Post by uforn on May 28, 2010 16:17:37 GMT 1
Can Chinese Lanterns Fly Against The Wind?
Every now and again people spot unexplainable lights in the sky which lead to lively debates about whether they have spotted proof of paranormal activity or stray Chinese lanterns.
But Heather Crook, 54, of Ribble Close, Middleforth, Penwortham, believes she has stumbled upon two such occurrences in as many days.
Heather, a mum-of-five, was watching television with her partner at her home in Broad Oak Lane, Penwortham, at around 10.45pm on Saturday, when she spotted lights in the sky.
She said: “We were just watching television when lights appeared in the sky.
“At first we thought they were hot air balloons but then we were not sure, they were travelling in a row.They travelled then went back and we could not hear any motor.
“When I saw these strange lights in the sky I went outside.
“It looked like there was some form of light and they were shining an orange colour.
“They were moving but not drifting, they looked like they were moving with some purpose and we just watched them go off into the distance.”
Heather, who works as an accounts clerk and volunteers as a researcher at the Harris Museum, is a keen photographer and had a camera with her the next evening when she spotted the same lights the following night.
She said: “It was a little bit later, about quarter to 12. They seemed to be lower and we watched them through the trees on the second night. They seemed to make a triangulation, they formed a triangle and at once the lights went off and disappeared.”
Pat Regan, of North West UFO Research, said the sightings were potentially significant and he would be looking into it further.
He said: “The witness mentions lanterns and that may be the basics of the sighting, although this hypothesis remains to be confirmed.
“I have contacted the coastguard to see if we can ascertain wind direction when the strange lights were spotted.
“The North West UFO Research has recorded some public UFO sightings along the Lancashire/Cumbrian coast and they involved inexplicable orange lights that moved against the wind.
“Lanterns are flimsy items and cannot achieve such physical feats.”
Source:
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