Sightings2018

Airline pilots report fast lights off Ireland

When: 9 Nov 2018
Where: Off the west coast of Ireland
Sources: 2 public sources

Shannon air traffic control, which took the pilots' reports of fast lights off southwest Ireland Rex and Fido, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic crews told Shannon air traffic control they saw very bright, fast-moving lights off Ireland's southwest coast. Controllers saw nothing on radar. The Irish Aviation Authority opened a confidential occurrence review; one pilot suggested a meteor.

Sources

PressUFO reported streaking across Irish skies on Friday morning (opens in a new tab)The Irish Times / 2018-11-12
PressUFO sightings by pilots are being investigated by Ireland's Aviation Authority (opens in a new tab)CNBC / 2018-11-13

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