A golden orb suddenly appeared over a racecourse, hovered for 20 minutes, then disappeared.
It was a clear sky, after earlier rain. Perfect weather. Sunny.
I, my father, and 20,000 other witnesses observed a golden orb / a shining sphere that suddenly appeared over the middle of the racecourse. Nothing below it but bare grass (so this directly disputes the claim in the only newspaper to actually refer to it the next day - a small local paper). It was between horse races and the crowd did not get alarmed and were all quite relaxed at the time (it's the Galway races!). It was broadcast on live national television, so I observed it with my eyes, and watched it live on RTE (Irish) television simultaneously.
It did not move. After 20-25 minutes ... it disappeared suddenly. The crowd did not react, and it was as if nothing happened.
It was difficult to estimate size and height off the ground. Many people were present, so sounds etc. were not audible from the crowd.
Years later I asked my mother - who was not present at the races, we live in Dublin - if we had told her of this amazing occurrence at the time. We had not. It was as if we were all mass-hypnotized to forget the encounter for a period. No one subsequently mentioned it ... anywhere.
It was a clear sky, after earlier rain. Perfect weather. Sunny.
I, my father, and 20,000 other witnesses observed a golden orb / a shining sphere that suddenly appeared over the middle of the racecourse. Nothing below it but bare grass (so this directly disputes the claim in the only newspaper to actually refer to it the next day - a small local paper). It was between horse races and the crowd did not get alarmed and were all quite relaxed at the time (it's the Galway races!). It was broadcast on live national television, so I observed it with my eyes, and watched it live on RTE (Irish) television simultaneously.
It did not move. After 20-25 minutes ... it disappeared suddenly. The crowd did not react, and it was as if nothing happened.
It was difficult to estimate size and height off the ground. Many people were present, so sounds etc. were not audible from the crowd.
Years later I asked my mother - who was not present at the races, we live in Dublin - if we had told her of this amazing occurrence at the time. We had not. It was as if we were all mass-hypnotized to forget the encounter for a period. No one subsequently mentioned it ... anywhere.
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Galway
Ireland
20-25 minutes
20-25 minutes
fireball
COUNTY GALWAY
Occurred : 8/2/1995 15:20 (Entered as : 08/02/1995 3:20 PM) Reported: 9/30/2022 6:30:35 AM 06:30 Posted: 10/8/2022 Location: Galway, County Galway Shape: Fireball Duration: 20-25 minutes
A golden orb suddenly appeared over a racecourse, hovered for 20 minutes, then disappeared.