Twelve persons in Vancouver and Nelson reported Friday night they saw unidentified flying objects in the sky.

In Vancouver, Ronald J. Long, of 1030 East Twentieth, said he saw a bright object give off two or three fiery balls which then shot off in different directions.

Similar reports came from residents in the King Edward, Kingsway and Thirtieth Avenue area.

A Vancouver weather office spokesman said today several searchlights have been used at night in an advertising promotion and suggested these might be the cause of the reports.

In Nelson, Mrs. Otto Schleiermacher said she and her family watched an object in the sky give off several orange sparks before disappearing to the south.

She said she wanted to get a photograph of it but it disappeared in low clouds before she could get the camera.