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Burning Balls in the sky?

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  • 11-08-2010 10:29pm
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    itsme83
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    Dont think that im a fruit cake but i was out in my front garden this evening painting the front gates when i seen something in the corner of my eye.I looked up into the sky and saw what seemed to be a burning ball.It was going around the same speed as an airplane but i know for a fact it wasnt!it was orange,very bright and made no noise this happened at 10.05pm it was heading southeast and after a minute just disappeared?

    is there anyone in the carlow area that saw this??????????????????????????????????????


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    SuperSean11
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    It was probly a Chinese lantern


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    Abelloid
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    Meteor shower?

    http://www.herald.ie/world-news/nasa-says-stargazers-to-enjoy-dazzling-space-show-2291419.html


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    Abelloid
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055996856


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    itsme83
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    SuperSean11 wrote: »
    It was probly a Chinese lantern

    Dont think it was i just looked them up it was bigger than Chinese lanterns


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    itsme83
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    JustinOval wrote: »
    Meteor shower?

    http://www.herald.ie/world-news/nasa-says-stargazers-to-enjoy-dazzling-space-show-2291419.html

    LoL cheers guys that would be it thanks for the quick replys was a bit freaked.


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    itsme83
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    This thing was very close was around cloud level would they pass that close?


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    SkepticOne
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    itsme83 wrote: »
    This thing was very close was around cloud level would they pass that close?
    No, meteors burn out in the upper atmosphere.


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    gbee
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    SkepticOne wrote: »
    No, meteors burn out in the upper atmosphere.

    Unless it landed! But we should know about that now, it would have been big enough to be noticed, you'd expect a foot wide crater, within a hundred miles or so.


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    Riamfada
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    gbee wrote: »
    Unless it landed! But we should know about that now, it would have been big enough to be noticed, you'd expect a foot wide crater, within a hundred miles or so.

    No ...

    As far as I know Cavan is still there and no they do not always burn up in the upper atmosphere.


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    Jumpy
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055997054


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    Ziycon
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    Its the Perseids meteor shower, happens same time each year around this time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids


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    iPlop
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    itsme83 wrote: »
    Dont think that im a fruit cake but i was out in my front garden this evening painting the front gates when i seen something in the corner of my eye.I looked up into the sky and saw what seemed to be a burning ball.It was going around the same speed as an airplane but i know for a fact it wasnt!it was orange,very bright and made no noise this happened at 10.05pm it was heading southeast and after a minute just disappeared?

    is there anyone in the carlow area that saw this??????????????????????????????????????


    I saw the very same thing about 4 months ago in the wicklow area.It was about 100 feet in the air ,totally silent and heading east for blessington lakes.It was travelling very slow and was bright orange ,nearly pulsating.After I saw it somebody thought it could be ball lightning ,so I googled it and a lot of people with the same descriptions.Don't know weather I believe the whole ball lightning thing but it was no meteor!


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    tricky D
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    Septic Leper wrote: »
    I saw the very same thing about 4 months ago in the wicklow area.It was about 100 feet in the air ,totally silent and heading east for blessington lakes.It was travelling very slow and was bright orange ,nearly pulsating.After I saw it somebody thought it could be ball lightning ,so I googled it and a lot of people with the same descriptions.Don't know weather I believe the whole ball lightning thing but it was no meteor!

    That's definitely a Chinese Lantern


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    alanajane
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    you were outside painting gates at 10pm??


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    Dinkie
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    Sounds like a chineese lantern all right.... there were a couple in Wexford last night.

    Frightened the life out of me for a second before somebody told me what they were.


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