The Betty Andreasson UFO Abduction
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 444, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to Ashburnham, Massachusetts, to visit ground zero where Betty Andreasson was allegedly abducted by a UFO on January 25, 1967. Her entire family witnessed a disturbing scene that winter evening. This close encounter of the fourth kind would be thoroughly investigated and come to be known at the Andreasson Affair.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're driving through a rural neighborhood on the south side of Ashburnham. |
| 0:07.6 | We are. We're just about six miles northwest from Fitchburg, Massachusetts. |
| 0:12.3 | Okay, we're going to make a right up here onto Highland Avenue. |
| 0:17.3 | Okay, got it. |
| 0:18.7 | And our destination is coming up. |
| 0:21.1 | All right, this is a short residential street. |
| 0:23.3 | There's some nice middle class homes here. |
| 0:25.1 | Looks like a fine place to live. |
| 0:26.9 | A fine place to live or visit. |
| 0:31.0 | Okay, you can visit, Jeff. |
| 0:46.0 | I guess it doesn't help that it's getting dark, too. |
| 0:48.4 | Well, you and I are visiting from the other side of the state, |
| 0:51.5 | but if we're to believe the stories and the witnesses back in 1967, |
| 0:56.5 | this place was ground zero for a visit potentially from another planet. |
| 1:01.3 | We're talking about a close encounter of the fourth kind. |
| 1:04.7 | We're here to investigate the UFO landing and alleged abduction of Betty Andreasen. |
| 1:17.6 | Okay. landing and alleged abduction of Betty Andreasen. Hey, I'm Jeff Pallandra. |
| 1:18.9 | Welcome to episode 444 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:22.7 | And I'm Ray Osier. |
| 1:23.5 | Thank you for joining us on our mission, |
| 1:24.8 | a chronicle every strange legend in New England from UFOs and aliens to ghosts and monsters, |
| 1:30.4 | roadside oddities, |
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