Chinese lantern off Exmouth prompts coastguard call
Published:
11:12 AM August 18, 2009
Updated:
10:42 PM November 6, 2020
A CHINESE lantern spotted floating across the sky off Exmouth beach on Monday night prompted a 999 call to the coastguard.
A CHINESE lantern spotted floating across the sky off Exmouth beach on Monday night prompted a 999 call to the coastguard.
A holidaymaker staying at Devon Cliffs Holiday Park reported the light, believing it to be an orange distress flare drifting across the sky.
A spokesperson for Portland coastguard said the call was a false alarm with good intent: "The description that the first informant gave indicated that what she was seeing was a Chinese lantern.
