UFOs turn out to be candles on balloons
POLICE were flooded with reports of UFO sightings at the weekend after party-goers attached candles to balloons and sent them floating off into the sky.
The revellers in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, were involved in a party game on Saturday night and hoped releasing the devices would make their dreams come true.
But residents in the surrounding area were shocked by the sight of the illuminated globes, mistaking them for an alien invasion.
Central Scotland Police said they received more than a dozen calls in half an hour from locals who beleived the balloons were interstellar craft.
A spokesman said: "We've had calls saying it's UFOs. It turns out that it's balloons with candles on. People make a wish and then release them."
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