SightingsExeter, NH

Exeter, New Hampshire sightings

Hand-drawn map of roads and fields near Exeter from an Air Force case file
A Project Blue Book map of the area of the September 1965 Exeter sightings United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hitchhiker Norman Muscarello and Exeter police officers Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt reported a low object with bright red lights over fields near Kensington, N.H. Officers from Pease AFB investigated, and the policemen publicly disputed the Air Force's conventional explanations.

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  1. OfficialUnidentified Flying Objects: Hearing by Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, April 5, 1966 (record includes Exeter material)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) / 1966-04-05
  2. FirsthandOfficer Eugene Bertrand on UFOs (1980 oral-history interview)SeacoastNH.com / 1980-10
  3. PressNiece of N.H. couple famous for alien abduction story to speak at Exeter UFO Festival (Steven Porter)The Boston Globe / 2026-09-04

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