Tell Me I'm Not Crazy (VANITY)

October 28, 2012 | me

[dinoparty]

I just saw three orange lights flying over Champaign, Illinois. There were no visible blinking lights. What could they have been? Helicopters? Military? They were flying too fast to be baloons, but seemed slower than jets.

[dinoparty]

Weird.

[RitchieAprile]

black u.n. helicopters.

[TigerClaws]

Aliens hiding I’m the storm.

[Hardraade]

Mars Attacks

[dragonblustar]

Spy drones.

[Kickass Conservative]

Were they flying towards Benghazi?

[dinoparty]

Forgot to mention — I didn’t hear anything either

[Leroy S. Mort]

Only three?

[Jane Long]

Chinese lanterns?

[barmag25]

[21twelve]

http://www.nuforc.org/

The orange lights seems to be the new craze on the ufo sites. I saw many during the 4th of July in Seattle. May very well have been “Chinese lanterns”. However, it was a bit odd that they were moving in different directions (some heading north, some south, etc.). So who knows.

[PGR88]

Nothing to worry about - just weather balloons igniting swamp gas.

[mylife]

You So Cwazahh!

[Kickass Conservative]

Were you wearing your hearing aides?

Just messing with ya. LOL

[I see my hands]

It was an itsy bitsy, teeny weenie, yellow polka dot, bikini.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

You are not crazy! You are not crazy! Now step away from the ledge.

[JennysCool]

Orange? Celebrating the Giants, no doubt! Seriously, we get stuff like that in our Nevada night skies all the time. I suspect they’re ours.

[Polynikes]

If they were equidistant in a trianglular pattern and silent then it was most likely a TR3B (black project).

[piasa]

It was probably Hillary flying to a witch convention in Chicago, carrying three Jack O’ Lanterns to present as hostess gifts.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I'll refrain from the urge to be sarcastic (Its hard though!). Quite possibly anything -- military, I would imagine.

And that doesn't make it anything suspicious either. One day this summer I was outside and a blackhawk flanked by an apache and huey came screaming along at almost treetop level. Quite a thrill -- I always get swelled up when I see our military in action. I thought the huey was strange, but I don't know what/if they still use those for.

[mylife]

[piasa]

If you had your glasses on you would have seen her tiny broom.

[TexasTransplant]

As Extra Terrestrial Believers Believe (or whatever them folks keep saying)

“It must be Aliens”

TT

[Kartographer]

[One Name]

Who is the Prince of the Power of the Air?

Acts 2:19

King James Version (KJV)

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

[I see my hands]

"too fast to be balloons, but seemed slower than jets"

Too fast for balloons, too slow for jets. Hm.

[The Cajun]

What were you doing out at this hour?
Stay inside and you won't see all the weird lights in the night sky..........That's how I handle the problem :)

[The Cajun]

Government disinformation, it's obvious they photo shopped the string and the arm holding it in that picture :)

[dinoparty]

Now I just saw a falling star. Hope noone spiked the salsa I was eating.

[campaignPete R-CT]

Burgermeisters. on their way to Chi-town to meet with Bambi and tell him to stand down.

[PieterCasparzen]

Dang, dino, you gotchu some firewater on ?

You out there in yer bathrobe an’ yer scatter gun ?

I’ put down ma sippn’ cup, git me ma’ foil hat on an git out der in da yard w’ ma houn !

Ok..

Lookin’ yoner..

Wess..

Yee ha !

Dang ! It’s ol’ Bill-e J an Hill-ar-ay up thar in the skay ! Hey Y’all !

[dinoparty]

LOL. Did kinda look like those

[barmag25]

[Nifster]

Orange lights in a black sky....celebrating the GIANTS!!!!! WHOOO HOOO two in the last three years

[doorgunner69]

Space aliens, has to be..........

[longfellow]

I never noticed how much this guy looks like Kevin James.

[Maurice Tift]

I wonder how many drones are flying over civilian areas. Anyway, consider reporting it on http://www.ufostalker.com/.

[JoeProBono]

[Erasmus]

If there were three blue lights with them, it could be swamp gas from the Boneyard.

Oskee-wow-wow.

[barmag25]

[Brad from Tennessee]

We used to make these things when I was a kid using plastic dry cleaner bags, drinking straws and candles. If three of these rose high enough they might catch a really fast wind current and appear to be traveling too fast for balloons.

[dinoparty]

Thank you all for your suggestions. Now that I’m home I will explain in more detail. I was driving west just east of downtown Champaign. I looked up and saw an orange “fireball”-looking-thing flying south or southeast, in front of me. My first impression was that it was odd, followed by the thought that it might be a plane on fire. I looked for blinking lights and saw none. Then I saw two more similar objects coming behind it, also heading south or southeast. I opened my car window and heard no aircraft and heard nothing unusual. I pulled over and grabbed for my phone but by the time I got the video feature running they were just about out of sight. That was it.

[dinoparty]

Thank you all for your suggestions. Now that I’m home I will explain in more detail. I was driving west just east of downtown Champaign. I looked up and saw an orange “fireball”-looking-thing flying south or southeast, in front of me. My first impression was that it was odd, followed by the thought that it might be a plane on fire. I looked for blinking lights and saw none. Then I saw two more similar objects coming behind it, also heading south or southeast. I opened my car window and heard no aircraft and heard nothing unusual. I pulled over and grabbed for my phone but by the time I got the video feature running they were just about out of sight. That was it.

[Bon mots]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chinese+lanterns&hw=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&bpcl=35466521&biw=1024&bih=672&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=gEuOUIGvL4y4hAf9xYGADQ

[dinoparty]

Thought about that — but they were flying pretty fast to the south — exactly the opposite direction of the way the wind was supposed to be blowing per weather.com.

[Vaduz]

Look at letters on craft USAF or NASA.

[Bon mots]

Could be military aircraft...

Or the Zeta Reticulans...

Do you have any missing time?

[CSM]

That was the emergency response team that Jim ordered to fix up FR! I hope they didn’t get Zotted before they made it to California!