UFOs over Clonmel

nore

strange red lights over Clonmel in the early hours of Dec 26th - anyone else see them?

cml387

Oh great,Chinese lanterns.Can anyone tell me where to get them.I saw some in the pound shop in the M&S centre in Clonmel,but now they seem to be gone.

ppink

fuzzed up

Gerard.C

It might have been santy

cml387

ppink wrote: »

fuzzed up

Cheers!

charlemont

It could have been The Super Devil, Clonmel would make him especially welcome, a whole town dedicated to evil...:rolleyes::D

shamrockman2007

On Thursday evening 9th of December 2010 at around 6.15 pm In Tipperary town I noticed in the sky what I believed to be an plane in the sky but it did not make a sound so I presumed it was up very high in the sky. The odd thing was that there were no flashing lights like you would notmally see on a plane in the sky. It was red and white in colour. I then noticed that there was another one which seemed to be travelling quite close behind. I carried out my job which took about 3 minutes or so in a building and when I came back out to lock the gate behind me I saw another 3 objects flighing in the sky. They were travelling from west to east. As they crossed the sky they dissaperaed into cloud cover I think. Within 30 seconds another 5 appeared from the same direction. These flew in formation slanting from left to right. I rang a friend to look out from his house nearby and he also saw them. I also rang a friend who works in Shannon airport to ask him were they military flights but he did not know. The next lot of about 5 flew in a different formation followed on by singular one flying alone. This continued for about 10 minutes or so
In total from the time I noticed them in the sky I saw about 40 or so. There could have been more prior to me looking up as I was driving before I arrived at my place of work. Would these have been American military flights flying over Ireland? It was quite unusual. I did photograph them with my phone camera but they ony appeared as red dots on the photos.
Anyone got any ideas?


In many posts on the net Chinese lanterns have been mentioned. Some people may have seen these but they just blow in the wind and can only bee seen from up close. The above lights that I saw were miles away and very high up but still very bright. The difference would be discribing seeing the light from a match stick and the sun, There is no comparison.
By the way I do not believe in UFO's. I am also ex military and well aware of different lights in the sky hence me leaning towards US military flights.

lintdrummer

shamrockman2007 wrote: »

On Thursday evening 9th of December 2010 at around 6.15 pm In Tipperary town I noticed in the sky what I believed to be an plane in the sky but it did not make a sound so I presumed it was up very high in the sky. The odd thing was that there were no flashing lights like you would notmally see on a plane in the sky. It was red and white in colour. I then noticed that there was another one which seemed to be travelling quite close behind. I carried out my job which took about 3 minutes or so in a building and when I came back out to lock the gate behind me I saw another 3 objects flighing in the sky. They were travelling from west to east. As they crossed the sky they dissaperaed into cloud cover I think. Within 30 seconds another 5 appeared from the same direction. These flew in formation slanting from left to right. I rang a friend to look out from his house nearby and he also saw them. I also rang a friend who works in Shannon airport to ask him were they military flights but he did not know. The next lot of about 5 flew in a different formation followed on by singular one flying alone. This continued for about 10 minutes or so
In total from the time I noticed them in the sky I saw about 40 or so. There could have been more prior to me looking up as I was driving before I arrived at my place of work. Would these have been American military flights flying over Ireland? It was quite unusual. I did photograph them with my phone camera but they ony appeared as red dots on the photos.
Anyone got any ideas?


In many posts on the net Chinese lanterns have been mentioned. Some people may have seen these but they just blow in the wind and can only bee seen from up close. The above lights that I saw were miles away and very high up but still very bright. The difference would be discribing seeing the light from a match stick and the sun, There is no comparison.
By the way I do not believe in UFO's. I am also ex military and well aware of different lights in the sky hence me leaning towards US military flights.

Definitely chinese lanterns. You've basically described all the characteristics of them. They tend to "wobble" left to right after they're released, especially if it's windy, and you can see them for a looooong time. They look like they get miles away before they disappear into the clouds.

shamrockman2007

shamrockman2007 wrote: »

They were travelling from west to east. As they crossed the sky they dissaperaed into cloud cover I think. Within 30 seconds another 5 appeared from the same direction. These flew in formation slanting from left to right. I rang a friend to look out from his house nearby and he also saw them.

If it was an airplane, etc, you should have seen a green light on the starboard side from the description you mentioned.

Not a red, thats on the other side.

Planes adopt the same lighting convention as ships, and ironically if you go to sea, you have to take a lantern test before you can become a cadet.

Lol26

UFO's clonmel, yer crazy,

patwicklow

Well it is a long way to Tipperary, mars is even longer

mystique150

emmettogara wrote: »

Definitely chinese lanterns. You've basically described all the characteristics of them. They tend to "wobble" left to right after they're released, especially if it's windy, and you can see them for a looooong time. They look like they get miles away before they disappear into the clouds.

Sounds like the most logical explanation!

shamrockman2007

These were not chinese lanterns. I have used chinese lanterns myself. Chinese lanterns do not fly in formation for several miles at high altitudes where the wind is strong. There were several formations much similar to fighter escorts.

WeeIrish

nore wrote: »

strange red lights over Clonmel in the early hours of Dec 26th - anyone else see them?

I saw two strange lights in the sky above Cahir on the 28th of December. They had a similar light to that of a Chinese Lantern, but were moving at different speeds. Very unusual. Saw another one last night coming from the same direction. This "Chinese Lantern" was moving at a steady pace, then stopped still for a minute, before it went back the way it came. A bit unusual for a lantern, I think.

DT100

Probably the Fianna Fáil party going up in smoke.............

charlemont

DT100 wrote: »

Probably the Fianna Fáil party going up in smoke.............

Im sure the UFO will be back to have a look at Mattie McGraths election posters,
theres even a Mercedes parked up near Cahir with all Vote Mattie crap on it..

Mr.Crinklewood

They are looking for their child who was left there 32 years ago. Little Metlwi was left to learn from the good people of Clonmel, now it is time to go home.

tippspur

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20110202/video/vwl-ufo-hovers-over-jerusalem-15af341.html

More UFOs.this time in Jerusalem.:eek: