Light moving over Rumney, NH, vanishes in instant
Traveling south on Stinson Lake Rd., in Rumney, NH, having just passed over the bridge which crosses the Baker River, about 1/2 mile from Rt. 25, I was traveling at about 25 mph directly, or nearly, towards the moon, which was merely a sliver. I could make out the tree line in the night sky, and somewhat above the tree line I picked up a glowing object. It was much larger than a star or even planet in the sky, about the size of my thumb nail at arms distance, maybe slightly larger than that. It was a bright and contained light, not diffuse, and was traveling at a fairly slow speed at about a 20 degree downward angle towards the west (moving from my left to my right). At first I thought it was a plane, or other known craft, but something about it was not quite right. It was descending towards an area where there was certainly no place to land, and it was too low. I watched it for about 10 seconds or less, and then it simply vanished. Its vanishing point was above the tree line. That is when I thought it was almost certainly something odd.
I drove about 500 more yards forward, and parked in the parking lot of the Stinson Mt. Grill, and scanned the skies. I saw nothing else. Other cars passing by at that point didn't seem to be alert or disturbed by anything. I asked a few folks in the Restaurant if they had seen anything, but none had.
I really don't know if it had a rational, mundane explanation. At that point I simply could not classify my experience.
Traveling south on Stinson Lake Rd., in Rumney, NH, having just passed over the bridge which crosses the Baker River, about 1/2 mile from Rt. 25, I was traveling at about 25 mph directly, or nearly, towards the moon, which was merely a sliver. I could make out the tree line in the night sky, and somewhat above the tree line I picked up a glowing object. It was much larger than a star or even planet in the sky, about the size of my thumb nail at arms distance, maybe slightly larger than that. It was a bright and contained light, not diffuse, and was traveling at a fairly slow speed at about a 20 degree downward angle towards the west (moving from my left to my right). At first I thought it was a plane, or other known craft, but something about it was not quite right. It was descending towards an area where there was certainly no place to land, and it was too low. I watched it for about 10 seconds or less, and then it simply vanished. Its vanishing point was above the tree line. That is when I thought it was almost certainly something odd.
I drove about 500 more yards forward, and parked in the parking lot of the Stinson Mt. Grill, and scanned the skies. I saw nothing else. Other cars passing by at that point didn't seem to be alert or disturbed by anything. I asked a few folks in the Restaurant if they had seen anything, but none had.
I really don't know if it had a rational, mundane explanation. At that point I simply could not classify my experience.
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-71.85
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NH
Occurred : 11/21/2009 18:00 (Entered as : 11/21/2009 18:00) Reported: 11/22/2009 7:07:18 PM 19:07 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: Rumney, NH Shape: Light Duration: 10 seconds
Light moving over Rumney, NH, vanishes in instant