A South Wales Police spokesperson said:

"South Wales Police can confirm the South & East Wales Air Support Unit sighted an unusual aircraft.
This was reported to the relevant authorities for their investigation.

In today's skies, there are a wide variety of aircrafts which come in a range of different shapes and sizes and in all probability, this sighting has just confirmed that one of these was in the area at the relevant time."

Extra information:

*  It was not a flying saucer and has not been described as so.

*  The helicopter did not chase it.

*  The police helicopter was not attacked.

*  The unusual aircraft did not speed straight at the helicopter.

*  The helicopter did not have to swerve sharply to avoid being hit and the crew would
not have been "dead" as stated in The Sun.

*  The helicopter did not follow it, or chase it, across the Bristol Channel
and the North Devon coast.

*  We haven't confirmed any of the details in The Sun story and a lot of the details are inaccurate.

*  The South & East Wales Air Support Unit is a facility shared between South Wales Police
and the Gwent Police.

Oonagh Moore 
Press & PR Officer 
Corporate Communications Department 
Headquarters 
South Wales Police 
(01656) 869 291 
ext: 20 763 
E-mail: Oonagh.Moore@south-wales.pnn.police.uk 
Web: www.south-wales.police.uk   

AND, SHY OF HAVING TO POST ANOTHER ARTICLE ON LANTERNS, 
I JUST GOT THIS IN AN EMAIL FROM FOX NEWS.
YES, THE 13 UFOs SEEN BY A HANDFUL AT THE TERN HALL BARRACKS AT SHROPSHIRE 
ALSO SAW CHINESE LANTERNS
THIS LANTERN THING IS GETTING REALLY OLD