Strange light over Nomansland (From Salisbury Journal)
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Strange light over Nomansland
2:12pm Wednesday 12th September 2012 in Letters
I READ with interest the account of the ‘strange light in sky’ last week.
On the following day from the incident mentioned, I saw a very similar object at Nomansland, which is of course not far from the original sighting in Downton . It was at around 10.15pm moving from the Salisbury direction over the village.
It was a large glowing ball (that looked like it was possibly on fire), completely silent, moving slowly. It stopped for a few moments, then turned and disappeared over the trees. I was, and still am, unable to explain it.
JOHN BARRETT, Nomansland
Comments(7)
macogan
says...
9:11pm Sat 15 Sep 12
macogan wrote:My bad got location wrong.... :)
Well considering how close this area is to the Army Training area of Salisbury Plain this "large glowing ball (that looked like it was possibly on fire), completely silent, moving slowly)" was more than likely a night-time flare they use that is equivalent to 3million candle power and is designed to light up the whole area - these are silent, slow moving & suddenly go out...
blackstone
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9:32pm Sun 16 Sep 12
reasonedhuman
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5:03pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Though it is more likely to be a chinese lantern in that area!
Dr S Brule
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9:38am Tue 18 Sep 12
http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Ball_lightn
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Dr S Brule
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9:38am Tue 18 Sep 12
Mystery Mike
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3:00pm Tue 18 Sep 12
macogan says...
9:08pm Sat 15 Sep 12