Wednesday, January 16, 2013
After the organizer announced it would be canceled, a local group stepped up to save it.
The annual Exeter UFO Festival will go on as planned this year thanks to a local group, according to the festival's former organizer. Dean Merchant said last week that the festival was going to be canceled in 2013, as he was stepping down from his organizer position. The Exeter Kiwanis, which has sponsored the festival in the past, stepped up and will organize the festival this year, Merchant said. "It will work out because people support the festival," Merchant said. The tentative date for this year's festival is Aug. 31—earlier than in years past. [Sign up for Exeter Patch's daily newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for Exeter-area news] The festival has been held downtown for the last four years, drawing UFO enthusiasts …
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
It has been held downtown for the last four years.
The annual Exeter UFO Festival scheduled for this fall has been canceled, according to its organizer. The festival has been held downtown for the last four years, drawing UFO enthusiasts from across the country. Dean Merchant said he's taking a break from organizing the festival this year and said he's looking for someone else to take the reins. He said he wanted to make the cancellation announcement now so people who planned on attending by making hotel reservations don't get stuck. [Sign up for Exeter Patch's daily newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for Exeter-area news] Merchant said he hopes the festival can be continued in 2014. "I still hope things can work out in some fashion to continue the Exeter UFO festival," he …
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Following the Blue Moon Friday night, folks from all over the country met at the Town Hall in Exeter for an out of this world gathering.
The interest in extraterrestrials on Earth really gained momentum in 1962 after the Twilight Zone episode: To Serve Man. After that aired, most people lived in fear that they would end up on an alien’s dinner plate. Then came ET and the world fell in love with extraterrestrials. Today, there are those who are sure that aliens walk among us, those who believe that those folks are crazy, and those who are intrigued by the idea. On Saturday, believers and fans of life on galaxies beyond our own met in Exeter for the Fourth Annual Exeter UFO Festival. Dean Merchant, the original organizer of this event, is a New Hampshire native with a keen interest in the facts and fiction surrounding the presence of extraterrestrials. Over the years, he has …
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Phil Wilson
11:57 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
You'd think that with all Exeter's moonbat voters that the UFO festival would be held this year more ›