Post by uforn on May 26, 2010 18:57:32 GMT 1
Spooky goings on have been spotted in the skies above two Renfrewshire towns
May 25 2010 by Alison Rennie, Paisley Daily Express
STRANGE goings-on have been spotted in the skies above Linwood and Johnstone.
And the witnesses are convinced it’s not the usual senario of Chinese lanterns lighting up the night skies.
The Paisley Daily Express has reported several stories of unexplained flying objects seen soaring through the skies at night.
And although many dismiss the reports as being Chinese lanterns – round paper globes which are lit and float into the sky – the source of the latest sighting is convinced there is something more interesting going on.
The witness reported the vision to the website www.uk-ufo.co.uk, which aims to record mysterious sightings.
It reads: “I was standing at my house back door and noticed an extremely bright orange single light rise very, very quickly out to my west (towards Renfrewshire Heights and out to the Firth of Clyde).
“The sky was clear and all major stars were visible. There was no noticeable wind.
“My initial thought was that it was a distress flare but the intensity of the light was maintained as it rose at a very fast rate into the sky.
“I’ve read the lantern explanations and I am pretty sure the rate of ascent for this, its overall size and brightness could not have been a lantern.
“The light continued in an upwards trajectory and moved off to the south where I lost sight of it as it continued to rise.
“I was astounded at the speed of ascent – so much so that I called my wife down from upstairs to tell her I thought some sort of missile had been launched from the submarine base at Faslane.
“I have always had a healthy scepticism of such sightings and I like to think I am pretty aware of items moving through the sky from previous experience – things like shooting stars, and satellites.
“I have never seen anything like this before and it has really spooked me.”
In a dazzling development, two other people – one from Johnstone and the other Linwood – have responded saying they saw the same orange lights in the sky.
And they are all convinced that they were not Chinese lanterns.
One UFO spotter said: “I live in Linwood and witnessed the same lights.
“From our second-floor landing facing north they appeared from the north east and faded towards Glasgow Airport.
“Definitely not lanterns and there was no noise.”
The other believer said: “Saw the same orange light, at the exact same time, four miles west in Johnstone. Was certainly not a lantern.”
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Source:
www.paisleydailyexpress.co.uk/renfrewshire-news/2010/05/25/spooky-goings-on-have-been-spotted-in-the-skies-above-two-renfrewshire-towns-87085-26511191/