Incident at Exeter
Type: Published Investigation
Source: John G. Fuller
Incident at Exeter is a 1966 non-fiction book by journalist John G. Fuller documenting a series of UFO sightings in Exeter, New Hampshire, during the fall of 1965. Fuller, a columnist for the Saturday Review, investigated the case after it gained national attention, resulting in a bestseller that brought ufology into mainstream public discourse.
The central event occurred on September 3, 1965, when 18-year-old Norman Muscarello reported a large, silent, house-sized object with pulsing red lights hovering over him on Route 150. His account was corroborated by two Exeter police officers, Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt, who witnessed a similar erratic, glowing craft at the scene, lending the reports unusual credibility due to the witnesses' law enforcement status.
Fuller’s book compiled over 60 witness testimonies and radar data from nearby Pease Air Force Base, arguing that the events defied conventional explanations. While the book sold over half a million copies and established the Exeter incident as a landmark in UFO history, skeptics and subsequent analyses have suggested the objects may have been military aircraft, such as a KC-97 Stratotanker, misidentified under low-visibility conditions
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