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Weird lights over Dublin

imalwayshappy · 2011-11-19 20:40:04

Did anyone see the two weird orange lights over Dublin at about 7:45 this evening? I was out driving in Rathfarnham and looked up and saw them moving around. Before anyone comments they werent street lights reflecting or lasers or anything like that it was really weird. One disappeared suddenly and the other faded out…

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Did anyone see the two weird orange lights over Dublin at about 7:45 this evening? I was out driving in Rathfarnham and looked up and saw them moving around.

Before anyone comments they werent street lights reflecting or lasers or anything like that it was really weird. One disappeared suddenly and the other faded out shortly after REALLY REALLY STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!

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#2 19-11-2011 9:40pm

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AH -> Jim Corr Dublin.

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#3 19-11-2011 9:40pm

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were they CHINESE LANTERNS

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056389549
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74548342
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68539226

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#4 19-11-2011 9:41pm

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Chinese lanterns.

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#5 19-11-2011 9:41pm

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Their coming to save us

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#6 19-11-2011 9:41pm

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i heard micheal buble was turning on something....

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#7 19-11-2011 9:41pm

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in before....

****, too late

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#8 19-11-2011 9:42pm

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#9 19-11-2011 9:42pm

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bluewolf wrote: »

were they CHINESE LANTERNS

No, 2 Chinese lantern shaped spaceships

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#10 19-11-2011 9:42pm

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ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

i heard micheal buble was turning on something....

Yor Ma? oooOOOOOOOOooooo! :pac:

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#11 19-11-2011 9:45pm

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Now would be a good time to take less hallucinogens

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#12 19-11-2011 9:47pm

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It's the Germans:eek:

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#13 19-11-2011 9:47pm

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Seems like a logical explaination..... ill take it!!! Pity could have used an alien invasion would be so much better then the X factor!

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#14 19-11-2011 9:49pm

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The Chinese; a great bunch of lads

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#15 19-11-2011 9:54pm

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http://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/alienssquare.jpg

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#17 19-11-2011 9:56pm

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You said it wasn't the street lights reflecting, maybe it was just the actual street light? :pac:

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#18 19-11-2011 9:57pm

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imalwayshappy wrote: »

Did anyone see the two weird orange lights over Dublin at about 7:45 this evening? I was out driving in Rathfarnham and looked up and saw them moving around.

Before anyone comments they werent street lights reflecting or lasers or anything like that it was really weird. One disappeared suddenly and the other faded out shortly after REALLY REALLY STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!

noticed something like that in rathgar a few weeks ago, it was bright at the time

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#19 19-11-2011 9:58pm

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Airplane with its hazards on....happens a lot...probably dirty petrol...

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#20 19-11-2011 10:00pm

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IT WAS ET, HE'S BACK!

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#21 19-11-2011 10:01pm

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Santa's out already?

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#22 19-11-2011 10:01pm

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Scumbags it had to be the scumbags.

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#23 19-11-2011 10:02pm

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Jedward are playing near there tonight, maybe it was them wacked out lunatics coming into land!!:pac:

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#24 19-11-2011 10:07pm

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#25 20-11-2011 6:14am

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imalwayshappy wrote: »

Did anyone see the two weird orange lights over Dublin at about 7:45 this evening? I was out driving in Rathfarnham and looked up and saw them moving around.

Before anyone comments they werent street lights reflecting or lasers or anything like that it was really weird. One disappeared suddenly and the other faded out shortly after REALLY REALLY STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!

i was flying a jet ranger helicopter accross rathfarnham around that time heading back to weston dident see anything strange at all

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#26 20-11-2011 6:36am

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Cicero wrote: »

Airplane with its hazards on....happens a lot...probably dirty petrol...

a planes flight flashing lights are red

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#27 20-11-2011 8:14am

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Is it a coincidence that these reports of "strange lights" invariably appear during mild, breezy weather? Perfect conditions for launching ... ?

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#28 20-11-2011 10:36am

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Chinese lantern shaped alien vessels I imagine

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#29 20-11-2011 10:44am

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If it happened over any other town in the country no one would give a sh!t, but if it happens in Dublin, then everyone talks about it.

:mad:

Oh, btw, Chinise Lanterns.

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#30 20-11-2011 10:50am

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How come every weekend someone sends up a chinese lantern some other naive muppet starts a thread here about strange lights?

Whats that all about?

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#31 20-11-2011 10:53am

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books4sale wrote: »

How come every weekend someone sends up a chinese lantern some other naive muppet starts a thread here about strange lights?

Whats that all about?

Theres alot of naive muppets out there?

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#32 20-11-2011 10:59am

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www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=strange+lights+dublin+site%3Aboards.ie

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