5 Or 6 Floating Orange Lights Over Atlanta Georgia (Chinese Lanterns)

Date: January 15, 2011

Time: Approx: 7:00 p.m.

Brian, I live in Atlanta and saw something similar to what you described. Tonight, a group of us were tailgating in a parking lot outside the Georgia Dome prior to the Atlanta Falcons playoffs game. Around 7:00pm, about a dozen of us saw 5 or 6 floating orange lights that looked like they were hanging from some sort of parachute.

I have to assume that hundred of others saw the same thing, given that there were many people tailgating all around us. Because it had just turned dark, it was hard to see them very clearly. They were maybe 300 feet over the ground, traveling at perhaps 30mph. They gradually made their way out of sight after several minutes. Very strange.

Any explanation?

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Golden Orange Lights Over Redding Connecticut (Chinese Lanterns)

Date: December 31, 2010
Time: 10:15 p.m.

Hi Vike, after alerting friends and family of the orange UFOs over Redding CT at 10:15 pm New Year's Eve, one sent the posting from January 1 on your website describing the site (http://unitedstatesufo.blogspot.com/2011/01/10-golden-orange-lights-over-redding.html) .

My wife and I saw the same objects, and were initially stunned, it was quite a dramatic sight. After Googling that evening various terms, however, upon entering "orange UFOs" I came across links to a company that sells "Chinese sky lanterns" and I think that's what we saw, the photos and videos available online appear very similar to what we saw crossing over our house.

The one caveat was that on the ground, there was little wind, and when I first saw the objects I had thought they were moving too fast to be any kind of a firework product. But we live below a ridge line, and it is probably the wind was blowing harder at the altitude the objects were flying at.

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Orange Light Over North Attleboro Massachusetts (Chinese Lantern Picture)

Date: October 9, 2010
Time: Approx: 7:00 p.m.

I too have seen these objects on several occasions beginning this past summer. My wife and son have seen them too.

We saw them last night, October 9, 2010 over North Attleboro. I took some video and some photos using a strong telephoto lens, then cropped in on the object.

There were at least 12 that floated over our house in a north to south direction at about 7:00pm.

I posted the photo on my Facebook page and got several responses, most wondering what they were.

I finally found the answer. They are hot air paper balloons.

Someone has a hobby. Don't know where they are launched from though.

Check out this YouTube video found on the net: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcGP0hdq13w&feature=related

Attached is the photo I took.

Thank you to the witness for sending along a good photo of the object. (Chinese Lantern)

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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