[Average Joe]

On the day in question, your area was under a westerly, south westerly wind. Your object was travelling north east. As a balloon would do under a westerly, south westerly wind.

Your object "pulsated". Lanterns "flicker".

It was Christmas, a time of celebration.

I saw lanterns myself, as did many others in many other parts of the country.

See where I'm coming from? A lot of evidence points to lanterns. No evidence whatsoever points to it not being lanterns other than your estimate of speed really.

Not trying to pick on you here, but everybody thinks they are the one that has seen something which wasn't a lantern during a rash of lantern flights.

But yeah, maybe I'm wrong and yours wasn't one of the lanterns.