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Exeter UFO Festival means costumes, curiosity, and kindred spirits

UnknownOpinionSep 19, 1961, 12:00 AMPortsmouth, New Hampshire

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

3

Timeline

3

Source context

Sparse context

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Source provenance

r/UFOs

Live sighting record a887ca56-2dc7-4c97-a59e-24fd1843b06d.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

64% illumination

First quarter — moderate moon brightness

Solar window

Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset6:48 PM
Day length12h 20m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsOvercast
Temperature56°F
Cloud cover94% · Overcast
Wind3 mph

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Context notes

Heavy cloud cover (94%) — limited visibility

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Sep 19, 1961, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Eastern Time

Location

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Witness account

Narrative

Write up about The Exeter UFO Festival: "For Marden, one such story hits very personal. It's that of Betty and Barney Hill, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire couple who, while driving home through the White Mountains from a vacation in Canada on Sept. 19, 1961, had an experience that would become one of the most famous cases of alleged extraterrestrial abduction." submitted by /u/ocvictor

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowSep 19, 1961, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

PublishedSep 8, 2026, 5:11 PM

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Linked event

Grouped into the Exeter UFO Festival incident dossier.

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Cover image

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Original report

Open

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.