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Was It A UFO, Or Lanterns?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:52:50 PM
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A reported UFO sighting near St. Augustine (like the ones in Germany) is creating a buzz, but some people think there is a perfectly logical explanation.

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ST. AUGUSTINE -- A reported UFO sighting near St. Augustine is creating a buzz, but some people think there is a perfectly logical explanation.
 
The Puckett family is convinced the small lights flying overhead were UFOs.

"I looked up and it was like these two fiery balls, like, flying across the sky sort of in a formation. They were, like, flying towards each other," said Brandon Puckett, 12.

People around the world claimed they saw the lights, too.

A man in Germany posted a video on YouTube.com that show the same fiery globes the Puckett family believe they saw.

Some people say the lights were nothing more than sky lanterns. The life-size hot air balloons are traditionally used in Asian festival.

One TV station reported that there was a wedding reception nearby where the wedding party sent up two sky lanterns around the same time as the sighting.

The lanterns float nearly 5,000 feet in the air and travel for miles

As for the Pucketts, they say they will keep their eyes open for whatever passes by.

 

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