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This NICAP compilation of US Air Force Project Blue Book records covers the Exeter, New Hampshire sighting of 3 September 1965. It includes the Pease AFB initial report, Eighth Air Force details on the operation "Big Blast" B-47 flights, and letters from Patrolmen Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt disputing the aircraft explanation. There is also correspondence with John G. Fuller and a 1965 Pease AFB request for speakers. Blue Book listed the sighting as unidentified because no aircraft could be placed in the area at 0200.
“Exeter”21 pages
# HEADQUARTERS 817th AIR DIVISION (SAC) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire 03803 1 5 OCT 1965 Directorate of Information SUBJECT: Request for Information Concerning Speakers 70. Information Officer Foreign Technology Division, AFSC Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. There have been an unusually high number of reported sighting of unidentified flying objects in the Pease AFB, N.H. area which have been the subject of much discussion and numerous newspaper, radio and television reports. Many of these sightings have been reported to this base, and your records will show that we have performed thorough investigations of them. Other reports which we have learned of second hand have been made to local police departments and, in a few cases, to newspapers. Several members of this command have actually been called to view UFO's, by sincere and sober citizens, but as yet we have always been too late or "unlucky." The most interesting sighting, in the nearby town of Exeter, aroused special interest as two policemen saw the object at very close range (reference our report). It is the subject of an article in the current issue of the "Saturday Review of Literature." 2. This office has, of course, not commented on sightings reported to the Air Force other than to say that they are being or have been investigated, that the reports will be sent to your organization, that further releases will be made from the Public Information Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, etc. The fact that we cannot comment on the investigations has led to somewhat alarming suspicion of Air Force motives and interests in this area, the most popular belief being that "...the Air Force won't release the truth, because if the truth were known everyone would be paniced." I have attempted to counter this by explaining the USAF's interest in this matter every time I speak to the press or private citizens about this matter. I have obtained statistics from the "They'll Ask You" pamphlet concerning our success at identifying the vast majority of these sightings and released them in news release format. Still, however, an alarming number of people remain unconvinced. 3. Many members of the two nearby military affairs committees and key citizens from surrounding towns and cities have inquired concerning the possibility of an Air Force speaker on this subject.
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