Ufo???

[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

Those are Star Shells (flares) fired by the enemy destroyers.

Damn, I thought those were UFO's... I mean...we've got the dang "Flying Dutchman" tooling around with it's very deadly light show. Oh Well.
Star Shells...and they have got that great BOOM sound when they go off.
Just a warning, the game takes the star shells seriously and ramps up the visibility for the DD's so they'll see your periscope real easy.
D40