Saw something genuinely weird over southwestern NH on May 18 around 10:03–10:04 PM.Exact location roughly 43.1678 N, -72.3571 W at ~1000 ft elevation.Sky conditions were extremely clear. A minute earlier we were photographing the crescent moon with visible earthshine and Venus nearby low in the west/northwest.Then in the eastern sky I noticed what looked like a very faint gray-white “scratch” moving steadily north south.Important details:* visible to naked eye* completely silent* no blinking lights* no flashing* no maneuvers* smooth orbital-like motion* maintained shape/size the entire time* looked continuous, NOT like separate Starlink dots* thin and elongated, roughly finger-width at arm’s length* appeared much dimmer in person than the photos suggestPhotos exaggerate brightness because of phone exposure, but the overall shape is accurate. In person it looked more like a faint silver-gray filament or hairline in the sky.Weird part is it did NOT behave like:* a meteor* an airplane* a normal satellite* or a typical Starlink trainReddit satellite people and AI have suggested maybe:* upper-stage venting* elongated orbital debris* tether-like hardware* classified orbital payload reflectionBut nobody has matched it definitively yet.The thing that stood out most was how coherent and structured it remained while moving. It did not bloom or disperse like a normal plume. It looked like a stable, very dim luminous filament - like a gray hairline scratch in the sky.Photo 1/6 - photos were taken with different cell phone lenses over about 90 seconds. This picture is closest to reality, but the photo is brighter than it actually appeared.
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>>42417355The same empty sky for reference. This remains a UAP, so if anyone has any theories, I'm open.
>>42417335*puts schizo hat on*there are many sightings of "shit falling from the sky and exploding" lately.maybe its connected to Atlas releasing something when it was flying by?
>>42417453It didn't fall. It was clearly in orbit. Much higher than any object I've witnessed in orbit. We have a lot of reference points in our skies.
