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    Has anyone seen the lights...?

    Without wishing to sound like I am under the influence, I just wondered whether anyone else saw the strange lights that were in the sky in the south east this evening. A mass of orange coloured lights that were kind of hanging in the air for about 10 minutes. Before I get any comments - no I haven't been sniffing any dodgy substances but I am a little freaked out by it.

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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    Their called street lamps.

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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    It seems unlikely that it was Aurora Borealis.
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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    Quote Originally Posted by SeriouslyAddicted View Post
    Without wishing to sound like I am under the influence, I just wondered whether anyone else saw the strange lights that were in the sky in the south east this evening. A mass of orange coloured lights that were kind of hanging in the air for about 10 minutes. Before I get any comments - no I haven't been sniffing any dodgy substances but I am a little freaked out by it.
    I think there was a big firework display to end the Brighton Festival last night


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    There is a toffee crisp wrapper floating in the air above me

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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    Well we think we have it worked out - in the far east during celebrations, people launch things called 'fire lanterns'. They are like mini hot air balloons, which are lighted and then launched. A quick look on t'interweb shows that they are frequently mistake for UFOs when viewed at a distance.

    Some fire lanterns:




    This is very similar to the colours etc we saw:



    In the night sky:



    We had no idea what they were at the time though, and it really freaked us out I can only assume they were fire lanterns - they were eminating from the same source (I thought they were embers from a large bonfire at first) and floated slowly skywards for about 5-10 minutes before fading away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TurboTomato View Post
    Well we think we have it worked out - in the far east during celebrations, people launch things called 'fire lanterns'.
    You see? The truth is out there!

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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    Quote Originally Posted by TurboTomato View Post
    We had no idea what they were at the time though, and it really freaked us out I can only assume they were fire lanterns - they were eminating from the same source (I thought they were embers from a large bonfire at first) and floated slowly skywards for about 5-10 minutes before fading away.

    Do you feel ok TT - you didn't black out at all did you - your bottom feels ok

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trouble View Post
    Do you feel ok TT - you didn't black out at all did you - your bottom feels ok
    Now you come to say it...


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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    Quote Originally Posted by TurboTomato View Post
    I can only assume they were fire lanterns - they were eminating from the same source (I thought they were embers from a large bonfire at first) and floated slowly skywards for about 5-10 minutes before fading away.
    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    You see? The truth is out there!
    The fact that they were being launched at about 10pm on a Saturday night at this time of year also fits perfectly with celebrating a wedding possibly or having a party.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trouble View Post
    your bottom feels ok
    His bottom always feels OK... oh sorry did I misunderstand

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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    OK Just to prove that TT and I weren't going mad - the lights have been discussed on the radio this morning and here is an article in our local paper about them. Proves what we thought that they are fire lanterns from a wedding.
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Re: Has anyone seen the lights...?

    The story is online here, with a pic as well.

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