Unexplained lights over Bodmin Moor – Halloween night sighting

Location: Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Date: October 31st, 2023
Time: Approximately 11:30pm
Witnesses: Myself and two friends

We were out for a late walk across the moor (bit mad I know, but it was Halloween and we fancied an adventure). The weather was clear, decent visibility despite the darkness, light cloud cover. We were about two miles northeast of Dozmary Pool when my friend Sarah pointed out what looked like three red lights arranged in a perfect triangle formation, hovering maybe 300 feet above the treeline to the north.

The lights were silent - no sound whatsoever. They held the triangular formation for approximately 45 seconds, then the bottom light blinked out. The remaining two lights moved horizontally away from us at considerable speed and disappeared over the horizon in about 3 seconds. The whole incident lasted maybe 90 seconds total.

I know Bodmin has got a history of sightings (the Beast is famous) but this felt genuinely anomalous. Anyone else in Cornwall see anything that night? Or have experienced similar light formations?

The Bodmin Beast folklore is cryptid stuff, not UFO stuff, so different phenomenon entirely. But yeah, Bodmin Moor's got plenty of weird reports over the years. Three lights in triangular formation is actually a classic pattern - reminds me of the Phoenix Lights incident in Arizona 1997, though that was way more dramatic. Did the lights have any colour variation or was it consistent red?

Helicopters with landing lights sometimes do weird stuff like this. RAF Predator drones can look weird in the sky too. They're usually operating out of bases up-country but could've been in the area. Did you check any aviation tracking websites? FlightRadar24 lets you see historical flight paths.

The lights were silent - no sound whatsoever.

This is the key detail. Helicopters and drones are loud, especially at that altitude. Silent is either: (a) actually miles away and you're misjudging distance, (b) something unconventional, or (c) the acoustic characteristics were absorbed by the moorland terrain (possible but unlikely). Did you get any photos? Even blurry ones help with analysis.

Not the Beast then, but interesting timing with Halloween. A lot of paranormal activity gets reported around liminal dates - solstices, equinoxes, Samhain. Bodmin's got natural ley line activity potentially. Could the electromagnetic anomalies have attracted something? Or alternatively, someone setting off fireworks/drones as a prank knowing the moor's reputation?

Cheers for the detailed report, btw. This is exactly the kind of info we need - specific location, time, duration, description. Have you filed this with NUFORC or MUFON? They maintain databases and sometimes correlate reports across regions. Would be good to know if other people in Cornwall saw the same formation that night.