[AstroNet] The mistery of the orange lights

[Allen Versfeld]

Pity she couldn't give more details - altitude, rough time to cross the sky,
were the lights point sources or disks, flashing or steady, etc

My first guess is the classic one:  Weather balloons catching the last rays
of high altitude sunlight, maybe?  Not sure if they are ever flown in
groups, though.


On 9 September 2010 11:32, Enrico A. Olivier <olivier at saao.ac.za> wrote:

> Ok, this might sound random ... but I had a call from a lady in Hillcrest,
> Durban who with 4 other people saw a procession of  7 to 8 orange lights
> moving serenely in unison over the sky from a NE to SW direction. She is the
> only person who reported this to me. This happened on Saturday night 4 Sept.
> at 7 pm. Their brightness was constant, and they made no sound whatsoever.
>
> Anyone else report or seen something similar?
>
> E.
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