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COUPLE SPOT GLOWING ORBS IN EASTERN ENGLAND |
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filed June 27.07
Glowing orange lights filmed above the Southampton night sky were Chinese lanterns not flying saucers, it has emerged.
A family spotted the UFO activity and recorded the glowing lights moving slowly over the Thornhill estate.
The video on the Daily Echo website attracted huge interest from readers and was featured in yesterday's Echo, pictured right.
But Michael Gibbons, 65, today revealed the strange lights were flying lanterns released at his party, held to mark the renovation of his house.
"Somebody got them off the Internet, brought them to the party and let them go. There were about ten of them," he said. "You can see them for miles.
"I was quite amazed when I read the story in the Echo.
"I'd never seen them before but there are really effective to look at.
"They must have been three miles away and you could still see them.
"If I didn't know what they were I would have thought the same."
The lanterns were released in Chaucer Road on Saturday, half a mile away from where they were filmed in Holcroft Road.
Flying lanterns are a traditional Chinese communication tool dating back thousands of years.
They were invented in the third century for use a military signals.
Today they are a popular feature at festivals, particularly the full moon festival in Taiwan.
Many now see them as an alternative to fireworks.
A spokesman for the lantern company wishesinthesky.com said: "We've heard of many UFO sightings which have turned out to been flying lanterns. The UFO Society has followed this with interest."
He said the flying lanterns were becoming very popular at weddings, funerals and parties.
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Hampshire.net / England - June 27.07
It could be proof there really are little green men out there - or it could just be a close encounter with something far less alien.
A couple spotted five round orange objects moving silently across the skies over the city on Saturday night in one of the first UFO sightings this year.
Liam King, who was visiting Norwich from Colchester with his girlfriend, spotted the glowing orbs as he was walking along St Giles' Street, Upper St Giles' Street and Earlham Road at 10.35pm.
Mr King and his girlfriend were walking back to their hotel on Earlham Road when they saw the mystery objects.
He said: “When we first saw the lights we were walking west up St Giles Street where it was reasonably quiet - and quiet enough to hear that the objects were not emitting any sound.
“Just as we lost the first two behind the roofs of the buildings on Upper St Giles Street we saw a third travelling in the same direction, then a fourth and a fifth.
“We were able to view the fifth light more clearly and were able to see that the light was flying between us and the nearest cloud.”
Another man, who also saw the UFOs but did not want to be named, said: “It was amazing - there were six fireballs in the sky, one was much brighter than the others. I took pictures on my camera but they've come out as white fuzzy blobs. When you zoom in it looks like a spiral in spirals. I watched and they all started disappearing, then, this sounds crazy, but one shot into the other one at a speed far faster than any plane could go. And then they shot into space. I feel silly saying it - but what I saw was not normal.”
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orfolk UFO Society confirmed Mr King's description is a very common sighting of an unidentified object.
John Sayer, 54, from the organisation said: “Orange is quite a common description and so are balls of light.
“It seems the Norwich area is a hot spot for UFO activity - a lot aren't reported, but the city has one of the highest number of sightings.”
Mr Sayer of Stratton Strawless had around six reports of sightings in the city during the autumn months last year.
Spotters of unidentified flying objects over Hellesdon saw a black triangular craft above Low Road on August 23.
Last week, a pilot and passengers crossing the Channel Islands spotted two large yellow cigar-like objects in the sky.
The objects were thought to be a mile long and the sightings have sparked interest in the eternal question of whether UFOs exist.
Those who believe they have seen an unidentified flying object can report it to the Norfolk UFO Society, but the Ministry of Defence also keeps recordings from across the country.
The MOD reports at the end of 2006 state Norfolk had a similar sighting in East Dereham on May 20 last year where “Orange lights were seen. They appeared to be in formation and travelling slowly.”
(Original headline: UFO sighting over Norwich )
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Norwich Evening News Norfolk / England | Lucy Bolton - June 26.07
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