The reports are rampant, from all over North America, and elsewhere. You Tube has countless "UFO" videos which clearly display Chinese Lanterns. In my opinion, it has become a plague. You can bet that almost any report of orange, yellow, or white lights seemingly moving in formation slowly through the night sky, at times with a slight flicker... are in almost every case... clearly Chinese Lanterns. These false reports are clogging up the reporting web sites, taking investigators precious time, and flooding media sites with articles and video clips of so called "UFO Armada's" and "Orange Orb UFO's in formation" etcetera etcetera.
I don't expect every person in North America to be able to identify Chinese Lanterns in the sky, especially if they are unaware that they even exist. The issue I have is that the individuals who are responsible for publishing these sightings, and administering the reporting sights need to classify these sightings, as they should be able to identify the characteristics of Chinese Lanterns and should be fully aware of their presence in our skies. They need to be talked about more. There is little discussion about the Lanterns and the problems they pose to investigators.
Lanterns are becoming very popular, and the use of them will increase as they become even more readily available. There needs to be more education on this subject. The reporting organizations need to post educational articles on their sites explaining the characteristics of Chinese Lanterns, complete with images and video of Lanterns for the sake of illustration and comparison. This information needs to be disseminated to the potential reporting masses, but most importantly, all of the investigators, researchers, and students of Ufology need to be educated on Chinese Lanterns. It will assist in the weeding out of the 95% of explainable sightings, and allow us more time to investigate the ever important 5%.
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