Did you just see a UFO in SoWal??!

[ItzKatzTime]

At first I was so excited, as I thought it was beautiful. So, I called outto my 9 year old " come out here, you got to see this!" ... from 4 to a dozen in seconds.... Falling lights, like huge meteorites. Then my daughter wigged out because I couldn't tell her what we were looking at...

so, I called my X's Dad who was military. He said perhaps they were flairs. Did anyone else see this? Do you know what it was?

I traumatized my child. Great Mom!

How cute about your daughter. She knew something was not right. I love kids!!!!

 

[devytay]

Flares? What?

Saw the same thing on our way home from a family dinner out. Hubby who is ex military said they were flares from a military operation. We went to the end of 393 to watch, they were parachuting out of airplanes, there must of been a couple dozen. What an amazing thing to witness. We came home and heard several test bombs. Very rare at this time of night. Amazing that we live in an area where we can witness the site & sound of freedom where our men & women are training every day to protect us.

I'm Not quite sure I agree with you as I watched these two triangle shaped "flares" move down 98 for several minutes heading East just after Rosemary Beach where it was brightest, illuminating the cloud coverage, and closest to me. After being in awe, of whatever new military contraption they might have and pondering the idea that this could be?.something more?, I came to my senses and grabbed my phone.

These "flares" paralleled 98 and were visible for me until just before the 395...where they appeared to go behind cloud coverage, however as I approached the area the sky was clear and stars were visible? I?ve lived here my entire life with a father who bounced from Eglin and Hurlburt until retiring and I?ve never seen ?flares? stay at the same level in the sky and travel horizontally or go behind clouds that seem to dissipate; True flares by the way can be seen on any given night going over the 331 bridge looking in the direction of Niceville.

I then got on the phone with my mother explaining the sighting and wondered if the sheriff?s officer (who had a car pulled over heading west on 98) had seen these crazy traveling triangle flares. The bright yellow lights appeared again around 283 on the north side of 98 heading toward the bay, which I kept sight of until I turned onto 331 heading home?and?.nothing?. gone?. Over the bridge?. Nothing?.Hmmm

Did anyone else on 98 notice the clouds?
I know I had a long day at work but by golly there were clouds?.
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[Caroling]

Whoah! The aliens brought Darg Vader back.

If you click on the little pic, you'll see an enlargement with two sets of three lights circled in red.

 

[Kurt]

weather balloons

 

[Here4Good]

Well, whatever they were, it sure sounded like we took 'em out!

I really don't remember any other night bombings in the last six years...I suppose I could have slept through them.

 

[Bluznbeach]

Balloons? Flares? Maybe...or not...

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[Miss Critter]

Spring Break Schedule week of 3/13:

Texas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mars

 

[DuneAHH]

I didn't see anything, but with the house shaking for the 2nd night in succession, I was told that Eglin is playing with their new F34 fighter jets...
Yes... it's an unconfirmed rumor and
No... I'm not calling the govt. to substantiate.

But I may try to stay up later tonight and run outside for a looky-loo. ;-)

 

[seacliffes]

flares

I watched them last night and they were definitly illumination flares designed to stay aloft for extended periods. If you watched, when the flares would extinguish, a plane would come in and drop a bomb. I saw two detonations (flash like lightning) and then would hear the explosion several seconds later.

Pretty cool except for the rattling of windows.

 

[Em]

I often see similar lights in groups of three, over the Bay near Portland, when crossing 331 bridge around 9pm. Typically, they are intense initially, and suddenly fade to dark very quickly. Last night, I was in Destin, and I saw two groups of 3 flares each right over the bay, near Destin Commons. They lit the sky around the flares fairly well, as they were in some clouds. These lasted for a longer time than my usual sightings, and as they very slowly fell, I could see the trail of smoke they left behind as they fell toward earth. I also felt a boom, which at first I thought was a typical bomb, but they don't usually do the bomb testing at night, so it was likely a sonic boom. My best guess is the same as someone else mentioned -- probably the Navy seals in training ops in the Bay.