Orange lights over Outer Banks.
I was carrying some of our luggage out of our rental vacation house the night before we left for home. On one of the trips to the car I noticed in the distance several bright orange lights approaching from the southwest. The lights appeared orange in color and I thought at the time they would probably turn out to be the red and green wing lights of an aircraft, once they got closer and I could see more detail.
I soon could see that there were three orange lights each separated by perhaps a half mile. They moved one after the other towards the northeast and then each in turn seemed to turn more northward in direction. I thought anytime now I would see the flashing strobes of the planes, as we had seen various private and military aircraft all week. The strobes never appeared, only a very bright intense orange light which never wavered.
I have since read reports of “Chinese lanterns” being released in the past, while researching what I had seen, but I find it hard to believe the quality of the light I witnessed was the flickering of a candle. In addition the height and speed of the objects approximated that of the aircraft I had been seeing in the preceding days.
The first orange light flew almost directly overhead and while I listened intently for the sound of an engine there was total silence except for the occasional sound of thunder from a lightning storm just to my northwest.
I turned to ask one of our traveling companions to take a look and then looked back at the lights and the third light had disappeared, I don’t know what happened to it as I had only turned away for a second.
However, as the second orange light passed by, there was an extended lightning strike from the storm which lit up the sky. I could see nothing but the second orange light with no shape or body connected to it.
But moving across the sky behind it was a black or dark grey shadow that seemed to pulsate and change shapes stretching first longways and then sideways in an alternating fashion. I then lost sight of all three objects.
I was carrying some of our luggage out of our rental vacation house the night before we left for home. On one of the trips to the car I noticed in the distance several bright orange lights approaching from the southwest. The lights appeared orange in color and I thought at the time they would probably turn out to be the red and green wing lights of an aircraft, once they got closer and I could see more detail.
I soon could see that there were three orange lights each separated by perhaps a half mile. They moved one after the other towards the northeast and then each in turn seemed to turn more northward in direction. I thought anytime now I would see the flashing strobes of the planes, as we had seen various private and military aircraft all week. The strobes never appeared, only a very bright intense orange light which never wavered.
I have since read reports of “Chinese lanterns” being released in the past, while researching what I had seen, but I find it hard to believe the quality of the light I witnessed was the flickering of a candle. In addition the height and speed of the objects approximated that of the aircraft I had been seeing in the preceding days.
The first orange light flew almost directly overhead and while I listened intently for the sound of an engine there was total silence except for the occasional sound of thunder from a lightning storm just to my northwest.
I turned to ask one of our traveling companions to take a look and then looked back at the lights and the third light had disappeared, I don’t know what happened to it as I had only turned away for a second.
However, as the second orange light passed by, there was an extended lightning strike from the storm which lit up the sky. I could see nothing but the second orange light with no shape or body connected to it.
But moving across the sky behind it was a black or dark grey shadow that seemed to pulsate and change shapes stretching first longways and then sideways in an alternating fashion. I then lost sight of all three objects.
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Corolla
USA
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5 minutes
36.32
-75.81
light
NC
Occurred : 6/13/2014 20:30 (Entered as : 06/13/14 20:30) Reported: 6/15/2014 12:53:12 PM 12:53 Posted: 6/20/2014 Location: Corolla, NC Shape: Light Duration: 5 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Orange lights over Outer Banks.