Three UFO sightings reported in higher Belfast in 2024

From a silent flying object heading in the direction of Belfast docks to suspicious sightings within the capital’s suburbs, there have been three official experiences of UFO sightings in Northern Eire in 2024.

Whereas the US media has centered on experiences of unidentified and complicated planes in New Jersey, it appears some imagine we’d have our personal mysterious guests.

In response to a Freedom of Data request from the PA information company, the Police Service of Northern Eire (PSNI) stated it had obtained three experiences concerning UFOs throughout 2024.

The primary of the yr was initially of February with a caller in Crumlin telling the PSNI that on January 29 that they had seen an object with eight to 10 lights alongside its perimeter.

The subsequent two arrived within the autumn, each once more from the higher Belfast space.

On October 18, a caller from the capital advised the PSNI that at round 11pm the earlier evening that they had seen a flying object rising into the sky from the again of their home.

They described: “There was a path of steam however it made no noise. It had inexperienced and pink flashing lights,” and stated it handed over their home and headed towards the dock.

The ultimate report for the yr got here in on October 27 from a caller within the Newtownabbey space.

They advised police that their spouse had noticed a UFO by means of their digital camera in Could and that it had visited them each evening since. They described it as a “shining mild with holes within the backside.”

The PSNI stated of every of the yr’s three experiences that that they had been “famous for data by police”, with out indicating that an investigation had been carried out into any of the reported sightings.

The variety of UFO sightings has various over the previous 5 years, starting from 4 in 2019 to 6 in 2020, eight in 2021, one in 2022, and no UFO sightings reported from January 1 to November 1, 2023.

Nonetheless, in 2023, two alien sightings and one “unusual lights” sighting have been reported.

The Division of Protection had beforehand recorded UFO sightings, however closed its UFO workplace in 2009 after concluding that in additional than 50 years no report obtained had ever revealed any proof of a menace potential.

Nick Pope, who beforehand investigated UFO experiences for the MoD, stated the figures seem “extremely low” and stated the MoD obtained “a number of hundred sightings yearly” earlier than 2009.

He stated he thinks many will not come ahead with their observations as a result of they worry they will not be believed.

“Not one of the sightings appear significantly spectacular, and the one mentioning pink and inexperienced flashing lights and a vapor path is clearly an plane,” he stated.

“The annotation on the FOI response saying ‘famous for data by police’ is a well mannered manner of claiming the cops took no additional motion, and that is fully comprehensible, as a result of it actually is not their work.

“This in all probability explains the low numbers, as a result of anybody who sees a UFO realizes that it is probably not a police matter.

“Though the Division of Protection has deserted its UFO challenge, many witnesses will view UFOs as a protection and nationwide safety subject and should still report their sightings to the Division of Protection.

“Alternatively, as a result of there’s a notion that authorities are protecting up the reality about UFOs, many witnesses might not hassle to report what they see in any respect.

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“Lastly, worry of not being believed or being ridiculed could also be one other issue explaining the low numbers.

“For all these causes, the variety of precise sightings is undoubtedly a lot larger than the variety of reported sightings.

“Latest drone incursions within the UK and US have introduced the difficulty of unexplained objects within the sky again into the highlight, so will probably be fascinating to see if this results in a rise in experiences.”