Orange Light Sightings-News Years Eve 2009-Volume 1
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!
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Location of Sighting: thame oxfordshire
Date of Sighting: new years eve
Time: 11.55 pm
Witness Name: annette bishop
Witness Statement: i was waiting for the new year when i saw one then two then several orange lights in a pararel line heading in the same direction southwardly back in the summer august time i saw the same sort of thing only hovering over the trees at the back of my house for a while before giong the same way southwardly.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Location of Sighting: saddleworth oldham
Date of Sighting: 31 12 2009
Time: 8-830 pm
Witness Name: darren royle
Witness Statement: walking to local with familly and friends, to celerbrate nye. we saw an orange ball of light moving quite fast , without any noise across the skyline above high moor, in a straight and controlled manor , then it changed direction and disappeared into low cloud but never re-appeared. i do know there was a number of hot air balloons released near by as the bells ring in the new year. , but this was early evening and hot air ballons have no control or steering .
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Location of Sighting: A47/A140 Norwich Bypass
Date of Sighting: Thursday 31st December 2009
Time: approx 10pm
Witness Name: Kate
Witness Statement: Saw five orange round lights moving diagonally towards County Hall direction.
Did anyone else see these?
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Location of Sighting: Meir Heath, Stoke-on-Trent
Date of Sighting: 31st December 2009
Time: 10.15 p.m.
Witness Name: Campbell Wood
Witness Statement: I went to let out one of my dogs at around 10.15 and noticed an orange coloured ball of light approaching from the north. It reminded me of a glass ball filled with orange flame. I called my wife and we watched it for a couple of minutes before it disappeared to the south. Five minutes later I let out the other dog and, amazingly, another similar object was approaching from the same direction. I grabbed my camera and took a pic of it but it was going away by then and only shows as a tiny dot on screen. It wasn’t an aircraft – there were no flashing lights and it was too big to be that high. It wasn’t a helicopter – it was absolutely silent. It must have been powered in some way because there was little wind. It took about two minutes to go over. Just in case you’re wondering, I was quite sober and am very sceptical about UFO sightings. But this was a mystery.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Location of Sighting: DONCASTER
Date of Sighting: 28and 31 december
Time: 8: 30and 10:28 pm
Witness Name: mick wilkes
Witness Statement: A groupof us were out side having a cigarette when we saw 2 orange lights in the sky soon to be joined by 1 more travelling very fast from a different direction. They then moved back and forth across the sky before two moved off followed by the larger one 5 mins later. It was a similar experience on the 31 but for not as long
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Location of Sighting: MALTON, N. YORKSHIRE
Date of Sighting: DEC 26 &31 2009
Time: DEC 26/ 18.30- 1900HRS/ DEC 31/ 23.50 HRS
Witness Name: GEORGINA and husband
Witness Statement: no sound. 8 patterened formation. clear bright reddish ligtht. low fying below stars. even movement.l thought it was like the red arrows.then 2 more.then an arrow clear shape of 5 again/ all at even speed,fast .sightings over 15 mins./that was dec26.then 4 and 1 on 31 dec
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Location of Sighting: Oldbury, Birmingham
Date of Sighting: 31/12/09
Time: 22.00
Witness Name: R.Chapman
Witness Statement: Whilst outside having a cigarette with a friend we saw a succesion of aproximately 10 red lights, 3 of which flew in a loose formation and then seemed to fade. The others came from a different direction but all either faded or disappeared from view. These were certainly not fireworks, and moved too quickly and in opposite directions for them to be balloons carried on the wind. I would also like to add that I wasnt drunk at that point
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Location of Sighting: Perth
Date of Sighting: 31/12/09
Time: 8pm
Witness Name: steve gray
Witness Statement: Myself & my partner witnessed 2 orange slighlty flickering globes follow the same path over Perth heading East towards fife for five mins until they both rose out of sight.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Location of Sighting: cleeve village nr bristol
Date of Sighting: 31st december 2009
Time: 00.10-00.20
Witness Name: vanessa
Witness Statement: Just finished doing a late shift at work so no drink involved saw the new year in got into bed when a bright orange light caught my eye went to bedroom window and saw 2 more bright lights in formation they were making there way towards weston as they were going into the distance and completely disappering from sight 1 bright orange light came over the hill to join where the others had been there was no sound could’nt have been chinese lanterns as moving to fast and not aircraft as travelling in the wrong direction for take off or landing DID ANYONE ELSE SEE my partner also saw but refuses to believe.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Location of Sighting: West Heath. Birmingham
Date of Sighting: 31/12/2009
Time: 12.45pm
Witness Name: Wendy Rogers
Witness Statement: In the garden having a last fag before bed. I noticed an orage round light moving very fast. I ran indoors to get phone but could not get the camaera to work. I went back outside and had to go to the end of the garden as the light had passed over the houses. It wastill moving very fast and then faded and vanished from sight. It was visable for at least one and half minuets. Faster than a plane moves I have not seen anything like this before.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Location of Sighting: Jennycliff Bay, Plymouth, Devon
Date of Sighting: 31 December 2009
Time: Midnight
Witness Name: Janis and Brian Greensall
Witness Statement: Last night whilst looking out of the window at midnight (New Years Eve) we saw about 100 lights travelling towards Plymouth Sound, there was no noise and at first we thought it was helicopters as they frequently fly above our home, but after a while there were so many of them and they were completely silent. We went into the garden to have a better look, it was a clear crisp night with a full moon, fireworks were going off in the distance and these yellow lights just flew above our house and out to sea, some just disappeared into thin air. When speaking to my daughter the following morning she said she too had looked into the sky at that time and seen just one of these silent craft. I can see no other explanation for these yellow lights.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Location of Sighting: Stalybridge
Date of Sighting: 31st December 2009
Time: 11:55pm – 12:30am
Witness Name: Simon Shirley
Witness Statement: There were dozens of flame like balls coming over the hill / horizon which would have been Oldham way, beyond Heyrod visibly. They drifted over to what looked like the City Centre of Manchester then just hung in the air before fading away. I watched them keep on coming, a couple came from behind my house which is Millbrook way and a couple also came in from over Mottram way. I honestly thought they were laterns of some kind. The only curious thing was how specific the route was and also how they all ended up at the same location and stopped ‘floating’ and came to a halt in the air after they had made a pretty rapid journey there.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Your Name sonia
Message New year eve 11:45ish Flintshire area saw a cluster of the orange lights from my window, by midnight they were all over the sky, they were almost evenly apart and in a grid line sort of pattern, there were atleast 30 that we saw. by 00:20 the lights were all gone.
I spoke to more people, 1 couple were traveling back from manchester airport at that time and said they saw 100′s of these strange lights in the sky on the way home.
Then I spoke to another person who was up in mountains at this time and saw about 4/5 in a direct line above each other.
Also spoke to neighbours all (apart from people who didnt look/go outsdie) saw these lights at the same time.
I had seen 2 a while ago in the sky which just suddenly disapeared.
My mother said the night of christmas that she saw a strange red/ornage light outside and said it just suddenly disapeared.
Very strange
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Location of Sighting: Helsby,cheshire
Date of Sighting: 31/12/09
Time: approx 22.10hrs
Witness Name: Dave Roberts
Witness Statement: Went up to our main bedroom which is a converted loft with 2 veloux windows in the roof.Looked out over towards the Alvanley area and notcied a large bright orange glow slowly coming from the Alvanley area and going in the direction of Stanlow oil refinerey.All i can say i definatly know it wasnt an aeroplane as we have them over our area all the time as we are in the liverpool and manchester airpaths.I opened the veloux window but heard no noise and it was a clear frosty night and generally you can hear and aircraft.Someone else had to have seen it as you could not have missed it if you have happpened to be out.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Location of Sighting: Stockport
Date of Sighting: 31-12-09
Time: 00-15 am
Witness Name: jack
Witness Statement: WE SAW AT 80 BRIGHT SPHERES HEADING TOWARDS MANCHESTER
AIRPORT
THEY SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE YORKSHIRE
MOORS CANT UNDERSTAND NO NEWS REPORTS ON TV REGARDING THIS
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Location of Sighting: kilkeel co.down n.ireland
Date of Sighting: 31 december 2009
Time: 23.30
Witness Name: j.bolton
Witness Statement: i was standing at my back door when i noticed 4 strange glowing orange lights nearly like a diamond shape followed by another 6 moveing from north to south.first a though fire work,s or maybe ballons,but no way they were moving in formation and travelling head into the wind.my wife and 3 kids also witnessed this.very shortly after there was an aircraft maybe helicopter.which i thought was following them and sadly no pictures..
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Location of Sighting: Little Venice – London
Date of Sighting: 01/01/2010
Time: 10.15
Witness Name: D N Baldwin
Witness Statement: I saw an bright orange light that when I looked again had gone – then a few minutes latter 2 more that were moving in a consistant northerly direction. They then veered off to the east and slowly disappeared
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Location of Sighting: emneth wisbech
Date of Sighting: 1/1/2010
Time: 12.10am
Witness Name: mr richard pleaseance mrs jackie pleasance
Witness Statement: wi was loking at sky and saw a big oranegey red light moveing in the sky i call my mum to cum see and she saw the same. it aproched from kings lynn direcsion and whent over head and headed towards march cambs and suppenly dissappaired.this ufo had no noise at all . my dog was in garden barking her head off looking at the ufo she didnt like at all but takes no notice of planes.that fly over head.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Location of Sighting: Reading
Date of Sighting: 01/01/2010
Time: 00:20
Witness Name: E Street
Witness Statement: At approx 00:20hrs, when leaving home we spotted an object approaching fast from a SW direction. the object appeared to have a reddish glow or lamps which glowed rather than shone. It stopped abruptly and hovered for maybe 20-25 seconds. After this it seemed to accelerate into the sky rapidly not vertical but at a 20 degree angle until the reddness dimished to nothing, like a camera shutter closing. the next day we discussed this and my wife reported sighting 2 more objects like this a few minutes later.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Location of Sighting: brackla,bridgend
Date of Sighting: 31/12/09 and 2/1/10
Time: 4.30 and 6pm
Witness Name: Agnes Harkin
Witness Statement: My husband and I spotted 3 orange lights in a V shape travelling from west to east on 31st Dec. We thought they were military aircraft as we live on flight path for airport but there was no noise. They then vanished one by one.
Again on 2nd Jan I was again driviing and spotted 1 orange light further west than where planes come into airport from but looked similar height. Light travelled from west to east and again vanished from sky.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Location of Sighting: Leicestershire
Date of Sighting: 26/12/2009—02/01/2010
Time: 18:00-03:00
Witness Name: david
Witness Statement: I have seen these orange lights each night since christmas day 2009, in all i may have seen a total of 15, sometimes alone or in pairs. last sighting was around 6pm tonight 02/01/2010…….15 years or so ago i saw and orange oval shaped craft only 50 meters or so away that was preceded by 2 blue orbs that darted about….. i;m thinking these orange craft my be the same deal….. has anyone checked out what happend in norway a few weeks ago??? type “norway spiral” in youtube, you will be astounded.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Location of Sighting: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Date of Sighting: 1 January 2010
Time: 0040 am
Witness Name: StephB
Witness Statement: My son and I were in the garden watching various displays of fireworks going off, when we noticed these red/orange spheres floating through the sky, heading in a southerly direction. There was no sound and they seemed to be flying in formation. We watched several fly over and I managed to record some video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUbMeTzbLzs
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:17 pm
Location of Sighting: Newquay,Cornwall
Date of Sighting: 31 Dec 09 and 2 jan 10
Time: 23.30 and 19.30
Witness Name: Chris Hall
Witness Statement: on 2 different nights witnessed a bright orange/yellow round light that moved quickly across the fistral bay night sky .On tonights visit it hovered for 5 mins and then the light just disapeared,i believe this was a ufo not a ballon,aircraft or weather balloon.it was very bright and quite high in the sky.i will see if it apears another night?anyone else witnessed this?
regards
chris
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Your Name Pam
Message I have just seen the ‘UFO’ as described and seen in Aug 09 over Leyland. It passed overhead when I was at my father’s house in Ribbleton Preston, in fact it was my father who saw it first and he is partially sighted, it was like an orange fireball, silent and moving south west, sort of towards Angelsea, possibly towards Leyland!!! What is it?
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Location of Sighting: Balloch, Scotland
Date of Sighting: 31st December, 2nd January
Time: 17:44 and 17:12
Witness Name: Markh
Witness Statement: Fireball coming accross the sky from North Eastly direction. Around 2000ft high and speed of a helicopter, it then vanished as it got passed me. 2nd sighting coming from east about 1000 ft, appeared to stop above me and go vertical in to clouds. Both almost identical location. No noise, just a ball of fire like colour.
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
at 9pm this evening i looked out the bedroom window and saw what i can only describe as a huge fireball. i thought it was a plane crashing but then it started riseing. i ran downstairs to ring neighbours but when i got there it had gone
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Location of sighting: Dartford, kent
Date of sighting: 26th december
Time: approx 18:30
Witness name: Amy and Adam
Witness statement: Standing outside my parents house having a cigarette my wife pointed to a strange orange ball in the sky. It had a flicker to the light, like you would get from a candle moving very quickly towards the Essex area. Then the light appeared to slow down very quickly, almost hovering over a house at the end of the street. We both looked around and compared the light to aeroplanes in the sky at the same time which had the usual red and white flashing light. But the planes were at the usual height with a vapour trail and moving as slowly as a plane moves when viewed from the sky. There was no wind and yet the orange light did’nt move in a straight line the way a plane does. It could not have been a chinese lantern as the light too speed up and slow down as quick as it did was very strange.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:52 am
At 6.45 on 1.1.10, a huge orange glowing fireball thingy flew towards us from the Coatbridge area, i ran in for camera, came back out, it was stationery and pulsating nearly overhead, tried to get in on camera but is started shrinking as if flying upwards. Got a piccie of a small red dot way up high but on enlarging this orange/red dot, it is very red with a white core. Any body got any ideas what this might be, it was not on initial encounter like a lantern, it was the size of a plane and glowing orange. Can lanterns be the size of planes and pulsate and stop suddenly and then shrink with great spead. Strange eh, has anybody any ideas of what a lantern looks like when extinguishing itself, as it didnt look like no lantern to me. Regards. Margaret.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Location: Cleland-Motherwell-Scotland
Date: IstJan 11.45 pm
Witnesses: Many
We saw 6 or 7 Orange orbs,flying (silently)in a definate formation.At one point 2 of the orbs flew off on their own,actually flying very close to one another.
Flying from north to South.I know of at least 20 witnesses at various locations who have the exact same story to tell
Visable for 7-10 minutes.Not Chinese lanterns.They were obviously of considerable mass.
January 5th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
it was newyears eve about midnight in penzance we were out doing fireworks when my partner spotted 2 bright orange lights moving steadily in formation in a sw direction bit strange any one else see any thing around this area pz ta
January 5th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
My son and I saw one orange light in sky whilst driving through Potters Bar, 31/12/09 approx 1220 hrs. This light was moving but not to fast, not very high in the sky, but not very low, looked like a sphere type shape, and seemed to have a yellow ball of fire coming from the underneath!!.
Once we drove on to the M25 heading from Potters Bar to South Mimms roundabout, we noticed at the right of us in the sky over Potters Bar, (possibly above the large field), 5 more of these in a formation, then two approached from the right, very spooky. I tried to ignore them and told my son it was possibly something to do with the new year…
Once in to Welwyn Garden City, Herts, we noticed another one in front of us in the sky. Once I parked up at home two more were noticable in the distance. Not seen anything like it before.
I was glad when internet site stated it may be chinese laterns!!!!!????.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:42 am
I also saw a single red/orange light in Welwyn Garden City, Herts around the same time moving slowly, There was 3-4 passange air craft also flying in the sky at the time but they seemed to be much higher up in the sky and further away, using them as referance I couldn see that the red/orange light was lower, near and had none of the normal flashing lights that the other air craft had, From my point of view I could see clearly that the other air craft in the sky had flashing light on the wings, The red/orange light was just a single very large light. I could’nt really tell what shape it but it looked like a ball of light, I watched it for about 10 mins as it moved across the sky and out of my view.
January 8th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
i saw these lights to about 11:30 over easton maybe a bit later had a few. going in a roughly south direction then at midnight out the front me and about ten mates seen 2 of them goingwest ish weird seen a lot a planes in the sky but not flying so percicely apart also in a straight line not triangle as others have said
January 9th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
these strange lights are lanterns.I have witnessed these glowing lights in the past but on new year many appeared in the night sky.When being freaked out by these lights and getting the video camera out one got closer and closer and landed outside our home so we went out to see what it was .A large 2 foot lantern that has attached a flame that lights the lantern and makes it float in the sky till it burns out.
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:28 pm
22nd January 2010
At about 2215, I saw this bright orange light in Derriford. Sat watching tv, and out of the corner of my eye I see this single bright orange light. First thinking that it was a firework or a helicopter, I paid no attention to it. A couple of seconds had pasted and it was still in the sky. Wondering what it was, I headed over to the window. As I tryed to get a better look, it seem to have appered from whitleigh and was heading towards me. This is when I could this shape as circular, it was making no sound.. Before I could think, ( head and get a camera ) it started to move away, heading over to ward the crownhill/ centre of plymouth.
I would say that, from when I saw it to when it desappered behind a few trees, I saw it for about 5 minutes.
February 14th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Thursday 11thFeb around 9pm,
Location Erskine Scotland
my wife was having a cigarette out at the back door, where she shouted on me to come and see this strange light, the 2 of us stood outside and watched this round glowing red object moving very fast ascross the sky, coming from the north (Balloch)heading west to ayrshire. This object was very low maybe 1000feet high and there was a couple of what looked like sparks falling from this object. This object dimmed as it went further away until it disappeared. I believe that there is a logical answer to this but for the life of me i cant think of one.
July 1st, 2010 at 6:26 pm
They are not chinese lanterns last friday i was on my way to pick my daughter up, in erskine near glasow when i spotted to orange orbs, and i was heading straight for them, one was really high but the other was really low i stopped my car and the low one which was passing me stopped as i stopped and hovered right over my car. i sat and just staired at it. it was bright orange with two flashing lights in the centre, and as i started to drive away this thing starded moving again very slowly the way it was going in the first place. A week later and im still in awe..
July 7th, 2010 at 7:37 am
I dont think any of these posts are chinese lanterns, if they are then are the lanterns the size of hot air baloons? as the objects i saw were too high for helicopters but were very large in size so I know these werent chinese lanterns, it may be worth asking the distance / height of the objects and size so you can establish which to disregard or not??