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>missile testing This reminds me of something I saw that I never really talked about. Maybe about 7 years ago, I was out bicycling at around 10pm at night outs
by AgentME 7y ago
>missile testing
This reminds me of something I saw that I never really talked about. Maybe about 7 years ago, I was out bicycling at around 10pm at night outside of Socorro NM (a small desert college town), and to the west I saw a light appear from behind some mountains steadily heading up and north in a slightly curved path. I thought it was a plane or a helicopter until it suddenly disappeared after about 30 seconds. I assumed it turned off its lights or that I somehow misunderstood what I saw, but a minute later, a new light appeared from the same original spot, followed the path again, and disappeared. This sequence repeated maybe ten times. I assume it was some kind of missile test that I saw. The White Sands Missile Range was 10+ miles to the southeast (the wrong direction), though I think I remember there also being other explosive testing ranges nearby to the west. I would love to know what exactly I saw, though I never knew how to go about finding that out even if the information was published somewhere.
- Evidlo 7y agoCrown flash, maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dapweXhhfLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dapweXhhfLU
- AgentME 7y agoNah it was way after sunset, it was definitely a point light source, the repetitions followed a strict schedule (I had started watching the time after the third one), and it had the steady motion you'd expect of an object with mass propelling itself that an illusion wouldn't necessarily have. It really seemed like a fast plane in the distance at night, and I wouldn't have given it a second thought had it not been for the disappearance or the repetition. I believe I saw a puff of light when it winked out, but it was hard to tell. The mountains it appeared behind were 10 miles away, and it was probably further than that. The town was surrounded by various explosives testing ranges. Occasionally everyone would hear the loud thump of a bomb being test during the day. Mythbusters was known for using some bomb range nearby. I'm pretty confident it was some kind of military or scientific test I saw, I'm just mainly curious about the specifics.
- Spooky23 7y agoMy dad saw something like that a long long time ago and we later found out it was a helicopter or small plane searching for weed grow sites. (Very common in our neck of the woods in the 90s and staggering waste of taxpayer resources) Some atmospheric phenomenon that I don’t recall made it appear much closer than it actually was. (He was intrigued enough to talk to a friend who was an atmospheric science professor) In his case the repetition was the chopper flying box patterns to search.
- shadowprofile76 7y agoCoincidentally, (as in literally, not that I think there's any relationship between what you saw and this), Socorro is the site of one of the more famous UFO incidents of the 20th Century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Zamora_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Zamora_incident