Massive lights over Bodmin Moor last night - anyone else see them?

Right, I'm not one to usually post about these things, but I've just got home from my mate's farm near Bodmin and I've got to say something. Around 11:45pm last night (Tuesday), we were having a cuppa in the garden when the whole sky lit up like someone had switched on a massive torch. Three distinct orange-yellow spheres, moving in perfect formation across the moor. They made absolutely no sound whatsoever.

My mate reckons it was military aircraft, but I've never seen anything like it in 34 years of living down here. The movement was too fluid, too controlled. They weren't helicopters - no rotors, no beacon lights. They just... glided across the sky and then vanished behind Rough Tor.

Has anyone else in Cornwall seen this? I'd rather not sound like a complete nutter at the pub, so I'm asking here first!

Mate, that's almost certainly Chinese lanterns. People release them all the time these days, especially near farming communities where nobody's about to tell them off. The 'formation' thing happens because they rise at roughly the same rate. No sound because they're literally just bits of paper on fire.

I get that it looked odd, but please don't call in a report to the local news. Trust me, you don't want your name associated with this.

I was in Wadebridge that night and didn't see anything, but my cousin works at Newquay Airport and she said there were no scheduled flights during that window. Before you dismiss this as lanterns, the OP said there were no visual flickers - lanterns always flicker and wobble. I'm genuinely interested in this one.

The movement was too fluid, too controlled.

Right, so here's the thing - the human brain is incredibly bad at judging movement in the night sky. It's called the autokinetic effect. Your eye muscles twitch slightly, the brain interprets that as the object moving smoothly. It's a well-documented optical illusion. Add some adrenaline and you're basically primed to see whatever you want to see.

Not saying nothing happened, but I'd want independent corroboration before jumping to extraterrestrial conclusions.

Brilliant, another Bodmin sighting! Have you checked if there's anything on local Facebook groups? Usually someone with a Ring doorbell camera picks these things up. Also, did you manage any photos? Even blurry ones help establish a timeline.