Cheers for the replies folks.

I’m more or less resigned to not finding out what it was they saw.

30+ years haven’t helped the memories and they’re not aviation buffs to begin with 🙂

RE: The Aer Lingus Viscount coming down off Tuskar Rock; certain people always seem to veer towards the mysterious conspiratorial explanation. They get a perverse pleasure off it I think.

Bleh.

Anyway thanks again.