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At about 8:45pm tonight I was outside and looked up at the night sky to see what seemed to be a parachute flare let off by someone near by. Watching and waiting for it to fall it just looked to be floating for a while. It had a bight orange glow and I would estimate it was less than 2kms from my place in the northern suburbs. It was moving away toward the north with an inclination of about 10 degrees.
I called the wife to come and have a look at it. Then it appeared to accelerate away into the distance. We looked on Google for 'Orange lights in the sky' and f@#$ me - the it was in a few other countries around the world.
Now, I couldn't have been the only one who saw this. The other thing I noticed is that the was no sound. I thought maybe a chopper or light aircraft - but no sound being that close. Did anyone else see it?
Freaky!!
I remember a similar question posted here a while back about similar light in the norther suburbs.
Just for the record, no drugs or alcohol were consumed prior to or during this viewing.
Was there an answer to the previous sighting?
Venus setting is responsible for more flare sightings than actual flares. Has anyone got today's paper handy? Check the Night Sky for what time Venus set.
Venus is white Pit bull and getting high in the sky so unless it was white it wasn't Venus I saw something similar some months ago in Cairns
try it again tonight with drugs and alcohol. if symptons persist,consult the doctor.
Just out of interest - not doubting you - what elevation (10deg at 2km is not very high) and distance..... and more importantly how did you ascertain distance? Eg: at night a car far away looks like a motorbike close, as 2 headlights become one at distance. Trying to figure out your frame of reference to state it was 2km away...
When I first saw it, it was nearly directly above. I'm guessing about the distance but it sure looked closer than 2kms. As it moved away the distance from the ground was slightly increasing.
I'm surprised that no one else saw it last night. I am in the vicinity of Kingsway Sporting Complex.
That was a tribute to Lou.....put on by the Gods for the benefit of those without internet 
If it was closer, like 100m away, a gust at 30kn would make it LOOK the same as an object at 2km doing 600kph.
It is amazing what feat people attribute to a simple light under a hot air balloon, (as SN descibes)
