I seen a UFO over Limerick and got a photo

Gneez

So there I was going for a stroll Monday night, about 11:30pm (oct 11'th) had my headphones in and was walking down Thomas street (the newly pedestrianized part near mickey martins) and I caught sight over the buildings of a low flying, bright orange light that was moving slowly towards the northwest, It was completely silent and I estimate it at about 3 or 4 thousand feet in height, it was not a helicopter or plane, several people said to me that they thought it could be a Chinese lantern on a helium balloon which I concede it may have been, but to me the light was bright, intense and had a definite electric quality to it, it also moved like an artificial object (steady pace at about 4,000 feet height) and the light it was putting out gave me the distinct impression that it was artificial in nature.

By the way I've worked night shifts in Shannon for a long time, I know what planes and helicopters and ancillary aircraft look and sound like at night, this was nothing I've ever seen before, anyway here are the 3 photo's and video, unfortunately the photo's aren't exactly conclusive and as far as I can tell there was no other witness's (there was a guy and girl down the alley behind me where kranks korner used to be and I shouted to them to look at the giant glowing orb in the sky but apparently a dirty alley handjob was more interesting than UFO's to both of them)

Youtube video

turbobaby

Have you a video of the handjob?

Gneez

and here's the three photo's

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3

Gneez

turbobaby wrote: »

Have you a video of the handjob?

alas I was too concerned with possibility of being evaporated by a glowing orange death ray in the sky to give into my pervy side.

Bodhisopha

The pictures don't work, dawg.

Gneez

Bodhisopha wrote: »

The pictures don't work, dawg.

They work for me nyuggah

AlwaysRight

Myself and my house mate did see some weird object in the sky earlier when it was bright so we didn't see the bright light. But it was a similar colour. We tried to explain it as being a balloon but to be fair it didn't really look like one!! ha I didn't get photos because it went out of view very quickly. This is in UL by the way.

52.680714,-8.580408 If you search that in google maps you'll get the location of exactly where we saw it. There is always helicopters landing around there so it could be something explainable.

AnCapaillMor

Brother in law said he saw something strange in the sky on the way home last night. and heh at the stop to check out the legs.

dlofnep

That's a chinese lantern. Have a google of them We get reports of them all the time in the astronomy forum.

LB6

Yep - I concur - Chinese lantern - passed over Raheen too - quite low so was fairly visible as a CL.....:D

Raiser

The next time I'm due a handjob down a dark Alley I'm going to release a couple of Chinese Lanterns first as a decoy/diversion/distraction......

bullets

Are Chinese Lanterns actually sold anyplace in Limerick?

Was gonna make some a while back but got too lazy to go searching for
supplies, then was gonna order some but they were pricey for a bit of
flame retardant paper and sticks.

~B

source

bullets wrote: »

Are Chinese Lanterns actually sold anyplace in Limerick?

Was gonna make some a while back but got too lazy to go searching for
supplies, then was gonna order some but they were pricey for a bit of
flame retardant paper and sticks.

~B

You can get them in Centra on the Dock Road.

Raiser

bullets wrote: »

Are Chinese Lanterns actually sold anyplace in Limerick?

Was gonna make some a while back but got too lazy to go searching for
supplies, then was gonna order some but they were pricey for a bit of
flame retardant paper and sticks.

~B

foinse wrote: »

You can get them in Centra on the Dock Road.

I saw them in the Crescent SC last week - Think it was Tesco hardware for something like €5.99

dlofnep

They should ban them altogether.

bullets

Cool, must get me some of them, write "bullets" on them and launch them
into the sky! that Aul "bulletz" graffiti tagger whoever he is has been getting the limelight for too long. time to take my name to the skies!
Wonder if you'd get done for littering for launching one Hmmmm.

~B

phill106

bullets wrote: »

Are Chinese Lanterns actually sold anyplace in Limerick?

Was gonna make some a while back but got too lazy to go searching for
supplies, then was gonna order some but they were pricey for a bit of
flame retardant paper and sticks.

~B

Texaco petrol station in shannon have them as their current deal above the pump. 1.99 each.
Must buy one, check it out.

JerryHandbag

Until such time as we get footage of a little green man walking up to a camera and talking gobbeldigook, I remain unconvinced of extra terrestrial life

zuroph

chawkes in castletory have them too. I expect to see a few of them over the next month.

Kess73

Raiser wrote: »

The next time I'm due a handjob down a dark Alley I'm going to release a couple of Chinese Lanterns first as a decoy/diversion/distraction......

That really is a nice thing for you to think of. I am sure your clients will appreciate it.

MarkR

I see that tesco in coonagh sell balloons with led lights built into them. Interesting. :-)

s_carnage

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Until such time as we get footage of a little green man walking up to a camera and talking gobbeldigook, I remain unconvinced of extra terrestrial life

What like this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMHrq1F0b-o

Raiser

Kess73 wrote: »

That really is a nice thing for you to think of. I am sure your clients will appreciate it.

Ouch - Left myself open there

MarkR wrote: »

I see that tesco in coonagh sell balloons with led lights built into them. Interesting. :-)

For €4 or so - Maplins Childers Road sell the same pack from the same Manufacturer for €13.

- Never buy from Maplins without checking every place else on Earth first - If you can't find an alternative source just do without - Don't encourage the Fcukers

Kess73

Raiser wrote: »

Ouch - Left myself open there



For €4 or so - Maplins Childers Road sell the same pack from the same Manufacturer for €13.

- Never buy from Maplins without checking every place else on Earth first - If you can't find an alternative source just do without - Don't encourage the Fcukers

Very very true. Sometimes it is hard not to burst out laughing at how overpriced some of their stock is.

dlofnep

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Until such time as we get footage of a little green man walking up to a camera and talking gobbeldigook, I remain unconvinced of extra terrestrial life

You remain unconvinced that extra terrestrial life doesn't exist, because they may not have visited our planet, out of the trillions of trillions of planets that exist? Sound logic!

Raiser

dlofnep wrote: »

You remain unconvinced that extra terrestrial life doesn't exist, because they may not have visited our planet, out of the trillions of trillions of planets that exist? Sound logic!

Whats RaN?

Is is something to do with Aliens?

Is it in or near Area 51?

Who PM's you about RaN?

How do they know they want access to RaN or even if they want to PM you if they don't know what it is?





:eek:

JerryHandbag

dlofnep wrote: »

You remain unconvinced that extra terrestrial life doesn't exist, because they may not have visited our planet, out of the trillions of trillions of planets that exist? Sound logic!

I was joking, forgot to put in a smiley.

Raiser wrote: »

Whats RaN?

Is is something to do with Aliens?

Is it in or near Area 51?

Who PM's you about RaN?

How do they know they want access to RaN or even if they want to PM you if they don't know what it is?





:eek:

Get your tinfoil hat on

dlofnep

JerryHandbag wrote: »

I was joking, forgot to put in a smiley.

My bad Dlofnep is a moody michael today!

*hug*

Gneez

Meh it could have been a lantern if I misjudged its altitude and speed greatly, but I dont think it was, the light coming from it was HARD light, electric light, it wasnt soft light like you would get from a lantern, it also was moving at I guess about 50-70kph at 4,000 feet, not something a chinese lantern would do.

phill106

I laughed when you panned back down to the street to catch the 2 girls in short skirts walk by. Mankind about to be invaded by et, and you go checking out girls

Gneez

phill106 wrote: »

I laughed when you panned back down to the street to catch the 2 girls in short skirts walk by. Mankind about to be invaded by et, and you go checking out girls

I always have time for dem legs and dat ass, even on the brink of first contact

User Friendly

dlofnep wrote: »

They should ban them altogether.

Not all Chinese are Bad:o

JerryHandbag

dlofnep wrote: »

My bad Dlofnep is a moody michael today!

*hug*

And my bad for not putting in one of these :rolleyes::eek:

Yeah, group hug everybody...little green men included.

Not sure Limerick is a UFO hotspot anyway, although there was a thread here once about odd ongoings up in the Woodcock Hill direction. Dunno if that mystery was solved

phill106

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Not sure Limerick is a UFO hotspot anyway, although there was a thread here once about odd ongoings up in the Woodcock Hill direction. Dunno if that mystery was solved

I believe the activity up there was not extraterrestrial but instead extramarital.

lukesmom

My husband and I just saw the exact same object in the sky at midnight tonight it was heading west to east and then turned in a south easterly direction. And orange circle. Definately not a helicopter or an aeroplane, What is it though?????????????????????

Gneez

lukesmom wrote: »

My husband and I just saw the exact same object in the sky at midnight tonight it was heading west to east and then turned in a south easterly direction. And orange circle. Definately not a helicopter or an aeroplane, What is it though?????????????????????

was it silent?
was it orange?
was the light hard electric light coming from it?
where did you spot it?

Trying not to sound like a nutcase myself, there's been a massive increase in sightings over the last 10 days or so, all across the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz1aOdwccbg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGgQP7piwdM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnszlJC8iGs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHLDZJShPGo

AnCapaillMor

lukesmom wrote: »

My husband and I just saw the exact same object in the sky at midnight tonight it was heading west to east and then turned in a south easterly direction. And orange circle. Definately not a helicopter or an aeroplane, What is it though?????????????????????

Cool, seems to be a tuesday thing, must keep an eye out for it next.

osarusan

Gneez wrote: »

I always have time for dem legs and dat ass, even on the brink of first contact

But you see this directly contradicts what you posted on the first page of this thread.

Gneez wrote: »

alas I was too concerned with possibility of being evaporated by a glowing orange death ray in the sky to give into my pervy side.

I'm beginning to doubt the whole extra-terrestrial incident.

Raiser

lukesmom wrote: »

My husband and I just saw the exact same object in the sky at midnight tonight it was heading west to east and then turned in a south easterly direction. And orange circle. Definately not a helicopter or an aeroplane, What is it though?????????????????????

Luke, please tell Mommy to put down the wine glass and read the whole thread.....

diddley

Raiser wrote: »

Luke, please tell Mommy to put down the wine glass and read the whole thread.....

I had to lol. How much is one of those yokes anyway? I'm dyin to get one but I heard they're like €100? :eek:

bullets

I've been after a few myself, (not the UFO but the Lanterns)
No sign of them in Tesco Hardare dept in the Crescent.
Got to keep looking or order some online.


~B

phill106

diddley wrote: »

I had to lol. How much is one of those yokes anyway? I'm dyin to get one but I heard they're like €100? :eek:

1.99 in texaco. Go mad.

lukesmom

double post

lukesmom

Gneez wrote: »

was it silent?
was it orange?
was the light hard electric light coming from it?
where did you spot it?

Trying not to sound like a nutcase myself, there's been a massive increase in sightings over the last 10 days or so, all across the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz1aOdwccbg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGgQP7piwdM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnszlJC8iGs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHLDZJShPGo

Yes it was silent, like a reddish-orange colour also had an electrical glow from it. We saw it out our back garden on the north side of Navan at midnight on Tuesday last. It was about 3 or 4 hundred metres up in the sky and about 3/4 of a mile away from where we stood. It moved at a consistent pace but seemed to change shape at one point.

Raiser

Gneez wrote: »

Trying not to sound like a nutcase myself, there's been a massive increase in sightings over the last 10 days or so, all across the world.

There's also been a massive increase in Shops selling Halloween knick knacks and so on.

From what I can see every corner shop, Supermarket, Petrol Station and Stall are selling orange Balloons and the likes.

- Until someone has been actually probed by Aliens then I refuse to panic.

Oracle

I've posted here before about seeing those things, they flash red, green, yellow, and they sometimes stay in the same place for ages. I've seen them many times.

Gneez

Raiser wrote: »

There's also been a massive increase in Shops selling Halloween knick knacks and so on.

From what I can see every corner shop, Supermarket, Petrol Station and Stall are selling orange Balloons and the likes.

- Until someone has been actually probed by Aliens then I refuse to panic.

I am pretty sure I can tell the difference between an orange lit balloon, chinese lantern or some 'knick-knack' sold from a petrol station and a large electrically generated light source moving at 60 to 100 kmph at 3,000 to 4,000 feet.

Oracle wrote: »

I've posted here before about seeing those things, they flash red, green, yellow, and they sometimes stay in the same place for ages. I've seen them many times.

Doesn't sound like the phenomenon I've seen.

Agent_99

I caught a glimpse of three of those lanterns very near the Dock Road on Saturday approximately midnight, as I was vacating my place of work.

Liam Byrne

OK - I don't want to be a language/grammar nazi but the misuse of "seen" in the thread title and some subsequent posts is irritating.

Captain Average

Liam Byrne wrote: »

OK - I don't want to be a language/grammar nazi but the misuse of "seen" in the thread title and some subsequent posts is irritating.

I had been hoping this thread would drop off the front page so that I wouldn't have to see this anymore. It's awful.
(i'm fully aware of the irony that by me posting, keeps it on the front page for longer)

Gneez

Liam Byrne wrote: »

OK - I don't want to be a language/grammar nazi but the misuse of "seen" in the thread title and some subsequent posts is irritating.

I seen you trolling and I have to say that haters gonna be seen to be hating itt derp

edit: I cant edit the OP for some reason to appease the third reich grammar requirements of this board