It was spotted across the country this evening
19:56, 29 Oct 2025
A bright light spotted in the sky in Ireland this evening(Image: CarlowWeather)
A “strange light” has been spotted in the sky across Ireland this evening.
Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather began receiving reports after 6pm this evening, saying some people were “describing it as a like a big object with light in front but no noise and moving very quickly”.
He told 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. There’s reports from the south, right through the midlands, up to the west, east. It was spotted all over Ireland.
“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.
“Nothing showed on FlightRadar for people that were tracking it either. 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.”
Well, it turns out it probably wasn’t aliens lighting up the sky but in fact rocket fuel from the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch in Florida earlier.
Alan O’Reilly updated his followers saying: “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.”
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