UFO Hunters

[G. Keenan]

btw, these are what I'm talking about, sky lanterns. They're gorgeous.

Wow. I really want to try this.

Yeah, they are just beautiful. I'm guessing it would be frowned upon if I launched one here though. I need to find some big open field somewhere.

[TimeForGuinness]

i want to believe

[Hungary Jack]

There's an episode on the History Channel right now dedicated to the Tinley Park "UFO" sighting in suburban Chicago in 2004. Thousands of people saw three red lights floating in the sky, moving slowly. UFO!

Now the show is explaining how these kinds of movements correspond to no known civilian or military aircraft, blah, blah blah.

This is moronic. For starters, they are assuming that this "triangle shaped object" is one big craft as opposed to three independent points.

I know exactly what these are. They're freakin' Thai lanterns. They're paper balloons with a flame in the middle that rise very slowly into the sky and burn for about half an hour or so.

This show is idiotic.

But I bet you cannot explain Bigfoot!

[ghostrunner]

Those lanterns are not red, GK.

Ha! Mystery UNsolved.

[Secret Weapon]

There's an episode on the History Channel right now dedicated to the Tinley Park "UFO" sighting in suburban Chicago in 2004. Thousands of people saw three red lights floating in the sky, moving slowly. UFO!

Now the show is explaining how these kinds of movements correspond to no known civilian or military aircraft, blah, blah blah.

This is moronic. For starters, they are assuming that this "triangle shaped object" is one big craft as opposed to three independent points.

I know exactly what these are. They're freakin' Thai lanterns. They're paper balloons with a flame in the middle that rise very slowly into the sky and burn for about half an hour or so.

This show is idiotic.

you must work for the government

[sighyoung]

btw, these are what I'm talking about, sky lanterns. They're gorgeous.

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Holy crap! Those look like UFO's!

[maddash]

I've seen a UFO before.

[jim]

I've seen a UFO before.

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=27377

We know.

[maddash]

I've seen a UFO before.

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=27377

We know.

Ha.

No, but really. You guys all know me as pretty much a skeptic. I certainly don't believe in little green men and conspiracies like in the UFO shows on TV. But I have seen objects in the sky that I couldn't explain.

Earlier this year, January I think, I was in downtown St. Louis. Went outside around 8:00pm for a smoke with a few buddies. Myself and a friend saw three clear white lights in the sky. There where clouds out and these objects were passing over and under them. At first they were in a triangle formation, in fact I assumed it was one singular object. They were moving south/southwest at a pretty standard speed - comparable to a jet if I was estimating their altitude correctly - but then they broke pattern and started moving at speeds and directions that I've simply never witnessed before. Nothing like someone shaking a laser pointer on a wall or anything, but fast accelerations, hard turns, things a normal jet couldn't do (at least that I know of). I'm certain it wasn't a helicopter or blimp. The lights were bright and white, no jet exhaust either. Simply solid white lights moving in the sky, first in formation, then clear out of formation (enough to know for sure it was three separate objects).

In the spirit of full disclosure, I had a few beers in me, but only two or three. I was pretty darn sober at this time. My buddy saw the exact same thing, although he was fairly lit up.

I don't think about it much. It was possibly something military (Scott Air Force base is close by), maybe some other kind of aircraft that could cause this. I don't believe that aliens have visited Earth, and I don't really believe in the paranormal. But it was sure as hell strange, whatever it was.