Mystery Lights over the Midlands

[Mike]

Tony have you been in the Midlands lately?.........

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Mystery-UFO-Lights-Over-Halesowen-In-the-Midlands/Article/200812315187546?lpos=Strange_News_News_Your_Way_Region_7&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15187546_Mystery_UFO_Lights_Over_Halesowen_In_the_Midlands

[Fay]

That's a weird video, Mike, any ideas?
They seem in a set position

[Mike]

They look exactly like a set of Chinese Lanterns to me!

[RobertM]

Looks like someone had a bumper pack of Koom Fays...  Like the ones flying over Ashford during the summer DSC - I wonder what the locals thought of those !

[Ian]

It's these two comments that do it for me...

"Then they came towards us and flew right over the top. Some were so close they were almost touching and were only a hundred feet or so above us.

"The objects were absolutely silent and travelling at probably twice the speed of a normal aircraft.

So 100 feet off the ground and flying at a speed of around 800 knots say, and you managed to film them? Gota love eye witnesses...