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The Karekare Beach Lights
March 31, 2019 · Karekare Beach, Waitākere Ranges, West Auckland
New Zealand
UAP · Unknown · 9 sources
11Thinly documented
The North York Flashing Lights, Toronto
July 26, 2014 · North York (Willowdale), Yonge Street between Sheppard Avenue and Finch Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Canada
UAP · Formation · 13 sources
31Partially documented
Ladakh Unidentified Luminous Objects at Pangong Tso (2012 to 2013)
August 1, 2012 · Thakung post, south bank of Pangong Tso, eastern Ladakh (then Jammu and Kashmir); later sighting at Lagan Khel, Demchok
India
UAP · Sphere · 27 sources
25Thinly documented
The Hāwera "pyramid fireball" sighting
April 12, 2011 · Burns Street, Hāwera, South Taranaki
New Zealand
UAP · Other · 15 sources
19Thinly documented
Morristown UFO hoax
January 5, 2009 · Morristown and Cedar Knolls, Morris County, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Formation · 25 sources · 1 photos
42Partially documented
South Wales Police Helicopter Encounter over St Athan
June 8, 2008 · MOD St Athan (RAF St Athan), Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
United Kingdom
UAP · Sphere · 22 sources
29Thinly documented
UK Ministry of Defence UFO Files Released to The National Archives, 2008 to 2013
May 14, 2008 · The National Archives, Kew, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 74 sources
38Partially documented
Sussex Police Helicopter Cylinder Footage over Brighton
August 11, 2000 · Brighton, East Sussex
United Kingdom
UAP · Cylinder · 23 sources
28Thinly documented
The HMS Caroline "Chinese Lanterns" off Quelpart (Jeju)
February 24, 1893 · At sea, sixteen to seventeen miles south of Quelpart (Jeju Island), North China Sea
South Korea
UAP · Orb / light · 19 sources
24Thinly documented

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  • Video transcript, June 2013 Hearing transcript
    The National Archives· 3 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 1 …be of very down to earth objects such as Chinese lanterns that had been released by people at parties and…
    • p. 2 …Chinese lanterns and so the obvious conclusion was that what had been seen by these soldiers were Chinese lanterns. There…
  • Videocast transcript, July 2012 Hearing transcript
    The National Archives· 3 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 2 …Were there other sightings from around that country, in Brighton? Around 2005-2006 people began to release Chinese lanterns on…
  • UFO Desk: Closed (press release) Document
    The National Archives· 2013-06-21· 4 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 2 …be partly a result of the craze for releasing Chinese lanterns at weddings and public holidays. One example of this…
  • UFO highlights guide 2013 Document
    The National Archives· 12 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 5 …UFO sightings and Chinese lantern craze Details of the sighting reports logged by MoD in 2008-9 can be followed…
    • p. 6 …He revealed the lights were Chinese lanterns released from a wedding party. After the story was published the UFO desk…
  • Project Condign (DEFE 24/2090) Document
    Internet Archive (DocumentCloud mirror of Telegraph upload)· 160 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 6 …satisfying explanation for this and the other sightings, as Chinese lanterns released from a wedding party near Cardiff airport: Source…
    • p. 11 …satisfying explanation for this and the other sightings, as Chinese lanterns released from a wedding party near Cardiff airport: Source…
  • The UFO files extract Document
    The National Archives· 22 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 17 …crater 110, 111 Cherwell, Lord (Frederick Lindemann) 46, 47 Chinese lanterns 15 Chorley, Dave 114–15 Churchill,Winston 13, :<, 14…

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