ship's wake, Ronnie could smell something similar to propane gas, but the thing that scared him the most was that this whole nightmare scene played out in absolute, dead, total silence. No birds chirping, no insects whirring, no nothing.
At first glance, this is the sort of alien encounter that occurs every day. Well, supposedly occurs every day. Fodder, perhaps, for the tabloids? Not so! Because Ronnie Hill, in a feat of either courage or total stuttering foolishness, snapped a picture of the space monster before he returned to his ship and departed for the stars.
Incontrovertible proof that space aliens have appeared on Earth to kidnap her dirt and startle her children? Perhaps. Perhaps not. There are several noteworthy things about the photograph:
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