Are these UFOs in the Midlands? Unusual aerial activity captured in the night sky

Images of aerial activity in the night sky in the Midlands around Ballymahon in Longford have posed the question “Is something out there?”

On Monday, The Longford Leader was contacted by a reader regarding what they describe as “an observation of an unidentified flying object”.

The caller said that last Friday (February 17) they saw and recorded the incident in Ballymahon, Longford at 8pm.

They described the movement of the lights in the sky as “very clear” and moving “very quickly”. The person maintained that although the image is blurry the triangular formation of lights was very clear.

Reluctant to be identified for fear of being labelled a “UFO nut-job” the caller insisted they would be sceptical about such claims had they not seen them with their own eyes.

The caller said, “The photographs do not do this justice. It was very clear that night. The three lights were on the angles of the craft, the body was black. The lights were the colour of an orange flame. The speed that they moved at confirmed it was not an ordinary aircraft.”

The observer, who was accompanied by his partner at the time, took to the internet for an explanation: “When we Googled 'UFO Ireland' this was exactly the image we saw. Everything about it was the same, particularly the flame coloured light sources. I just think it is very unusual.”

He insisted that it was not a hysterical reaction: “We live in the countryside. We have seen military drones, shooting stars, meteorites, satellites passing, all manner of night sky activity. I have an interest in astronomy, but this was nothing like this.”

The Irish Aviation Authority were unable to explain the aircraft saying: "We have had a look at the RADAR from the time indicated for Friday 17th February and there was no known or reported traffic in this area at that time."