Living right here in Roswell I've heard a lot of these road stories over the years and the Route 9 corridor keeps coming up more than people realise. Thursday night you say - that's interesting because we had some unusual cloud formations that evening, very low and moving against the wind direction which I always pay attention to.
The missing time thing is what gets me. Anyone can misread a clock or zone out driving, sure, but when you cross-reference your starting point, where you ended up, and the time elapsed and the numbers just don't add up - that's when it gets serious.
What's the last thing you actually remember before the gap? That detail matters a lot. In the cases I've studied the moment just before the break tends to be oddly vivid, like the brain is trying to hold onto something. Do you have anyone who can corroborate what time you left?