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Lights in the sky - again!

looksee · 2022-07-28 11:17:11

Last night, just around midnight, I saw about 6 or so patches of light in the sky, small blobs that were alternately dashing about madly and holding still, above me. Then I realised there was a beam of light to each of them from Waterford/Tramore about 25 km away as the crow flies (assuming it is flying that far in a…

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28-07-2022 12:17pm

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Last night, just around midnight, I saw about 6 or so patches of light in the sky, small blobs that were alternately dashing about madly and holding still, above me. Then I realised there was a beam of light to each of them from Waterford/Tramore about 25 km away as the crow flies (assuming it is flying that far in a straight line). They were a bit eerie but obviously some sort of lightshow thing probably from the amusements in Tramore.
I have a vague memory of this happening before years ago and I thought they had been banned because they cause issues for aircraft, and there was in fact what I guess was a small plane (I could only see the lights) flying nearby. Does anyone know the story?

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#2 29-07-2022 6:54pm
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So I have found out what it is, apparently its something at the event at Curaghmore Estate, the All Together Now festival.

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