The Incident at Exeter (1965)
The Incident at Exeter occurred in 1965 in the small town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and has since become one of the most well-known and well-documented cases of UFO sightings in the United States. The incident involved multiple witnesses, including several police officers, and has been extensively investigated and analyzed by researchers and enthusiasts.
On the night of September 3, 1965, Norman Muscarello, a teenage hitchhiker, reported seeing a red object in the sky near Exeter. Later that same night, two police officers, Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt, also reported seeing strange lights in the sky while on patrol. They described the object as being roughly the size of a house, with flashing red and white lights.
Over the next few weeks, more sightings were reported in and around Exeter. Witnesses described seeing strange objects flying low to the ground, hovering silently, and emitting a low hum. Some witnesses even reported encountering humanoid figures associated with the objects.
The incident garnered significant media attention at the time, and was eventually investigated by the Air Force and the Condon Committee, a group of scientists assembled to study UFOs. Despite the investigation, no conclusive explanation was ever found for the strange sightings, and the incident has remained a topic of fascination and speculation among UFO researchers and enthusiasts.
Several books have been written about the Incident at Exeter, including John G. Fuller’s The Interrupted Journey, which focused on the experiences of Muscarello and two other witnesses, Betty and Barney Hill, who claimed to have been abducted by aliens in a separate incident in 1961. The Interrupted Journey became a best-seller and helped to popularize the idea of alien abductions and the phenomenon of missing time.
In addition to the many eyewitness reports and investigations, there have been claims made about the Incident at Exeter by various individuals and groups. Some have suggested that the sightings may have been caused by experimental military aircraft, while others have argued that the objects were extraterrestrial in nature. Some researchers have even suggested that the incident may have been part of a larger pattern of UFO sightings and encounters in the United States during the 1960s.
