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Went on a hike today in Pawtuckaway State Park in NH. At the summit of South Mountain I noticed a spherical black object suspended in air off in the distance. I believe I was looking southeast and I'm guessing this object was between 5-10 miles away. It appeared to be around eye level which would put it at around 800ft in the air. I traced a line from the object to the horizon and watched to see if it was moving at all but to me it seemed completely stationary. I watched it for probably close to an hour and half. I hiked down the trail a bit to another overlook and it was still hanging in the same spot. I eventually had to continue hiking so I never saw it leave or move. I am completely open to a prosaic explanation but I really can't think of one. The photos are basically worthless since it is just a tiny blurry speck, but I saw this with the naked eye for a while and from different angles on the mountain. Wondering if anyone had any ideas or maybe even saw it from another point.

EDIT: Forgot to mention there were southwest winds around 10-15mph with gusts up to 25mph.

EDIT2: 11/17/23 and the timestamp is 12:27PM. This photo is from right before I continued hiking.

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