| ID | #1607772172 |
| Added | Sat, 12/12/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Paul Montgomery, The Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH), Sept. 25, 1992
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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[excerpt from " do you Believe in UFOs?", Keene sentinel (Keene, new Hampshire), September 25, 1992]
Among NH UFO supporters, this is known simply as the"Zeller Incident".
On October 16, 1984, a mysterious ship was sighted over Keene near highway 12. Police Sergeant Keene. John S. Zeller got the call and drove to the highway to see what was going on.
He noticed something in the sky and turned the searchlight of his cruiser on a white object in the shape of an airship before it left.
The next night, it returned and hovered over kin again.
During these two nights, many people reported something strange. But the show was named after Zeller, probably because of His position in society. He even went on television to talk in detail about what he was facing.
To this day, Zeller, who has been subject to some criticism over the years because of his public report, claims that the object was unlike anything he had ever seen. Still, he knows what he saw. It didn't behave like any known aircraft. This was contrary to physics, and it was huge.
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Excerpt from "UFO Sightings: tell me the facts", Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, new Hampshire), June 2, 1985 .:
On the night of October 15, police in Keene, new Hampshire, received an anonymous call. The man refused to give his name because he said his wife would think he was crazy. He told the police that something strange was hovering over the city.
A skeptic familiar with the screams of oddballs, Sergeant. John Zeller was in no hurry to get to the section of route 12 where the object was reported.
As he was driving from West street on route 12, a car approaching him screeched to a stop, and two people got out of the car, pointing at the sky.
"There was something, basically lights hovering five to 700 feet above the ground, red, green, white pulsing types," Zeller says. "All you could see were lights, you couldn't see any outlines. The strange thing was that it was absolutely still, as if it was stuck there. Not a sound. I stood there for maybe two minutes."
Sergeant, then. Zeller turned his spotlight with a power of 200,000 candles to floating lights.
"You could see a ray of light in the dark," Zeller says. "At the moment when the beam of light was directed at it, it approached it at an angle, simultaneously descending. It was so obviously unconventional. The creature continued to approach the cruiser about 100 feet away, moving as fast as if you were riding a Bicycle.
The strange ship hovered above the cruiser, barely moving. Zeller didn't see any markings or holes, and couldn't remember if he saw wings, but he described the object as 40-50 feet long, 10-15 feet wide, cream - colored with blunt ends, with protrusions at the bottom, like an old-fashioned tub.
"It made a two - tone hum," Zeller says. "He went to the car wash and did something that I believe turned around and then went-boom-towards the Ramada Inn."
Zeller admits that he has never seen anything like what hovered over his cruiser on the night of October 15, 1984.
"That doesn't mean it came from Mars," he says.
Original news
[excerpt from “Do You Believe in UFOs?”, Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH), Sept. 25, 1992]
Among N.H. UFO believers, it’s known simply as “The Zeller Incident.”
On Oct. 16,1984, a mysterious craft was seen over Keene near Route 12. Keene police Sgt. John C. Zeller got the call and drove out to the highway to see what was going on.
He caught sight of something in the sky and shined his cruiser’s spotlight on a white, dirigible-shaped object before it moved off.
The following night it was back, hovering above Keene again.
A lot of people reported something strange during those two nights. But the sighting was named after Zeller, probably because of his position in the community. He even went on television to detail what he had encountered.
To this day, Zeller — who’s taken a bit of flak over the years about his public account — maintains the object was unlike anything he’d ever seen. Still, he knows what he saw. It did not behave like any known aircraft. It defied physics, and it was huge.
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Excerpt from “UFO sightings: Just give me the facts”, Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, NH), June 2, 1985:
On the night of Oct. 15, the Keene, N. H. police got an anonymous phone call. The man refused to give his name because he said his wife would think he was crazy. He told the police something strange was hovering over the city.
A skeptic familiar with crank calls, Sgt. John Zeller was in no hurry to reach the section of Route 12 where the object was reported.
As he drove from West Street to Route 12, the car coming toward him screeched to a stop, and two people got out, pointing at the sky.
“There was something, mostly lights, hovering five to 700 feet off the ground, red, green, white pulsating types,” Zeller says. “All you could see was the lights, you couldn’t see any outline. The strange thing was, this was absolutely still, like it was stuck there. There was no sound. I stood there probably two minutes.”
Then Sgt. Zeller aimed his 200,000 candlelight power spotlight at the hovering lights.
“You could see the light beam through the dark,” Zeller says. “The minute the light beam was put on it, it came toward it, at an angle, lowering at the same time. It was so clearly unconventional. The thing kept coming about 100 feet from the cruiser, traveling as fast as you’d ride a bicycle.”
The strange craft hovered over the cruiser, barely moving. Zeller saw no markings, no openings, and can’t remember if he saw wings, but he described the object as 40-50 feet long, 10-15 feet wide, cream-colored with blunt ends, ridged on the bottom like an old-fashioned bathtub.
“It gave out a two-tone hum,” Zeller says. “It went over to a car wash and it did something which I assume was turning around, then it went — boom — over toward the Ramada Inn.”
Zeller admits he’d never seen anything like the thing that hovered over his cruiser the night of Oct. 15, 1984.
“It doesn’t mean it came from Mars,” he says.
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