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Has anyone else seen an orange ball in the sky tonight over london? | |
| joey1984 User ID: 854106  United Kingdom12/31/2009 07:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK, I have done a little research and now have come up with a reasonable explaination. I live in Chicago and earlier replied to your post with my own description of what I saw. Quoting: dheminover 774796After doing a little research, and if you saw your object in a fairly clear sky, or at least no rain..... it was probably a chinese lantern balloon. These are small hot air balloons that can be purchased at skylanterns.com. The videos I saw on the website pretty closely match what I saw. They are apparently popular in thailand and I live near an asian community ( 1 mile away). The winds aloft on the night I saw my object were consistant with the path the object followed. The asian community is also upwind of my house for that night. The flickering and color of the flames that generate the lift are also consistant with what I saw. So, I don't think we are being invaded. The balloons are cylindrical in shape and can be 2 meters tall and 1.5 meters in diameter. just had another look out on my balcony and saw it for myself I too belive they are chinese lantern balloons as I just saw one carsed off, and movement it was doing was the same as the balloons that you were talking about and the wind was consistant with the path that the object followed. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 774677  United States12/31/2009 07:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Super large star in southwest sky last night in central Florida,anyone know about that one? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 720969yeah, i saw something a few nights ago Thread: what planet was in the southern sky last night |
Fallenmonk (OP) User ID: 711672 United Kingdom12/31/2009 08:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was up on a hill earlier looking down at the london eye fire work display . Saw around 20 of those orange balls in all directions ,as I was stationary I had a chance to observe them. I am going to agree with the poster who claims they were likely lantern things. "Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! " |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 854144 United Kingdom12/31/2009 08:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OMG i thought it was just me, but i seen about 4 of them tonight, i seen 2 of them come from the east and west in the sky at the same time and later around 12 midnight i seen 2 more heading west bright orange balls like fire? i am in Somerset uk |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 762594 United Kingdom12/31/2009 08:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | its most likely one of these , when in motion it looks like a orange ball of plasma. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 742999Whew...what IS that thing? Thought I'd seen all the UFO vids of note. That is so clear and obvious. I'm not an expert but it doesn't look photoshopped. Also, if it were a gvt black budget/secret craft it would nonetheless have to get ATC permission for using the airspace. Most jurisdictions impose altitude restrictions over built up areas. That thing looks like it was flying too low over the city to be one of ours. Military etc just would not fly that low over residences on just a test flt. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 24642702 United Kingdom09/29/2012 04:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | orange ball in sky last night it was huge ball of fire it looked like scared the hell out of me it went over my house and into the distance almost as if it was going back out into space i live in chippenham wiltshire i also managed to take a picture of it on my phone Quoting: gazzauk 745418 Hey, I also live near Chippenham (Corsham) and have just seen the exact same thing tonight. Cannot understand what the hell it was. Was quite low and moving fairly fast with no sound at all. It moved in a dead straight line and disappeared into the distance. Was not a comet or meteor as was very low and the light was artificial orange, like a street lamp, but quite large. My husband and I still cannot understand what it was and he works in the aerospace industry!!! Neither of us have seen anything like it before. |
| sweetladysue User ID: 27703167 Canada11/13/2012 08:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is crazy.Slowed my car and said to my friend "hey Mars looks big tonight" but then it started moving across the sky fast,slowed for a second then sped up again.Cars behind started hooting, so had no option but to continue.Ok So has anybody else seen an orange ball tonight or previously?.This was a healthy size object and not a dot. Quoting: FALLENMONK |
| Annie User ID: 38498209 United Kingdom04/19/2013 06:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Walking my dog in Bournemouth tonight in a quiet park area (no traffic noise) between 9-9.30pm, saw something out the corner of my eye, looked up & saw 2 orange balls "cruising" along in the sky. They were unusually large, bright & silent. I was so mesmerised by them I didn't think to get my phone out & video them, just watched them until they disappeared!!! I thought that would never happen again for the rest of my life & how I had missed an opportunity. I live very near to the airport so knew they were not any form of plane or helicopter. Then, 10 minutes later, another one!!! Fantastic. All of these moving west to east. I assume they were some sort of comet? |
| Doubletime777 User ID: 60154978 United States07/12/2014 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I saw what looked like a big orange Paul flying across the sky it wasn't making any noise but couldn't be a plane and there were no satellites in the area at that time. I'm in west seattle as well and I have over a minute of footage but there are bad words in the audio! :)) I was with two other friends last night that saw it too |
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