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TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: September 3, 1965, at about 2:00 A.M. EDT on Route 150, three miles southwest of Exeter, New Hampshire. DURATION: Longest period of observation was about 15 continuous minutes, but object was sighted repeatedly for periods of from five to eight minutes before it disappeared. TACTICS: The lights moved over a large field and sometimes fluttered to a lower altitude in a maneuver that resembled a falling leaf; they repeatedly descended behind houses and trees and then reappeared after an interval of time. COMMENT: These mysterious lights were so bright that they illuminated the surrounding landscape with a red glow. They flashed in sequence from one to another along the row they formed and after the last flash, the sequence would be repeated in reverse. They never varied their formation, were always the same distance apart at the same angle to the horizon. Sometimes they descended so low that they almost seemed to be settling to the ground or to be attacking the observers. Except for minor differences, this UFO sighting at Exeter, New Hampshire, oddly resembles a sighting by two housewives driving in a car through Naperville, Illinois, at 10:40 P.M. about three and a half years earlier, on March 26, 1962, The Naperville lights were also bright red, also flashed (but not necessarily in sequence) yet in a different manner - more like rotating beacons - and flew in formation. The formation, however, was not constant and varied considerably NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: First one, then joined by two others. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Young man about to enter U.S. Navy and two police officers. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: Five that moved as one. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Good for all three. SHAPE: Five lights close together in a row that was tilted about 60° to the landscape; each was round. DIMENSIONS: Lights were each about the size of a baseball. COLOR: Bright red. SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: From a few feet to about 100 feet. SPEED: Not estimated. during a comparatively lengthy sighting. One of the observers said she saw from six to eight lights.