NUFORC UFO Sighting 181400

Occurred: 2024-05-03 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-05-04 12:21 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Greenfield, NH, USA
Location details: Viewed from 3rd story roof while facing directly East

Shape: Orb
Color: White
Estimated Size: thumb nail held arms length away
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 50
Closest Distance: unsure
Estimated Speed: close to that of a small single engine craft
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

Slow moving objects suddenly glew extremely bright, dimmed, then continued WNW on a non elliptical path

While watching the stars with my partner she pointed out what she thought to be a satellite to the left and slightly above Hercule. I looked where she was pointing and noted how it was going the right speed but the path didn't look right. It appeared to be moving *flat* across the sky and not in an arc. The path of the object was WNW (10-15° N of W) but was also traversing *down* towards the ground giving it the appearance of traveling diagonally. 10 seconds after I said that it suddenly glew a very bright white and greatly increased in size. Appeared as large as a thumbnail held arms length away. The intensity of the light ramped up over 2-3 seconds stayed illuminated for 3 seconds, then dimmed back to a point over the course of a few seconds. All of this happened while the object moved across the sky. After dimming it continued a long a linear path NNE before I lost sight of it in the distance at approximately 10° east of north. The best way to describe the exit path of the object is that it looked like the path of a train crossing a bridge when viewed from the perspective of someone below and downstream of the bridge.

Posted 2024-05-05