Strange lights over the Pines

[pinelandpaddler]

Fellow Pineys,

Last night, 3/1/06, I observed several lights, one appearing after the other in a matter of a couple of seconds. They formed a remarkably straight line, something that I'd never seen before. I first saw them while driving on the parkway near Galloway, and saw them again about 45 minutes later in Mullica. A friend of mine also saw them in EHC. Has anyone any idea as to what they were? I doubt they were for the purpose of navigation for a plane, as the night was clear as ever.

 

[woodjin]

I have seen strange lights, but not like you described. This past weekend a bunch of us saw military planes during the day flying in a straight line (though of probably varying height). Could they have been military?

 

[Badfish740]

Could it be the Southern (New Jersey) Lights? lol It's funny, until I watched "March of the Penguins" a while ago I never realized that the Aurora Borealis occured at extreme southern latitudes also. Not to hijack the thread but great movie for all ages...

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Reviving this old thread. The UFO/UAP phenomenon has been a subject that I've taken a lot of interest in for the past several years. I stumbled across this report while looking for other accounts of what I saw on 3/1/06. Surely enough, someone reported seeing the same thing:

NUFORC UFO Sighting 49458

nuforc.org

When I saw the lights, I concluded they were probably some sort of military flares. I'm still leaning in the direction. But what kind of flares would meet that description?

 

[Gibby]

Have you considered what you saw may have been Chinese sky lanterns? These have fooled many a folk around here with their bright lights and graceful slow flight on the wind currents.

 

[pinelandpaddler]

I can definitely rule them out. These lights appeared in succession to form a straight line, after which they would disappear only to reappear seconds later.

Edited to add a detail: The lights were stationary.