| ID | #1616585615 |
| Added | Wed, 24/03/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Fact
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When I was driven home with my family at about 11: 30 p.m. after a performance at the school where my mother worked as a deputy principal, I took up my usual habit of staring blankly out the window. This part of Dublin is very rural, and it was dark at the time, and there was no orange street lighting that I was used to.
After about 15-20 minutes of driving, driving along country roads, I noticed what looked like a large object in the shape of a wedge, flying at a very low level and keeping pace with the car (maybe a kilometer or two away). At the time, I dismissed it as an airplane, even though it was black and had no light, and could barely be seen against the sky (although I should note that this lower part of the sky was slightly brighter). However, this was not the main incident.
A few minutes after I observed this device, I noticed a stationary triangle appearing in the sky. It was much taller than the other ship. My late dad and brother noticed it, too.
It was the outline of an equilateral triangle with three colors at each end: red on the top, white/silver on the left, and a kind of blue-green color on the right end. These colors were in the form of solid stripes that connected to form a colored triangle. It might have been the lights of a black ship, but I couldn't make it out (although the sky was clear at the time). The colors didn't flicker, didn't change shape, didn't get brighter or dimmer, they just stayed the same in the shape of a triangle.
This figure was held in the sky in the same position for about 5 seconds, although it is difficult to say exactly. it could be anywhere from 3 to 10 seconds. I was sitting there in silence when it happened, and after it happened, I noticed that the other ship was still flying low over the ground.
My father exclaimed when he saw this and asked my mother to stop the car at the first opportunity, but she wasn't there. Then my father noticed a second object (the first one I noticed was a wedge-shaped one) as we were driving home, said there was "another one" and I kept following it until it passed through the trees in the distance. and he was no longer visible, and then he was no longer there.
I dismissed the first observation as an airplane, as it looked somewhat flat, although there was no sound or light from it, and it was about 1,000-1,500 meters away - the odd thing was that it seemed to be going at an exact pace with the car (and it was a pretty remote place where there weren't many other cars).
The second observation, a triangular shape, I considered unknown, perhaps the lights of some aircraft. Later I discovered that my brother had also seen the triangle. I couldn't guess how far away the triangle was, as I had no connection to other nearby objects, such as trees, as was the case with the low-flying ship. However, the triangle shape itself was about halfway up in the sky, probably in an easterly direction from the car (since the Irish passenger seats are on the left and the ride ran north - south).
Original news
As I was being driven home with my family at approximately 23:30 after a show in the school where my mother worked as vice-principal, I took to my usual habit of staring blankly out the window. In this part of Dublin it is very rural and it was dark at that time with none of the orange streetlight pollution I’m used to. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes into the journey while driving along the backroads I noticed what looked like a large wedge-shaped object flying what looked like very low, and maintaining pace with the car (maybe a kilometre or two away). I dismissed this at the time as a plane, although it was black and had no lights, and could only barely be made out against the sky (although I should point out that this lower part of the sky was a bit brighter). However that was not the main incident. A few minutes after I had been observing this craft, I noticed a triangle shape which appeared in the sky, stationary. It was much higher up than the other craft. My late dad and brother noticed this as well. It was an equilateral triangle outline, with the three colours at each end, red on top, white/silver on the left, and a sort of blue-green colour on the right end. These colours were in the form of solid bars which linked up to form a triangle of colour; it is possible that the three were the lights of a black craft but I could not discern this (though the skies were clear at the time). The colours did not flicker, change shape, or become brighter or dimmer, they just remained constant as a triangle shape. This shape held the same position in the sky for approximately 5 seconds, though it’s difficult to tell exactly, it could have been 3 to 10 seconds. When this occured I sat there silently and after it happened noticed the other craft was still flying low to the ground. My dad exclaimed when he saw it, and got my mam to pull the car over at the next chance, but it was gone. My dad then noticed the second object (the first I had noticed, the wedge-shaped one) when we were driving home, saying that there was “another one”, and I continued to monitor it until it passed behind some trees in the distance and couldn’t be seen any longer, and then it was no longer there. I dismissed the first sighting as a plane as it appeared somewhat plane shaped although there was no sound from it or lighting and it was approximately 1000-1500 metres away – the weird thing was it seemed to be keeping exact pace with the car (and it was quite a remote place with not many other cars around). The second sighting, the triangle shape, I considered as unknown, possibly the lights of some flying vehicle. I discovered later that my brother had seen the triangle aswell. I could not guess how far away the triangle was as I had no reference to other nearby objects such as trees as I did with the low-flying craft. However, the triangle shape itself was about half-way up the sky, probably in an east direction from the car (as Irish passenger seats are on the left, and the journey was north-south). Its three points when compared to the moon would not touch the ring of the moon but would come quite close, as a comparison of its size (though the moon was not visible in that direction).
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