Friday, 4th April 1997

MEMBERS PRESENT: J.J., D.M. AND D.M. SET UP AT SITE: 19.30 hrs. WEATHER CONDITIONS: Good. Mild temperatures at around 14 degrees C, but damp by the water. Visibility was good with a slight haze in the south east over the water. Some stars visible, but no comet. 19.38 h. First orange light at approx. 5 degrees above horizon. Brightened considerably, and gave appearance of getting larger. Duration 2 minutes. Sank down to horizon. 19.45 h. Two orange lights at approx. 8 degrees above horizon. Sitting next to each other but some distance between them. Momentary only. 20.01 h. Bright orange light on horizon. Sitting on what seems to be the ground, pulsating. 20.03 h. Bright orange light possibly same as previous, moving eastwards. When it first appeared, it looked wide, almost cylinder- shaped. Slightly above ground level. Just disappeared. 20.10 h. Bright orange object, close to horizon. Appeared and disappeared immediately. 20.20 h. Pulsating, bright orange light at almost horizon level. Rising slightly, pulsating, as if ready to do something. Sitting for 3 minutes approx. Disappeared. 20.22 h. Pulsating bright orange light just above horizon. Just sitting there, pulsating. Brightening and dimming down. Duration more than 4 minutes. 20.28 h. "Double event" - two bright orange lights very close, side by side, almost attached, it seems. THIS IS HUGE!!!!! Seemingly just above horizon. 20.29 h. Please call them by nice names, promoting love and friendship, rather than swearing at them!!!! Name calling won't get them closer!!!!!) 20.30 h. Red flashing object, nothing like a conventional plane strobe. Almost fuzzy and hazy, but moving very fast in an easterly direction. approx. 20 degrees above horizon. 20.35 h. Large orange light at 5 degrees above horizon. I surreptitiously flashed a couple of times with laser pointer. Object rising up into the air at 20.36. Remaining stationary at same elevation around 10 degrees above horizon. 20.38 h. SAME object still sitting there and getting VERY bright. I flashed several times with the laser pointer. Watching for reaction, and this could be coincidence, but object's light intensity increased CONSIDERABLY! 20.40 h. Two bright orange objects in sight, simultaneously. Considerably higher, approx. 15 degrees above horizon. I am flashing with laser pointer. They become farther apart. One going in westerly direction whilst the other one is increasing in brightness. Another object coming in from the east towards the previously mentioned object. Seems to pass over the top of the other object. Both objects close to horizon. Many conventional aircraft around us at the same time. 20.41 h. Two orange objects have appeared and joined together. This combination has got REALLY BIG! I can hear and see two aircraft above us. NOT THE SAME!!! There are other people around us in the park, but I don't believe they are seeing this as they don't have THE EQUIPMENT!! 20.44 h. Looks like two orange lights together, appearing as a long object. 20.48 h. Large orange light at horizon level. Appears to be two lights together. Increasing in light intensity. Moved slightly in a westerly direction. Disappears. 20.54 h. Faint orange light close to horizon. Rises to around 10 degrees above horizon. One minute later has become much brighter. Same elevation, not moving. 20.57 h. Two bright orange objects approx. 5 degrees above horizon. One pulsating. REALLY BIG NOW! Moves slowly in a westerly direction. I flash the laser pointer, and coincidentally, the light becomes VERY BRIGHT. 21.00 h. Two bright orange objects appear and come close together. I flash the laser pointer. No change. One object travelling in a easterly direction, close to the horizon. 21.02 h. Bright orange object moving quite fast in an easterly direction, approx. 5 degrees above horizon. 21.03 h. Something coming up from the right (West). LOOK AT HIM!!!!! Rising up from ground level. Another object approaching it. Primary object dimmed down. Second object passes underneath. Brighter one heading east. Pulsating brightly. Fuzzy, hazy reddish light again. 21.06 h. Fainter orange object went up skywards from horizon. 21.09 h. Faint orange object appears at horizon level. Flashed laser pointer. Object momentarily brightened. Object moves in westerly direction. Flashed laser pointer. Object remaining stationary. 21.16 h. Large orange object appeared moving west to east. Approx. 5 degrees above horizon, and disappeared. 21.26 h. Bright orange object just bumbling around! Not very bright light, moving in westerly direction. Pulsating as it moves. (NOTE.. "Pulsating" indicates that the object is just slightly altering its appearance in the way of intensity of light, within narrow boundaries. "Brightening" is a huge increase in light intensity, which gives the appearance, also, of an increase in size.) 21.28 h. Bright orange object low to horizon, but just above. Stationary. Appears as a double object. Pulsating. The two objects that comprise this event take turns to pulsate, alternately. LOOK AT THAT! Dimmer, staying in same spot. Disappeared quite suddenly. 21.34 h. Gently pulsating, orange object. Moving in westerly direction. Very slow and steady movement. 21.40 h. Orange object low on horizon, lifted slightly from horizon. Headed east. It changed from an orange glow and became reddish in colour, and flashed on and off. It glowed orange again. I saw something like a "tail" . It glowed again, whilst slowly rising up into the air. It then started heading east, and below it I saw a red flash. Object kept going east, and I followed it for 3 minutes. It would be bright orange, then go back to red, "flash, flash". It would go bright orange again , and then repeat the red flashing again. The whole object becomes red during the flashing sequence, and then reverts to bright orange. 21.58 h. Sudden appearance of large, bright, orange object. Immediately disappeared. Reappears in same spot. Now moving east. (We have now noticed a sudden appearance of a set of orange "runway/landing lights". There are some further along the horizon, and they are always there. These are similar, but we have never seen them before now. NOTE: Runway lights will be switched on at smaller airparks, when there is a landing plane imminent. HOWEVER, there are NO PLANES ANYWHERE. This light source, whatever it is, seems to become brilliant in intensity, and then completely fades away. IMPORTANT NOTE: There is NO haze or fog, so we are wondering why these lights are behaving so strangely, and what is causing their variation. Another observation regarding these "runway" lights: They are grouped in a double and triple configuration. ALSO: Do runway landing lights normally "sequence" ? I am not sure on this one. PLUS: where are the planes?? Those lights ARE peculiar. On checking the compass on top of the binoculars, the location of these "runway" lights shows the same bearing as the place from which the orange lights appear.) 22.00 h. Group disbands for warm-up drinks to nearby hostelry. Discussion. Plans arranged for tomorrow night's session. JJ