photo by Katie Mercuri
Starting getting reports around 8pm Friday night:
photo by Cara
“What’s happening?”
To the videos!
Hey @PoPville any idea what this is?! Perhaps lanterns celebrating Chinese Mid-Autumn festival (9/21)? Video shot from Parkview/Petworth by Georgia Ave. pic.twitter.com/idomoWxtTc
— Mary Nguyen Barry (@mtlnguyen) September 18, 2021
Medstar 2 helicopter reported them to DCA tower at 8:01 thought it was a drone then saw they were lighted balloons at about 600 feet. https://t.co/UPzQ9OAvoE
— Dave Statter (@STATter911) September 18, 2021
Strange lights floating over Harvard Street and Sherman Ave. Paper lanterns? @PoPville pic.twitter.com/mYiwpDQBOt
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) September 17, 2021
🛸🚁🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/VdjmYpd8ii
— Matt Mercurio 🎧 (@MattMercurioDC) September 18, 2021
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