Incident at Exeter

Hitchhiker Norman Muscarello saw five pulsing red lights hover over a field on Route 150 and rushed to the Exeter police station. Returning with Officer Eugene Bertrand, both — and then Officer David Hunt — watched the lights rise from behind trees and move over the field.

Explanation

The Air Force first blamed a military exercise and twinkling stars, then changed the case to "unidentified". A 2011 Skeptical Inquirer analysis proposed a KC-97 refuelling tanker.

What was seen

Shape: Row of five pulsing red lights
Witnesses: Norman Muscarello; officers Bertrand and Hunt
Duration: About an hour in total

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• United States
• 1960s
• Disputed
• Close encounters
• Official government documents
• Many independent witnesses
• Police witnesses
• Lights and fireballs
• Formations and rows of lights

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