Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

just above some low lying light (non-rain or thunder) clouds

Shape of Object(s)

small lights and oblong craft which seemed to be associated with the lights

Color of Object(s):

intensely white flashes and craft with many white lights

Full Description & Details

i was studying at home in Athlone, Co. westmeath, rep of ireland. our home is in a well lit urban area of the town. my father went out to feed our cats and while doing so noticed a veryt bright object in the sky, among some low lying light clouds. it didn't appear to be a plane as it didn't seem to be moving and had quite a lot of lights on it. he observed it for about 2 minutes and when it hadn't moved at all in this time he came in to me to ask me to tell him what i thought it may be. by the time we got back outside we could no longer see it, but decided to observe for a few minutes to see if it reappeared. within about 20 secs we observed an intense and rapid flash of light in the clouds. it definately wasnt lightening or a meteor as these phenomena are very familiar to me. shortly afterwards - about 1 minute - we seen approx 12 similar flashes in rapid succession scattered about the sky at great distances apart. it appeared to us that it was possibly a number of objects accelerating through the sky at astronomical speeds. there was no sound from them. as soon as the flashes stopped the craft my father had seen emerged from the cloud. i seen it too. it didn't appear to be very high up in the sky and had a large no of lights on it. many of these lights were on the bottom of the craft. it certainly didn't look like any plane to me3... it was quite long and travelling at a speed which brought it out of our sight within about 1 minute. as it went behind a cloud into the distance it suddenly emerged from behind a cloud in a different part of the sky. it seemed like it travelled a great distance in an instant back to the general area the flases of light were seen. i'm left confused and bewildered by this sighting and will be paying more attention to the skies in future. during the sighting i felt quite disturbed what i was seeing and a shiver of fear ran through me... evidence that this was indeed very unusual and hard to explain.

Witness Background

27 year old male; separated two years; one son who lives with me; currently in my third year of college studying for a higher degree in toxicology; previously had a 9 year career as an oriental chef. living with my son and my parents. MY FATHER who also witnessed this with me... 59 yr old retired sergeant; married; 9kids most of us grown up...youngest is 15

Other Comments

first time i ever saw anything that couldn't think of any reasonable explanation for.

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