Blue And Orange Hot Air Balloons Over Salt Lake City

Date: December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2011

Time: Between 11:00 and midnight.

Happy New Year!

My husband and I set off two hot air balloon type things last night between 11:00 and midnight. One was blue and the second one, 20 minutes later, was orange. I think the one that got reported on your website, was probably our orange one.

They sell these at the fireworks stand in Battle Mountain. They're basically a paper balloon that's treated with fire retardant, and then it has an incendiary device just under the paper balloon that you light. It floats straight up, works like a hot air balloon, and the paper balloon part glows.

Very pretty. We thought they looked like UFO's when they got really high up. So, I thought I'd Google and see if anyone reported it.

Thank you.

If you have seen anything like this in the same area please be kind enough to contact Brian Vike at: sighting@telus.net with the details of your sighting. All personal information is kept confidential.

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