AlchoPwn
Public Service is my Motto.
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I am hoping the collective brilliance of you fine Forteans can help me with an interesting sighting one of my neighbors told me about that I have frankly not heard the likes of before.
She saw the same thing on two occasions while on a P&O cruise in the Pacific in 2006. I don't want to dump the report straight into the "Ghost" basket until we can rule out all more mundane answers.
The first time she saw it she was on her own, and it was a little after mid-day, she had eaten early to avoid the lunch rush, and saw it towards the bow of the ship, up near the foremost funnel. She described it as a translucent light, of light-globe shape i.e. pear shaped but upside down, and a blue color, darker than the bright blue sky. Pacific cruise ships generally avoid having any reflective surfaces, as they discomfort passengers and crew alike, so a reflection is unlikely. It was also seen against the sky, and didn't have the funnel behind it. The Sun was almost directly above, and she had a sun hat and sun glasses on. When she went up to get a closer look she lost eye contact with it due to the stairs, and it was gone. The dimensions of the apparition were roughly 3mx2.3m.
The second time, she was at the bow of the ship, watching the wake of the water. The time was around 4:30pm and she was watching the darker side of the ship. This time the same blue glow appeared above the water some 50m from the ship riding about a meter above the water. She was able to point it out to another passenger who described the same thing she was seeing, but there were no other witnesses at the time, as no-one else was present. She didn't see it again.
So, does anyone have any suggestions as to what it might have been?
She saw the same thing on two occasions while on a P&O cruise in the Pacific in 2006. I don't want to dump the report straight into the "Ghost" basket until we can rule out all more mundane answers.
The first time she saw it she was on her own, and it was a little after mid-day, she had eaten early to avoid the lunch rush, and saw it towards the bow of the ship, up near the foremost funnel. She described it as a translucent light, of light-globe shape i.e. pear shaped but upside down, and a blue color, darker than the bright blue sky. Pacific cruise ships generally avoid having any reflective surfaces, as they discomfort passengers and crew alike, so a reflection is unlikely. It was also seen against the sky, and didn't have the funnel behind it. The Sun was almost directly above, and she had a sun hat and sun glasses on. When she went up to get a closer look she lost eye contact with it due to the stairs, and it was gone. The dimensions of the apparition were roughly 3mx2.3m.
The second time, she was at the bow of the ship, watching the wake of the water. The time was around 4:30pm and she was watching the darker side of the ship. This time the same blue glow appeared above the water some 50m from the ship riding about a meter above the water. She was able to point it out to another passenger who described the same thing she was seeing, but there were no other witnesses at the time, as no-one else was present. She didn't see it again.
So, does anyone have any suggestions as to what it might have been?