Apparently this is off the coast of Outer Banks NC, I also have videos myself of my own encounters. Strange glowing lights that appear and disappear. I have seen them appear in groups of 5 also. Ill upload the videos once I scroll back. Latest ones are from 2023 August, before you say flares or swamp gas, take into account that there is a total difference between flares and whatever these are. Flares usually glitter and slowly fall down, these were wither moving, stationary, and some even had small white lights coming out of them before also disappearing. Portals? Entities? Craft? Theres one half hour video I have of one of these lights staying lit for the entire duration up in the middle of the sky before disappearing at night.
This sub has turned into nothing but sarcastic comments. Which.. ok I get people want to be funny, but it’s hard to have any sort of real discussion here anymore.
It sucks when you have to scroll down 2 page lengths to find a real answer. To many people think they are funny when they aren't.
Simple fix, Reddit just need to implement a compulsory #shitcomment tag system. Then we can filter them out. Anyone shitcommenting without the tag can be bounced.
For real. Would be a nice addition if the Mods could implement a Serious tag and enforce it
Yeah. I wanna get all conspirary here. Anyways I see these sightings are getting more common and am glad. The more people see proof for themselves the better. Aliens in such a group are probably here to observe an event or even collecting data from our effects on earth.
Or watch our demise out of morbid curiosity
Dude that’s never going to be a thing I promise, an alien could walk up to all those jokers and shove a probe so far up their bum they could taste what they had for breakfast and they’d still be in denial on my mother may she rest in peace it’s absolute fact indeed!!
No kidding, but that's alot of reddit but I think the smartass little ftards found their way here and everything is a joke to them
Bro that’s just Reddit in general. First half the comments are bad jokes
Really really bad ones
It’s this entire app imo
It has spread all over Reddit, not just here, but the real problem are the users that upvote the jokes.
Agreed, they are being egged on because they want those sweet sweet upvotes. Honestly I cant stand looking at posts now because I know I will need to scoll 2 pages of bs smart comments to find anything of value.
We need to start downvoting comments that don't add any value to the original post, Some are funny yes, but to have the same thing on every single post for pages and pages has lost its charm and is now hugely annoying.
If I’m searching for information in the comments, I downvote anything that isn’t until I get to an informative comment thread.
it's been like this for years 😔
I also watch the same popular show you do! Here, upvote my quote or reference!
This has become a more recent problem for Reddit as a whole. Reddit’s user base grew and the growth is mostly stupid. You now have to scroll through two miles of puns before you can get to a legitimate discussion that’s actually related to the post. I recently lost my cool over a posted article on sperm whales getting a new sanctuary designation. Sperm whales are the most endangered and for me.. the most beloved. The entire thread was made up of ridiculous dick jokes. It’s heartbreaking. I loved Reddit for a long time.
"You just pretend that nothing bothers you and then you turn everything into a joke." "That's a valid observation. Defense mechanisms come in many forms."
Yeah I’m sick to death of it. It’s so boring. Same old jokes. Same rude and aggressive comments. genuine insight getting lost or attacked.
That’s the script… same insults, negativity and stupid corny jokes. Most of them say the same shit over and over again
Right! The jokes and stuff is going to far all the real talk is so deep in comments get annoying haha
Maybe jokes/sarcasm are part of disinformation to discredit your proof? I wish there’s a way to filter them out. It gets old.
i'm new to reddit and the entire site seems like that with the occasional good quality post sprinkled in :(
Pretty much all Reddit, scrolling down 👇 to find the comments/answer. Annoying!
I totally agree. Rarely does someone make a good joke, it's fucking cringe and annoying.
Yeah, a lot of neckbeards making soy boy jokes
I couldn't agree more.
Everyone thinks they're a fucking comedian.
A lot of skeptical and debunkers who want to shit on the topic are here now.
It's not just this sub, it's reddit as a whole. People want those karma points and there's also bot accounts that are farming karma to sell.
Most of reddit man, shits so annoying every just trying to get attention all the time, that and stupid puns. It's been over a decade , let it die
strangely this light orb thing looks a lot like USA ufo footage from middle east that one got way too much day light but they all shine the same way
I said this recently and got called out. Sooo much negativity
as intended
Completely agree .. thats really reddit as a whole anymore
Maybe people are getting scared, and have to joke to cope.
Well said man. I have been following this sub a lot in the past few months and it's sad to see that because this is such a great place for information.
Amen
Yooo nice username 🥰🤝🏻
I think someone else posted a similar view from underneath instead of the side. Could be the same event or a similar phenomenon which is cool.
Link?
Just our neighbors that have always been here. Theyre just tired of hiding
This. The Government can do so much to hide them. Now they’re blatantly wanting to be seen and known for some reason. Hopefully as friends.👽😃
They like to fish too.
They have an underwater base it protects them from the ever increasing sun’s UV Rays from solar flares
Yes they do have an underwater base but it’s not to protect them from the sun. It’s to hide their presence from humans.
Aliens on earth probably have a vegan or even more probable, a synthetic diet.
💫👍✌️
I've seen something exactly like this when I was living in Belgium 10 years ago, never knew what it was
I remember I saw something like this at night and it blew my mind. Then I realized I was driving next to a very busy air port and was seeing an endless stream of incoming aircraft at stagger altitudes.
So where’s the airport here?
It’s underwater. Where the aliens are.
Apparently underwater. Its what people would believe here than sonthing strange and not from here which is sad. But seriously middle of a sea no airport and the moment for 27 upvotes haha.
I've seen this exact thing and it ended up being helicopters. I saw this same thing near a base in WA state.
Wouldn’t you hear the choppers chopping?
Ever been on a ferry moving at speed? It's noisy, and those things are far away.
No?
Nah that's hella far away
Air Cav, with landing lights on.
Weird lights/objects at the beach are often military. So many bases near ports.
I experienced these same lights in Outerbanks (Buxton, Cape Hatteras) as a kid almost 30 years ago. They are definitely weird but they never moved crazy and everyone assumed it was military considering how relatively close it is to Norfolk Naval Air Base.
Used to live in Chesapeake VA, ALOT of crazy sightings near oceana and Norfolk. Definitely has been a Hotspot for many years.
I’ve seen a few planes that looked odd like glowing orbs, different than typical plane lights. Each time I waited it out and it was large planes that had front beams on, like head lights. I’m between several military bases so I presumed that’s who they belong to. This pic could be similar with several aircraft headed towards the filmer from a far distance. At sunrise and sunset the sun makes them glow
I got downvoted so hard for saying this last time. Never mind I actually saw them come in and pass right overhead
You saw what you wanted to see! /s
Makes sense. Ft Liberty is right nearby, and there's a marine base off the coast near Wilmington.
Camp lejeune is about one and a half to two hours north of Wilmington or about a hour south of the outer banks where this was taken, tons of aircraft in the area and a lot of SOF in the area training as well
Was gonna say the same thing. Military bases all over that region.
Could be, if they’re flying straight towards the camera?
How could you even tell with the three seconds they are in frame.
You can’t in my opinion. It doesn’t seem like military to me but what I’m saying is it’s possible?i guess you could also say it’s not enough time to say it’s not military also.
Well let’s look at the facts. The viewer here is on the Pamlico Sound in North Carolina. In his direction of view are two military bombing ranges. BT-11 Piney Island and BT-9 Brant Island Shoal. Both ranges are authorized to use nighttime flares for illumination. Specifically the Mk-24 and Mk-25 air-delivered flares. The Mk-24 burns for 2.5 to 3 minutes. The Mk-25 has a burn time of 10-20 minutes. The viewers reply as to why the video wasn’t longer was that he couldn’t upload the whole 1.5 minute video due to limits on whatever he was sharing it on. However he did say that they disappeared but came back about 2 min later and then again disappeared 1 by 1. Sure sounds like these are typical military illumination flares.
I didn't see that this video was around The Outer Banks where I live, in retrospect everyone should know there is constant air traffic in general (East Coast life) and more specifically you tend to see 1 or more military flights every day. The Wright Brothers Memorial is good luck to fly by according to airman legend, so you get a bunch of flights (for example; groups of 4-6 UH-60's) going out of their way to buzz it. Besides that they will do touch-and-go's for training at the Memorial Airport.
NASA's Wallops Island in Virginia launching rockets every once in a while and the presence of military bases leads to many UAP reports in the area.
Parallax effect could also keep them stationary
Edit: I learned a new word today and I'll be damned if I'm not gonna use it!
I love the smell of napalm in the morning
User deleted comment
4mo
Seriously! I would be filming until the objects are gone or my phone dies. Especially at a distance like this, a time lapse of any movement for these lights would be immensely helpful.
U never know how u would respond. If they “aren’t doing anything” u may stop filming too depending on how long. It’s tough to say.
User deleted comment
4mo
I blame it on tiktok.
Aliens, amazing! Welp, it's been like 5 seconds so time to do something else!
Maybe thats a bit too assuming and feeds our hopes of things being real. I know how I am with my phone already. I'd film a few minutes unless I knew it was mundane and not actual ufos. I'd at least have multiple short videos just as I've always got when I'm filming anything at all.
all the top comments are jokes or unironic comments identifying it as aliens but it’s most likely just chinese lanterns. when you see a big cluster of slowly moving yelllow/orange lights that are all going the same direction and moving upwards, it’s probably chinese lanterns
Military is hella active around the outer banks
My first thought when seeing things like this is that they could be battlefield illumination flares dropped from aircraft.
Source: I used to throw them out the back of C-130s. Did it a lot off the waters of the outer banks for training.
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/real-ufos-in-north-carolina-shown-to-be-flares/
"Directly in his viewing direction are two military bombing ranges; BT-11 and BT-9. BT-9 Brant Island Shoal (R-5306A) is a small island approximately nine miles southwest of the route the ferry takes across Pamlico Sound. This is a mining exercise area with targets that consist of a “sunken freighter hulk and two sea-going tugboat hulks grounded on Brant Island Shoals. Night lighting by means of MK 24 or MK 25 air-delivered flares is authorized” (GlobalSecurity.org 2019a). BT-11 Piney Island is a 10,000-plus-acre electronic practice range approximately eighteen miles southwest of the ferry’s route, on the eastern tip of Carteret County. The use of night lighting by means of air-delivered flares is also authorized here as well (GlobalSecurity.org 2019b)."
Not saying it's wrong or that these are aliens (lol) but do flares really just stay in the same spot for that long? I've never seen any that do but I can't click your link right now.
Yep, they do. We had the same thing in San Diego last summer.
Why do you say “for that long” we see the flares for all of 14 seconds. Yes, parachute flares will barely move at this distance in that time.
Bird shit
Smudge on the lens.
Smudge on the lens? SMUDGE ON THE LENS!??!
I know the difference between a man threatening me and a smudge on the goddamn lens Summer!
Some even said he looked like a smudge
“I believe every student should…shoot…for the moon.”
Moon or not, that dude likes them young
"Some would say, at a certain angle, he looked like a smudge on the lens."
Yes, I’m a camera expert, soooo.
It’s a Rick & Morty quote
Good O'l MORTY MIND BLOWERS BABY!~
As an ACTUAL photographer, I take offense to this. /s
Edit: I'm also not an actual photographer
Not photographer, camera expert. Haven’t taken a single photo, yet.
Professional photographer here. I can tell from the way you've phrased this that you're lying.
They said the jellyfish was bird shit 💩
Flares
Swamp gas.
Venus. A swarm of Venuses
What have those birds been eating?
It’s always bird shit 😢
Definitely bird shit. Don't you see the glowing? Typical glowing bird shit that totally can't abduct you.
Lol. Nice.
Lmfao
Flares
Lol you get downvoted - I'm 90% sure that's what these are. That's what they look like
THATS A AWFUL LOT OF JELLYFISH
FLARES*
No anomalous movement or anything. Looks like flares.
Yeah those magical flares that sit in one place, have no smoke and keep burning /s
Must be the same flares they saw over Phoenix in the 90's. Truly magical
I happened to have been there...😎 Well said. We are not alone 💫✌️
What did you see???
Same flares before the weather balloon crash in Roswell.😉
You can't always see the smoke during the day for flares. That being said, they aren't moving like flares, just check this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K8A6E-J5HQ
My only other guess is a Fata Morgana of some lights.
But he’s literally looking towards a military bombing range. Flares are the most obvious answer.
These are clearly far away and we see them for 14 seconds and never without the camera also moving a bunch. Considering he’s looking directly at a military bombing range. Yea, those are flares.
Have you ever seen a military flare?
Do you think they just fall out of the sky? 😂
You're dealing with absolute dim-wits. Lol. It's pointless, man.
It's really not pointless to have a discussion, and being rude is just unnecessary. People want to discuss this topic without stigma. You're really irritating because you're not genuinely here to have a discussion.
it is absolutely pointless to try and have a discussion with people who only want to believe one thing and as a result are incapable of discussing in good faith. If people want to discuss this without the stigma, they need to be open to the idea that not everything in the sky is an alien.
Military flares have chutes so they last longer in the air. They can burn for a while too.
To me, you have to take the fact that they look like they're burning or 'flares' out of the equation. The sun is setting. Since the earth is round, the sun's rays won't be hitting you but they'll hit anything in the air past a certain altitude for that time of day. Since the location is NC, the sun is setting behind the camera. If it's metal, it'll look like that. I've seen airliners look exactly like that at sunset. What's odd is there are so many of them here. I'm not speculating what it is, just saying my theory on why it looks like flares. Awful lot of them in close proximity.
Aahhh, I’m grateful for finally reading one of the very few comments with relevance to the topic.
I’m not against ppl having fun but maybe half of these comments could turn their interest into stand up comedy bc they’re not a contribution to this topic, and it’s clogging up the sub to find the relevant comments.
Thanks again. What you’ve shared does make a lot of sense.
These are 100% flares. You not understanding how military flares work doesn't change that.
If I am wrong then I am wrong. Its np. What else can military flares do? Knit?
Can't just admit you're wrong graciously, I see.
Making a joke.
Pretty neat
Flares maybe
We used to say Chinese Lanters. But who the fuck knows anymore... fucking whacked jellyfish bird shit.
Ballon’s of course /s
About 20 mylar unicorns, duh /s
I think one said Happy 30th Birthday...
Everything you see in the sky is a UFO.
Every UFO is an alien.
Evey comment saying they aren't aliens is a government agent.
Disclosure is going to happen as soon as enough people believe this, or a few guys who say they know all the secrets get paid enough money.
Trust me, bro. I was in the military.
(This sub.)
Fata Morgana
This is the most likely answer, right here.
that species are called legless sun jellyfish uap
Flares ?
So long and thanks for all the fish.
I saw something similar at Oak Island NC about 4 years ago. 40 to 50 light zooming around the horizon. About the brightness of stars. It all started with 3 flare looking orbs and then they all lit up. Lasted 30 to 40 mins. We did record but filming dim lights with a cell phone doesn't look like anything.
Very clearly flares
Not aliens
Probably flares from Navy or Air Force jets
I have also seen these off the coast of NC (Emerald Isle) and have footage that is similar. And no, these are not flares or Chinese lanterns as I have looked into that as an explanation. I did some investigation and couldn't find an explanation other than UAP. And if you listen to Ryan Graves, who testified in front of Congress, he claims the Navy sees these things all the time off the East Coast. And the largest navy base in the world is in Virginia Beach ...right up the coast from the OBX. So in my opinion, these are the same things that Navy pilots encounter.
They are the orange fireball ufos. I see these fairly regularly on the east coast of SC. They seem to be alive and not craft of any kind. They appear out of nowhere, then dissappear. They form constellation like formations. Sometimes triangles. Sometimes, they streak across the sky with a tail, then come to a dead stop. I've also seen one go into the ocean. I can't stress enough that when you see them, you get this sense that they are alive and watching you. I've collected probably a few hundred videos of these from YouTube. Several from my SC coastal area of residence. They are hard to get good video of when it's really dark if you don't have a good camera. During the daytime, they look like white spheres unless those are something completely different. But I think they are the same.
you get this sense that they are alive and watching you
Yeah this totally won't keep me up late tonight curled up in a fetal position every time I see the color orange.
This has a very long history
Star herpes. Definitely star herpes.
At least its not Space Herpes.
User deleted comment
4mo
You couldn’t even pick one haha
What 😂 Chinese lanterns out in the middle of the ocean ?
The Chinese latern thing has gone too far. You really think there are that many Chinese lanterns being let off all the time everywhere?
You're not wrong. Somebody linked an article confirming these are flares but this sub and all their mental illness is still wildin
Flares, like the phoenix lights?
Exactly
Wow the wind really carried those balloons far
Moderator removed comment
4mo
I fish often in the canyons off the coast of New Jersey, we run out at night in low visibility. last year right at sun rise about 60 miles off I saw the exact same thing. Multiple lights same as the photo. Too high above the water to be a boat, no pattern or movement, could not pick up on radar but was hard to judge distance. After watching for over a half hour, took my attention away for a half hour or so and they were gone. Didn’t think much of it but wish I took a video
A massive fleet of flying saucers from Mars, waiting to extract our brainpower to fuel their devious machines!!!! /s. Good post op!
Methane whale farts.
Flares.
That's just every planet and their moons in our solar system shining unusually bright on this particular day due to solar flare activity
Parallax
ET school field trip
My first guess would be balloons. Doubtful it would be drones. But given the time of day and position, whatever they might be are obviously reflecting the setting sun and that's why they are picking up so brightly on camera and flaring like that. So I'm betting they're white, or even silver. You know, like mylar.
Going to sound extremely stupid, but bear with me. Strong confidence this is light from the sunset reflecting off migrating geese.
😂😂 Now that's some funny shit!
I’m being serious look up snow geese reflecting light. It’s crazy.
I have seen it myself. Shocking. If you watch long enough, the birds will appear out of the light.
Agree
User deleted comment
4mo
Here in the USA we call them Chinese Lanterns.
Chinese lanterns or whatever. Nother is ever anything.
Military
BTW...OP, thanks for this post. Beautiful shot👍
Just geese....can see the formation they are in. They have incredibly reflective underneath when the sun hits them just right. Not unusual to see at all.
It's likely a refraction of lights from an urban area. Also. If not, where is the video of them leaving or disappearing or whatever happened to then
Birds, Flares, Balloons, Airplanes, meteor, ball lightning? Did i miss any cliched answers?
Those were lanterns according to a passenger from the same ferry. So to answer your question, yes.
Reminder: Read the rules and understand the subreddit topic(s) listed in the sidebar before posting or commenting. Any content removal or further moderator action is established by these rules as well as Reddit ToS.
This subreddit is primarily for the discussion of extraterrestrial life, but since this topic is intertwined with UFOs/UAPs as well as other topics, some 'fudging' is permissible to allow for a variety of viewpoints, discussions, and debates. Open-minded skepticism is always welcome in this sub, but antagonistic or belligerent denial is not. Always remember that you're interacting with a real person when you respond to posts/comments and focus on discussing or debating the ideas. Personal attacks are a violation of Rule 1 and will lead to removals and potentially bans depending on severity.
For further discussion and interaction in a more permissible environment, we welcome you to our Discord: https://discord.gg/x7xyTDZAsW
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.