Orange balls of light

Caoimhín

Morning all.

I hope this is the appropriate forum.

About 8.30 last night I was in a friends house in Navan, Co Meath. We were out for a smoke when we saw a very bright orange light in the sky moving from east to north at what looked like an incredible speed. There was no noise from an engine and it moved at different speeds before seemingly stopping before disappearing off into the distance.

I thought it might have been a satellite until a saw a second one doing the very same thing a few minutes later.

Did anyone else see this and what on earth was it?

Brenireland

Caoimhín wrote: »

Morning all.

I hope this is the appropriate forum.

About 8.30 last night I was in a friends house in Navan, Co Meath. We were out for a smoke when we saw a very bright orange light in the sky moving from east to north at what looked like an incredible speed. There was no noise from an engine and it moved at different speeds before seemingly stopping before disappearing off into the distance.

I thought it might have been a satellite until a saw a second one doing the very same thing a few minutes later.

Did anyone else see this and what on earth was it?

a lantern thing yoke...strong air winds would blow them fast..

Poly

chinese lantern

Caoimhín

Brenireland wrote: »

a lantern thing yoke...strong air winds would blow them fast..

Yeah one of the lads suggested this but they followed a very uniform formation and zipped across the sky so quickly. It was a very still night so im not sure if the wind could blow them so fast.

I am leaning towards the theory of ball lightening.

Brenireland

Caoimhín wrote: »

Yeah one of the lads suggested this but they followed a very uniform formation and zipped across the sky so quickly. It was a very still night so im not sure if the wind could blow them so fast.

I am leaning towards the theory of ball lightening.

ye maybe or it could be t.elmo's fire wheres gasses come out of a bog form like a fire ball & one minute could be in front of you next miles away....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_fire

Caoimhín

Brenireland wrote: »

ye maybe or it could be t.elmo's fire wheres gasses come out of a bog form like a fire ball & one minute could be in front of you next miles away....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_fire

There arent many bogs around Navan, besides, this was an orange glow.

jimmynokia

they are chinese lanterns
new craze these days
i tied 6 of them together some job might i add setting this up
anyhow set them off it looked cool and gives an impression of something in sky aka UFO
depending on conditions lifetime of flight varies including the speed
of acsent and decsent
go buy some
im going for a ten lot tied together ive made a light frame for them to be attached to so look out you might see a strange object in the shape of an arrow in the skies

Derfil

Where can you get them?

jimmynokia

most garages have them or shops buddy

Hammer Archer

Definitely a chinese lantern. The night may have seemed still at ground level but there will always be a breeze higher up and these things are so light that any sort of breeze will cause them to travel at quite a speed.

vibe666

also, a lot of the time if a light in the sky is orange (and it isn't a lantern) it's usually something white that is reflecting the streetlight glow.

i was convinced i was seeing a UFO once doing something similar dancing around the sky that looked like it was big but along way off, but after a while watching it, it turned out to be a seagull and just the angles it was flying at made it look like it was rapidly speeding up and then slowing down and even stopping. couldn't believe it when i finally figured it out and felt like a bit of a plum.

sounds like yours was lanterns tho, i have one myself but i didn't launch it yet.

YipYipU

Caoimhín wrote: »

There arent many bogs around Navan.

Athboy Road???

Archeron

I'm amazed so many people manage to succesfully light these things. I bought a few a couple of weeks ago and ended up setting them on fire in the back garden while trying to light them

€8 wasted there.

deckie27

Anyone know where they can be bought in or near navan.
I got some in the petrol station on the Dublin road but they haven't had any for a while now

Archeron

deckie27 wrote: »

Anyone know where they can be bought in or near navan.
I got some in the petrol station on the Dublin road but they haven't had any for a while now

The Esso station in Kilock has them if that helps. Not near Navan I know, but if you're in the area.

deckie27

Archeron wrote: »

The Esso station in Kilock has them if that helps. Not near Navan I know, but if you're in the area.

Sweet
Thanks going by there at the weekend