Chinese Lantern

[GOOSE]

Been around aviation for 35 years, yet even got caught out by one of these tonight..............

Very spooky when you're not expecting to see one!

[skeggy]

Ha Ha Been caught out a couple of times myself Goose, It's amazing just how far away you can see these thing's.
All the best, Skeggy.

[Richard B]

Plenty of the things let off around Skeggy in the year

[headset 57]

Heathrow have to put warnings out to pilots and they even get callers ringing up LBC radio about the 'invasion'....

[GlennP]

.........they often get reported as red flares around here and we sometimes end up being launched to investigate....

Rgds

[GOOSE]

About 12 more tonight, in a double vee formation, but all descending and appeared to be out. Very fast and spooky as hell without the glow.

Really did look like a triangular type UFO in the half light...........

[beefsteak]

You'll probably find it was some wags idea of a joke , ie , tether a load together,then light and launch them at the same time, they don't have much of a lifting capability so therefore once one has run out of fuel it will take the rest down with it!!
(That thought has just put me in mind for a little devilment come the New Years Festivities !! SSSSSHHH, don't tell any one ............................ )

[GOOSE]

wow another 10 or 12 just gone OTT. This time one was still flickering so didn't look quite as spooky.

Hate being relegated to outside to enjoy a Cigar................

[headset 57]

a lone flyby of one over LHR 10 minutes ago...

[deerhunter]

I`ve jusht seen a pink light thingy in the hic, air, hic, I fink its aninva, aninvada hic, dor, from another mars, sorry galaxy,

Altogether now, jingle belsh, jingle , hic, sshhh, belsh, while shepuds washed their, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Sorry, cask strength, be alright tomorrow

[WAP]

a lone flyby of one over LHR 10 minutes ago...

That may have been us from West Drayton, the wind was in the correct diretion but out of the 10, 6 caught fire at about 50ft and crashed back down in the street, only 3 manged to cautch the wind and work and the othe one we losst sight of.

[headset 57]

well it went west of the house in Isleworth and over the 27 app path at around 4000, not squawking though...

[Adam]

A good night to launch 'Aurora'

[ArabJazzie]

wow another 10 or 12 just gone OTT. This time one was still flickering so didn't look quite as spooky.

Hate being relegated to outside to enjoy a Cigar................

Or did you smuggle somit over the border that altered your eyesight! keep it flowin if you did!!!
Happy New Year,
Geoff.

[viper3111]

We had about 20 of the things float over our house last night, its a good job the hall wasnt working otherwise it could have been intersting seeing one of those sucked into a KC engine

[GOOSE]

Or did you smuggle somit over the border that altered your eyesight! keep it flowin if you did!!!

brought lots down, it's disappearing too fast though..................

[beefsteak]

I had 400+ over here last night. You could have mistaken it for an invasion fleet from Mars ............LOL