Strange moving lights over Manchester, UK

I received this e-mail today:<br /><br />Last night, Sunday 22 March 2010, I was driving Northwards up the A34 Kingsway Road in the Didsbury area of Manchester, UK, when I saw four lights in the sky similar to this sighting.<br /><br />I initially thought the lights to be Chinese lanterns, but the lights were at least a couple of times in an exact measured formation. When the lights changed/left