UFO in Glasgow, 09/07/2011/ 20:35

Sitting in my flat overlooking the SECC and the Clyde enjoying a rerun of beetlejuice

just saw a bright orange light lift up between the construction cranes then head out east across the city between the blocks of flats

was moving at a fair rate, judging against the traffic, it must have been doing at least 50mph.

maybe lifted up about 500 - 600 m from me, pretty clear night, moon out, gentle breeze.

no pics, it was out of sight in maybe 5-7 seconds

anyone else see it?

Will keep my eyes open, my window and out the right corner of my eye I can see right over that direction even looking at my monitor. Camera at the ready. I've had a funny feeling for a few days re. this actually. Finding myself drawn to the sky at odd times.

reply to post by maintainright


sorry...but pics/vids or it didn't happen

It is a very clear night, the moon itself has an orangey glow and the low clouds have a strange aura about them.

reply to post by here4awhile


well no pics and it did

but thanks for your comment

to the glasgwegian, where do you live mate? pm me if you like

I saw something like that once when I was in Arizona. This one was more reddish then orange from what I remember. Good catch!

Sounds awesome! Start carrying a camera with you if possible.

Originally posted by maintainright
reply to post by here4awhile

 

well no pics and it did

but thanks for your comment

to the glasgwegian, where do you live mate? pm me if you like

I'm looking over the city from the west, I can see Clydebank right over to Paisley. I can't see east though. Was just watching T in the Park there and they are letting off slow flare type fireworks, I know it's miles away and we probably wouldn't see anything even tonight, but perhaps Chinese lanterns or something coming from that direction.

Chinese lantern perchance? I've seen em move at a fair clip when they get high enough.

reply to post by seabhac-rua


yeah possibly, but this wasnt high, maybe 5 stories high and theres only a light breeze tonight, if even.
it was pretty bright too, almost like a glasgow street lamp in terms of brightness and shade.

yeah ramcheck i guess your out dumbarton way or old kilpatrick maybe houston, erskine or somewhere, it wont be anything from T in the park.

normally I'd plump for chinese lantern, but it appeared to come right out of the construction site for the new arena at the secc, there was only one, and i dont see any signs of any kind of party etc.

Originally posted by maintainright
reply to post by seabhac-rua

 

yeah possibly, but this wasnt high, maybe 5 stories high and theres only a light breeze tonight, if even.
it was pretty bright too, almost like a glasgow street lamp in terms of brightness and shade.

yeah ramcheck i guess your out dumbarton way or old kilpatrick maybe houston, erskine or somewhere, it wont be anything from T in the park.

normally I'd plump for chinese lantern, but it appeared to come right out of the construction site for the new arena at the secc, there was only one, and i dont see any signs of any kind of party etc.

Near Old Kilpatrick yeah, I'm 10 stories up myself so should notice anything that comes past.

I noticed another thread mentioning similar orange lights above Glasgow here.

www.abovetopsecret.com...


Also looking through Twitter and Flickr, one or two people have been reporting Noctilucent clouds above the city for the past week or so.






www.flickr.com...
yfrog.com...

Originally posted by PhysicsAdept
Sounds awesome! Start carrying a camera with you if possible.

Why> No one here ever believes the photos or videos anyway

Just to log another one of these Orange balls of light I saw about an hour ago travelling North at the speed of a helicopter. It was very bright, very Orange and glowing strongly and as soon as it passed, the view from the rear wasn't very glowy at all and disappeared from vision within about 30 seconds.

It was a lot higher in the sky and I'd go as far as to say a lot bigger than the plane which passed it coming the other way, which was coming in to land at Glasgow Airport.