Anyone see the light?

[Call of the Isle]

My husband & I are on South side of Rattlesnake, facing Mt. Major & Treasure/Sleepers Islands. Four times in last 2 weeks, we have seen an orange-yellow light show up from mainland, rise slowly like a balloon, drift up & appears to go over mountains. This occurs between 8:15 PM and 10:00 PM. It lasts several minutes, we have not heard noise associated with it, nor have we ever seen more than one a night. Before I reach a silly conclusion, just wondering if anyone else has seen this. Thanks for all the great info on this forum.

[wifi]

We bought a case of these (http://www.skylanterns.us) and listened to some calls to the police :laugh:

[Call of the Isle]

Don't know you well enough to know if you're kidding, but that's exactly what it looks like!

[Legionnaire70]

you can buy them at the sunoco near the racetrack on 106.during the NASCAR races people at the track light them off, there are 100's!

you would think they would be a fire hazard, but apparently they go out before they hit the ground.

[Call of the Isle]

Perfect evening on the lake, made even better by a sky lantern. Thanks!:liplick:

[Newbiesaukee]

I think I saw one over Little Bear looking east.

[BroadHopper]

I caught one floating in the water by Governors Island. I think the wire they use is hazardous to the loon and fish?

Your opinion?

[Merrymeeting]

We had a neighbor who sent up many of them a few weekends ago. At first, I was worried about the fire hazard. But they do rise quickly, and continue rising until all the "fuel" (waxed paper as I understand it) is burned out.

I was told that they are made of all biodegradable materials.

They do look very pretty against a post-sunset sky.

[Lakesrider]

With the complete lack rain lately I hope one doesn't malfunction. We sure don't need what is going on out west. Up in Suissevale I worry about all the people lighting of fireworks as well.:eek:

[Sal]

Oh . . . here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVr0M7WCBu4

[4 for Boating]

My Brother-in-law launched some of these last seasons in Maine. I asked about the aspect of bio-degradability. It seems that some of these are 100% compliant (no wire) and some are not.

They look really nice going up but best to find a vendor/model that has no wire as well as a calm night as they don’t like a breeze getting off the ground.

[tricia1218]

We saw about 10 of them rising Sunday night on Paugus Bay. I thought the same thing about the fire hazard, my daughter wanted to know if something happened to Repunzel (kid movie reference).