1964 Sighting of "Disc-shaped object... the size of 2 football fields" Reported for First Time

• When: July 23rd, 1964 at 9:30 PM
  
• Where: Salem, New Hampshire
• What: Giant flying saucer sighting

In a recent MUFON report (case 95892), a witness to a sighting from years ago is finally coming forward. According to the testimony, a massive,  disc-shaped object hovered over a home in New Hampshire.  The witness was a child at the time but recalls many interesting details about the event:

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Observed disc-shaped object hovering over Canobie Lake, 5 miles NW. It seemed the size of 2 football fields. Movement observed in the windows.

My parents and I were watching television late one summer evening when I was about 9 years old. My father may have been the first to take note of the bright lights outside our back window, above the tree line. He noted it seemed to be hovering over in the vicinity of Canobie Lake Park.

Soon after, he went about his business paying it no further attention. I, however, was repeatedly drawn back to the window to look at it as my father repeatedly yelled for me to get/stay away from the window. I'm not sure whether his reaction was out of fear of the unknown or something else.

It was a massive disc-shape perhaps the length of two football fields across. It was metallic in appearance with bright exterior lighting. The outer edge did not come to a point as was so commonly portrayed in science fiction of the 1950s; it had a smooth outer edge that came down to a dome of lights below the disc. Windows partially encompassed the dome's circumference allowing for shadows and movement to be observed within the disc.

I have to wonder why it didn't cause a mass hysteria given it was so large.

What's interesting is a year after this event, the famous "Exeter UFO incident" occurred in the same state. That was debunked by a skeptical outlet as a top-secret air force plane, but still remains a mystery to UFO researches. Could these events be related?

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