UFOs or plain ol’ partygoers?
A spate of UFO sightings in the skies above Britain have been blamed on newlyweds launching dozens of blazing Chinese lanterns into the night air at their reception parties.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence received dozens of reports of groups of rotating, cube-shaped UFOs in the evening sky in past weeks, and the mystery craft were even captured on mobile phone cameras.
A police helicopter crew was among those to spot the suspicious ‘flying saucers’, prompting the Sun tabloid to announce that an ‘Alien Army’ was gathering above the seemingly tranquil British countryside.
But there may be a more mundane and logical explanation: the recent trend for releasing lit Chinese lanterns into the sky to celebrate weddings and other big events.
One newly-married couple released 100 lanterns into the sky shortly before the purported UFO sighting nearby.
What do YOU think?
Mysterious lights in the sky? Some British soldiers thought they might be unidentified flying objects. Then again, they might be those blazing Chinese lanterns released by the partygoers down the road — a new craze in England. Once they are lit, the small lanterns rise into the sky, much like hot air balloons.