Coastguard receives reports of UFO-style lights in Wirral sky

The Liverpool Echo is reporting the following

Mar 16 2009 Liverpool Echo

WIRRAL coastguard said it received a number of reports about strange lights in the sky in Noctorum.

A spokesman said they received two calls at around 8.40pm about a burning object at high altitude that broke up into pieces.

It is thought to have been a Chinese lantern.

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As of the time of this posting I can find no other information about this event.