I was in Fig Tree bay, protaras with my husband and two other people in May this year. It was late at night when as we crossed the road to go back to Christalla hotel we saw a light in the sky heading towards us. At first, it was just a bright light and as it came slowly nearer it became bigger and changed into to a fire ball. we couldn't believe our eyes! The fire ball was coming nearer and nearer to us and then changed again to what looked like rock getting larger in size and eventually slowly hovering over the hotel and landing on empty land next to the hotel. We headed over to see the object from a few feet away. The object had shrunk in size. The next day we went back to see it but it was gone!

Farmers are calling for an outright ban on flying Chinese lanterns after numerous reports of livestock deaths.

The demand came yesterday from the NFU Council, which said moves by manufacturers to make the lanterns safer were too little, too late.

Thousands of the lanterns – carried aloft by heat from a lit fuel cell – are released every year at events including weddings and birthday parties.

But farmers say the wire frames can fall into fields of forage crops and risk being chopped up and inadvertently fed to cattle. The wire can also get tangled around the animal's feet or embedded in skin.

Officials say they have a dossier of cases where this has caused harm and death.

The NFU earlier called for a voluntary ban on lanterns but yesterday the ruling council said because of the tardy response of manufacturers, the UK should enforce a complete ban similar to those imposed in Germany and Australia.

The union's acting director of communications Terry Jones said: "We have given manufacturers, as well as suppliers, time to take on board our concerns and move to a safer and more environmentally friendly solution.

One possibility is to class the lanterns as trade waste making it illegal to dispose of them anywhere but at a licensed site.

Naah - It won't be aliens - they couldn't afford the prices in Cyprus

You know who you are.

the immigration police should check on these aliens to see if they enter Cyprus legally, and to deport them if not :))))))))))

Sorry but 98% of these sightings are chinese lanterns, set off from a beach party, and then seen by a group of old men at a coffee shop who have no idea what they're seeing.

Moufflon has a good point:

A final note ..I do not dismiss the fact we are so close to Israel and their experimental defense systems must be practised somewhere!

This is a sign that a solution is coming VERY soon!!!

These are 100% no lanterns.
Last summer about 10 pm I saw a bright yellow "moon" move over the hills from Latchi towards Pafos.
My neighbour saw the same.
We just stood mesmerised
.No sound,but big like the moon and bright yellow
.
I also saw the same night one at aircraft level skim the top of pafos town and excelerate over the sea.

The triangular ones I aslo have see over Limassol,stationary for about 30 min, then move fast away, lightning speed.
But the biggest shock was one winter night,I heard such a loud noise inside my house,helicopter blades but so loud my house was nearly shaking.
To this day this is very frightening,I saw or made the outline of a completely black helicopter,hovering so low it was nearly on my road,NO lights at all,just all black and enormous helicopter,where I live its dark and not much street lighting.
I rang the Pafos airport ,air traffic,but no body answered,so I emailed Greece air traffic as that is the only one on the internet.
I am still waiting for a reply.
Have given up ,as people don't believe me.
A final note ..I do not dismiss the fact we are so close to Israel and their experimental defense systems must be practised somewhere!

Has the consumption of zivania increased?

Yeah, but I don't see them spending any money to prop-up our economy!

Cyprus Mail at its finest.