Exeter UFO wave: New Hampshire, 1965

Preston Dennett examines the 1965 wave of UFO reports in Exeter, New Hampshire. At its center is the account of 18-year-old Norman Muscarello, who said he saw a brilliant red object over a highway south of town. Officer Eugene Bertrand said a woman had reported a UFO swooping over her car shortly before. Bertrand and Officer David Hunt later went to the scene; the account says they also saw the object.

Dennett describes how reports spread through Exeter and nearby towns, including accounts of silent craft with colored lights maneuvering over fields and roads. Reports also came from Pease Air Force Base. In October, journalist and author John G. Fuller arrived to investigate the Muscarello sighting and gathered reports and interviews. The film presents accounts from residents and police as part of the Exeter wave; reports of unidentified objects do not, on their own, establish what the objects were.