By Tim Binnall
A police department in New Hampshire has created a special patch that commemorates their community's place in UFO lore. According to a local media report, the Exeter Police Department produced the very cool collectible to be sold at the forthcoming Exeter UFO Festival held over Labor Day weekend. The annual gathering, which began in 2009, celebrates a legendary 1965 UFO sighting that occurred in the nearby town of Kensington, but later became synonymous with the community in large part due to John G. Fuller's book Incident at Exeter, which was a New York Times bestseller.
In unveiling the patch on social media, the department explained that the concept for the design came from Chief Stephan Poulin, who "brainstormed ideas" until ultimately deciding on "an alien with a peace sign, because he feels it represents the peaceful characteristics of our warm and welcoming community." Beyond being a cool collectible, the 'out of this world' patch also goes towards a good cause as, the department explained, "proceeds from the sales will be used to cover costs associated with our comfort dog program."
This is actually the second year in a row that the Exeter PD have produced a commemorative patch for the event as a proverbial trial run for the concept last year proved to be a smashing success with all 250 of the patches selling out "at lightning speed." As such, the department promised that "we learned our lesson and will have more available" at this year's gathering, though getting your hands on one of the patches may prove to more difficult than capturing a UFO on film as they will only be available on-site during the first day of the festival and, the cops cautioned, "when they're gone- they're gone."