An Unusual Sight Over The Northwest Florida Coastline
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Updated: 8:57 AM Mar 14, 2010
An Unusual Sight Over The Northwest Florida Coastline
Some strange lights over the Gulf of Mexico Friday night had lots of people calling NewsChannel Seven and asking questions.
Posted: 10:59 AM Mar 13, 2010
Reporter: Joe Moore
Email Address: Joe.Moore@wjhg.com
Lights In The Night Sky At Santa Rosa Beach
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Some strange lights over the Gulf of Mexico Friday night had lots of people calling NewsChannel Seven and asking questions.

Were they UFO's, Airplanes, Helicopters, Parachute Flares, something part of a military secret, maybe something coming from a Navy Ship?

Whatever the lights were, they caused residents and visitors along the south Walton County coastline to wonder.

NewsChannel 7's Chief Meteorologist Chris Smith wondered about it too as you can see in the video attached to this story.

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Posted by: steve Location: fountain florida on Mar 27, 2010 at 08:30 PM

on 3/12/10 - 8:30 pm, we're just south of I-10, saw 3, then, 5, then 7 bright fire orange lights in our western sky, first lined up in a straight line, then, scattering randomly @ high speeds, forming "V" patterns. Not jet afterburners; lights always facing us and not blue & white color. Entertained us @ low altitude for 2-3 minutes, then just disappeared.
Posted by: Dave Location: Jupiter, FL on Mar 22, 2010 at 03:16 PM

People making good jokes is good for humor, but I've seen a HUGE traiangular shaped craft just pre-dawn coming off of the Gulf (used to live in St. Pete Beach) and it was no military aircraft, unless they've mastered anti-gravity and have also eliminated combustion engines...
Posted by: Will Location: DeFuniak Springs area on Mar 18, 2010 at 07:33 PM

Me and my brother saw six to seven lights in a line, though not all the way straight as mentioned by Ken from Dalevile below, moving slow at low altitude north of interstate 10 on 331 south in DeFuniak Springs at about midnight Tuesday night. We were traveling south on 331 and I first noticed the lights when we were passing Burger King. We got closer to them as we continued south and you could see a mass connected to the lights but we couldn't make out what it was completely because the only light there was outside was the lights from the interstate. There were a couple of cars pulled over along the interstate entrance ramp observing the object. It was very complex in design and looked like nothing I've ever seen. It continued moving south at low altitude at a slow speed until we couldn't see it anymore because we stopped at the gas station and it disappeared behind the trees. I see that me and my brother weren't the only ones who observed this. Very interesting indeed.
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