Posted: March 20, 2010

Location of Sighting: Southampton, Hampshire
Date of Sighting: 01/1/2010
Time: 9.30pm

Witness Statement: I was sat in my friend's flats, the curtains were open at the window. We were sat talking and I was facing the window when all of a sudden I saw a orange light in the sky. I got up and looked out of the window wondering what it was. Then another came by, then another, then another. There was four of them going past slowly. I told my friend what I was seeing bearing in mind this was at night and these lights they were round - very bright. She got up said what are they ? and then I said I don't know ? then they just flew across and went.

I saw a similar thing on New Years Eve, but there was only three. And in the middle of February I saw something similar again when I was outside with my partner late at night. I thought it was mercury, but it started moving quite fast at 50mph roughly. Then shot across in the sky and disappeared. The thing I am trying to research is how often these orange lights occur across the country and the world. I know for a fact these were not chinese lanterns as I have seen a chinese lantern before in the sky at night and I can't believe the amount of people on here that have actually reported them. I am very keen on researching these more and reading about these.