Remember those mysterious floating flares I saw over Raleigh the night of Bluegrass Wide Open in September? I never did figure out what they were, nor did the city’s 911 center have any records of anyone calling about them. Yesterday, though, I came across this video someone took that shows what is purportedly fiery orange orbs descending over Cork, Ireland in December 2012.
Now, I don’t know if these are UFOs, flares, Chinese lanterns, or simply some fancy video editing. Providing there’s no photographic trickery involved, the objects are extremely bright, probably flying at a low altitude, and seem to appear out of nowhere instantly. What’s more, they look exactly like what I saw floating at a distance back on that September night.
I sure wish I had my camera and telephoto lens that night but stupid LiveNation concert rules tend to frown on those. I hope that others get video if this should happen again, and that we can learn more about what they are.
One other thing: if this is all a hoax, it’s a pretty piss-poor one as some skeptics are wondering where the media coverage was of the Cork incident (actually, a story did run in the UK’s Daily Mail). And Raleigh’s incident generated zero 911 calls. If this was a hoax, you could call it an epic fail.
Bonus: From the Whitney Strieber page discussing the Cork video I found a video of similar craft seen over Israel.