Description of Area / Surroundings

Urban area. Nearby football stadium.

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Around midnight on Saturday 5th August, my girlfriend and I were parking our car in front of our flat in Glasgow. As we made our way across the street, we noticed a light in the sky just below cloud level, approx 500-800 ft altitude. We Immediately realised that this was not an aircraft. It was orange in colour, glowing and moving across the city form south to north. After approx 5 secs., another light appeared from over the line of buildings, followed 15 secs later by another pair. These lights were clearly travelling together and in pairs.

All four were orange with what seemed to be a brighter nucleus. They moved silently and generally in the same direction with slight changes in velocity and formation. We obsereved looking directly upwards, towards the east and they passed from the south, continued north until disappearing from sight.

The most striking things thing were the intensity of colour, the generally low altitude and the lack of any sound. As we live near the flightpath of Glasgow airport, we easily recognise any aircraft because of their flashing lights and engine noise. These lights had no engine noise and no flashing lights, simply a constant pulsating glow.

We noticed that motorists on the main road were witnessing this phenomenon. I also captured the first pair on a 30 second video on my phone. This doesn't show them in great detail but gives a general impression of their altitude and movement.

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