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Did anyone see this UFO last Friday

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  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,585 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Did moulder and Scully come back??

    He goes around making fresh bread go off sooner than expected


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭DesperateDan


    What is the furthest a fast drone could fly right now I wonder, bearing in mind the military hide the really good stuff from us :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    What is the furthest a fast drone could fly right now I wonder, bearing in mind the military hide the really good stuff from us :D

    A predator drone can be airborne for over 12 hours, and they're pretty old in the grand scheme of things


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭rtron


    Might be yer man coming home in the balloon from the flat Earth expo...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Northern lights


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    The Universe is so so big compared to what we thought 20 years ago that I think it could be anything and could very possible be other life.

    Or else all these Pilots down the years are on the sauce.

    Wasn't there some fella in Australia followed by some craft years ago and vanished? QUOTE]

    I take it this is what you are referring to.

    http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/unex12.htm


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    Northern lights

    Sure it could also have been Venus, Mars, Jupiter, swamp gas......... whatever you fancy yourself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 746 ✭✭✭aziz


    Northern lights

    Aurora borealis
    At this time of day
    At this time of year
    Localised entirely in your kitchen


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,897 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Asteroid bouncing off earths atmosphere.

    Obvious is obvious.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭Andrewf20


    Back in the summer of 2001 I was working in arklow. I was cycling home from work at around 5pm on a sunny evening when I saw a large ball of light blazing through the sky over towards Avoca. I mentioned it in work the following day but no one heard or saw anything. Nothing in the news either.

    Never seen a meteorite during the day before or since. However it was clearly a meteorite as you see a long trail behind it as it started to break up.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring


    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

    A Pentagon UFO program was disclosed to the public last year. The guy who ran this said there are multiple programs run by other agencies but they are not going to be spoken about as they are still classified. They also have more UFO videos not declassified yet.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    It was probably Dick, Harry, Sally and Tommy coming back to Earth for a quick visit.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Asteroid bouncing off earths atmosphere.

    Obvious is obvious.

    But would that not be a meteoroid? (i.e. smaller particle) that was unable to penetrate the atmosphere, not an asteroid (larger rocky body).

    An asteroid would surely have a more intense flash, colours, breakup and even perhaps a sonic boom, of which none seems to have been reported. A big rock wouldn't 'bounce off' the astmosphere if traveling with any size or intensity.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    Back in the summer of 2001 I was working in arklow. I was cycling home from work at around 5pm on a sunny evening when I saw a large ball of light blazing through the sky over towards Avoca. I mentioned it in work the following day but no one heard or saw anything. Nothing in the news either.

    Never seen a meteorite during the day before or since. However it was clearly a meteorite as you see a long trail behind it as it started to break up.

    That would seem to have been either a fireball meteor or else a piece of orbiting junk burning up in the atmosphere. Either way, if it was bright enough to be seen in full daylight, it must have been something relatively large.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,585 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    aziz wrote: »
    Aurora borealis
    At this time of day
    At this time of year
    Localised entirely in your kitchen

    Can I see it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,625 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Over a hundred replies and no-one posted this yet.

    Lads, come on



    Sure what else could it realistically be except a legit 100% Alien encounter. They had one look a Leitrim from a distance and thought, fck it, we'll head to somewhere else where's there at least a sign of intelligent life.

    Wake up sheeple!

    I've seen the top secret ultra classified US millitary papers on the internet. They are really top-top-top secret. I've seen them like.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

    A Pentagon UFO program was disclosed to the public last year. The guy who ran this said there are multiple programs run by other agencies but they are not going to be spoken about as they are still classified. They also have more UFO videos not declassified yet.

    Payback to political donor.
    Now the same binch is milking people via the trapezoid scheme To the Stars set up by former singer with Blink182.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Sure it could also have been Venus, Mars, Jupiter, swamp gas......... whatever you fancy yourself.

    Swamp gas..... That sounds nice....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭Cheerful Spring


    Ipso wrote: »
    Payback to political donor.
    Now the same binch is milking people via the trapezoid scheme To the Stars set up by former singer with Blink182.

    False info you really should listen to someone who knows what happened. Different defence contractors were bidding also included https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/index.html

    Defence contractors were very interested in securing access to the classified stuff.

    George Knapp addresses all the Skeptic questions during this interview.




    Knapp said one of the reasons more information doesn't leak out is due to religious grounds. People in power even at the Pentagon have strong religious views about the subject. They think UFOs are demonic?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Was it a taxi????


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Knapp said one of the reasons more information doesn't leak out is due to religious grounds. People in power even at the Pentagon have strong religious views about the subject. They think UFOs are demonic?

    Hang on now....

    So what you're actually saying is that aliens are out there, visiting our planet, the people in the Pentagon have knowledge and possibly proof of this...but they're not telling us cause they think the aliens are...demons?

    Yeah that's totally plausible


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Ninjamonkey


    Ahh shur, twas only one a dem auld meteoritey thingumajiggys - so says the absolute armchair authority avaiation "expert" Gerry Byrne.
    Im sorry Mr Byrne

    (Aviation journalist Gerry Byrne said: "In all probability they were meteorites and it's not uncommon for meteorites to come in at a low angle, a low trajectory into the Earth's atmosphere.")

    I would love Mr Byrne to tell us all how many meteorites he has seen come alongside and aircraft and veer north at high speed. Or climb away at hight speed.

    Last time I checked, shooting stars do not change speed or direction - of course maybe Mr Byrne who obvioualy knows infinitely more than the rest of us on the matter can educate us on the aerodynamics of shooting stars, and how they like to change speed and direction.

    I would love to hear it.

    nm


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Could it have been a case of ball lightning?


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Ninjamonkey


    Was it a taxi????


    Lol, A Taxi out in the sticks is rarer than a UFO .. I would believe it was an alien spacecraft, but would be VERY skeptical if someone actually reported a sighting of a Taxi :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭DaintyDavy


    wexie wrote: »
    Hang on now....

    So what you're actually saying is that aliens are out there, visiting our planet, the people in the Pentagon have knowledge and possibly proof of this...but they're not telling us cause they think the aliens are...demons?

    Yeah that's totally plausible

    This is the U.S we're talking about here, i wouldnt be that surprised.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,625 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    wexie wrote: »
    Hang on now....

    So what you're actually saying is that aliens are out there, visiting our planet, the people in the Pentagon have knowledge and possibly proof of this...but they're not telling us cause they think the aliens are...demons?

    Yeah that's totally plausible

    Trust me buddy, the plausibility has only just begun.


  • Registered Users Posts: 398 ✭✭DanMurphy


    Yes, Kerry Metorites shoot upwards.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    wexie wrote: »
    Hang on now....

    So what you're actually saying is that aliens are out there, visiting our planet, the people in the Pentagon have knowledge and possibly proof of this...but they're not telling us cause they think the aliens are...demons?

    Yeah that's totally plausible

    There seems to be some people in the US military who have a fundamental Christian world view, a coupe of people have said that is how they view UFOs but it's not some massive organized attempt to keep the truth from the sheeple.
    There are also people within UFOology who think UFOs are like poltergeists.


  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭DaintyDavy


    Ipso wrote: »
    There seems to be some people in the US military who have a fundamental Christian world view, a coupe of people have said that is how they view UFOs but it's not some massive organized attempt to keep the truth from the sheeple.
    There are also people within UFOology who think UFOs are like poltergeists.

    Very dangerous that religous folk have big jobs in the likes of National Security. That could defo impair their judgement on certain things.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 327 ✭✭Raheem Euro


    That poor aul fella. Trying to tip home in his car after three or four pints in the local. Now on top of having to contend with guards and fairy forts now he has to deal with meteorites flying around the place and flying saucers going back and forth.

    You'd need to be on your game. You can forget about drink driving exemptions down there lads.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    DaintyDavy wrote: »
    Very dangerous that religous folk have big jobs in the likes of National Security. That could defo impair their judgement on certain things.

    Never mind UFOs, there are probably those who believe in the end times/rapture nonsense.


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Ninjamonkey


    They were looking for the Jedi Temple on Skellig, and got lost , the GPS doesnt work too well in Kerry. They were trying to Eyeball it, and follow the roads, but they could only see the potholes.


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Ninjamonkey


    OK, so if anyone is interested and hasnt seen it yet - here is some of the information, that was in mainstream news.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2b4qSoMnKE
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDj9ZZQY2kA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPI6psB7Nb4
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCaruUtiPHo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEF1-z0W0f4


    There are many more, - you just need to look

    nm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Was it Scientologist


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Driving one night a few years ago, I saw something unidentifiable in the sky that seemed to shoot upwards, and my wife asked, what I was looking at and then she said she saw it too after I told her. It was like two lights in the sky over a tree line, that shot off at speed, and we couldnt explain it.

    Similarly, less than a decade ago, in the horizon east towards Croghan Hill/Kildare border direction, I saw a starlike light travel at a fixed speed in a dead straight trajectory from right to left across the horizon. Then at the end of that run, shoot up vertical having g changed direction at a right angle. I was perplexed, then dumbfounded afterwards as I thought about it.
    I am a night sky observer and what I saw was highly unusual. Upon research, that trajectory matched other sightings.
    Imagine people second-guessing pilots, Gardai, army personnel, etc etc. Is there no end to the hubris of science worshippers?
    Quality observations gleaned from quality observers should be treated with sceptical respect.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    DanMurphy wrote: »
    Yes, Kerry Metorites shoot upwards.
    Jaysus, is there no end to Kerry boasts...


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Ninjamonkey


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Similarly, less than a decade ago, in the horizon east towards Croghan Hill/Kildare border direction, I saw a starlike light travel at a fixed speed in a dead straight trajectory from right to left across the horizon. Then at the end of that run, shoot up vertical having g changed direction at a right angle. I was perplexed, then dumbfounded afterwards as I thought about it.
    I am a night sky observer and what I saw was highly unusual. Upon research, that trajectory matched other sightings.
    Imagine people second-guessing pilots, Gardai, army personnel, etc etc. Is there no end to the hubris of science worshippers?
    Quality observations gleaned from quality observers should be treated with sceptical respect.


    Absolutely agree. Lets use science to understand them. We know there is something very unusual being seen. We do not know if it is extraterrestrial, or from somewhere else. However we need to treat this phenomenon with the respect it deserves, and not automatically dismiss it.

    It was once dismissed that the earth was not flat .... Examine, record, collaborate, and let the data speak for itself. without data points we cannot begin to formulate answers.

    However, I get slightly irritated when so called "experts" like Gerry Byrne say that the pilots probably saw a meteorite. Did he give any thought to how much he is disrespecting the captains of those aircraft.

    They see meteors/shooting stars, etc, and can tell the difference. When 3 commercial pilots , are crossing the atlantic, on sceduled routes, and all 3 report something unusual, well, I would not be quick to tell them they saw a meteorite. - In my humble opinion, it simply highlights his sheer ignorance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,625 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Similarly, less than a decade ago, in the horizon east towards Croghan Hill/Kildare border direction, I saw a starlike light travel at a fixed speed in a dead straight trajectory from right to left across the horizon. Then at the end of that run, shoot up vertical having g changed direction at a right angle. I was perplexed, then dumbfounded afterwards as I thought about it.
    I am a night sky observer and what I saw was highly unusual. Upon research, that trajectory matched other sightings.
    Imagine people second-guessing pilots, Gardai, army personnel, etc etc. Is there no end to the hubris of science worshippers?
    Quality observations gleaned from quality observers should be treated with sceptical respect.

    Is it really that hubristic to say that in all probability it wasn't an Alien spacecraft?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    aziz wrote: »
    Aurora borealis
    At this time of day
    At this time of year
    Localised entirely in your kitchen

    Can I see it ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,714 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    Arghus wrote: »
    Is it really that hubristic to say that in all probability it wasn't an Alien spacecraft?

    theres no denying its a ufo at present though, since its unidentified


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  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭DaintyDavy


    Arghus wrote: »
    Is it really that hubristic to say that in all probability it wasn't an Alien spacecraft?

    Probably not, but if certain countries are hiding tech capable of the manoeuvres this thing supposedly pulled off id class that as more worrying than it being actual aliens. What else are they hiding?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,368 ✭✭✭robwen


    Pilots need to be getting their phones out & videoing


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Dank Janniels


    Saw on twitter earlier sum1 saying New Zealand launched a rocket with a satellite onboard and it travelled up this way. Could explain it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    TCM wrote: »
    Why would aliens bother flying over those kips?
    To get to Blanchardstown


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭Sam Quentin


    To get to Blanchardstown

    For the Doughnuts!?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭Sam Quentin


    Saw on twitter earlier sum1 saying New Zealand launched a rocket with a satellite onboard and it travelled up this way. Could explain it?

    No... NO NO NO SHTAPPP SHTAPPP .. Don't say that. It was aliens ok ok.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    For the Doughnuts!?
    Sci-Fi has told us that when aliens invade they always first destroy our most beloved cultural landmarks.


    For Dublin the KFC in Blanchardstown is top of the list.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I'd say it was Elvis.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,638 ✭✭✭✭bangkok


    Saw on twitter earlier sum1 saying New Zealand launched a rocket with a satellite onboard and it travelled up this way. Could explain it?

    Highly doubt it, a rocket would have been in space and not flying beside the aircraft and coming up alongside the left of it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Saw on twitter earlier sum1 saying New Zealand launched a rocket with a satellite onboard and it travelled up this way. Could explain it?


    No. We don't live in New Zealand.


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