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C-000186CASE RECORD · CLASSIFICATION: CRAFT

EXETER PULSATING RED-LIGHT OBJECT (1965 REPORT)

Case-specific structured but poorly silhouetted object reported by Norman Muscarello and Exeter police officers in 1965, characterized by five sequenced red lights, very low silent flight, rocking motion and abrupt maneuvering.

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Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-134068reported
“Muscarello initially saw five powerful flashing red lights arranged along a roughly sixty-degree arc, apparently on the rim of a structure he estimated at eighty to ninety feet in diameter, though the hull itself was difficult to see.”
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Initial appearance”, PDF pp. 1127–1128
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CLAIM-134070reported
“Officer Bertrand later described a huge dark object roughly barn-sized, bright red with a halo effect, approaching at a tilt while barely clearing sixty- to seventy-foot pine trees.”
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Police close observation”, PDF p. 1129
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Reported Craft Behavior

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CLAIM-134069reported
“The Exeter lights reportedly moved silently over the field with a floating-leaf rise-and-fall motion; the five lights pulsed sequentially from one end to the other and back.”
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Muscarello motion and light sequence”, PDF p. 1128
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CLAIM-134071reported
“Bertrand, Muscarello and Hunt reported the Exeter object hovering about one hundred feet away and roughly one hundred feet high, rocking or swaying and then moving erratically with sudden darting turns.”
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Police-observed maneuvering”, PDF pp. 1129–1130
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Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.
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Sound Emission

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CLAIM-134072reported
“In a follow-up letter Bertrand and Hunt emphasized that the Exeter object was absolutely silent at very low altitude, with no jet or rotor rush; they also reported no wings or tail.”
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Officers follow-up description”, PDF p. 1133
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