Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

It comes to something when your local conspiracy theorist needs to say to you
' just chinese lanterns - move on - nothing to see here'
... were you all on the whaccy baccy or 'rooms last night, or what :D

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

just chinese anterns saw them rising up as we came home probably on kingsway/dill hall or that direction

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

ya would lose money on that mate.:)

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I once watched someone filling bin bags with hydrogen and oxygen mix. He put little time fuses on them and let them float away. Very dangerous but very funny. One had to much oxygen in it so would not float, it made a hell of a band when it went off in an Accy back street.

I was a little worried he had a full size oxygen and hydrogen tank in this woman's front room in front of the lit gas fire though :eek::D

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

Plenty of sprouts will give the wind but dont get too close with a naked flame or there would be a genuine UFO. :eek::s_fart:

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

nope it was probably laterns not poop :)

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

could see them from preston but i knew what they were! :-)

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

Did you get any photo's Cherie?

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

Definitely lanterns as a few were seen dropping into Rishton. Still a bit of an odd sight if you've never seen one before though.

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

Used to sell them here (Germany) but the other Summer a couple came down & set fire to people's shed, major hooha, result, banned now but you can still buy them over the Border in Holland. ;)

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

I was listening to Radio 4 yesterday, as a farmer was calling for a ban.
Some farm animals have eaten bits of them with nasty results.
They are litter after all - unless you track them and pick them up when they fall.:rolleyes:

Re: Helicoptors/ orange lights over Oswaldtwistle
 

plus up here people are mistaking them for distress flares the plonkers should know better being next to the sea, must be costing the rescue services a fortune..:(:(