Strange lights over Doha around 7:00-7:30pm

MLK
By MLK

Did anyone witness the same white fireball coming from the sky and suddenly disappearing in the sky?
It was really strange, fast and powerful. The light was white and glowing. We saw it while waiting for the green light signal on the road coming from the exhibition RD heading to Gharaffa... I know we were several cars waiting for the green light, so I'm sure other people in other cars saw it. We were three witnesses in my car.
So what could that be? a meteor? a weaponry testing? or maybe... a UFO invasion (:-))?
Weird it was not a shooting star as it was thick and the light was glowing strongly...
Please help!!!
THX

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 13:03
anonymous

Ya pennie shame I missed it :(

By Stone Cold• 20 Sep 2010 13:02
Stone Cold

Big brother sam is always testing something... now a bomb that explodes and makes everybody undress

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 12:07
anonymous

i will not say that u r bluffing..

but, if u show some proof 2 support ur statement, other will not make fun of u and ur topic....

By britexpat• 20 Sep 2010 11:45
britexpat

The poor aliens... :O(

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 11:24
MLK

perfect description, exactly what we saw...

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 11:23
MLK

why more credibility, we are several witnesses...i do not care if people believe or not, i know what i saw and my wife, my daughter were with me in the car as well as several other cars at the signal, plus other witnesses here such as Pennie, Baked_scallops (really strange nickname :-))...

By pennie• 20 Sep 2010 11:22
pennie

Hi,WK...hows you? Shame you missed it, it was a quite amazing sight.It just fell from the sky,getting brighter as it fell,with what certainly appeared to be flames surrounding it,brilliant white ...then it just burnt out and disappeared.!

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 11:17
anonymous

Well now you have bit more credibility with pennie supporting your theory.. Meteor hunt can be fun :o)

By Colt45• 20 Sep 2010 11:13
Colt45

I hope it's wasn't some rave party that I was not invited to :-P

By pennie• 20 Sep 2010 11:12
pennie

Meteor hunt....sounds like fun!!!

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 11:12
MLK

unfortunately not...now i decided to keep my Nikon with me in case if...

By Colt45• 20 Sep 2010 11:08
Colt45

did you not get in on your fone cam?

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 11:07
MLK

...at least we know the direction was around West/North West, then we can organize a meteor hunt?

Who wants to join? could be fun...

By xxc• 20 Sep 2010 10:11
xxc

i guess u reached a level where ur spirit became so pure ... u can see things other cannot :) lets party :P

By d-redd• 20 Sep 2010 10:07
d-redd

maybe a land cruiser wid flashin headlights fell from the building

By pennie• 20 Sep 2010 09:59
pennie

MLK...it would have been great to know where it finally landed as it must have left some sign! Of course,it may have been 100's miles away so I guess we'll never know! Probably in the desert.Looking at the size of it,I'm sure there would have been something left of it to make contact with Earth. Fascinating stuff!!!

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 09:46
MLK

now we are 5 witnesses...what shocked me at that time we the speed and white light glowing of it, so i was pretty sure about a meteor.

It might be interesting to see if pilots for ex got specific instructions about it...as there are many websites (i posted some on this topics) alerting about potential near earth objects...and this one might have been a big one indeed !

By pennie• 20 Sep 2010 09:42
pennie

MLK...I saw the same thing as I was driving home.I told my husband about it when I got in,and described it to him.He is a pilot and said it was almost certainly a meteorite or piece of debris falling from outer space and burning up on entering the earths atmosphere.Not uncommon but not that clearly visible usually,so it was probably a fairly large object.I think we were lucky to have witnessed it,as it was quite spectacular!

By Colt45• 20 Sep 2010 08:43
Colt45

It was the moon playing hide and go seek ;-)

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 08:39
MLK

...i think more about a meteor...

see this link also:

http://transientsky.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/meteor-activity-outlook-for-september-18-24-2010/

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 08:33
MLK

it was quite similar to this...

http://wcco.com/video/[email protected]

but bigger and faster...

By bobbydarling• 20 Sep 2010 08:33
bobbydarling

I saw the bright light in the night sky a week before EID while going to Gharaffa.At first I thought it was a helicopter but it was too slow and much brighter to be any airplane .Later I went through some sites that explain bright lights in the sky and came to the conclusion that either it was a weather ballon or some drone satellite or maybe just a phenomenon which can be scientifically explained by a physicist only.UFO's are out of question because the airforce or airport radar can detect any alien occupation of the airspace above Qatar and these sort of sightings are reported worldwide everyday.If you believe me,while driving along a rural highway in India back in 1986 I saw a very strange formation in the twilight at dusk.I pulled over to see and was amazed that the strange formation was in fact 100'000s of birds flying together in tremendous synchronization which gave it an appearance of a flying saucer.

By mjamille28• 20 Sep 2010 08:28
mjamille28

WK, it's too hot to go outside.. :P

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 08:28
MLK

Well i guess when a canon is shot, first it goes up as you said, but then you will see trails or something. This light was coming strait from the sky...and was far to big to be a cannon fire...

Also tell me where this cannon fire was shot, which area?

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 07:49
anonymous

MJ go outside and look in the sky, there is a huge white light burning in the sky :(

By mjamille28• 20 Sep 2010 07:46
mjamille28

I missed it...

By britexpat• 20 Sep 2010 07:44
britexpat

OK.. I can't hold back any longer.

They were actually Triskelions from the outer reacxhes of our galaxy on their way to their new outpost at Gida Prime. They were the same people that dropped me off here in Qatar a few years ago :O(

They have left now after being unable to find suitable accomodation and a decent mechanic for their spaceship...

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 07:39
anonymous

I'm expert in UFO Studies...

It's a Unidentified Flying Object.

By donald_duc168• 20 Sep 2010 07:36
donald_duc168

ever tell you what it was, all will speculate and pretend to know what was that.....

why do you ask for help does it have something to do with you?

By s_isale• 20 Sep 2010 06:31
s_isale

comet...

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 06:00
anonymous

...........

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 06:00
anonymous

...........

By mohammad asmar• 20 Sep 2010 03:46
mohammad asmar

..

By mohammad asmar• 20 Sep 2010 03:46
mohammad asmar

shes only witch with her friends .. Enjoy in the surfing with tea with milk .. don't u worry

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:56
MLK

good night to all of you

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:53
MLK

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd8ief_news

disgusting...

By shapil• 20 Sep 2010 00:52
shapil

yes MLK it seems so.. as my eyes are geting blurry and my mind is seeing all sort of lights...but thanks for posting this as it was good fun...g nite now and i hope you soon find other souls who have seen the 'light'.

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:50
MLK

so we are at least 4 witnesses...

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:48
MLK

...i guess your therapy has started..

By shapil• 20 Sep 2010 00:46
shapil

Thanks for the chapi chapo Ben...they are wonderful...is that a part of the therapy at your hospital for the enlightened souls like MLK and others who have seen the 'light' ;)...i am still waiting for mine.

By Ben Makhmoud de la Vega• 20 Sep 2010 00:42
Ben Makhmoud de la Vega

Only for shapill, I said!

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:42
MLK

..not hearing it, come on.

I insist Ben please any room available to handle this case?

By Ben Makhmoud de la Vega• 20 Sep 2010 00:41
Ben Makhmoud de la Vega

I was dead laughing from your joke!!!

You won Shapil, here is the link for your present

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:39
MLK

or did u have friends with you who saw the same?

By shapil• 20 Sep 2010 00:38
shapil

light travels faster and farther than sound as it has much higher frequency...so even if there was an explosion there, humans wouldnt have heard but... a dog might have ... were there any startled dogs around when you saw that light?

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:37
MLK

...will turn it off...just want to see descriptions from other people to try to figure out what this could be..

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 00:35
anonymous

Then what will you do after you have more witnesses to a white light?

By Ben Makhmoud de la Vega• 20 Sep 2010 00:35
Ben Makhmoud de la Vega

Can I be one? Oh please!

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:33
MLK

thanks we need more witnesses...

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:31
MLK

as it was in direction of the west/north west

By Ben Makhmoud de la Vega• 20 Sep 2010 00:31
Ben Makhmoud de la Vega

It was my BBQ, i got it all wrong and...i put petrol kebabs instead of meat kebabs...sorry

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:30
MLK

...and it was coming from the sky with no explosion..just passing

By adey• 20 Sep 2010 00:29
adey

.

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:28
MLK

if u read carefully i mentioned yesterday, meaning on Saturday...so yess we saw the same then...

By Dracula• 20 Sep 2010 00:24
Dracula

I didnt do it!

And I'll not do it again! :(

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 00:23
anonymous

Very strong white?

Oh then they were not aliens..

By shapil• 20 Sep 2010 00:21
shapil

they tried to copy Arabs but instead of water put oil from QP in the sheesha and that explains the lights ;)

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:20
MLK

white, very strong

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:19
MLK

forgot to turn off the fog lights, i think it was a Toyota UFO Air Cruiser

By anonymous• 20 Sep 2010 00:18
anonymous

what colour was the light?

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:18
MLK

they wanted to have sheesha and they smoked so much they crashed their flying saucer...

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:16
MLK

...and u come from it, so u r an ET, bla bla bla...how do u know that? Grendizer UFO is finally reaching the earth to fight Godzilla maybe...

By shapil• 20 Sep 2010 00:14
shapil

those aliens still deal in barter so in return for oil they give light and mortal humans see it and go crazy...but it also means good business for Ben :)

By edifis• 20 Sep 2010 00:12
edifis

It was a flying saucer.

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:09
MLK

how come i did not think about it? especially when crossing the galaxy, it must cost the US debt , trillions, to fill the tank, so good deal for QP...:-)

By flanostu• 20 Sep 2010 00:06
flanostu

aliens refuel here all the the time given the low cost, Unleaded Fuel Only.

By shapil• 20 Sep 2010 00:06
shapil

offcourse...he is also waiting for the light to fill his rooms :)

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:03
MLK

..he might still have rooms available...:-)

By shapil• 20 Sep 2010 00:01
shapil

cannons usually fly mate..

By MLK• 20 Sep 2010 00:00
MLK

all the tools are available online to monitor what is happening out there, especially with the solar activity

By MLK• 19 Sep 2010 23:59
MLK

..but canon fire from the sky????? must be a flying cannon then...

By Xena• 19 Sep 2010 23:54
Xena

its a very interesting site:-)

By shapil• 19 Sep 2010 23:54
shapil

Ben you are saying this because you did not see the light mannn...;)

By Xena• 19 Sep 2010 23:53
Xena

who knows.... when I need a holiday where no one can find me, I might just take you up on that offer:-)

By MLK• 19 Sep 2010 23:53
MLK

...i can't stop laughing at your comments, nice but i d like also to see more info about it...

By Ben Makhmoud de la Vega• 19 Sep 2010 23:52
Ben Makhmoud de la Vega

I have two rooms left in my specialized hospital.

For you its free...

By Xena• 19 Sep 2010 23:42
Xena

of Abayas and Thobes having an unboxed area;-P

By shapil• 19 Sep 2010 23:40
shapil

Xena :)...the dress code doesnt apply to aliens as there is no abaya customized for them yet...the reason being that their eyes seem to be on their balls.

By Xena• 19 Sep 2010 23:37
Xena

when they saw that they couldn't have a drink just anywhere and they had to dress modestly, they probably figured this wasn't the party zone they were hoping for;-P

By shapil• 19 Sep 2010 23:36
shapil

lol xena...i think the QL search should be made more UFO friendly as they wouldnt have understood a word ;O

By chadqa• 19 Sep 2010 23:34
chadqa

A comet maybe?

By MLK• 19 Sep 2010 23:34
MLK

or maybe the answer is here :

http://spaceweather.com/

By rEzyz• 19 Sep 2010 23:33
rEzyz

it was a solar balloon... :D

By Xena• 19 Sep 2010 23:33
Xena

but when they realised where they would land, and quickly did a QL search... they decided to abort the mission;-P

Sorry, I couldn't resist:-)

By MLK• 19 Sep 2010 23:30
MLK

.. i'd love to have some feedback from other witnesses from different areas of Doha as it was far in the sky...I was thinking about some space junk debris or an asteroid coming close the earth atmosphere, but it would be shocking that no inventory was made before..

Regarding the size, the color and the strength of the light, i would think most probably about the asteroid...but still not sure

By britexpat• 19 Sep 2010 23:26
britexpat

Could it be a gas flare ???

By shapil• 19 Sep 2010 23:22
shapil

ok rezy...i am serious...so what was it? somebody milking the milky way?..what do u think MLK?

By MLK• 19 Sep 2010 23:18
Rating: 2/5
MLK

yeah i guess people will think this guy is crazy, but unfirtunately for them we are three witnesses in the same car...and other cars have probably seen it as well as it was in front of us far in the sky, maybe above gharaffa or khartyiat area or even far from there...it was quick

By anonymous• 19 Sep 2010 23:18
anonymous

Hmm the ghost of Tuten Khamen was paying a visit :(

By rEzyz• 19 Sep 2010 23:17
rEzyz

be serious shapil, we are to discuss about strange incident in here... ;b

By shapil• 19 Sep 2010 23:14
Rating: 3/5
shapil

it was the fifa trying to throw a football at qatar...however the friction burnt it.

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