MUFON New Hampshire Newsletter

History

Peter R. Geremia directed New Hampshire MUFON from PO Box 453, Rye, NH 03870, publishing the newsletter from at least October 1986 (Issue 4) through December 1997 (Issue 26). The chapter gave public presentations at the Portsmouth Library and the Concord Tech, maintained relationships with MUFON member Michael Scadova in Keene, and ran an annual UFO conference that reached its sixth year by September 1996. The conference drew volunteer staff (Wayne Belanger on refreshments, Pat Buxton and Fran at registration, Kathy Ficek assisting) and attracted speakers from across the northeastern UFO research community, including Bill Zechel.

The newsletter documented active field investigations across the state. The 1984 Keene sighting received ongoing attention, with investigators returning to gather additional data as late as 1986. Keene, a college town in southwestern New Hampshire near the Vermont border, generated multiple reports across the 1980s that Geremia's team tracked systematically. The chapter operated in a state whose terrain (the White Mountains, dense forests, isolated valleys) made witness access and site investigation physically demanding, especially during the long New England winters when Geremia noted that sighting reports dropped but public interest persisted.

The newsletter carried a mix of investigation reports, director's messages assessing chapter activity levels, and information about upcoming lectures and events. Geremia's editorial voice was practical: when report numbers dropped, he acknowledged it without alarm; when a case warranted investigation, he assigned it and followed through. The chapter also tracked the 1988 "Mr. X" photographs from the Keene area, which showed curious parallels to the Exeter incident descriptions.