Orange Ball/Orb In Sky Over UK/Manchester.

quit a few red ones reported in the uk on N.Y.E aswell, are these all linked or diffrent...

and please no there not"NOT" laterns candle light does not shine this bright and laterns can "NOT" change directs this fast let alone form up in formations

I'm so glad that i found this thread. It gives me the chance to post up the reply offered by Steve Mera on what I actually witnessed. I read back through my comments and actually realised i confirmed they couldn't identify it but didnt copy and paste the reply. *i thought i did*

Anyway as posted by me on the other pages I witnessed an orb sighting in September and after a few days deliberation/research Steve Mera at MAPIT wrote back to me. This is what he had to say:

Hi Richard, thanks for reporting your sighting to MAPIT. We can confirm at this time that this sighting had not been reported to us. What you have seen certainly sounds quite strange. I have eliminated the possibility of a misidentification of meteorological and astronomical phenomena and frankly am a bit stumped. I am aware that there certainly are odd things flying around our skies as I have witnessed these things for myself. MAPIT will keep a log of your sighting and will inform you if we obtain any correlating reports in the future. Thanks for reporting this incident & sorry I could not help in identifying what you saw. Steve Mera

Has anyone actually got an idea of what the orbs of light are? they appear to be intelligently controlled.

Originally posted by ufoorbhunter
Congratulations on your sighting, you have seen a ufo orb of the amber/orange type and is very consistent as you describe it basketball sized.

Yes, congratulations. I saw two of these one night low over a residential area , about 1km apart. As one dimmed, the other went brighter. They were definately in synch with each other.

10 minutes later, a Blackhawk from the local RAAF base came along, low over the houses with no nav lights on (it was around 8pm). Suddenly, they all turned on along with a spotlight and it began searching the ground, heading off in the direction the orbs went.

There have been a couple more reports recently in my local area of orbs in the sky. I'm trying to contact several witnesses. One of which actually works near me. I have also contacted my sister who recently let off 'lanterns' as a mark of respect on mothers day, this date doesn't coincide with my sisters lanterns release.

It's not to say that the witness didnt see lanterns. But I wanted to check it wasnt the same dates.

I'd like to see if theres any noticeable difference in witness sightings, maybe if the manchester area could cease the use of lanterns for 6 months just to see if the sightings die down, or in the very least stop altogether. How that would be worked i'm not sure. It would just be an interesting experiement to see if the orbs still appear even after 'cease of use' on the lanterns.

It would rule out the explanation for what we are seeing. I intend to step up my research into the local area i live in, and do plenty of skywatching during the clear nights. I'll repost any info I have here as and when i find it.

Here is the witness report that was submitted to ufo-uk
ufo-uk - orbs