Spate of UFO's being reported to U.K Talk Radio, now.

I saw my first UFO yesterday - Wednesday the 31st December 2008, approx 3pm. Whilst driving, ahead of me in the distance, through some trees I saw a figure-8 type formation - 2 rings of constant light. As soon as I noticed it, it flashed and then faded to nothing. It definitely wasn't fireworks. I created a gif animation which depicts what I saw fairly accurately. Anyone ever seen anything like this?

Orange light flying over the west midlands. It's moving in a very even fashion.

I would say it's one of those chinese lanterns, no erratic movements, not changing colour, flickering slightly.

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That is a very good video. Star from me.

To the naysayer: I am no zealot. I agree. The third video in question is undoubtedly the same as the abovementioned video.
However, for you to try and simply wave a figurative wand and say "those are Chinese Lanterns", was and still is, a stupid statement.

I am open to the idea of E.T. origin UFO sightings, but I will always settle with a terrestrial explaination first.
But to simply say "heh, I know what those are" and BE WRONG while using your own arrogance to flat out INSULT another video by saying it was below you, due to music you find disagreeable is the height of arrogance. In fact, it disgusts me.
As I said before, that is not rational skepticism. That is a bullsnap debunking and ridiculing technique. Something I personally believe, should be banned as it is counterproductive to genuine research.

Good day.

There are things Happening in Northampton UK right now! It seems to be a regular sighting here!!! Maybe the new US President will give us some disclosure on it all. Personally I think thats why we're seeing so much of this in the media. At least this way everyone is expecting it when the truth is told!

DP

There are things Happening in Northampton UK right now! It seems to be a regular sighting here!!! Maybe the new US President will give us some disclosure on it all. Personally I think thats why we're seeing so much of this in the media. At least this way everyone is expecting it when the truth is told!

DP

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Looking at the replies to this thread and having listened to most of the two radio shows that received calls from people who saw something in yesterday's sky, I think many of the sightings were lanterns but some of them seem to be different. One of the callers to TalkSPort said he'd seen lanterns before yesterday and he was certain that what he watched yesterday was not a lantern.

Unfortunately, N.E Lincolnshire's countryside was very foggy so I didn't get to see either a lantern or any other UFO.

I often look-up at the sky to see what I can see (on a good day it is very, very clear where I live; it's like the Universe is centered above the property, quite a sight, simply fantastic). I remember years ago I was using a telescope and saw a meteorite shoot across my field of view. That really shook me up with excitement. Took a while to realize what I'd seen. Even though I know what I saw was not a UFO, the way I felt when I saw it is imprinted in me. If yesterday's observers felt the same excitement as did I then, then they can only feel richer for it now.

I believe intelligent extra terrestrial life forms visit planet Earth. I've written some of my own experiences on ATS. Yesterday many people saw some things that defy their attempts at explanation. These things, whatever they are, seem to be being observed worldly more frequently now than ever before as evidenced by date based Google searches. Whatever are being seen, a lot of people have had an experience that will be with them for a long time to come. Only they know what they saw and until they've seen lanterns being released they will have no means of comparison to determine whether they saw anything other than a lantern.

Perhaps a few filmed test releases of Chinese Lanterns should be done by ATS so that we all have a reference point to check against. Could even be used as a bit of a quiz: lanterns or UFO's?

Happy hunting everyone

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LOL when you get pulled over for a DUI, the officer has to prove that you ARE intoxicated, not the other way around. And you know not everyone drinks on new years eve, I didn't.

Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
reply to post by hoeon

 

That is a very good video. Star from me.

To the naysayer: I am no zealot. I agree. The third video in question is undoubtedly the same as the abovementioned video.
However, for you to try and simply wave a figurative wand and say "those are Chinese Lanterns", was and still is, a stupid statement.

I am open to the idea of E.T. origin UFO sightings, but I will always settle with a terrestrial explaination first.
But to simply say "heh, I know what those are" and BE WRONG while using your own arrogance to flat out INSULT another video by saying it was below you, due to music you find disagreeable is the height of arrogance. In fact, it disgusts me.
As I said before, that is not rational skepticism. That is a bullsnap debunking and ridiculing technique. Something I personally believe, should be banned as it is counterproductive to genuine research.

Good day.

With respect you need to start listening more. Instead of immediately jumping to conclusions that there's something strange going on in our skies. There's many videos of chinese lanterns, flocks of geese, and others which can easily be explained with a little research. And YOU have acted high and mighty to those posters and claim they're wacky because they didn't immediately conclude that "UR WRONG MAN THIS IS A UFO LOL".

You are a hypocrite. Label ANYONE who dares debunk and spoil your asanine theories. I post a lot of pro-UFO posts as well but people like you make the "believers" look like close-minded zealots. Open mind more, don't open mouth until you consider the debunking theories.

In this case I posted a video which explained the theories of the chinese lanterns very well. Silent. On Fire. Mysterious. Not like any aircraft seen in the skies.

You didn't even respond, nice avatar though, because that's what matters.



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[edit on 2-1-2009 by KIRKSTERUK]

Originally posted by Rapacity
Looking at the replies to this thread and having listened to most of the two radio shows that received calls from people who saw something in yesterday's sky, I think many of the sightings were lanterns but some of them seem to be different. One of the callers to TalkSPort said he'd seen lanterns before yesterday and he was certain that what he watched yesterday was not a lantern.

Unfortunately, N.E Lincolnshire's countryside was very foggy so I didn't get to see either a lantern or any other UFO.

I often look-up at the sky to see what I can see (on a good day it is very, very clear where I live; it's like the Universe is centered above the property, quite a sight, simply fantastic). I remember years ago I was using a telescope and saw a meteorite shoot across my field of view. That really shook me up with excitement. Took a while to realize what I'd seen. Even though I know what I saw was not a UFO, the way I felt when I saw it is imprinted in me. If yesterday's observers felt the same excitement as did I then, then they can only feel richer for it now.

I believe intelligent extra terrestrial life forms visit planet Earth. I've written some of my own experiences on ATS. Yesterday many people saw some things that defy their attempts at explanation. These things, whatever they are, seem to be being observed worldly more frequently now than ever before as evidenced by date based Google searches. Whatever are being seen, a lot of people have had an experience that will be with them for a long time to come. Only they know what they saw and until they've seen lanterns being released they will have no means of comparison to determine whether they saw anything other than a lantern.

Perhaps a few filmed test releases of Chinese Lanterns should be done by ATS so that we all have a reference point to check against. Could even be used as a bit of a quiz: lanterns or UFO's?

Happy hunting everyone

I can categorically tell you the posters in Stockport, Manchester England were not looking at UFO's on New Years Eve. They are chinese lanterns as they fit in perfectly with their characteristics and know a few people who saw them too. I have no reason to believe they were anything else. I even live next door to a chinese family who could relate to the confusion in what a person thinks when he sees them.

A few drunk people always tend to get the titter tatter going and it results in more UFO articles. It's holdays. People can fantasise about this sort of thing until they get back to work.

Hi Im from The Uk on the southcoast in Dorset. I was watching TV when my wife came running through the door saying the moon was on fire, I ran out and saw a huge orange glow in the sky traveling from south to north, I ran inside to grag my camera but my wife had swapped the memory card so going as fast as i could to get a shot of this thing i ran to my back window to get some shots but i just missed it! Im so glad to see others have reported this! Never seen anything like it!

Originally posted by Jay-in-ARThe idea of Chinese lanterns circling one another and dropping orbs out of themselves is ridiculous.

Not really, it depends on what the witness could see of them.

Imagine that there are four Chinese lanterns, but because of their relative positions, the witness only sees two. While they are moving, and although keeping their relative positions, the positions when seen by the witness change (and this is more noticeable for closer objects), so it may look like the objects are moving about themselves. Also, two light in the same line will look as just one light, and if one drops it may look like it was one light dropping another.

So I think that the Chinese lantern explanation is not that far fetched.

Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
reply to post by LucidDreamer85

 

No, alcohol doesn't make you hallucinate. But it certainly CAN make you misinterpret what you ARE seeing.

Alcohol causes hallucinations, but usually when an alcoholic stops drinking (the problem is the withdrawal), so we can consider that, for this situation, alcohol would not be a cause for hallucination.

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There is no need to quote the whole post, you should trim it to just the important part or just use the "REPLY TO:" button instead of the "quote".

I always turn the sound off when seeing YouTube videos, you just have to use that option if you don't want to ear the soundtrack.


To KIRKSTERUK and Jay-in-AR

Don't you both think that it would be better to focus on the topic and avoid accusing each other of having the wrong behaviour? I don't see how that discussion can help.

I saw these lights quite close up last night(1-01-09) at about 1145hrs first time. I thought it was chinese lantern but when it came back ten minutes later it moved all over the place. All I saw was a ball of orange light, with no sound, it could not have been a helicopter, although the SAS base is near by you can always hear the engines.
The light appeared to hover over our house I ran In to tell my wife (she would think I'm a loon otherwise) and she came out and was quite amazed. I went to get a torch so i could comunicate with it but when i came back out it was moving away to the north.
The cloud base was quite low about 1200 - 1500 feet at the highest and there was no prevaling wind. I tried to drive round the city (Hereford UK) to see it again but I lost it.

I saw first 1 then another 3 then a further 5 orange lights in the sky at about 10 past midnight on new years in Kettering Northants
My wife and a friend also saw them slowly float from different angles to a point in the sky where they all went out
None of us were drunk or drinking that night

There has been queit a lot of mention regarding this issue over the last 6 months to a year.

Personally i know Essex is a bit off a hot-bed for sightings, ranging from "blips" to deffinate "unknown" and unable to explain?

Will try to dig out some links for you from the local newspapers to back-up the above statements.

My mother and i saw 2 orange spheres in the sky on xmas eve,no hallucinations from alcohol here as i wasnt drinking,they were pretty clear when i caught site of them as it was a clear night,shame i couldnt get a video of them as i did think about it at the time although i do remember saying to my mother that we definately wouldn't be the only people to see them! The 2 of them were moving to the right and i watched them as they just faded away not out of sight just grew dimmer and dimmer until i couldnt see them,they were vertical when i saw them,the one above was slightly to the left of the one underneath,sorry but i dont know how to describle the distance they were apart although if you think of the moon in the sky at night then they were probably about 2 moon widths apart ,i know thats terrible description,,the best i can do this was in Fife,Scotland

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Originally posted by Rapacity

Perhaps a few filmed test releases of Chinese Lanterns should be done by ATS so that we all have a reference point to check against. Could even be used as a bit of a quiz: lanterns or UFO's?

Happy hunting everyone

One of dozens:

A lot more

[edit on 1/2/2009 by Phage]

i seen 4 lights 1 further ahead than 3 all in a formation leading up to the sky and disappearing just after midnight,in edinburgh

i seen 4 lights 1 further ahead than 3 all in a formation leading up to the sky and disappearing just after midnight,in edinburgh

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Edinbrough at midnight on new yrs eve we seen 4 lights and we were all COMPLETELY sober (im 38 weeks pregnant) and the rest have kids (who seen them too).

3 were in the pattern of orion's belt and one in the same line but abit ahead. Travelling quite slowly and then one in the middle went out of sync abit but then back into line again.

Ive never seen anything unexplainable like this, the camera wouldnt take a photo of the sky for some strange reason and then they faded out one by one.

Alot of people in Edinbrough MUST have seen them too.