Weird lights in Mayo

Captain Slow IRL

Went out for a walk with the missus there, saw about 10 orange lights in the sky, seemed like a line of planes, bar a few stray ones - I'm pretty sure they were planes, saw some lights flashing on some of them (like the wing lights)

Anyone know what was going on? (I'm in Ballina if that helps!)

iora_rua

Some of them might be to do with delayed flights from Europe - due to air traffic control problems earlier today on the transatlantic route?

Captain Slow IRL

They seemed to be flying very close together and at a low altitude.

pclancy

Aircraft dont't display orange lights, red/green/white and flashing white/red strobes are all you'll see.

ronnie3585

pclancy wrote: »

Aircraft dont't display orange lights

Yes they do...when they're UFOs!!!!

Mr Benevolent

Chinese lanterns again lads.

vulcan57

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

They seemed to be flying very close together and at a low altitude.

I know you probably know the area, but if it was dark and there is a hill in that direction (as you say they were low), maybe there is a road on that hill with road works going on. Hence the orange lights very close together at low level. Just a thought, not trying to belittle you in any way.

Captain Slow IRL

It was in the middle of town, near the cathedral, which is a big wide open area - at first, I thought it was a string of lights coming from the top of the church, but then noticed them moving.

What type of aircraft would have orange lights?

trad

Any night clubs in the area?

I've seen strange lights in the sky around dublin only to find them coming from outside a night club or some one using them for advertising

Captain Slow IRL

Yeah, 1 and they have a ****ty light that's been around for the last 10 years or so - no way of mistaking it for anything else.

I was thinking it might be something for charity at first, thought someone here would have heard. They were moving southwards, so may have been going to Knock or Galway or further.

Sleipnir

As Confab says, Chinese lanterns again.

Steyr

Bloody Chinese Lanterns PissOff!:mad:

Foggy43

These Chinese Lanterns are quite popular these days. So easy to get in the UK. http://www.chineselanterns.co.uk/skylanterns/chinese-lanterns.html

I have seen a constant flow of them, in pairs, for about 30 minutes each, twice this year. Being carried along in the wind south of the approach to LHR's 27L. No comments from pilots or warnings from ATC. I had never heard of them until I queried what they were.

netwhizkid

Moving statues with wings from Knock perhaps? Or else maybe the holy stump of Rathkeale grew wings? (I bet some one poured red bull on it!)

MoMoneyMoney

i saw them too, one landed in the car park behind moeclairs pub, n one of em went in for a game of pool.... i even gotta pic


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taytothief

I warned ye's they were comin. now, you shall suffer.

View Profile

This is gas.

I mentioned this to my brother who was up in Ballina at a wedding this weekend. He said it was some chinese lanterns they lit at the brides house!

MoMoneyMoney

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This is gas.

I mentioned this to my brother who was up in Ballina at a wedding this weekend. He said it was some chinese lanterns they lit at the brides house!

whos wedding was it then ?

they would of had to get over a miles worth of som kind of string and tie close to 100 of these sky lights together, when we seen them they stretched well over a mile(probly more) moving in a perfect line, they was a second line flying parrallel to the main line, and at the end ther was 3 flying parralel,.... and they were moving in the oposit direction of the wind, we could see the smoke from the chimneys blowing the other way

DOCARCH

MoMoneyMoney wrote: »

whos wedding was it then ?

they would of had to get over a miles worth of som kind of string and tie close to 100 of these sky lights together, when we seen them they stretched well over a mile(probly more) moving in a perfect line, they was a second line flying parrallel to the main line, and at the end ther was 3 flying parralel,.... and they were moving in the oposit direction of the wind, we could see the smoke from the chimneys blowing the other way

What do you want the lights to be?

MoMoneyMoney

DOCARCH wrote: »

What do you want the lights to be?

i want em to be what ever they were, n then find out what that was.

some one told me they were most likly aliens collecting humans and harvesting there brains for a rich source of dmt

andy_g

hmmm i suspect a troll. *runs and hides troll food*

pclancy

Lights were possibly aliens but probably lanterns. Thread Closed.