Phew, you can stop panicking now Bristol. The mystery is solved.
The Evening Post’s Chief Reporter has been on the case since Monday, and the paper has revealed on page three today that we are not being invaded by aliens. Where would we be without them?
But where did anyone get the stupid idea that a few floating lanterns were UFO’s in the first place?
Oh, yeah . . .
So how did the Post’s Chief Reporter go about investigating the mystery? How did they solve this one?
Maybe they looked at the reader comments under on the Post’s website under their original story:
Visitors from space? No chance. It was decorated balloons released by a “Beaver” scout group on Saturday evening.
Steven, North Bristol
commented on 15-Sep-2008 11:58
stargazer: what you saw (and what the article refers to too) is probably a set of candle-lit paper sky lanterns, which are widely available from the
internet. (type Sky lanterns in google)
Thomas, bristol
commented on 15-Sep-2008 11:38
Good work, guys.
Tags: Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Little Green Men, UFOs
September 17, 2008 at 22:55
Heh heh… Well, our Julie’s deductive skills are as celebrated as Chris Maguire’s charm
September 19, 2008 at 18:13
I’d forgotten about Maguire. The brilliant investigative brains behind that great front page expose of Ian Bone for, er … having a job! He did it under a pseudonym if I recall, no doubt for fear of reprisals.