Triangle over Exeter, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was outside having a smoke, when I noticed a very bright, pulsating light in the sky that did not resemble any aircraft I've ever seen. It moved quickly across the sky, its light changing in intensity, from very bright to almost unseeable. I managed to capture it on video with the camera on my phone. When it went behind my house I stopped the tape. I hadn't heard any noises but as soon as I put down the phone, I heard what sounded like a quiet plane. I saw the light in the sky, which had become three separate lights in a triangular form, flying back over my house and was able to start videoing again. I remember feeling afraid but unable to speak, I watched the lights turn from white, to red, to green, purple, back to white again faster than my mind could comprehend. Once the information was processed, my first instinct was to run inside and alert my husband. He asked me what I was doing out there for so long, even though the tapes only totaled two and a hal! f minutes. He told me it had to be a plane, even after watching my videos, and for months I decided to forget about the incident. I had even posted them to my Facebook and YouTube asking anyone if they knew what kind of aircraft this was. I was met with no replies, just disinterested silence. I didn't even think about it until I went to the dentist six months later. There was a metallic object in the root of my molar that had never been brought to my attention on X-rays before. I made a joke to my dentist about it being an alien implant, but he quickly dismissed me saying it was probably metal from a filling I had as a child, even though I explained to him that my mother made sure I had the non metallic fillings. He didn't seem very concerned, but I was because sometimes that tooth randomly throbs with pain. I know some would question why it took me so long to formally report what I saw, my answer is I did not know who would even care about it. I'm not some hoaxster who is capable of using technology to fake this, I'm just a normal, e! veryday person with a family and store clerk job. The second video of the craft flying over my head is the most amazing, especially when you zoom in on the object, play the tape frame by frame, and apply a filter that really makes its features stand out against the night sky. I have some screenshots where there appears to be some sort of window. So I will say the same thing I posted with the videos all those months ago, if anyone could tell me what this is, I would really appreciate it! We have looked at the video, and the object appears to us to be a jet airliner, climbing after take-off. We are still communicating with the source. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128511). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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November 16, 2019 · 3:20 PM · OVAL
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October 6, 2018 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
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February 26, 2018 · 7:45 PM · DIAMOND
Exeter, NH
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November 21, 2017 · 12:55 PM · CIRCLE
Exeter, NH
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