Editing Flying Triangles - Characteristics (section)

==[[Flying Triangles]] - Characteristics, the Triangles==
Shape: Sometimes a regular triangle but some reports mention rounded corners. Sound: In general there is no sound associated with the reports, every once in a while a loud rumbling noise is heard. The [[Flying Triangles|Flying Triangle]] is normally silent unless one is directly underneath it and it is flying slow and low.

Lights: These can be divided into three groups: white flashes, coloured flashes and orange glow. One of the most outstanding "trademarks" of [[Flying Triangles|Flying Triangle]] reports are brilliant, almost blinding white flashes. These usually, but not always occur when the craft rapidly accelerates or decelerates. These often occur in pairs as it appears the craft often hovers or flies very slowly for 5 minutes or so before taking off in a flash at tremendous speed only to "stop on a sixpence" 5 seconds later. Several witnesses saw two closely timed flashes, some distance apart. Besides these flashes, several witnesses saw flashing red and blue lights. Note that normal aircraft operating at night have continuously flashing anti-collision and navigation lights, which are red, white and green. These are never extremely bright and do not go on only every 5 minutes or so. Whatever the [[Flying Triangles|Flying Triangle]] is, it does not conform to standard aeronautical practice! There are numerous variations between observed lights coming from FT's but blue and red are quite common, along with green, yellow and white. Lights in the tips are also a common feature as is a white light on the leading tip and an orange one in the centre. Finally the yellow/orange glow that direct observers of the craft saw, just prior in two cases, to its taking off in a flash. Again this is standard for the FT, it would appear that the orange/yellow glow could represent some form of "Charging-up" of the air around the craft to enable rapid acceleration.