Orange dots in the sky

spiderbeast

Hi all,

While on my way home fromwork tonight at about midnight I saw a light in the sky. My first reaction was that it was just a plane. But then I saw 5 more orange lights following behind. There was no sound from them, they moved quite fast, and they were were almost perfectly round, like dots.

What do you reckon it was. This was over south Dublin, Greenhills area.

Anybody else see it? Is there like a UFO contact number who can ring?

The Artist

spiderbeast wrote: »

Hi all,

While on my way home fromwork tonight at about midnight I saw a light in the sky. My first reaction was that it was just a plane. But then I saw 5 more orange lights following behind. There was no sound from them, they moved quite fast, and they were were almost perfectly round, like dots.

What do you reckon it was. This was over south Dublin, Greenhills area.

Anybody else see it? Is there like a UFO contact number who can ring?

probably the abulance or the garda as ye too pissed!

spiderbeast

Alan Ford wrote: »

probably the abulance or the garda as ye too pissed!

I was waiting for that. I don't even drink! I was on my way home from work.

ShoulderChip

Oh they are stars if you look further you will see loads of them in the sky.

miju

spiderbeast wrote: »

Anybody else see it? Is there like a UFO contact number who can ring?

if there was do you think the US government would be spending a whole pile of cash sending out beeps and blips into space to contact ET?



i'll get me coat

The Artist

spiderbeast wrote: »

I was waiting for that. I don't even drink! I was on my way home from work.

or the lampost:p

AlmightyCushion

spiderbeast wrote: »

I was on my way home from work.

You really shouldn't be drinking at work.

The Artist

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

You really shouldn't be drinking at work.

you shouldnt either!

spiderbeast

Alan Ford wrote: »

you shouldnt either!

I can understand why nobody believes me, I'd be the same but try to have an open mind.

Rb

spiderbeast wrote: »

I'd be the same but try to have an open mind.

No harm in that really.

Just ease up on the acid a bit.

Kernel

You could try:

http://www.ufoinfo.com/sightings/ireland.shtml

or for a list of organisations:

http://www.ufoinfo.com/organizations/org_eire.shtml

Do you know what direction the lights were travelling? Were they in a fixed formation? Change direction? I would be prone to believe you of course, many many people have seen unexplained objects in the sky.

Check out the disclosure project for some good info on the topic: http://www.disclosureproject.org/

The experts believe full disclosure of the topic will happen very shortly.

greatgoal

spiderbeast wrote: »

Hi all,

While on my way home fromwork tonight at about midnight I saw a light in the sky. My first reaction was that it was just a plane. But then I saw 5 more orange lights following behind. There was no sound from them, they moved quite fast, and they were were almost perfectly round, like dots.

What do you reckon it was. This was over south Dublin, Greenhills area.

Anybody else see it? Is there like a UFO contact number who can ring?

probably a big load of orange flavoured skittles floating around in space.

Kernel

greatgoal wrote: »

probably a big load of orange flavoured skittles floating around in space.

Unlikely, orange skittles in space would not be visible - even with a telescope.

Cunny-Funt

This stuff happens quite a lot actually. There just really isn't much that can be done.

People see this stuff, but all the can do is tell other people. Who'll generally dismiss them. Until one day they see something, only to be dismissed by everyone else cept the the guy who spoke to them before.

All in all, some will believe you, most will just think your either lying are too stupid to know what a plane looks like.

But you'll never get answers.

I've not personally seen anything like lights in the sky etc. I saw something in broad daylight. I don't talk about it however as its pointless.

Do I believe in UFO's and all that stuff? Not really. But I find all that stuff interesting anyway, and frankly when you look up a lot of the stuff, I seriously hope its NOT true as its really not good, not good at all. In fact it's pretty horrible.

I do think somethings going on though as its as clear as day. Plus the facts are very interesting too.

Anyways, whats funny is, the fact that a US General could come out and say that 20 years ago he order a squadron of F-16's to intercept strange objects in the sky and the planes never returned. He could even provide documents that prove it. And he'll never make the news. Best you'd get is a spot on some cheesy UFO show on youtube of which most people will naturally role their eyes at.

That's just the way it is.

Neil_Sedaka

Heard about them on Q102 (somewhere over Terenure)

Also have a look at this
and the link in the last posting.

Ian Beale

miju wrote: »

if there was do you think the US government would be spending a whole pile of cash sending out beeps and blips into space to contact ET?



i'll get me coat

You disappoint me miju and your a mod of the Conspiracy Theories board!You should know its all a cover up...................................................................................I mean no cover up carry on carry on I was very drunk when I wrote this.

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Caoimhín

Now where did i leave my tin foil hat.....

Davidius

Funnily enough, last night I was dreaming about building missiles in my lab to destroy meteors heading towards the Earth. The meteors were orange dots at first and followed one by one.

Missiles worked followed by more horribly unscientific **** like tornados occuring in my garden. :pac:

bunnyb

We saw them too, it was at about 12.15am. They looked like they were flying from Terenure area heading towards Tallaght, over Tymon Park. We were in the Greenhills area, near the park. We saw 7 in total, 3 of them were close together the other 4 were more spread out. They were travelling as fast as an aircraft (all moving in the same direction) but there was absolutely no sound from them. They were bright orange and we thought they looked like balls of fire.
We wouldn't have believed it either only for 3 of us saw it together.

About 5 minutes after they had passed we did see and hear a helicopter, probably the gardai helicopter. These lights definitely were not helicopters or planes.

We're baffled!!!!

eldeabroad

OMFG its starting................:eek:

Thrill

spiderbeast wrote: »

try to have an open mind.

O.k., I'll try.

They could be........oranges from the planet orangeicus, here to extract a terrible revenge on the human race for turning their earth-bound brethren into juice.*





* could also have been a small meteor shower

greatgoal

Kernel wrote: »

Unlikely, orange skittles in space would not be visible - even with a telescope.

these are huge skittles that only i can recognise.

yawnstretch

Thrill wrote: »

O.k., I'll try.

They could be........oranges from the planet orangeicus, here to extract a terrible revenge on the human race for turning their earth-bound brethren into juice.*





* could also have been a small meteor shower

Sherifu

I believe you OP.*





*May not be true.

Fringe

I saw something like this over Terenure near Bushy Park too at night. There were only two of them and they were pretty much next to each other so we all though it was just a plane.

Kernel

Thrill wrote: »

* could also have been a small meteor shower

Doubtful since they were travelling horizontally against the horizon, and spaced out in formation like that.

The Artist

i must say its very baffling about these orange dots,i say we have been
TANGOED

adam.number2

spiderbeast wrote: »

I was waiting for that. I don't even drink!

There's your problem.

EamonnKeane

They are new shtars in the shky to herald the rebirth of King Billy, who will drive all perfidioush Papishts from the land.

Dman001

Isn't is a bit odd though that there are 3 threads, if not more, on the same subject and many people saying they saw the same thing.

AckwelFoley

do you take LSD?

AARRRGH

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

This stuff happens quite a lot actually. There just really isn't much that can be done.

People see this stuff, but all the can do is tell other people. Who'll generally dismiss them. Until one day they see something, only to be dismissed by everyone else cept the the guy who spoke to them before.

All in all, some will believe you, most will just think your either lying are too stupid to know what a plane looks like.

But you'll never get answers.

I've not personally seen anything like lights in the sky etc. I saw something in broad daylight. I don't talk about it however as its pointless.

Good post.

Myself and my friend saw something which makes absolutely no sense.

I still can't rationalise it at all.

No one believes us, so I just don't talk about it anymore.

BaconZombie

http://xkcd.com/395/

Duff

dublindude wrote: »

Good post.

Myself and my friend saw something which makes absolutely no sense.

I still can't rationalise it at all.

No one believes us, so I just don't talk about it anymore.

Share your encounters on the paranormal forum in the UFOlogy thread..

Deliverance

Could have been a projection from some kind of concert or event? Similar laser technology was used 20yrs ago to put moving light 'dot' type patterns in the sky and they were fascinating to watch and could be seen for miles. Probably much better these days and easy to do with the right equipment. The fact that the lights were orange might suggest that it was a projection.

FruitLover

I for one welcome our new orangey alien overlords.

Deliverance

FruitLover wrote: »

I for one welcome our new orangey alien overlords.

I think it is a lemon meself.

ronbyrne2005

Probably Chinese Lanterns that people have been releasing at BBQs over last few summers. Any advanced civilisations/life forms arriving here would'nt be advertising themselves in such a manner IMO.

pd101

I saw orange lights in the sky too last year and looked exactly like what you see on these ufo documentaries, but a couple of days later I found out that they were just flares that the army were using up in the Glen of Imaal. It could have been something similar you saw.

Deliverance

FruitLover wrote: »

I for one welcome our new orangey alien overlords.

Well, you are a fruit lover.

spiderbeast

Kernel wrote: »

You could try:

http://www.ufoinfo.com/sightings/ireland.shtml

or for a list of organisations:

http://www.ufoinfo.com/organizations/org_eire.shtml

Do you know what direction the lights were travelling? Were they in a fixed formation? Change direction? I would be prone to believe you of course, many many people have seen unexplained objects in the sky.

Check out the disclosure project for some good info on the topic: http://www.disclosureproject.org/

The experts believe full disclosure of the topic will happen very shortly.

The lights were heading from south to north. There were about 5 dots going at the same speed and spaced out at the same distance, then a 6th dot followed about 30 secs later.

spiderbeast

I think the most like theory is this............"There is an Aer Corps base in Gormanstown. Testing their anti-aircraft guns?"

Wertz

Probably just the ISS illuminated by twilight.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Dublin
The second sighting time on that table corresponds to the OP's timing, the track is about right, and it took 5 min to traverse the sky, which would account for the plane-like speed.

Dublindude's story is better, and like I mentioned when he posted it, me and a mate saw almost the same thing one night about 10 yrs ago. Still no expanation for that, including inebriation...grand to post about it on a web forum, not the sort of thing you bring up in general conversation...

Tenger

Wertz wrote: »

Probably just the ISS illuminated by twilight.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Dublin
The second sighting time on that table corresponds to the OP's timing, the track is about right, and it took 5 min to traverse the sky, which would account for the plane-like speed.

I would rule out the ISS. I have seen it on several occasions and it is a white coloured light. Perhaps the orange lights are another form of orbiting object.

Commercial aircraft use red and/or white flashing lights so it would not have been helicopter/airplane. The garda chopper is a regular near Tymon Park and its flies low and therefore loud.

And a line of orange lights- perhaps some form of test balloon. Very few private aircraft would be flying at night as vast majority of flightplans in Ireland are visual navigation (VFR)

FunkZ

Jaysus none of yis have copped it, at least we now have a forum for this to help but these are the worst kind.

Space Zombies!

nyarlothothep

I believe you, and its not anything normal like concert lasers or helicopters, but I can't tell you what they really are for my own safety.

Wertz

Bramble wrote: »

I would rule out the ISS. I have seen it on several occasions and it is a white coloured light. Perhaps the orange lights are another form of orbiting object.

Commercial aircraft use red and/or white flashing lights so it would not have been helicopter/airplane. The garda chopper is a regular near Tymon Park and its flies low and therefore loud.

And a line of orange lights- perhaps some form of test balloon. Very few private aircraft would be flying at night as vast majority of flightplans in Ireland are visual navigation (VFR)

I've seen the ISS myself, and the light can vary depending on the time you see it at...if it's anywhere near the terminator line, then atmospheric scattering of the light can make it other colours than just white...if you get sunlight glinting off the solar panels, it can appear as more than just one light source...if they're dumping water ice, that too can be seen....and if there's a shuttle mission docked or coming to or from the station, the shuttle can be seen as well.

The OP hasn't defined the size or magnitude of the lights they saw, so it's impossible to say what they saw. Thjere was some very intense thunderstorm activity over europe that day too...perhaps some form of ball lightning, jet or sprite...perhaps a small line of meteoroids skimming the upper atmosphere (the orange colour would favour this).
I dunno...I'm just trying to get past the whole AH thing..."lol aliens", "you're mad/drunk/high" etc...

Kernel

Wertz wrote: »

I've seen the ISS myself, and the light can vary depending on the time you see it at...if it's anywhere near the terminator line, then atmospheric scattering of the light can make it other colours than just white...if you get sunlight glinting off the solar panels, it can appear as more than just one light source...if they're dumping water ice, that too can be seen....and if there's a shuttle mission docked or coming to or from the station, the shuttle can be seen as well.

The OP hasn't defined the size or magnitude of the lights they saw, so it's impossible to say what they saw. Thjere was some very intense thunderstorm activity over europe that day too...perhaps some form of ball lightning, jet or sprite...perhaps a small line of meteoroids skimming the upper atmosphere (the orange colour would favour this).
I dunno...I'm just trying to get past the whole AH thing..."lol aliens", "you're mad/drunk/high" etc...

All good possible explanations in fairness. I'd be a bit doubtful about the ISS, mainly since I'm a (very) amateur astronomer and have observed the ISS. Ball lightening is possible, meteoroids spaced out to appear in formation that low on the horizon is unlikely, but possible. I think it's an interesting sighting though. I think the US military is flying a lot of strange things, there have been a lot of sightings of huge slow flying triangles around the USA, which are said to be completely silent. People have speculated that they may be using electrostatic lift, the problem is generating enough electrostatic energy for such a size, which cannot be explained by conventional propulsion techniques.

Wertz

Kernel wrote: »

All good possible explanations in fairness. I'd be a bit doubtful about the ISS, mainly since I'm a (very) amateur astronomer and have observed the ISS. Ball lightening is possible, meteoroids spaced out to appear in formation that low on the horizon is unlikely, but possible. I think it's an interesting sighting though. I think the US military is flying a lot of strange things, there have been a lot of sightings of huge slow flying triangles around the USA, which are said to be completely silent. People have speculated that they may be using electrostatic lift, the problem is generating enough electrostatic energy for such a size, which cannot be explained by conventional propulsion techniques.

Yeah I'm not trying to take away from the OP's view on what it might have been by writing it off as something mundane a lá "weather balloon", just noticed that the ISS orbital chart gave 12 midnight friday as a passing time. Seemed like too much of a cooincidence.

As regards the black triangles (with optional lights), that's what dublindude posted about a few weeks back, he described it pretty similarly to what me and my mate saw off the Louth coast at 3am one summer's morning in ~'96...same gig, silent, moving at a slower pace than a plane would (to physically stay in the air), dark with some running lights...it could only just be made out against the starry sky...watched it for about 2 minutes until it passed on. Never did come up with a rational explanation...I've seen a B-2 fly past at a US airshow...what we saw was a fair bit bigger, moved a lot slower and didn't make a whisper...the B-2 is pretty loud, especially when it passes.

Lights like the OP described have been seen for years, some reports date back well before man managed to achieve flight...they may well be some kind of natural phenomenon occuring high up in the ionosphere. Interestingly enough, reports of these things spike at times of seismic activity...some people have suggested a link, perhaps to do with the earth's magnetism...

Kernel

Wertz wrote: »

Yeah I'm not trying to take away from the OP's view on what it might have been by writing it off as something mundane a lá "weather balloon", just noticed that the ISS orbital chart gave 12 midnight friday as a passing time. Seemed like too much of a cooincidence.

Fair play, I didn't even check the orbit times.

Wertz wrote: »

As regards the black triangles (with optional lights), that's what dublindude posted about a few weeks back, he described it pretty similarly to what me and my mate saw off the Louth coast at 3am one summer's morning in ~'96...same gig, silent, moving at a slower pace than a plane would (to physically stay in the air), dark with some running lights...it could only just be made out against the starry sky...watched it for about 2 minutes until it passed on. Never did come up with a rational explanation...I've seen a B-2 fly past at a US airshow...what we saw was a fair bit bigger, moved a lot slower and didn't make a whisper...the B-2 is pretty loud, especially when it passes.

They're being spotted all over the US. Phoenix lights incident being the most famous. For anyone interested, the Janes Defence Weekly writer, Nick Cook, wrote a good book called 'the hunt for zero point', in which he investigates possible US research into radical methods of propulsion. Compelling read. His documentaries are on google.video here. Billion dollar secret is his latest AFAIK. He has some good interviews in which people in the know say things, without saying anything concrete, if you know what I mean.

Wertz wrote: »

Lights like the OP described have been seen for years, some reports date back well before man managed to achieve flight...they may well be some kind of natural phenomenon occuring high up in the ionosphere. Interestingly enough, reports of these things spike at times of seismic activity...some people have suggested a link, perhaps to do with the earth's magnetism...

I myself witnessed a metallic sphere in the sky during the daytime, sunlight reflecting from it. It was stationary, blinked out, and re-appeared a distance away. This happened a couple of times. Like others, I don't generally talk about it unless someone else asks!

Cunny-Funt

Kernel wrote: »

I myself witnessed a metallic sphere in the sky during the daytime, sunlight reflecting from it. It was stationary, blinked out, and re-appeared a distance away. This happened a couple of times. Like others, I don't generally talk about it unless someone else asks!

very smiler to what I saw. cept for me it just flew by at an incredible speed. VERY close to where I was. No sound at all, I just so happened to be looking out the window at the time. I freaked the **** out I can tell yea.

There was a car ad recently where this metallic egg shaped thing drives down the road and turns into a car, looked a lot like that.