The News-Herald
SKY-GAZERS MISTAKE PLANETS FOR UFOS
Visitors from another planet have nothing to do with the UFOs which were reported along the lake shore Friday and Saturday nights. But, according to the Coast Guard, the planets Jupiter and Venus are involved.
When the US Coast Guard at Fairport Harbor received reports Friday night of UFOs in the sky, it checked with area airports to learn what their radar indicated.
"We thought it might be someone in trouble setting off flares," said Petty Officer John Knaub. "So we investigated ourselves."
Coast Guard members saw the lights over the lake about 1/4 mile east
of the mouth of the Chagrin River. "But Lost Nation Airport advised us
that we were seeing
the planets Jupiter and Venus, which are lined up
together in the sky. Apparently the gases in the atmosphere created the
appearance of smaller objects
around them."
The UFO reports rolled in again Saturday night, when the sky remained clear and was dominated by a full moon.
Knaub said the phenomena is visible around 9PM, as sky gazers look west along the lake from Fairport Harbor.
File: LAKERIE3.UFO 1210-T
02-APR-88 (L)
Dir: 12 Sec: 1 - UFOlogy
From: Rick Dell'Aquile
Acc: 8