Light over Bartlett, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was leaving a rented condo for a trip back to work in the Boston area. There is a procedure to that for leaving: Making sure I'm cleaning up after a quick breakfast, shutting off water and heat, etc. Upon departure I checked the north facing deck on the ground floor for signs of my stuff and looking at the weather. Dark outside at 5:30. Planning to leave at six. Cloudy conditions with a cloud base probably at 3500 feet, which obscures mountain tops in the area. Looking across the river valley (Saco), there was a dense mist, cloudy fog. Between the layers was a bright red light. I had on 2.5 cheater glasses, and went back in to get a 1.00 glasses. I noticed another dim light breaking to the R of the 1st. It increased in brilliance to the same intensity. Both hovered over Rt 302. two minutes to the same intensity. Then a 3rd, same increase over two min. watched for minutes, and then they winked out slowly. I've never seen anything but bright ! white lights there at an intersection BELOW that area.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #164694). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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