Surely these things qualify as Kites? Should they not be (at least in the UK FIRs) complying with The ANO section 2?
Captive balloons and kites at night
52.—(1) A captive balloon or kite flying at night at a height exceeding 60 metres above the
surface shall display lights in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).
(2) A group of two steady lights shall be displayed consisting of a white light placed 4 metres
above a red light, both being of at least five candela and showing in all directions, the white light
being placed not less than 5 metres nor more than 10 metres below the basket or, if there is no
basket, below the lowest part of the balloon or kite.
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(3) On the mooring cable of the balloon or kite, at intervals of not more than 300 metres
measured from the group of lights specified in paragraph (2), there shall be displayed—
(a) groups of two lights of the colour and power and in the relative positions specified in
paragraph (2); and
(b) if the lowest group of lights is obscured by cloud, an additional group of such lights
below the cloud base.
(4) On the surface of the ground there shall be displayed a group of three flashing lights
arranged—
(a) in a horizontal plane at the apexes of a triangle, approximately equilateral, each side of
which measures at least 25 metres;
(b) so that one side of the triangle shall be approximately at right angles to the horizontal
projection of the cable and shall be delimited by two red lights; and
(c) so that the third light shall be a green light, placed so that the triangle encloses the object
on the surface to which the balloon or kite is moored.
Captive balloons and kites by day
53.—(1) A captive balloon flying by day at a height exceeding 60 metres above the surface shall
have attached to its mooring cable tubular streamers which are—
(a) not less than 40 centimetres in diameter and 2 metres in length; and
(b) marked with alternate bands of red and white 50 centimetres wide at intervals of not more
than 200 metres measured from the basket or, if there is no basket, from the lowest part of
the balloon.
(2) A kite flying by day at a height exceeding 60 metres above the surface shall have attached to
its mooring cable either:
(a) tubular streamers as specified in paragraph (1); or
(b) at intervals of not more than 100 metres measured from the lowest part of the kite,
streamers not less than 80 centimetres long and 30 centimetres wide at their widest point,
marked with alternate bands of red and white 10 centimetres wide.