The News-Herald Monday, March 7, 1988 ---------------------- SKY-GAZERS MI STAKE PLANETS FOR UFOS Visitors from another planet have nothing to do with the UFOs which were reported along the lake shore Friday and Saturday n ights. But, according to the Coast Guard, the planets Jupiter and Venus are involved. When the US Coast Guard at Fairport Harbor received reports F riday 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 G uard members saw the lights over the lake about 1/4 mile east of the mouth o f 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. Appar ently the gases in the atmosphere created the appearance of smaller objects around them." The UFO reports rolled in again Saturday night, when the sky remai ned clear and was dominated by a full moon. Knaub said the phenomena is visible around 9PM, as skygazers look west along the lake from Fairport Harb or. File: LAKERIE3.UFO 1210-T 02-APR-88 (L) Dir: 12 Sec: 1 - UFOlog y From: Rick Dell'Aquile Acc: 8 LAKE ERIE UFO: Article from News-Herald (D ownload Read Quit ?):