The strange lights moving in Cromwell skies at the weekend might have had a terrestrial source rather than an alien one. … An Alexandra stargazer who saw odd lights the same night as a Cromwell man spotted an unidentified flying object believes they could have been Chinese lanterns, released by someone in Bridge Hill, Alexandra. Ross Hansen, of Cromwell, was … Weird, as they looked to be coming towards town, but in fact were probably rising, '' Mr Wills said. …

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