Reports poured in from every corner of Ireland about a large object flying through the sky that lit up but made no noise and moved very quickly with a weather expert providing an explanation.
22:48 ET, 29 Oct 2025Updated 05:57 ET, 30 Oct 2025
A bright light filled the sky in Ireland with messages coming in from all corners of the country, says a weather expert(Image: Carlow Weather)
A puzzling, radiant light in the sky has left folks all over Ireland scratching their heads tonight, sparking UFO theories nationwide.
The peculiar sighting kicked off after 6pm local time, with onlookers describing it as “like a big object with light in front but no noise and moving very quickly.”
Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather said he was swamped with messages as people from every corner of the country said they spotted the aerial phenomenon, reports the Irish Mirror.
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He informed his followers: “So I don’t know what that light in the sky was that I’ve shared. My notifications have never lit up like they have just now.
He added: “There’s reports from the south, right through the midlands, up to the west, east. It was spotted all over Ireland.
Onlookers were baffled by the brigiht light and at first it was considered an unidentified flying object(Image: X)
“People captured videos and pictures of it – a bright light, no sound, moving at or below cloud level. A few people have asked is it the Starlink launch. No it doesn’t fit that.”
Alan confessed that initially, he was clueless about what the object could be, adding: “Nothing showed on FlightRadar for people that were tracking it either.”
An unidentified flying object was spotted in Ireland
He added: “So at the moment it is a UFO which just means that it’s unidentified. If it is the aliens, I say hello! Hope you like weather.”
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However, the mystery has since been unraveled. According to the most recent information, the odd light was almost certainly caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket dumping fuel in orbit following its launch in Florida earlier that day.
But then a weather expert was able to identify it
Weather specialist Alan explained: “The light in the sky tonight most likely to be the Falcon 9 dumping fuel in orbit based on latest information. Not aliens this time.”
Despite the clarification, social media continues to buzz with users posting footage and speculation about what they witnessed.
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