Bright Red Beacons

[dixi188]

Last night flying from Rome to Brussels at FL320 we saw an aircraft opposite direction above us with very bright red top and bottom beacons. They were flashing at about 1 or 2 second intervals. Much brighter than strobes but not dazzeling.
Is this perhaps the latest beacons from Airbus / Boeing or would it be Military?

Just wondering
Cheers, Dixi.

[TopBunk]

Sound like standard anti-collision lights to me, nothing new-fangled

[BOAC]

Dixi - some of the 'newer' anti-colls are mini-strobes unlike the 'old fashioned' rotating beacons.

[ab33t]

Maybe a UFO

[karl414ac]

could of been an LED anti-collision light i know that the eclipse 500 and the cessna citation mustang and other modern biz jets and airliners have them

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[dixi188]

Thanks for the comments chaps.
I've been flying the skies for 30 odd years and never seen anything quite like this.
Might be LED's I suppose. The other A/C was a few miles away laterally and as an anti col-light it certainly shows up well.
I expect we will see a lot more of them.

"ab33t".
As for being a UFO, well it was flying and I couldn't identify it so I think your'e right.