The Exeter Area Kiwanis are pleased to announce that this year’s Exeter UFO Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday September 2nd and Sunday September 3rd, 2023 in Exeter, New Hampshire. The Festival is a celebration of all things UFO-related, and features a variety of speakers, panels, children’s activities and events.
Many Exeter shops and restaurants will also participate in the Festival by offering special promotions and merchandise.
The festival is based on the famous “Incident at Exeter,” which occurred on September 3rd, 1965 in nearby Kensington. At that time, 18-year-old Norman Muscarello reported to the Exeter Police his sighting of an unidentified flying object behind a barn in Kensington. As the police investigated the site, they too saw the object hovering where Muscarello had seen it. Headlines nationwide told the story. The rest became history as the police and investigators nationwide tried to determine what young Muscarello saw that night.
The Incident at Exeter is one of the most well-documented UFO sightings in history. It has been investigated by numerous experts, and there is still no consensus on what the object was.
The Exeter UFO Festival is a great opportunity to learn more about the Incident at Exeter and other UFO-related topics. The festival features a variety of speakers, panels, and activities, all of which are designed to educate and entertain visitors. For more information about our speakers and their presentation topics, go to the SPEAKERS page.
In addition to the educational programming, the festival also features a variety of fun activities for kids, such as face painting, rock painting, games, and crafts including the popular UFO Crash Site for the younger kids. For details on the activities planned, go to the EVENTS page.
The Exeter UFO Festival is a great way to spend a day or a weekend in beautiful Exeter, New Hampshire. Exeter is a quintessential New Hampshire seacoast town,,,and the Festival is a fun and educational event for people of all ages.
At the Festival, we will be offering collectables such as tee shirts, hats, sweat shirts, art posters, tote bags, mugs and other items displaying this year’s UFO Festival art.
Trolleys will run on Saturday and Sunday offering guided trips to the Kensington site where Norman Muscarello saw the UFO. See the EVENTS page for more information about our UFO Festival Trolley tours.
Proceeds from the Festival benefit multiple Seacoast charities The Exeter UFO Festival is run by the Exeter Area Kiwanis Club, with help from many volunteers. Kiwanis is a global organization that is dedicated to serving the children of the world. All the proceeds from the UFO Festival are donated to support scholarships and local Seacoast family and children charities. For more information about Kiwanis International and the Exeter Area Kiwanis Club, go to the about us page on this website.