UFO Incident at Exeter - witnessed by police

UFO Buzzes Law Enforcement in New Hampshire. The cops decide to investigate immediately. They will be sorry for rushing in. Flooded by multiple UFO sightings, was the police department of Exeter, New Hampshire.

Norman Muscarello was on Route 150. He did not own a car and was walking home from his girlfriend's house. Normally he would hitchhike but there were no cars on the road at two A.M. It was a clear night and all the stars were visible. Norman saw a group of pulsating lights in the northern sky and they were coming his way.

Suddenly the object was hovering over Norman as if it had traveled miles in an instant. The group of five lights were so bright that the object itself could not be seen. The crickets of September had fallen silent. Norman realized there was no engine noise nor was there any sign of propulsion. Norman Muscarello ran from the UFO through the middle of a field. He vaulted over a stone wall and hid behind it. He continued to watch the object. He counted how many times the red lights were flashing... four times, every time. The pattern was intelligent.

But the UFO lost interest and flew away. Norman stood in the middle of the road and stopped the first car by waving his arms. The driver rolled down his window. Norman was known as a level-headed young man. He had just turned 18 and he would soon enlist in the U.S. Navy on his way to Vietnam. But now he was shouting, "I gotta get to the police. Please, take me to the station." The driver said, "Okay, Norman, no problem."

At the police station in Exeter he told everything to the solitary officer on duty that night, Reginald Toland. That is when officer Eugene Bertrand reported in to the station. After hearing Norman's account he invited the young man into his squad car. They drove to the area where the UFO was sighted.

Muscarello wanted to stay in the cruiser. Bertrand said he needed his help. They walked toward the woods. Some horses in a nearby corral began making loud noises as though frightened. Some dogs farther afield began to howl. Both men saw the object re-appear, rising out of the woods behind the corral. Bertrand described it as "a huge, dark object as big as a barn, with flashing lights the color of blood." The UFO was performing impossible maneuvers, making turns at right-angles.

Bertrand dropped to one knee, drew his pistol and took aim. But he did not fire. Instead he returned the weapon to its holster, took Norman by the arm, and together they ran back to the squad car. He radioed to the only other cop on patrol, David Hunt. Waiting for Hunt to arrive, they continued to look for the object.

When Officer Hunt pulled up in his cruiser he leaned out the door and said, "How much have you guys had to drink tonight?" He said, "I'm from Missouri, the 'Show Me' state." The UFO re-appeared over the tree line. It hovered there and it stayed put.

The entire area was bathed in brilliant red light. Two houses standing a few hundred feet away were bathed in the crimson beam. The three witnesses still could not make out its shape because of the brightness of its lights. Then the lights moved across the field at a height of one hundred feet, and quickly disappeared into the distance.

Officer Bertrand drove Norman home. Norman's mother was having a fit because she didn't know where he'd been. Just the two of them lived there and they could not afford a phone. She saw the cruiser and said, "What did he do?" Bertrand explained what happened to her son. He added that two policemen saw the same thing.

In 1965 the U.S. Air Force was still investigating the appearances of UFO's. They learned the witnesses had already spoken to the press. In a knee jerk reaction they immediately issued a statement attacking the reputations of Norman Muscarello and both policemen.