Orange Light Sightings-December 2009-Volume 3
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 29th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Location of Sighting: Plasmarl,swansea (wales)
Date of Sighting: 24th december 2009
Time: 23:10
Witness Name: joanne williams
Witness Statement: i was just going to my car with my dog when i looked up to the sky and saw wot looked to be a orange ball of fire. it was going in a stright line for approxmently 20mins before it vanished.i just managed to catch it on my phone before it disappard but am unable to email it to you. i did think that it was somthing to do with that web sit tracking santa but thought that i might report it anyway
December 29th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Location of Sighting: Hoddlesden Lancashire
Date of Sighting: 24th December 2009
Time: 22.45
Witness Name: GF
Witness Statement: Saw bright orange light in sky for about 4 – 5 minutes which suddenly got smaller and then disappeared
December 29th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Location of Sighting: Wadebridge
Date of Sighting: 24th December 2009
Time: 21:00 hours
Witness Name: M Wallis
Witness Statement: A glowing orange light emitting more light from the middle almost diamond shaped but the top and bottom being flat not pointed. Light was also being sent out from the middle at each side.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Location of Sighting: Inverness
Date of Sighting: 24th December 2009
Time: Between 7.15-7.45PM
Witness Name: Evan
Witness Statement: I saw an orange ball like object in the sky when i was watching tv at first it looked like a ball of fire but it was too slow for that,i got up from my seat and stood at the window and it seemed to be dripping like molton metal from underneath it moved across the sky faster than a plane/helicopter (I live close to the flight path for Dalcross Airport).
When i saw it first i thought it was a ball of fire then i thought it was a plane with an engine fire,it came to a stop dripping like hot metal then took off again and started to get smaller and smaller.
About 7-8 mins later it appeared again simuler as it did before and disapeared,then about 4-5mins later it came back but disappeared quicker this time
December 29th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Location of Sighting: Letchworth
Date of Sighting: 25/23/09
Time: 5.00pm
Witness Name: Julia Nye
Witness Statement: at first then two then three then four orange light objects, two almost seem as if would collide but separated arriving from NW, these were followed by approx 6 more at almost equal intervals distance wise, simultaneously for last 4 or so they appeared also from SE, again in almost equal distance, they made no noise, travelling and vanashing. Could not believe what I saw and so looked on internet – at least I know I am not mad, or the only one and no definitely not too much alcohol – what an amazing sight!
December 29th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Location of Sighting: thorpe Marriott/ Drayton
Date of Sighting: December 26th
Time: 19.05-10
Witness Name: Carol
Witness Statement: Went into the frosty garden this evening to call my cat in , looking northwards( towards Fakenham/North Norfolk) all of a sudden i was aware of a bright orange light, moving fairly swiftly, NO SOUND, it came on fast towards my house and then started to veer towards the Reepham Rd and east towards Cromer,. I raced indoors to get my husband, who also witnessed it. The light just then went out. This is my second sighting, last one being 3 lights in June 2009 which i also submitted,
December 29th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Location of Sighting: coulsdon
Date of Sighting: 25/12/09
Time: approx 7 pm
Witness Name: clare smith
Witness Statement: Went outside for a ciggie saw an orange star thought it was a plane but no noise or flashing wing tips. It was travelling in a straight line towards london. Then saw a second one and banged on the window my daughter ran out and also saw the last one.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Location of Sighting: Glasgow
Date of Sighting: 25/12/09
Time: 07.30 pm
Witness Name: robert
Witness Statement: me and my friend spotted 7 ufos in the sky and sick to death of nobody doing anything about it will we ever find out what these things are were not all fkn insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whats the point of us writing this down and telling use when nothing gets done about it ???? really annoying!!!
December 29th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Location of Sighting: jessops lane gedling nottingham
Date of Sighting: 25/12/2009
Time: 21.20
Witness Name: ron whitehead
Witness Statement: fast moving orange ball west to east higher speed than any commercial aircraft
observed by my son and myself.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Location of Sighting: Shotley Bridge
Date of Sighting: 25th November 2009
Time: 21:47 hrs
Witness Name: James D’Eath
Witness Statement: We were enjoying christmas and we looked outside and realised a large orange light flying across the sky my step mother said she had seen somthing similar 6th june 2009 over newcastle. and also in around about september 2009
December 29th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Location of Sighting: wv3 7le
Date of Sighting: 25/12/09
Time: 21:40
Witness Name: Terry Westwood
Witness Statement: i was in my back garden having a smoke, when i saw in the sky a large orange light moving faster than any plane I’ve seen. the light did not seem to follow the normal curve of the earth that aircraft do. Does anyone have any ideas?
December 29th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Location of Sighting: St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Date of Sighting: 25th dec 2009
Time: 19.30
Witness Name: Amanda
Witness Statement: Three bright orange lights, remained equally spaced apart floated at moderate speed through the sky over Eynesbury St Neots. They went out of sight and were seen minutes later travelling at a faster speed by relatives in Sawtry aprox 13 miles away.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Location of Sighting: Valleyfield, Fife
Date of Sighting: thursday 12 nov 09
Time: 19.15
Witness Name: John parker
Witness Statement: coming back from picking son up from football and saw 4 orange globes coming together at some speed and no sound whatsoever then they disappeared .
December 29th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Location of Sighting: WEST MERSEA,ESSEX
Date of Sighting: 24&25 DECEMBER 2009
Time: BOTH SIGHTINGS 2145-2200
Witness Name: BRIAN NEAR
Witness Statement: Both sightings were orange balls of light.First sighting object was fairly high travelling NW but reversed course.2nd sighting was low and fast and silent.Almost a flame effect and an intense orange.Again course NW but straight.
Saw similar this time last year high up and heading S.The strange thing is, apart from what on earth is it, is that it seems to be the same shape and size whatever angle it is viewed from.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Location of Sighting: Kirkcaldy/Edinburgh Area
Date of Sighting: 25/12/2009
Time: 20:30
Witness Name: Mark
Witness Statement: My family and I, looked out the Window in Glenrothes, and spotted 7 bright red orbs in the Sky looking across towards the Kirkcaldy/Edinburgh area, they were in Sync with each other moving along the sky and heading in an upward direction.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Location of Sighting: Marple, Stockport, Cheshire
Date of Sighting: 25th December, 2009
Time: 5.30pm
Witness Name: Stephanie Lorusso and Andrea Turner
Witness Statement: Today, around 5.30pm 25th December, 2009, my friend and I, saw what looked like and aeroplane on fire, it was flying in a straght line over Marple, stockport, cheshire, towards hyde, it was bright orange, then red, it looked like flames, it was very strange, and it dissapeared as it went further away, there was no sound, at all, it definately wasnt a ballon or anything floating, it was flying, like an air craft. what is it? did anyone else see it? steph x
December 29th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Your Name Phillip Moore
Message Tonight,xmas day,I was visiting my mother who is in Ripon Hospital,north yorkshire at approx 6.30pm and as myself and my family were parking in the hospital carpark and facing south we saw first one and then spaced out in formation seven slowly moving bright orange balls of light all appearing one after the other flying towards the north east and as they reached about directly east of Ripon started to disapear into cloud.They were flying very slow and were not aircraft and I know this as I am an ex commercial pilot. About 45 minutes later we set of home for our village which is called Masham which is about 9 miles north of Ripon and when we were approaching Masham we observed a ball of orange light hovering directly over Masham but when we arrived into Masham and looked up it was gone.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Location of Sighting: kirkintilloch
Date of Sighting: 25/12/09
Time: 1900
Witness Name: anon
Witness Statement: 8 small orange lights in a random formaton although thiis formation remained constant as they head northwards. these lights were followed by a large orange light which appeared to have siimilar shape to that of the undercarriage of a plane but not as well defined.this too travelled northwards.3 persons wtnessed this event,someone else mst have seen this
December 29th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Location of Sighting: Irlam, Manchester
Date of Sighting: 25.12.2009
Time: approx. 11:45 pm
Witness Name: Michelle Outlaw
Witness Statement: Me and my mum had just taken home my friend when we spotted something that we had never seen before. It looked like a bight orange light fading upwards like an upside down triangle shape. It had no other lights on it and didn’t make a noise. It was moving quite slowly but when i was trying to take a picture of it, it moved a-lot quicker, heading towards Manchester city centre.
December 29th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Location of Sighting: Gosport Hampshire
Date of Sighting: 25/12/2009
Time: 7:30pm
Witness Name: Tom Hale
Witness Statement: was on the way home from seeing family when i saw a amber light in the sky and then seconds after seeing it I saw a orange light drop from it like a fireball then is was gone out of sight .
December 29th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
i saw the balls at 8.30pm in glenrothes on both days 24th and 25th december and have a video from my digitla camera it was amaing but im not into believing ufos but holy crap lol
December 30th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Felt I had to write this.
I submitted a report on 28th November in the Lancashire area i mentioned they may be chinese lanterns but deep down felt this was not the case having not seen chinese lanterns i wasn’t sure.
I have now seen chinese lanterns and They were certainly NOT chineses lanterns what We saw that night I am 100% of that now.
They were UFO’s (unidentified Flying objects)
December 30th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
25/12/09 18.45 Crewe Cheshire
My Partner nand I witnessed 5 large bright orange balls following each other in a straight line equal distances apart, they came from the East and then turned 90 degrees towards the North, no sound could be heard despite it being a very still quiet,clear night and no flasing lights could be seen as usual with planes, to high and fast to be chinease latterns, we lost sight of them for a moment due to being in an alley way and when we emerged only 3 could be seen. We do live under a flight path and see/hear planes on a regular basis but this was very different
December 31st, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Just saw one over Basingstoke. Looking south ward. new years eve. My husband went out for a cigarette and saw a bright orange light which looked like a burning mass coming towards us high in the sky. There was no noise and it just seemed to glow then move away. It came back every few minutes for awhile.
It was very high up and really bright so it was something substantial and bright, It wasn’t a planet as it was very reddish and moved away. Never seen a lantern but think this was too big and bright. Why does no one know what these are?Some one must have found out or know in this day and age.. come on..
Almost reddish and
January 1st, 2010 at 12:17 am
i saw it about 5 ins ago, deffo not a lanern (if thats how u spelly it) took a really crappy pic of it too (Typical of ufo sightings) i live in sheffield and it was moving in a stragjt line, almost standing still at one point! it was quite large and deffo not a lantern! if you want to google my area it s9 1js
January 1st, 2010 at 2:15 am
In Winsford Cheshire at 11:50pm came out of neighbours house and saw a bright light travelling south as it got closer I couldn’t hear any sound. Then less than a minute later more appeared all approaching from the same direction and heading south. They were approaching in different numbers upto six at a time. I called a neighbour out to watch this strange event. No noise could be heard from these “things” on this quiet frosty night. I watched them for over an hour and guessed there must have been between 75 and 100 of these objects that passed overhead at what I would guess to be close to 200 mph.
January 1st, 2010 at 1:42 pm
12.15 am 1/01/2010
sutton coldfield
Me and my family were looking out of the window at all of the fireworks, as it had just gone midnight on the 31st. my little brother then said, there were some bright orange lights going across the sky. we all got up and saw these bright orange lights moving quite fast in a straight line across the sky. then 2 more appeared.
There had been reports in the papers this summer about Lanterns being set off. but we have seen these lights over the past week. and we are very confused as to what they are.
January 1st, 2010 at 2:51 pm
on christmas day we were leaving my mums in kknightswood glasgow and seen 3 orange lights travelling what i believe to have been east to west, they moved in a a straight line and seemed very high up, last night the 31st dec my mum was having a hogmanay celebration in her house and seen these same lights again.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:41 pm
We were walking home from our local club, and we saw a orange ball in the sky moving quite quickly, then it disappeard. about 2 minutes later we saw a formation of 4 more, again they moved quickly across the sky then disappeared. There was no sound or flashing lights like you would get with a plane.
January 1st, 2010 at 6:08 pm
it was on december 31,2009 at about 12:30 at night.i was looking up at the moon and spotted at the coner of my eye,what seemed to be a orange ball of fire going north in a straight line.I dont know how long its been there but i actcidentlly dropped my camera,picked it up,and looked bac up in the sky and it was gone.
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:10 am
on new years eve ,we had just let the new year in ,fire works were goin off ,my son said he could see orange lights in the sky ,, i said its only fire works he said NO MUM look .so i did .. loads of orange flying things really high up were flying in the sky ,then they dissapeard im in scotland and put on my face book about it ,,my freind in manchester saw the them at he same time as me ,, HOW ?????? these were not lanters ,,as we watched the night was clear and bright we could see them glide into a snow ball ice shape then they went ,, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THESE ARE ,,IM NOT MAD OR DRUNK OR ANY THING ELSE … click on you tube heres what you want to see ,this is what we saw im copp cole on there ,…….:(Bright orange lights in sky in lincoln UFO)….. is this what others have seen ??????
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:12 am
Bright orange lights in sky in lincoln UFO click on this please any one want to email me feel free mazzie10@hotmail.co.uk …. i know what i saw ,, and my kids xx forget the lanterns these things are not them ,, they glided like a snow ball then melted thanks to many were seen in diffrent parts of the country at he same time ///
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:51 am
apparantly it could be comets ,,
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Myself and a friend was in my back garden in gosport at 10 past midnight,when over a ten minute period we saw 12 to 15 bright orange lights in the sky,moving in a straight line.all going in the same direction moving very fast,these where definatly not Chinese lantins and definatly not aircraft as there was no flashing landing lights and there was no sound.great to see
January 2nd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Definatly not comets,to slow for that
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I thought comets had tails?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:57 pm
location old kilpatrick. I saw in the sky a ball of what looked like orange fire, it was moving to quick to be a plane and too high to be a chopper, even then i knew itwasnt either as it was silent , it swiftly moved over house, some folk have said maybe it was a lantern, but would it not be illegal for that , as it was as high as a plane, and that would surely disturb the flight path?? I hope i get an explanition for what i saw.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:24 am
i was watching tele and a bright orange object in the sky caught my eye. This was at 8.45. It was travelling to fast to have been a plane and did not have any noise coming from it. This happend in west lothian scotland.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:04 pm
im in scotland and have been reading about this ,, in the record paper ,it says they are chinese lanterns , BULLSHIT when i saw them up here in scotland ,how come my freind saw them in manchester ,and on the you tube link Bright orange lights in sky in lincoln UFO)////….. is this what others have seen ????? let me know .. definatly not these lanterns people in all diffrent parts of the country saw THESE AT THE SAME // BIG COVER UP // PLEASE LET ME KNOW ON THE YOU TUBE LINK ,,IF THIS IS WHAT OTHERS SAW THANKS
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
bathgate, west lothian. 6:40pm 3/1/2010
looking east from here i saw 3 objects in the sky. the moved fairly slowly to the north or east and stopped one by one. they then disappeared one by one.
they were very bright, far brighter than a plane, or helicopter, no flashing, and of a coppery red/orange colour.
as a skeptic i have no idea and can offer no explanation. even a guess!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Saw one NYE 5.30pm over Wesham. Looked like a ball of fire moving across the sky. Very Strange
January 6th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
December 31 2009
7.30pm/7.45pm
Peterborough, East of England
Went out for a cigarette and me and my boyfriend noticed two orange objects go horizontally across the sky. They went extremely fast and the 2nd followed the first one around 30-40seconds afterwards.
When zooming in on my phone the first picture taken of one of them appears to have a green light at the bottom and on the second this light is at the top. They look more diamond shaped on my phone!
Very weird
January 18th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Jan 18th 2010 at 19.42pm Kirkintilloch near Glasgow Scotland
Two and then three orange and red dagger shapes in the sky. Each in turn dimmed out.
January 19th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Was lying in my bed watching tv with light out on Sunday 17th. At around 7.25pm this orange thing caught my eye, I got up to look further as it wasn’t anything I’d seen before. It was lower than a normal plane and was bright orange – I assumed it would turn so I could get a better but it never. It just went straight passed my flat from the North (Balerno), passed my top flat at EH14 3BE (Clovenstone Drive), going towards Edinburgh Castle. I looked further outwards until it faded!
I havn’t a clue what this thing was – a plane or helicopter maybe at 1st but it had no sound and was lower than a plane. Thought about a comet but it had no trail. Didn’t have much of a shape really – oval if at all.
Still wondering how Edinburgh airport never picked up it’s radar like (unless they did and just not letting on or was too low for to pick up.)
I’m very confused!