Cigar shaped sighting
My name is Ronan Doherty. I am nearly 16 years of age, and I live in the townland of Galwilly in the district of Glentogher near the town of Carndonagh in the peninsula of Inishowen in County Donegal.
Last night at about 20.45hrs there was a clear sky. I saw an object a few miles away at about aeroplane height, perhaps less, NW from our house. I am used to seeing planes since they cross from Scotland to the States over us.
The first time I saw it was for about a minute or two, it was stationary. Its shape was long and cigar shaped, with two big white lights one at each End. There was a dim red light in the middle and a white light flashing alternatively at four different places around. It made no noise at all.
I went back into the house and out again a minute later. In that time it had moved about 10 miles in a NW direction and was again stationary, but a good deal smaller. It stayed there for 5 minutes. After this time it moved off very quickly, vanishing from sight in about 3 seconds.
About a couple of months ago in roughly the same area but moving in a NE direction, I saw another strange object. It did not look like a plane and was making no noise whatsoever. I saw it for about 10 minutes.
Another strange happening took place at about 6.30am on Christmas morning 1998 while I was jogging in this area. I saw about eight very bright white flashes in the N direction, lighting up the whole sky. I looked and listened for news reports of something happening at that time to explain it, but the only confirmation came from a friend lying awake in his home in Derry and whose window faces N. He too saw very bright flashes at the same time. From my home to his is about 20 miles by road, 13 directly.
The only reason I am contacting you is to pass on this information. I am not claiming it is a UFO; I can't explain what I saw."
Just thought it was interesting...
