Norman Muscarello

Norman Muscarello (1945-2010) was the primary civilian witness in the Exeter, New Hampshire UFO incident of September 3, 1965. The 18-year-old Muscarello was hitchhiking when he observed a large, silent object with pulsating red lights hovering over a field. Two Exeter police officers, Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt, independently confirmed the sighting.

The Exeter incident became one of the most prominent UFO cases of the 1960s. It was investigated by journalist John Fuller for his book Incident at Exeter and was notable for its multiple credible witnesses including law enforcement. Muscarello's testimony provided the key eyewitness account to the event. As the primary civilian witness in a case with police corroboration, his observation, which occurred while hitchhiking near Exeter, contributed to national attention on the UFO phenomenon.