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  • 11-08-2017 9:52pm
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    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,586 ✭✭✭


    Odd light in sky over Celbridge at 9:00pm headed west-north west.
    Very bright.
    Like plane landing light, but heading in opposite direction.
    Anyone any ideas?


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    judeboy101
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    cfuserkildare wrote: »
    Odd light in sky over Celbridge at 9:00pm headed west-north west.
    Very bright.
    Like plane landing light, but heading in opposite direction.
    Anyone any ideas?


    the iss was in sky wed night abut that time, maybe Kim was testing a new ICBM? :-)


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    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 16,006 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    UFO Maybe. The aliens are watching you :)

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    ps200306
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    cfuserkildare wrote: »
    Like plane landing light, but heading in opposite direction.

    A plane flying backwards?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    ps200306 wrote: »
    A plane flying backwards?
    or taking off


    http://www.westonairport.ie/flight-information/ but it closes at 8 :eek:


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    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    Careful. The light doesn't know you're onto it yet. Let's keep it that way.
    Surprise remains your best weapon.


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    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,586 ✭✭✭cfuserkildare


    Was not any plane i know of.
    And i know my aircraft,
    Have flown a few myself.
    Also, flight path had no visible curvature to it.
    Straight as a diie until out of sight behind a cloud bank.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Probably a weather balloon or one of the Perseids, it being meteor shower time.


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    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,586 ✭✭✭cfuserkildare


    Deffinitely neither.
    Was a brilliant Blue white, was visible in continuous trajectory for perhaps a minute- minute and a half.


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    Mech1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,098 ✭✭✭Mech1


    What does CF stand for, and can I buy some?


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    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,586 ✭✭✭cfuserkildare


    Mech1 wrote: »
    What does CF stand for, and can I buy some?

    Ha-bleedin-ha,
    Only just registered that.


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    MeteoritesEire
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    Flaring satellite?


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    dogsavage
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    Get any pictures?


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    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,586 ✭✭✭cfuserkildare


    MeteoritesEire wrote: »
    Flaring satellite?

    Unfortunately it took perhaps a minute-minute and a half to traverse the sky.
    Have seen Iridium flares before, not like this thing.


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    Redriddick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭Redriddick


    I think I seen this just now in the Midlands.
    Really bright red and white lights and it looked like it was pulsating.
    Have to say it looked really cool.
    Got a pic and a video but on phone so they are pretty ****e.


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    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,586 ✭✭✭cfuserkildare


    Redriddick, What we saw was just a single blue-white light,
    ambient light was still quite bright as it happened at 9:00pm


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