Many granite staters are talking about this, *** really strange light they saw in the night sky last night. *** lot of people sent us videos. Melissa says she was in Hooksit when she saw this around 10:45. She says it seemed to hover around and move slowly. Now there were also sightings in Wilton, Chichester, and on. Winnipesauki as well people from other states including Vermont, Maine, New York, Missouri and Illinois, they’ve all been posting pictures and videos of this. Several people say they saw it while watching the meteor shower. We know it was not *** meteor shower also wasn’t any UFO or anything like that seems to be *** launch out there.
What was that? Spiral light seen in sky Tuesday night over New Hampshire
Updated: 9:11 AM EDT Aug 13, 2025
Many Granite Staters noticed what appeared to be a cloudy spiral light in the sky Tuesday night.There were sightings in Hooksett, Wilton, Chichester and on Lake Winnipesaukee, among several other New Hampshire communities. It was also seen in other states, including Vermont, Maine, New York, Missouri and Illinois. >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play << The sighting came on the same night that the Perseid meteor shower was peaking. But the light was not a meteor.The spiral image became visible a couple of hours after Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket took off at 8:37 p.m. ET from the European Space Agency’s spaceport in French Guiana in South America.Astronomer Jonathan McDowell said the spiral glow was likely caused by the deorbit of the rocket’s upper stage. >> Subscribe to WMUR’s YouTube channel <<
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
Many Granite Staters noticed what appeared to be a cloudy spiral light in the sky Tuesday night.
There were sightings in Hooksett, Wilton, Chichester and on Lake Winnipesaukee, among several other New Hampshire communities. It was also seen in other states, including Vermont, Maine, New York, Missouri and Illinois.
>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<
The sighting came on the same night that the Perseid meteor shower was peaking. But the light was not a meteor.
The spiral image became visible a couple of hours after Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket took off at 8:37 p.m. ET from the European Space Agency’s spaceport in French Guiana in South America.
Astronomer Jonathan McDowell said the spiral glow was likely caused by the deorbit of the rocket’s upper stage.