Chinese Lanterns????

[Timc]

Well seeing as this section is for "transport" I thought I'd post these images here!
At about 10.25pm last night I grabbed the camera as a cluster of "unidentified objects" past overhead from north to south, could be chinese lanterns but never known them to fly in formation?, first there was 1 followed by 4, then 5 in a "V" pattern, totally silent and travelling at speed. Bright orange with a halo around the base, yes I'm a sceptic, so make of these what you will!
Unfortunately I didn't grab the camera quick enough to catch them all.

 

[BRASH]

Weird. Dunno what they are:shrug:

 

[mmcp42]

?hot-air balloons? :shrug:

 

[sam_51]

alien's got o be

 

[carlyjoanne]

syncronised pigeons with torches out practising for the 2012 olympics?
;-)

 

[parish]

?hot-air balloons? :shrug:

My first thought too, but...

a) Do they fly them after dark?

b) Doesn't the whole balloon light up when the burner is on?

alien's got o be

The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one - but still - they come

syncronised pigeons with torches out practising for the 2012 olympics?
;-)

PMSL

 

[mmcp42]

no reason why they shouldn't fly after dark as long as pilot has a night rating

 

[Matt Sayle]

Spooky.

 

[dseered]

Yup, I would say almost without doubt they are Chinese Lanterns, been a spate of them round the Lake District area, even made the local paper a few weeks ago, UFO's reported one week, perpetrators fessed up the following week. lol !

 

[Gary]

LOL