Showing posts with label paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paper. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

UFOs Or Paper Lanterns?

Brian Vike's Favorite Cases.

Newspaper Article.

By Jennifer Lang.

Cloverdale Reporter.

Dozens of Cloverdale residents have recently reported seeing strange lights in the night sky. An explanation may be blowing in the wind.

Was it a practice run for the Mayan calendar prediction? Was it E.T. phoning home?

Or was it a group of illuminated, floating paper lanterns, released into the skies over Cloverdale by some celebrant who got carried away by the spirit of the season?

We may never know for sure, but at least one Cloverdale resident who saw bright, moving lights in the skies on Dec. 22 (“Strange Lights Over Cloverdale,” Jan. 12) believes the sighting was really paper lanterns, which float on the air using candle power.

“That night my sons and I saw nearly 20 of these,” Jonas Lee Photography posted on the Reporter’s

Facebook Page after reading the story.

“We followed one and found where it crashed. It was a metre-diametre Chinese paper lantern! The wind was causing these to blow quite far.”

He didn’t get a photo, however. “The rice paper dissolves quickly,” he wrote, “leaving a wire frame and foam pad that the candle rests in.”

Another local eyewitness concurs with the lantern theory.

“I do believe what you saw was lanterns,” the witness told UFO expert Brian Vike, submitting a report to the Houston, B.C.,-based researcher’s blog, The Vike Factor.

This eyewitness has seen them floating in the skies here on Canada Day and other holidays.

“If you find out who let them go I would sure love to know the story.”

The lantern theorists are among dozens of Cloverdalians who reported seeing unusual lights in the sky on Dec. 22, and over the Christmas holidays as part of a Yuletide flood of UFO reports submitted to The Vike Factor from B.C., the U.S. and elsewhere.

Vike found it curious that there were so many reports coming out of Surrey.

Among the reports was the story of a local man who posted video footage captured after he and his son pulled over on their drive home to watch the strange sight.

The lights – which were silent – didn’t appear to act like aircraft, according to the man who shot the footage. But he’s not yet convinced that what he and others saw that night were lanterns.

In coming forward with his sighting, the man is hoping someone will be able to identify what he – and the other people who stopped their cars along 60 Avenue to watch – saw that night.

“I hope someone has an explanation,” he said.

Since his story was featured in The Reporter, more Cloverdale residents have now reported seeing strange, bright lights over Cloverdale, snapping photos and shooting video, and posting their findings on Facebook pages.

A couple who were up late wrapping presents went out to their backyard after noticing a cluster of strange lights travelling across the sky on Dec. 22.

“It was eerie to say the least, and I wanted to notify someone but thought I would sound like a lunatic,” she said. “I was relieved to see the sighting in the paper yesterday, but it still leaves me with an uneasy feeling.”

Another witness was equally baffled, describing how, a few nights before Christmas, three orange lights could be seen moving very slowly, one at a time, very high in the sky. One seemed to stop, make a 90-degree turn and start moving east.

“I dragged my 17-year-old son outside onto the deck to watch, and he thought they were definitely not airplanes, especially given the extreme right turn they each made.”

Another person was also relieved after reading the story. “Unless you’ve seen them yourself, it really is a bizarre sighting.”

It’s hard not to conclude it’s all really part of a sneaky advertising scheme dedicated to stirring up that all-important buzz for a product.

“Don’t be surprised if your display makes front page news in your local paper!” A website that sells paper lanterns called FlyingLanterns.co.uk gushes. “Flying lanterns can easily be mistaken for UFOs!”

If so, then a lot of people will feel duped.

It’s worth noting the site carries this warning: Please ensure you contact the local coast guard if you intend releasing your lanterns on the beach or near the coast. This will avoid causing unnecessary alarm.

Vike, who’s investigated hundreds of UFO sightings, concedes the strange lights may turn out to be lanterns but he doesn’t expect it will dampen the debate for now.

The time of year – the festive holiday season – may further underscore this theory.

“It would be the time of year that folks would let things like this go, and they are becoming a popular addition to fireworks. I just wish we [could hear from] the folks who know for a fact, the folks who let them go. This would be awesome.”

See related story: Strange Lights over Cloverdale - https://www.cloverdalereporter.com/news/strange-lights-over-cloverdale/

Cloverdale Reporter - https://www.cloverdalereporter.com/

The Newspaper Article - https://www.cloverdalereporter.com/news/ufos-or-paper-lanterns/

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

UFOs Or Paper Lanterns ?

 

Or was it a group of illuminated, floating paper lanterns, released into the skies over Cloverdale by some celebrant who got carried away by the spirit of the season?

To read the entire article, please visit the Cloverdale Reporter’s newspaper website at: http://www.cloverdalereporter.com/news/138008863.html

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

UFO Sightings: 'I Believe There's Life Out There'

Posted: February 10, 2009

Brian Reinhardt could see it from the Richmond side of the tunnel. It was a large rectangle with a yellowish tinge, hanging in the air to the north around 6 p.m. on a sunny evening.

He was riding a motorcycle and lifted his visor. It must be a reflection, he thought.

It wasn't, his girlfriend saw it too.

By the time he got to the south end of the Oak Street Bridge, he saw what appeared to be shadows of people moving about inside—but its massive door was closing.

To read the entire newspaper article, please visit the Richmond Review newspaper's website:

http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/news/39234304.html

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Moncton, New Brunswick A Fast Bright White Oblong Ball Of Light

Posted: November 23, 2008

Date: Around November 20, 2008
Time: 10:00 p.m.

Location of Sighting: Above Moncton
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Oblong White Light.

HBCC UFO Research Note: I thought I would write a quick note so the readers of this report don't get confused. The witness is talking about a report which was sent to me on November 18, 2008 and newspapers which were written as other folks saw the same thing. There are links to the newspaper articles, both in French and English. Below all this is another report of a sighting that was seen by the same folks.

Full Description of event/sighting: I recently reported a sighting on September 18, 2008 of a bright white unidentifiable light over Neguac, New Brunswick. This sighting was witnessed by many others and had even made an article in the local newspaper, L'Acadie Nouvelle. I have finally found the article online, below you will find the links (the original French version as well as an English-translated version, respectively).

This is the French version of the newspaper article: *Deux ovnis observés dans la Péninsule*

This is the English version of the newspaper article: *Two UFOs Observed In The Peninsula*

However, this prior report is not the only reason I am writing today. A couple of nights ago my spouse and I (who was one of the witnesses in Neguac) were driving in Moncton. At approximately 2200 hours (10:00pm) we stopped at a stop sign and I happened to glance up and out the windshield. Directly in front of us (but far away) I saw a bright white oblong ball of light below the cloud cover, moving at a very slow speed across the horizon. I grabbed my partner's arm and pointed, saying "that looks just like what we saw in Neguac!". He saw the object as well, and said it was probably a plane, as there is an airport nearby. Just as the words were leaving his mouth we saw the object continue to move horizontally towards the East, then suddenly stop. It was motionless for about five seconds, then started to fade away. It then suddenly became very bright again and took off at incredible speed to the East, disappearing from sight within what seemed like only a second.

We both just looked at each other, unable to believe we had seen the same bright unidentifiable light. There is no way that we could have mistaken this for an airplane, we saw plenty of regular air traffic before and after the sighting; this object does not resemble aircraft in any way, nor does it's motion reflect that of any aircraft I have ever seen.

Thank you to the witness for their report.

Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research and host of the Vike Report UFO Eyewitness radio show. email: hbccufo@telus.net Website: http://www.hbccufo.org http://www.brianvike.com, http://www.hbccufo.com, http://www.hbccufo.net HBCC UFO Research International: http://www.hbccufointernational.org/
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