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what is this aircraft?

  • 07-04-2017 9:50pm
    #1
    Owldshtok
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    Just around 10 minutes ago seen unusual aircraft lights passing over the clear sky here in Galway, way high up at the same altitude you would see a passenger airline crossing on some international flight,going from west to east .What was different about it was a vivid flashing red light,along with the normal white one and going at high velocity.Too high up to be heard.
    Cant help thinking its something military,can anyone offer explanation?


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  • #2
    alchemist33
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  • #3
    Biggest lickspittle on boardz
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    The only thing of note is a Fed-Ex transport plane heading West, but that's way up by Donegal. There doesn't appear to be any civilian traffic heading West, it may well have been military:
    https://www.flightradar24.com/FDX1/cfd0a93


  • #4
    Mountainsandh
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  • #5
    corner of hells
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    Vivid flashing red along with white , oh no , noooooooooo.
    Run OP ,run fast.


  • #6
    Four Phucs Ache
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    Flight "ET"501 strangely enough.

    Ethiopian airlines Washington to addisababa


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  • #7
    riffmongous
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    Just a routine flight OP, nothing to notice or report

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  • #8
    Fighting Tao
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    So you can tell the altitude from the trough in darkness?



  • #9
    Biggest lickspittle on boardz
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Just a routine flight OP, nothing to notice or report

    m7etAKv

    Image no worky, Meestir.


  • #10
    Beyondgone
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    It was a plane. The rest is aviation nerd stuff.


  • #11
    Owldshtok
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    Thanks B.l.o.b.,it was going west to east not the other way around.Military for sure.


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  • #12
    jamesbere
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    It's aliens, their on the way to probe you.


  • #13
    Woodville56
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    Owldshtok wrote: »
    Just around 10 minutes ago seen unusual aircraft lights passing over the clear sky here in Galway, way high up at the same altitude you would see a passenger airline crossing on some international flight,going from west to east .What was different about it was a vivid flashing red light,along with the normal white one and going at high velocity.Too high up to be heard.
    Cant help thinking its something military,can anyone offer explanation?

    Possibly International Space Station ? It did 2 passes over Ireland tonight - first at approx 8.58 West to East South East, second was around 22.25 direction West to West South West ?


  • #14
    Victor
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    Woodville56 wrote: »
    Possibly International Space Station ? It did 2 passes over Ireland tonight - first at approx 8.58 West to East South East, second was around 22.25 direction West to West South West ?

    You wouldn't be able to see the safety lights on the ISS without a telescope. :)

    It was, in fact, Boris Yeltsin.


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