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Old 10-10-2009, 9:34 PM   #1
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UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Anybody seen a orange bright light flying around the harpurhey, blackley are tonight. I'm on shift and keep seeing it fly about. It's not moving like a plane and is bright orange and doesn't seem to make any sound.
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

helicopter?
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Thought it might have been India 99 but everytime a helicopter has been out you can hear the sound of the propellers from quite a distance. This is quiet when it flys over. It's a bright orange which also seems to just dissapear in to the clouds
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

get your camera out
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Could it have been one of these?
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Old 10-10-2009, 9:56 PM   #6
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Tried only have my iPhone with me and it's not picking it up.I've not seen it since I last posted. But saw it around Harpurhey Market area at around 2100 hrs and again near the rochdale road/victoria ave area of blackley at around 2200 hrs

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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

If it was last seen over Harpurhey then I'm guessing its been shot down, stripped and sold for spares by now.
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

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Could it have been one of these?
not sure mate..have seen these things in action and as soon as they get a little high up you cannot see them at all unless you have watched it going up.
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

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not sure mate..have seen these things in action and as soon as they get a little high up you cannot see them at all unless you have watched it going up.
Josh
Never seen one myself but I read something before about a lantern being mistaken for a UFO. The ones I've linked to do seem rather small and, like you say, would probably be difficult to see above cloud cover.
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Never seen one myself but I read something before about a lantern being mistaken for a UFO. The ones I've linked to do seem rather small and, like you say, would probably be difficult to see above cloud cover.
or the talk about these lanterns could be totally useless and we are actually talking about aliens! :O

think these bad boys come in peace?

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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

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If it was last seen over Harpurhey then I'm guessing its been shot down, stripped and sold for spares by now.
lol. Best thing then for the OP is to head down to Harpurhy market tomorow and see if there's a bloke selling what looks like an alien with a bullet in its head.
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

are you sure it wasnt this....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bKoQjU9_vw]YouTube - X FACTOR intro
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

to the OP this is happening down here,my local rag is reporting people sighting the orange lights, im yet to see anything myself, heres a link to the story
More UFO sightings (From Tivyside Advertiser)
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Old 11-10-2009, 6:38 AM   #14
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

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are you sure it wasnt this....
There are certainly some aliens amongst the judges on that show.
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Me & my other half saw something like the op has described a few weeks ago over north London.
It was a fast moving ball of fuzzy orange that came over us from the south and seemed to stop for about 5-7 seconds then continued on moving north east at a fast pace before disappearing behind the cloud cover. All the time it was in view there was absolutely no sound coming from it.

Could have been an Asian lantern but it's speed and the fact that it stopped for a while before moving on makes me dubious as to this possibility.

Strange
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Strange
but true! that was such an excellent show about this sort of thing when I was a kid
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Hi,

Could these strange, Orange glows not simply be a case of a naked John Prescott taking a late-night flying lesson?!


Pooch
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If it was last seen over Harpurhey then I'm guessing its been shot down, stripped and sold for spares by now.
I don't have any UFO spares in backyard

I live in Harpurhey and seen nothing
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Wheres the Doctor when you need him?
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oh my word so glad someone ele saw it, i was taking my daughter to guides in newton heath 6.55 pm it was like a ball of orange fire getting nearer,then it dissapeared completely,then all of a sudden like when you see the moon in the day it appeared far to the left,a whiter colour and large but faded.it had moved so fast, but then moved around aiming towards oldham.I pulled over and we had got out of the car at this point. we were spooked but excited.Let me know if you see it again, im off to pick her up at 8.30...Rachel
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

After Manchester it must have carried on to Moscow

YouTube - Strange Cloud Over Moscow Oct 2009
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

No news in the local rags or on local TV?
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

There have been a higher than normal amount of police 'copters around (imo) so that is what I am putting it down as

Or it was aliens who removed common sense from the council who shut off Shudehill from people getting into town from the north
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Old 13-10-2009, 7:40 AM   #24
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

This is beginning to sound like a Manc Roswell!
Police choppers buzzing around. Roads being closed!

Has anyone found any strange tinfoil like stuff on any of the moors yet?
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Maybe they'll respond to a cheesy KeyBoard jingle.
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Not seen one recently, but about 10 years ago () i saw what you are describing, orange ball moving pretty fast with no sound. But this was S.yorks.
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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Saw it again last night. Again over Harpuhey i did get a video but all it shows its a small spec. My Sargent saw it as well.
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India99 was out last night & you could hear her from far away. This made no sound at all.

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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Yfrog - voz - Uploaded by officer_m168
Video is rubbish, this time it was moving slow.
The video doesn't show it but it was bright orange & at the time was the only thing in the sky at the time.

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Re: UFO sighting ? Manchester area !

Are you a police officer?
If you are then you will be considered as a credible witness.
Have the local police not received any enquiries from the public regarding this phenomena?

Keep us posted.
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