Multiple UFO's Over London on 02/01/07?, page 3

Originally posted by Catasha
My name is Cat and I am an IT lecturer in Camden London.
Sorry to say that I was there and saw these things. They were NOT STARS - they were large spheres, solid, red and orange texture like an organic substance (hence some people say orange some say red) - as if you were seeing a semi transparent skin with lights inside - but NOT in a balloon way. They were very low and there were about fifty of them at least - though the figure was nearer eighty I think - they came across from North to South in droves. They were only metres above the buildings.

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I have been trying to find out if they were UFO balloons but they seemed too round and too solid somehow.They were really weird.

I hope they were balloons but it doesn't sit right with me.

Hi Cat,

Many thanks for taking the time to post your account and the first of the five videos.

For the benefit of those that have not seen the link you posted in the anon forum, the video is at the link below:
www.youtube.com...

You may have seen my relatively long post on the first page of this thread suggesting that the witnesses in Islington had seen a type of fire balloon, such as thai lanterns. That suggestion has since been echoed by several other researchers in England (including at least one that initially had strong doubts about this explanation).

I'd be grateful if you could expand on your comment that the lights looked like "a semi transparent skin with lights inside - but NOT in a balloon way".

One British UFO group (APRA) has reported that a witness (with a degree in astrophysics) from North London contacted APRA on the evening of the sighting, having seen 50+ lights moving NE over his location at 1730 hrs. On 3 February, having done his own research with importers/retailers of fire balloons/lanterns in the UK, and checked videos of such lanterns in flight, he got back to APRA. He concluded that he had indeed been watching a launch/flight of such lanterns, and acknowledged he had misinterpreted something he was seeing for the first time.

Similarly, a lady who contacted another British UFO group (MARA)
accepted the lantern explanation with some disappointment. Bill Bimson of MARA said to her let me guess, orange coloured, moving slowly, drifting with the wind and she answered yes straight away.

For the purposes of comparing and contrasting fire balloons with what you recall seeing, you may be interested in the footage of fire balloons / thai lanterns at the following link:
www.youtube.com...

and also the video half way down the following webpage:
www.ufos-aliens.co.uk...

In the light of the additional witness evidence released by additional UFO groups, the fire balloon / thai lantern explanation is looking increasingly likely to be generally accepted.

The witness evidence generally in accord with the classic accounts given of fire balloons.

Kind Regards,

Isaac Koi