Orange Light Sightings-December 2009-Volume 2
Each month we receive a large number of eye witness accounts of sightings of single and multiple red and orange light formations in the sky. In many cases it is evident that the most likely explanation would be Chinese Lanterns released in the local area. Due to time constraints a point has been reached where we need to decide whether to completely disregard these types of sightings or not. As a result it has been decided to set up on trial basis this dedicated section to log those eye witness accounts which are considered to be high probability “Chinese Lantern” sightings based on the information provided.Any such sightings received through the “Submit Sighting Form” will initially be posted as a comment in this section. If at a later date supporting information comes to light suggesting the sightings may not be chinese lanterns then the eye witness account will be reposted as a sighting report under it’s county area.The “Orange Light Sightings” are published by month in Volumes of about 40 eye witness accounts.
Chinese Lanterns or UFO-You Decide!
December 28th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Location of Sighting: Manchester
Date of Sighting: 12 dec 2009
Time: 07.00pm
Witness Name: W jones
Witness Statement: coming out of the house i saw a strange light coming over the horizon, it had no sound and agin another two about three min apart. The seemed to have strange light in them and as the went over very fast.
Has anybody else seen them
December 28th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Location of Sighting: Sheffield
Date of Sighting: 12/12/09
Time: 20:50
Witness Name: A Morton
Witness Statement: Clear evening. Just seen 4 bright orange lights, travelling SW at approx 2000 feet altitude. Meandering and not travelling in a straight line. Opened window and not a sound. No rotor or engine noise. Speed appeared to be 400-500 mph. ???
December 28th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Location of Sighting: greenleys milton keynes
Date of Sighting: 12 december 2009
Time: 22:25
Witness Name: richard harding& peter harding
Witness Statement: standing outside in the back yard smoking a cigarette when i noticed a bright orange light about 120ft in the air coming towards us with no sound and moving very quickly, followed 15 secs later by another the same at speed and no sound what so ever……! i thought i was seeing things as both just disapperered into thin air…!
December 28th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Location of Sighting: Felpham, Bognor Regis, UK
Date of Sighting: Saturday 12th December 2009
Time: 21:41
Witness Name: Ben Lander
Witness Statement: 3 objects, one after another flew across the sky from north to south and out over the English Channel.
Very bright orange lights, possibly red glowing objects with a bright light shining out of the bottom. No sound at all, moving much faster than a plane would normally.
Each one followed exactly the same route at the same speed.
December 28th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Location of Sighting: Stretford, Manchester
Date of Sighting: 13th December 2009
Time: 1030pm
Witness Name: D
Witness Statement: My husband called me to have a look at an object in the sky . It was bright organge light. flying at the a silmilar speed to an aircraft. We dismissed it as just that, as there was a small light flashing just by it.
About 10 minutes later I went back outside. when I looked up the same light was stationary in the sky but seem to have another identical light attached to it.
It was increidbly bright.. it overed for about 8 seconds then started to move downwards, dissapearing behiong the trees???
December 28th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Your Name alan challoner
Message 12.12.09,at about 18.45pm there were 3 red lights over Washington near the A1 chester le street. They moved very slow then another 3 appeared in a triangle formation. now 6 in the sky then another 4 in a line followed slowly. I watched them until they slowly vanished up for about 20 mins. They were bright and must of been seen by eveyone on the A1 at this time.
December 28th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Location of Sighting: Thornton heath
Date of Sighting: 2009. 12.12.
Time: 6pm
Witness Name: Derek
Witness Statement: I was standing in my friends garden and there were several people present at least five of us saw a strange moving object in the sky. It looked like a star however it stood quite still then slowly moved then dissapeared behind the clouds.
December 28th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Location of Sighting: Hertfordshire / Watford
Date of Sighting: 12th Dec 2009
Time: 5pm
Witness Name: JIM
Witness Statement: standing in my mums garden i noticed 3 bold intense red lights in the sky with random positions, as i went in to get my mum to see this they had formed into a line with still some distance between them, the movement wasnt a solid flow like a plane but more loose with quick but small changes to there motion, they were also moving quite fast but there was no wind. Two had gone over the house which we watched but when we turned back round to see the last one it had gone, even though it was a clear sky we couldnt see it anyware.
December 28th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Location of Sighting: ashton in makerfield
Date of Sighting: 12 december
Time: approx 5.15
Witness Name: andy c
Witness Statement: orande light very high at first i presumed it was an aircraft on aproach to manchester airport then two orange bits dropped of it as if it was breaking up it then seemen to change direction and carry on across the sky it was an intense orange no flickering i have seen chinese lanterns in myopinion it was the size of an aircraft as you see it coming in to land and moving far to fast for a lantern and as i said earlier the only thing that made me change that view was when we seen the two bits drop off it i was thinnking that it could possibly have been a meteor passing through the atmosphere.
December 28th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Location of Sighting: roche abbey
Date of Sighting: 12/12/09
Time: 9.30ish
Witness Name: jleary
Witness Statement: was out walking with 2freinds and saw a white ball drop verticle at unreal speed! 10mins later was still looking over the woods and a orange like flare shot across the sky behind a cloud seemed to light the cloud up
December 28th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Faversham,Kent,18.00hrs 28th December 2009
Just put our bin out when I noticed,travelling at speed a bright reddish orange flame like ball in the sky travelling east to west. Sky is clear with stars visible and other commercial aircraft travelling at a higher altitude. Also a very still night. No apparent sound once it had past me on the ground. At 1st I thought it was just a flare or something. I called my wife and children and my eldest daughter told me she saw the same thing Christmas eve travelling towards Canterbury (east) at about 17.45. The object continued towards Sittingbourne maintaining height and brightness
December 28th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I saw 4 orange lights on Boxing Day evening. A friend said they were chinese lanterns. Look at utube vids of chinese lanterns and then you can see that this is very possibly what is being seen. x
i was amazed too.
December 28th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
orange globes/lights seen over cardiff uk travelling north/east 15 in total was counted.
thought i was seeing things and called my partner who saw them elsewell sighting 27/12/2009 @ 12.09 pm
i have pics and vids on my phone
December 28th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Location of Sighting: Whitchurch Shropshire
Date of Sighting: 12 December 2009
Time: Approx 19.20
Witness Name: DC
Witness Statement: I saw a very latge orange light moving toward north west at very high speed, appeared to be something falling from the light, it moved across the sky in several minutes, far quicker than a plane
December 28th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Location of Sighting: Horsham West Sussex
Date of Sighting: 13 12 – 09
Time: 6.15pm
Witness Name: Paul
Witness Statement: Went out side my house to get something from my car. Looked up and saw a very large orange light glowing like a fire ball. What was amazing was that it moved in a Southernly direction but was silent and very slow and smooth set in one direction! From sighting to out of view it took about 60 seconds long enough to get my partner and daughter outside to witness it. My daughter is 12 years old and taken back by the sighting! Amazing is the only word to describe it!
December 28th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Location of Sighting: wigan ashton in makerfield
Date of Sighting: 12/12/2009
Time: 17.20
Witness Name: andy
Witness Statement: me and stepson saw orange ball heading west aeroplane speed assumed it was a plane till two orange bits dropped off sems to coincide with sighting Location of Sighting: Swinton, Rotherham
Date of Sighting: 12/12/09
Time: 17:00
only fifteen 20 mins later could be the same object
December 28th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Location of Sighting: Tesco Port Road, Barry
Date of Sighting: 14th December 2009
Time: 9.30 -9.45pm
Witness Name: Nicola
Witness Statement: My son who is sixteen,, daughter who is eight and myself, were sat in the car waiting for my husband in tesco, when my old daughter said what are those lights in the sky. We all looked to see four yellow/orange lights coming towards us, but then they started to revolve, and fade and it seemed to disappear up into the sky.
We have never seen anything like this before.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Location of Sighting: Southsea, Hants
Date of Sighting: 14th Dec 2009
Time: between 1700-1800
Witness Name: Yvonne Hiscock
Witness Statement: Saw 2 orange flickering lights like something burning. One a little further up from the other. They flickered for good 30 secs before farthest one seemed to diminish & shoot upwards then 30 seconds later the other also gradually diminished.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Location of Sighting: Blantyre – Scotland
Date of Sighting: 19 12 2009
Time: 18.00
Witness Name: Cullen family
Witness Statement: On the 19/12/2009 at 18.00 while in the garden, we noticed a bright orange/red light in the sky,moved from east to west and then south,no sound travelling at speed. Then after 3 minutes the second one appeared at the same position, travelling the same one and disappeared.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Location of Sighting: newtownards
Date of Sighting: 19th dec 09
Time: 9.10pm
Witness Name: robbie barry
Witness Statement: i seen this large orange/red ball of light last night when i was in newtownards just outside belfast, i was walking out to my van parked at the strangford arms and i seen an orange ball which looked like it was a plane on fire,im nearly sure i seen flames ,i thought it could of been a fighter jet or a rocket but there was no sound at all, ive never seen anything like it, if it was a plane it didnt drop at all and i watched it travel for 5mins from one side of the sky to the othere. the time was 9.10pm sat 19th dec. i told several people what id seen. by chance i found otheres on line here who have also seen this.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Location of Sighting: murton seaham co durham
Date of Sighting: 19.12.2009
Time: 22.00
Witness Name: andrew
Witness Statement: i & two other friends saw a strange orange glow in the low sky at first we thought it was a helicopter but their was no sound & it moved upwards & away very quickly
December 28th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Location of Sighting: Bognor Regis
Date of Sighting: 20/12/09
Time: 1945
Witness Name: Ivor Xtear
Witness Statement: saw nine orange lights travel south to north in groups of three, could have been lanterns but going against the wind and too fast,
December 28th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Location of Sighting: Stockport England
Date of Sighting: 20/12/09
Time: 2200
Witness Name: dave
Witness Statement: lights flashing and moving up down and side 2 side
December 28th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Location of Sighting: Burton On Trent
Date of Sighting: 21-12-2009
Time: 5.30pm
Witness Name: Charlotte Heathcote
Witness Statement: Standing in the garden i saw a bright single orange/yellow light in the sky. looked like a burning ball. It was traveling quite fast and just dissapeared into the night sky!
December 29th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Over the last few months Oct/Nov/dec 09 both myself and a neighbour have seen these orange orbs and can say quite confidently that they are not Chinese lanterns. We both have military backgrounds. What we have witnessed are far larger and appear to be under controlled flight and have been seen in ones and two’s and flights of over 14+.. These orbs have increased in sightings over the last two weeks.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Location of Sighting: Livingston
Date of Sighting: 20/12/09
Time: 2105
Witness Name: Gavin Black
Witness Statement: Was driving my train into Livingston from Bathgate when I saw an orange light moving across the sky from south to north. As I was stopping on the platform at Livingston North Station, I saw it slow down and stop. I noticed a flashing light on top of it as it hung there above Deans. It then moved in a semi circle and stopped again. Then gradually faded away
December 29th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Location of Sighting: wrose bradford
Date of Sighting: 7 November 2009
Time: 9.15pm
Witness Name: s mckinley
Witness Statement: I was with friends party letting off fireworks there was two orange sphere which came towards us heading towards shipley as we pointed towards them they both went out at the same time I dont think they where lanterns as I saw 4 similar objects in the bolton junction area a few wks before
December 29th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Location of Sighting: burnham on crouch, essex
Date of Sighting: 22/12/09
Time: 17:15
Witness Name: steve
Witness Statement: i was just dropping my nephew off when i looked up and saw 4 bright orange lights in the shape of a diamond heading towards maldon then they changed direction an headed towards bradwell, there was no noise from them the only noise i herd was from two planes that went over the other way, just wondering if anyone else saw them?
December 29th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Location of Sighting: Twickenham
Date of Sighting: 22.12.2009
Time: 20:00
Witness Name: R
Witness Statement: Between 7:30 pm and 9:00 pm, I swa a bright orange light shooting through the sky. This object shot across at great speed initally coming from from the Hounslow area heading towards Kinsgton and then back again.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Location of Sighting: Redditch
Date of Sighting: 22/12/09
Time: 19:00
Witness Name: Steve
Witness Statement: I was standing in B&Q carp park in Redditch Worcesterhire, when I noticed three orange lights moving slowly across the sky. There was no noise, and they seemed to keep perfect alignment and speed. A bout 20 minutes later another appeared on its own and move in the same direction. Wondered if any one else saw them
December 29th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Location of Sighting: Souht Yorkshire, Stocksbridge Bypass.
Date of Sighting: 20th December 2009
Time: 1am
Witness Name: Joolz
Witness Statement: We were travelling on the Stocksbridge Bypass when we saw three bright orange lights over the direction of Sheffield. They appeared to hover, they made no noise and remained stationary as we drove past them. We eventually lost sight of them.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Location of Sighting: Northampton/Briar Hill
Date of Sighting: 23/12/09
Time: 20.00
Witness Name: Jamie Woodward
Witness Statement: Looking out of my bedroom window, whilst smoking. I saw a single bright orange light drifting in the sky, it was close and moved further away towards the sixfields area, till eventually it was out of sight.
It moved quicker than a plane usally does overhead.
I thought I would search the net to see if I was imagining things, but then found this sight?????
December 29th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Location of Sighting: Ely, Cambridgeshire
Date of Sighting: 20 December 2009
Time: 5.33pm – 5.38pm
Witness Name: AJ
Witness Statement: I went to the window to draw my curtains and saw a bright, flame coloured light hovering in the sky, I think over the site of Ely Community College. Occassionally the object changed its altitude. I stood watching it hover for nearly 5 minutes before it flew off in a NNE direction. At no point was there any audible noise.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Location of Sighting: Eastleigh, Hampshire Uk
Date of Sighting: 24th December 2009
Time: 19.00
Witness Name: Linda Barrett & Manish Jethwa
Witness Statement: We were just getting out of our car, and thought we saw a brightly lit aeroplane in the sky. However, this object moved from side to side and was large and bright orange lights on the perimeter with a central red core of light. It remained stationary for sometime, then moved in a westerly direction, where we had glimpses for a while, throught gaps in the clouds as it disappeared out of sight. This was clearly not a plane!
December 29th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Location of Sighting: Insch,Aberdeenshire
Date of Sighting: 24.12.09
Time: 20.30
Witness Name: Bibi & Malcom
Witness Statement: standing outside the house seen 2 large glowing orange balls moving across the sky, too slow for a shooting star but too quickly for anything else. parts droped of them as they went and they disapeared to nothing. two more followed one after the other a short while after. got some pictures but theyre not too clear.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Location of Sighting: South Shields
Date of Sighting: 24 December 2009
Time: 9.00pm
Witness Name: Douglas Harvey
Witness Statement: A single orange ‘light’, flickering not flashing, south east, moving slower and more erratic than the ISS or other objects that I’ve watched. Then moved south and faded, like it had moved into the Earths shadow, e.g. the ISS. Looking up again there was a single orange ‘light’ again, which went the same way in the same area.Not saying what it could be, just what I saw!
December 29th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Location of Sighting: Lexden area, Colchester
Date of Sighting: 28 December 2009
Time: 10:50pm
Witness Name: Sam Page & Jason Parker
Witness Statement: Two singular large round orange lights seen within approx 2 minutes of each other, followed approx 2 minutes later by 2 together side by side, then a further 2 singular ones again a couple of minutes apart. All moved fairly quickly, each just seemingly disappeared in the sky, no sound. Have mobile phone video footage of last one but not very clear
December 31st, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Time 8.50pm Location Chandlers Ford.Date 31/12/09
We were walking to the local indian restaurant when we saw two orange globes travelling towards the see. Ther was no sound but they appered to hover then move forward again at a steady speed.
January 1st, 2010 at 11:26 pm
time 12.10am loction newtownards 01/01/10
me and my husband where out having a smoke at my sister party when we looked up at the sky and seen 2 orange lights in the sky floating with each other then one disappeared then another one came out of no where and followed the other one till tht one disapperared by this time my whole family where out having a look and no one knows what it was strange ….
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Streetly,Sutton Coldfield,Midnight 31st Dec 2009 +-2hr
Temp 2c,Wind still,some sm.Clouds, No Plains,quiet exept for
Fireworks, Full Moon.Lights in sky,moving at steady speeds in
different directions, Colour was that of a warm-hot filament
apeared to flicker,may have been over thin cloud, Wife used
binoculars,no detail but “front was same width as side as it
passed over” suggesting a circular object. Lights were in
two’s or three’s. If these were Chinese Lanterns they would
not have been seen at cloud level and woulw not have moved so
fast. During the two hours i saw about twelve.
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:46 pm
On Thurs 31st Dec 2009 (New Year’s Eve) about 9pm my wife and I were walking to a friends house in Portstewart (Co.L’Derry, north coast of Northern Ireland) when we saw a bright orange ball in the sky. May I point out, we hadn’t begun to take any alcohol at that time! At first I thought it was someone letting off a firework and said to my wife “Look at that”. As we watched, we saw this orange ball climb higher but the strange thing is there was NO SOUND WHATSOEVER. I was expecting it to explode, like a firework, but it didn’t. It seemed to change direction (by that I mean, level off) and then fly over our heads in a northerly direction and disappeared INTO the clouds – NOT over the clouds. I am very accustomed to watching all sorts of aircraft take off, land and manoeuvre, as I work at Belfast International airport. What I saw I can’t explain. A hobby of mine is astronomy. What I saw could not be mistaken for a meteorite etc (there was no ‘tail’) nor a satellite, or even the ISS (International Space Station) – I have watched the ISS fly overhead several times, as have I also watched satellites zoom by. What we saw was something which was no more than 3000 to 4000 feet AGL (above ground level). It was simply a silent, bright orange ball and now that I have searched the internet and found that others in Northern Ireland ad all over the UK have also seen it on New Year’s Eve, as well as several times over many months, I am more convinced that what we saw was very ‘unusual’ indeed.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:33 pm
i was watching the fireworks from the window on New year’s eve 2009. at 0.30 new years day i saw 3 orange things moving in the sky westerly over Clacton-on-sea.Thinking they were helicopters,i watched, they travelled some distance apart,then turned and circled, then flew out to sea.there was no noise, and they stay about the same height.Also,on looking easterly here were another 2, flying out towards the sea,over holland-frinton-on-sea area.they dissappeard into cloud. i took some photos, and on close inspection, they are round or oval shapes,no flasing lights,as on planes etc. no noise. Iam sure they were not lanterns.
January 8th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
December 31/New Years Day 12.10
I live just south of Mike in Sutton Coldfield. Saw these orange lights in groups of four or five moving steadily west/south west.
No planes around, the objects carried no port or starboard lights.
Fascinating. I took a photo which at least proves I wasn’t hallucinating.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Last Sunday (3rd Jan) Clear night at about 19:20 I saw two orange lights over Bury St Edmunds, high up following same course. No noise, then disappeared.
Tonight two but much closer, first one very low and as it went past in the distance 300 meters I could clearly make out a large dark shape. The second was much higher in altitude and moving faster – disappeared into cloud.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
I live in between Sutton Coldfield and Erdington and have seen many of these “orange lights”, they are without a doubt chinese lanterns, i have had the binoculars on them each time..they do flicker sometimes as they have a flame inside and are quite large so can be seen very easily. I did however for the first time in my life see on January 9th around 8pm a very large oblong object in the sky over towards Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield moving very slowly downwards with small white lights along its length and two red lights that glowed on and off ( not like aircraft lights that flash intermitent), I live under the flight path of Birmingham Airport so i know what planes look/act like, and unfortunately i live in a rough area so get to see the old police helicopter out often and am aware of all the lights they can produce (search light, stealth mode, normal lights etc..) this was very strange… i’m surprised nobody else has said anything.. maybe they will?
January 13th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
On 25/12/09 & 31/12/09 in the Portrush area N.I we saw orange flame like lights they could’nt have been chinese lanterns because there was 2 drifting beside each other. There was no noise from these objects & they soon disappeared. We saw 1 on 25/12/09 & 3 on 31/12/09.
January 20th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
25.12.09 milton,north glasgow east to west at just before 6 im walking the dog when i see th first one of the night it was low enough to make out it was not a paper lantern, put a golf ball out at arms lenghs thats how low it seemed the light wasn,t fickering or duller round the edges like lanterns it was like a ball of fire it rolled backward but still going forward i could see wot looked lke little balls on it forming a circle on one side of it, it then went right and higher stopped at the edge of milton above the fields then a minute later it was gone i seen 6 more over the next 2 hours coming from the east and going straight to werethe first disapeared i know i missed more as i was in and out the house ooking for a camara
January 27th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Hi
my sister rang me tonight to tell me that she and her husband saw two fast moving orange lights travelling south east over South Shields, These things were high up flew apart and made no noise whatsoever. What is curious is that the husband is a trained first mate who has worked on ships for years for BP etc and has no interest in these things whatsoever and jibes me when we talk about sightings. He says there was no logical explanation for the objects in that they were quite a long way apart, moved very quickly and didn’t have the normal attributes of satellites, or engines etc. My sister was actually quite excited about it and happy for me to contact you. She said they were moving in tandem sort of down the coast. I suggested lanterns but the speed seemed to throw that off, and I’d be interested to see if there were any other sightings in the area. Pretty sure my brother and law would have just scoffed or explained it off as whatever.
As a coda to that my interest in such things started ages ago. When I was about 14 yrs old, around 1974 , me and a couple of friends saw a triangular formation of star lights come together over the north sea off the coast of South Shields. It has really stuck with me. There was one star to start with then a movement of what looked like a snooker rack of stars come together over the sea. They then moved away from each other and gradually disappeared. It was just daft really, can’t remember what time of year but about nine at night viewing over towards trow rock and what appeared to be very high up.
Anyway if anyone saw the lights over Shields tonight I’d be interested to hear.
Yours truly,
Richard
January 31st, 2010 at 9:13 am
I was standing in my sisters garden at about 7pmish on the 30/01/2010 when I noticed what I thought was an orange star, I know Mars can be seen so I just assumed it was that.
A few minutes later this orange star trebled in size, started to glow and darted about in different directions. I called my sister and she also witnessed it, we stood and watched for approx 5 mins before it completely disappeared!
We then noticed 3 tiny stars creating a triangle shape all twinkling different colours!
February 4th, 2010 at 1:55 am
Watford herts around the christmas period i was taking some rubbish out to the bin and like i would usualy do look up to see what cloud cover was like it was clear and no wind when i saw a orange ball light that moved from west to east like it was on a flight path and even banked round slightly however judging by the speed it was traveling and size of the light (comparing it to an aeroplane light) it was far to close to remain silent i did have time to show my children to
i cannot get my head round the idea it would be a plane as it had no engine noise what so ever and yet it passed by so smothly if anyone has seen this in the local area i would be very interested in your witness experience
February 14th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
just before 9pm sunday 14th feb 2010
i just came out of my parents house in garston (watford)and looked up to see four orange lights travelling across the sky, two of them moved away and dissapeared and two remained static for approx 30 secs then dissapeared they appeared to be burning could they be chinese lanterns i dont know any body else see them
February 18th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Location of Sighting: High Halstow, Rochester
Date of Sighting: 24 December 2009
Time: sometime between 5 and 6pm
Witness Name: Sam Adamson
Late post as I only just found this site:
There were 2 orange lights ‘hovering’ in the sky just above the roof top. They were stationary for about 5 mins, and were diagonal to each other. We got out the car to look at them and the started moving diagonally up into the sky at a constant medium speed remaining eqi-distant from eachother. I took a photo and tried to zoom in but my camera isn’t really good enough. I also tried to video them but same issue above – it doesn’t show much. These lights weren’t flashing or anything, and there wasn’t a sound at all.
March 17th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I had just pulled up in my car on Sunday night 14 March 2010, 21.00 hhrs and I saw three large bright orbs travelling across the sky (Folkestone, Kent). I got out of my car and tried to take a picture with my mobile phone but couldnt get a clear image, so I quickly phoned my daughter to look out of the window. The lights appeared to be following each other until they stopped and aligned with each other and hovered silently until the clouds engulfed them. I thought at first they were helecopters but I strongly believe now they were not as I have seen helecopters before, they always make a noise and have a flashing light. My daughter suggested that they were chinese lanterns (she only got to see the last one disappear into the clouds). I have my doubts as these orbs were travelling above clouds and against the wind and they aligned in one position, so I dont know what they were.
May 8th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Orange lights over Livingston.
I heard a noise outside tonight, went out and saw a drunken group of teenagers staring at the sky. I looked and saw 2x bright orange lights,side by side moving slowly across the sky east to west moving higher until they disappeared. Myslef and my partner stood in disbelief wondering why we never go the camera, then 3 more appeared again from the east and headed west. This time we got them on camera, don`t know where to send the footage though.
Very surreal.
May 22nd, 2010 at 2:13 am
orange lights over wigan.
Last night looked out of my bedroom window and saw a very bright orange light, thought it was a chinese lantern, but as it started to move quickly i noticed 2 lights underneath it. The object started to move much more rapidly and high up into the air, went as high up as the stars then vanished.
due to this i decided to look out of my bedroom window again tonight, this time three orange lights were in exactly the same place, they were extremely bright and were moving around in the sky. The objects moved closer to each other and formed a triangular shape in the sky. it was quite strange because each light in turn went dimmer and eventually disappeared.