29/09/2008

UFO Sighting In Dublin Stuns Conference

A UFO conference was left stunned after watching what is claimed to be the best video evidence of a UFO in the world - and shot in the skies above Dublin.

The strength of the video, taken on a camera phone, was further backed-up by three weighty eye-witness accounts from a politician, a pilot and a police officer who all gave confirmatory accounts at the conference.

The footage, which has yet to be seen outside the conference walls is said to depict a triangular shaped image, with lights at each point, appearing to send a red laser-type light towards earth.

Carl Nally, Co-founder of the organisation, UFO and Paranormal Research Ireland described the video as the "best footage on the planet" and said it would be shown all over the world.

However, there is some speculation the sightings could be related to an increasingly popular practise of releasing paper lanterns with a burning fuel cell lit inside them, which can float high into the atmosphere and form patterns in the sky, which could be easily identified as the perimeter lights of a distant spaceship.

The 'laser' light, although more difficult to explain is expected to be related to be related to ignited fuel spilling from the fuel cells of the celebratory lanterns.

Another theory is related to the passing of the International Space Station during the period, which was low in the atmosphere and passing at high speed during the period of the sightings, and was said to be up to 100 times brighter than the brightest star.

Although no theories can yet be confirmed or rejected until the video is scrutinized, the owners of the footage reluctance to post it on publicly accessible forums has led many to already reject the conferences findings.

(DW)

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