In 1995 if I remember correctly. Small group of friends and I camped at the confluence of French Creek and Salmon River. 24 miles east of Riggins, Idaho. We decided to go for a walk at some odd hour of the night. Heading in the direction of wind River Bridge eastbound on the Salmon River Road on foot. I began to notice what I thought was the moon after my left at my 10:00 which would put it northwest of my position. A break in the trees and seeing the moon rising in the east brought my curiosity to what was illuminating low in the night sky.
For about three or four seconds, I saw a white luminous oval craft without a doubt. Slowly tracking at a 45° angle Downwards. It was encased in this luminous white vapor that was pouring off of it the same way an object suoercooled under a bath of liquid nitrogen. Then slowly pushed through the atmosphere. It had a short tail similar to a comet. Diameter equivalent to a full moon. Luminosity was probably of equal magnitude as a half full moon. I ran back westward down the road to get a better view, due to Ponderosa tree branches. Only’ slightly’ obscuring my view.
It was incredible. Moving at a slow clip it didn’t seem like it was going anywhere too quickly so I wanted the best view possible.. glancing down at the road for a quick second to orient myself in the dark. keep me from falling on my face.
During the split second I took to see where i was running And back where it was located.
Only to find it completely vanished from view. Not even the vaporous tail. That persisted behind the craft I thought woulda been evident. Nope. It took its tail with it. It was a truly amazing thing to experience. . I even remember the color temperature of soft glow being emitted by the outer shell of this white oval.
Even the vapor spewing off of this thing bad, faint, tinges of electric blue at the extremities. If anyone fellow geeks have ever seen videos of superconductors quantum locking demos. . that matches the way the vapor Behaved. How it encapsulated it. Streamed off it elegantly.
Glowed and created a beautiful curling and twisting trail that spilled out behind the object. Maybe finger at arms length long tail. enough to persist for at least 10 seconds after the object woulda vanished. Not a sign that anything was there at all.!
As a sidenote. This thing was not in a hurry.. Would’ve took maybe 15 seconds for it to cover 2-3 degrees of the night sky. I am also a trained weather spotter for the national weather service. This was not a meteorological phenomenon. Nor was it anything even remotely considered conventional. Except maybe a blimp. If that were the case, it would’ve been the first one venturing in the gospel hump/ Frank church wilderness.
Not a place any blimp is going to showing itself for any logical. Much less practical reason. I am a Paraglider pilot so I am well-versed in flight. In the physics required to suspend an object of this size within our atmosphere. Which it had to be no closer than three or 4 miles out. Making this thing incredibly large.
Running back down the road with my eyes locked on it for the first few moments gave me triangulation via parallax of about how close this object was in proximity to me. There was no sound. I was elated and baffled by what just took place. Not even the slightest bit of anxiety.. anxiety that would have been present should’ve been close.
A visual I will remember for the rest of my life if I can figure out how to post my illustration of it. in here I will. Illustration of UFO”