Orange Light is Sky

Wizard007

I know this sounds daft, and no I was not drinking.

I live half way between Gorey and Arklow. At about 1am a big bright orange light rose from the west and went across the sky and went off to the south. It was travelling slow enough and was really really bright, like a really big star but orange. It was just below the cloud line. I rang Astronomy Ireland this morning and the guy said it was a chineese latern, one of these things people leave off at parties, ah no it wasn't. It was too slow to be a meteor. It wasn't an aircraft.

Did anyone else see this?

St Senan

Wizard007 wrote: »

I know this sounds daft, and no I was not drinking.

I live half way between Gorey and Arklow. At about 1am a big bright orange light rose from the west and went across the sky and went off to the south. It was travelling slow enough and was really really bright, like a really big star but orange. It was just below the cloud line. I rang Astronomy Ireland this morning and the guy said it was a chineese latern, one of these things people leave off at parties, ah no it wasn't. It was too slow to be a meteor. It wasn't an aircraft.

Did anyone else see this?

Hi Wizard there is a lot of strange sightings around your Area especially around Coolgreaney Maybe you saw a Satellite
The one Sky digital use :D:D:D

Wizard007

scaller wrote: »

Hi Wizard there is a lot of strange sightings around your Area especially around Coolgreaney Maybe you saw a Satellite
The one Sky digital use :D:D:D

Very funny you

Yes, I think it's a sign. Holiday needed

Bolt82

iv seen things like this lately and i live in rosslare. Iv seen quite alot of them but i think they were just chinnese lanterns. Although the ones i saw moved strangly!

Wizard007

This didn't veer off course. It just went in a smooth line from west to south. If it was a chineese lantern it would not have gone that smoothly I don't think.

Bolt82

was it a windy night? The night i saw lights like that there were 2 of them and one stayed in the same position all the time and the other came from the bottom left up near the other and then went of to the upper left again. While the second stayed in the same place all the time.

I tried to use my iphone to get some video or a picture but the camera on it couldnt pick them up.

Wizard007

No it was calm enough. I was afraid to go back inside to get the camera in case it was gone when I went back out. It prob wouldn't pick it up anyway.

I'm sitting here like an eejit waiting for something to happen again tonight Sad or what. I'm just so convinced it wasn't a lantern.

Bolt82

I know these lanterns are big things at the moment around wexford but i have heard alot of people talk about things they have seen and admitidly some things sound like the lanterns but others dont.

I originally from Kildare and i know there was alot of talk up there last year about odd things appearing in the sky at night. I think there is a topic on this board somewhere about it!

Over the last year or so there seems to be a massive increase in sightings all over europe. And they are all describing the same things!

Wizard007

I don't know what to think. I have a camera with video on it and I'm leaving it on the window inside the back door so next time if I see something I can just grab it on the way out.

They can't all be lanterns surely. And a latern wouldn't be that steady.

Judgement Day

Could this be something to do with the number of new Head shops in the South East?

Wizard007

Judgement Day wrote: »

Could this be something to do with the number of new Head shops in the South East?

Very funny No I don't indulge. Maybe I should :eek:

Sleipnir

Wizard007 wrote: »

I know this sounds daft, and no I was not drinking.

I live half way between Gorey and Arklow. At about 1am a big bright orange light rose from the west and went across the sky and went off to the south. It was travelling slow enough and was really really bright, like a really big star but orange. It was just below the cloud line. I rang Astronomy Ireland this morning and the guy said it was a chineese latern, one of these things people leave off at parties, ah no it wasn't. It was too slow to be a meteor. It wasn't an aircraft.

Did anyone else see this?

So it wasn't an aircraft, wasn't a meteor, Astronomy Ireland say it was a chinese lantern but you say "it wasn't" based on.....what exactly?
What do you think it was?

Given that chinese lanterns are hugely popular at the moment for weddings, parties etc and lots of people on boards have started reporting them in the past year or two http://www.boards.ie//vbulletin/search.php?searchid=10589090 and given that Astronomy Ireland didn't start hopping around with this new amazing discovery, it was, most likely, a CHINESE LANTERN.

There is a possibility of course that it was aliens, a tiny protostar that happened to pass through our atmosphere, a tear in the space/time continuum but, talking probabilities, it was, most likely, a CHINESE LANTERN.
Don't bother with photographs, we've all seen them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7nQU7iaCg

If it looks like a dog, and barks like a dog....etc.

Wizard007

Ah you're taking the pi$$ now. No it didn't look like that..... though it was so far away..... hmmm maybe if you cover it in really bright orange bulbs?

Sleipnir

No, I'm not, seriously. It was a chinese lantern. Sorry to disappoint you!

Judgement Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLGrXOtuwQ

Wizard007

Sleipnir wrote: »

So it wasn't an aircraft, wasn't a meteor, Astronomy Ireland say it was a chinese lantern but you say "it wasn't" based on.....what exactly?
What do you think it was?

Given that chinese lanterns are hugely popular at the moment for weddings, parties etc and lots of people on boards have started reporting them in the past year or two http://www.boards.ie//vbulletin/search.php?searchid=10589090 and given that Astronomy Ireland didn't start hopping around with this new amazing discovery, it was, most likely, a CHINESE LANTERN.

There is a possibility of course that it was aliens, a tiny protostar that happened to pass through our atmosphere, a tear in the space/time continuum but, talking probabilities, it was, most likely, a CHINESE LANTERN.
Don't bother with photographs, we've all seen them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7nQU7iaCg

If it looks like a dog, and barks like a dog....etc.

That's not what I saw. Your attitude sucks :mad:

Wizard007

Sleipnir wrote: »

No, I'm not, seriously. It was a chinese lantern. Sorry to disappoint you!

That was directed at Judgement Day, not you.

Judgement Day - name is fitting :rolleyes:

I like the invaders piece. Very funny

Wizard007

Sleipnir wrote: »

No, I'm not, seriously. It was a chinese lantern. Sorry to disappoint you!

If David Vincient can see them then so can I

Judgement Day

Sorry for the piss taking - just bored out of my mind waiting for the England v Italy match to start. I like the idea of UFOs etc but have never seen more than a shooting star myself. Big fan of Dr.Who, Space 1999 and, of course, the original Invaders series. I will leave you in peace now and switch over to the rugby. Happy UFO hunting.

Wizard007

No problem, enjoy the match

I did see somthing you know? I wasn't making it up :rolleyes:

Be good

maroon

i wouldnt worry about these smart comments.I have seen similar orange light couple of months ago and it freaked me out. it was flying low enough and in a steady controlled like manner.I've seen chinese lanterns before and this one didnt look like one.much more controlled and steady speed.

just because its orange and its flying doesnt meen it has to be a chinese lantern.

:pac:

Wizard007 wrote: »

No problem, enjoy the match

I did see somthing you know? I wasn't making it up :rolleyes:

Be good

Wizard007

Like I said before it was too steady to be a chineese lantern. It was also too bright. And I wasn't freaked at all to be honest - I think they were friendly

Seriously though, it wasn't a lantern. Himself here is starting to take the pi$$ now too. He saw it also but now he's saying it was triangular with lights :rolleyes:

maroon

we are being researched on a regular basis - in my modest opinion
whatever it is we should just keep our mind open.

Wizard007 wrote: »

Like I said before it was too steady to be a chineese lantern. It was also too bright. And I wasn't freaked at all to be honest - I think they were friendly

Seriously though, it wasn't a lantern. Himself here is starting to take the pi$$ now too. He saw it also but now he's saying it was triangular with lights :rolleyes:

Wizard007

I am keeping my mind open, and my eyes

Shayman

It would be very arrogant to believe we are the only form of intellegent life in the universe. The only thing that ever bothers me about it is that those out there could/probably way more intellegent than us?:o

Wizard007

Shayman wrote: »

It would be very arrogant to believe we are the only form of intellegent life in the universe. The only thing that ever bothers me about it is that those out there could/probably way more intellegent than us?:o

That wouldn't be too hard for them at all

Bolt82

Well lets face it. If they find our world before we found there they are more likely to be more intellegent then us. The fact that they figured out how to travel such distences before we did kinda shows if they do exist and are already looking over us they are surely more intellegent then we are

Wizard007

I'm after turning the interweb insideout and the you tube or google results I'm finding for those bloody lanterns are not even remotely like what I saw. It wasn't a glow.

The truth is out there Bolt, the truth is out there

dlofnep

It was a chinese lantern. It's the chinese new year. Lots of sightings of these. Move along.

Wizard007

dlofnep wrote: »

It was a chinese lantern. It's the chinese new year. Lots of sightings of these. Move along.

No it wasn't. You're entitled to your opinion as I am to mine

It was not a lantern!

Bolt82

dlofnep wrote: »

It was a chinese lantern. It's the chinese new year. Lots of sightings of these. Move along.

Who would be releasing chinese lanterns at about 2 or 3 in the morning? Im not saying they werent but the ones i saw didnt look like they were being controled by the wind which lanterns would be. One stayed exactly still while the other moved and changed directions.

dlofnep

Bolt82 wrote: »

Who would be releasing chinese lanterns at about 2 or 3 in the morning? Im not saying they werent but the ones i saw didnt look like they were being controled by the wind which lanterns would be. One stayed exactly still while the other moved and changed directions.

Uh I dunno, chinese people?

What does it matter what time it was at? My friend used to set them off all the time in the middle of the night - just to provoke reactions like yours.

Trust me - it was most likely a chinese lantern. Orange glow, slow moving.. Chinese lantern all the way. Not to mention the fact it's the chinese new year - I've seen a good few of them alone this week.

If they weren't lanterns - what do you suggest they were?

Bolt82

I saw two at the same time one moving and changing direction which could be caused by the wind maybe but the other was staying in the very same place. So if one was movning cause of the wind why wasnt the other moving too? I saw mine about 3 or 4 months ago. Thats a long chinese new year :rolleyes:

I dont know what they were. Since im from rosslare the first thing i thought of was a flare from the sea but then i saw the second one.

I suppose thats why they are called UFOs They are unidentified flying objects. Im not sayin they are aliens or what ever but i just dont think what i saw was a lantern or 2 of them.

Wizard007

dlofnep wrote: »

Uh I dunno, chinese people?

What does it matter what time it was at? My friend used to set them off all the time in the middle of the night - just to provoke reactions like yours.

Trust me - it was most likely a chinese lantern. Orange glow, slow moving.. Chinese lantern all the way. Not to mention the fact it's the chinese new year - I've seen a good few of them alone this week.

If they weren't lanterns - what do you suggest they were?

But it wasn't a "glow". It was like a big orange star. I've seen videos and pics of loads of lanterns on the web today and it was nothing what so ever like what I saw. Are you reading the whole thread at all? :rolleyes:

dlofnep

Bolt82 wrote: »

I saw two at the same time one moving and changing direction which could be caused by the wind maybe but the other was staying in the very same place. So if one was movning cause of the wind why wasnt the other moving too?

One could have caught by a gust of wind.

Bolt82 wrote: »

I saw mine about 3 or 4 months ago. Thats a long chinese new year :rolleyes:

So what? They are let off all throughout the year.

Bolt82 wrote: »

I dont know what they were. Since im from rosslare the first thing i thought of was a flare from the sea but then i saw the second one.

Maybe it was two flares? I doubt a flare would move slowly across the sky however.

dlofnep

Wizard007 wrote: »

But it wasn't a "glow". It was like a big orange star. I've seen videos and pics of loads of lanterns on the web today and it was nothing what so ever like what I saw. Are you reading the whole thread at all? :rolleyes:

Maybe it was a closer lantern?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmU_q5xrnto

Wizard007

dlofnep wrote: »

Maybe it was a closer lantern?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmU_q5xrnto

I'm not even going to look at that video.

IT
WAS
NOT
A
LANTERN
!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bolt82

dlofnep wrote: »

One could have caught by a gust of wind.

The two were beside eachother when the moving one changed direction so a gust of wind would have moved both if it moved one

dlofnep wrote: »

So what? They are let off all throughout the year.

So people say that they are being let off now cause now is the chinese new year. Not when i saw them. Thats why i said that.

dlofnep wrote: »

Maybe it was two flares? I doubt a flare would move slowly across the sky however.

As i said i dont know what it was, all im saying is i know what it wasnt and dont know what it was. Thats all.

Wizard007

Bolt82 wrote: »

As i said i dont know what it was, all im saying is i know what it wasnt and dont know what it was. Thats all.

Exactly!

Judgement Day

Wizard007 - you're beginning to sound like David Vincent...if I was you I would barricade myself in and wait for the balloon to go up as like in all the best movies nobody ever believes the whistleblower until it's too late. Back from the Twilight Zone (Ireland v France) more terrible than anything than anything that may fall from the sky and I promise I won't post here again, really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-jzblCbsuA

xsjado

LMFAO reading this thread

lads, calm down, they were lanterns. friends of mine set them off that night. END of.

Wizard007

Judgement Day wrote: »

Wizard007 - you're beginning to sound like David Vincent...if I was you I would barricade myself in and wait for the balloon to go up as like in all the best movies nobody ever believes the whistleblower until it's too late. Back from the Twilight Zone (Ireland v France) more terrible than anything than anything that may fall from the sky and I promise I won't post here again, really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-jzblCbsuA

Sorry about Ireland and France, terrible outcome :mad:

I'm not going to barricade myself in cos I'm not afraid of them at all

You see, some of the above are convincing themselves that they were lanterns cos they do not want to even begin to believe that there is something out there.

Like Bolt said, I don't know what it was, but I do know what it wasn't. Just because it is the opinion of some people that it was a lantern that doesn't mean it was, they didn't see what I saw. And I don't care really.

dlofnep

Wizard007 wrote: »

I'm not even going to look at that video.

IT
WAS
NOT
A
LANTERN
!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you see it up close to verify that?

Wizard007

dlofnep wrote: »

Did you see it up close to verify that?

No I didn't. I saw what was like a big orange star and travelling at a solid steady pace. Not a lantern.

How can you be so sure that what I saw was a lantern? You weren't standing in my lawn?

Bolt82

dlofnep wrote: »

Did you see it up close to verify that?

Did you see it close up to verify it was a lantern?

dlofnep

Wizard007 wrote: »

No I didn't. I saw what was like a big orange star and travelling at a solid steady pace. Not a lantern.

That sounds exactly like a lantern.

Wizard007 wrote: »

How can you be so sure that what I saw was a lantern? You weren't standing in my lawn?

I can't be sure of anything. I can only go by your description. It sounds like a lantern. You seem convinced that it's not, without stating exactly why.

Sleipnir

Op, why did you bother posting this? What do you want people to say?

"I saw a bright orange light travelling at a steady pace across the sky. What was it?"
"It was a chinese lantern"
"No it wasn't. What was it?"
"Really, a chinese lantern"
"No it wasn't. What was it?"
"A chinese lantern"
"no it wasn't. What was it?"

xsjado

WIZARD007 - it was lantern. i already told you friends of mine set them off that night, he and his friends have never laughed so much from reading this thread and all the fuss made abaout it. in fact, showed a few friends in the pub last night, we al had a good laught about it really.

hes willing to set more off for you, any time and in the same area if you want to SHOW you that thats what they were.

Get your head out of the clouds

Wizard007

dlofnep wrote: »

You seem convinced that it's not, without stating exactly why.

Because I've youtubed and googled lanterns half to death and I have not seen anything that even remotely looks like what I saw.

Why are you so convinced that it was a lantern?

Wizard007

xsjado wrote: »

WIZARD007 - FFS, it was lantern. i already told you friends of mine set them off that night, he and his friends have never laughed so much from reading this thread and all the fuss made abaout it. in fact, showed a few friends in the pub last night, we al had a good laught about it really.

hes willing to set more off for you, any time and in the same area if you want to SHOW you that thats what they were.

Get your head out of the clouds

Don't bother. Stay in the pub for yourself.

My head is not in the clouds smart ar$e.

xsjado

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