A strange sight in the sky over Oahu caught the attention of many people overnight. We received several messages via the Report It feature on our website from viewers who saw the lights.

By khon2.com 9-19-17

Mash Hatae says he woke up at around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday to get some water, and the lights in the sky caught his eye.

In the video, you can see two bright lights, and then slowly a third light appears. Hatae says he saw about eight to 10 lights total.
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Sky lanterns can be a major fire risk – once lit and set off into the sky you don't know where an ignited lantern will land

A Scottish council has banned sky lanterns on its property and its events after the NFU Scotland wrote a letter about their impact on livestock farmers.

By www.farminguk.com 12-5-16

The union said it would welcome both personal and public use of the lanterns being banned as they are a 'fire risk' and could be dangerous to livestock.

Stephen McCabe, leader for Inverclyde Council said the lanterns can cause huge damage both to the environment and to animals.

He said: "They can also put an unnecessary strain on the emergency services with people confusing them as distress flares or even UFO’s and calling 999.
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The origin of a series of lights spotted glowing eerily through the clouds over Kent remains a mystery. The UFOs were reported hanging in the sky over Hythe and Folkestone by several people, with a series of sets appearing over the course of 30 minutes.

Gareth Arnold www.kentonline.co.uk 2-17-16

One theory is the lights are flares, used by armed forces to illuminate areas of a battlefield.

And the nearby military ranges at both Hythe and Lydd would seem to make this an obvious explanation.

However, the MoD says no flares were being used at its firing ranges in the area.
A spokesman confirmed there was no activity on Lydd Ranges on Sunday morning when the lights were spotted at about 10.30am.

They added that although there was some activity on Hythe Ranges, it did not involve flares being fired. [...]
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     They had just returned from a mud run and never expected to see orange-red UFOs!

A couple weeks ago on July 25, a couple of Clinton, NY residents had just participated in a mud run. Tom’s wife Peggy had gone inside their residence, when Tom’s attention was captured by a group of orange-red UFOs. He stopped to take a closer look and thought the occurrence was most strange.

“They were flying in a diamond formation,” Tom said. “But then, even more odd, they were closely followed by another group of three orange-red UFOs flying from Southeast — northward at about 20-30 degrees above the horizon.”

Tom called his wife back outside to witness what he was seeing. ...
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     Residents in north Phoenix and Glendale reported seeing unusual lights hovering over the horizon Saturday night.

Peter Perez saw the lights just before Easter dinner with family at about 8:51 p.m.

Perez said his step-father saw the orbs first and called out the rest of the family.

"That's when we saw the fleet of them," Perez told 12 News. "We were in awe."

Perez said that 18 to 20 amber-colored orbs appeared from an area that was obstructed from his view on the horizon. The lights did not blink. They hovered in a group, stationary, for about a minute before moving west and disappearing from view. . . .
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