Chinese lanterns made of paper-covered wire or bamboo with an open-flame heat source – effectively miniature hot-air balloons – have been increasingly used to celebrate special occasions but have become a nuisance for fire services and animal charities, having been blamed for fires around the country for a number of years. The Chief Fire Officers' Association has called for a review of their use. West Midlands fire service itself carries warnings on its website appealing to the public not to use them, not only because of the obvious dangers but because "emergency services can also suffer a loss of resources whilst having to deal with lantern sightings being mistaken as something else eg a distress flare or UFO".Chinese lanterns to blame for wildfires and UFO sightings. These lanterns were found to be the cause of the Midland blaze that injured nine firefighters.
Chinese lanterns mistaken for UFOs or distress flares, Smethwick, West Midlands England
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jul/01/nine-firefighters-injured-blaze-midlands
2013 International UFO Congress, February 26 - March 3, 2013
It will be held at the Fort McDowell Resort and Casino in Fountain Hills, AZ.
The International UFO Congress, the largest annual UFO conference in the world, will be celebrating its 22nd year this February 2013 in the Phoenix area. The International UFO Congress is a leading organization for the research and documentation of UFOs, the search for extraterrestrial life, and related information.
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