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SUBJECT: KEY LARGO ABUZZ AFTER UFO SIGHTING FILE: UFO1249
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DATE OF ARTICLE: January 12, 1989
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SOURCE OF ARTICLE: REPORTER
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LOCATION: TAVERNIER, FLORIDA
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BYLINE: NONE
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THIS FILE WAS PROVIDED BY THE UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE
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AND PREPARED BY PARANET ALPHA -- PARANET INFORMATION
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SERVICE
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KEY LARGO 'ABUZZ' AFTER UFO SIGHTING
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EARLY MORNING APPARITION PROMPTS QUESTIONS
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If you were out in the pre-dawn hours Monday morning, you
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may have been eyewitness to an alien invasion. The Florida Keys,
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long known as landing site for Haitian and Cuban refugees as well
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as a favorite drop-off for drug smugglers, played host to a
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mysterious early-morning light show. Some are calling it a UFO
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sighting.
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The apparition started out as an ominous cloud of
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luminescent smoke hovering over the ocean off Key Largo, but
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witnesses said it performed a series of aerobatics that would
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explain-away it being a natural phenomenon. Tavernier
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photographer Bill Rigby managed to take a series of photos of the
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apparition, but they don't show conclusive proof of an alien
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invasion. Also early Monday morning, several Tavernier residents
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contacted The Reporter with their sighting reports.
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"It's nothing of ours," said a spokesman for the U.S. Air
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Force at Homestead AFB. And agents of the U.S. Customs Service,
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while not revealing the exact whereabouts of their aircraft
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Monday morning said it was "unlikely" that they were responsible.
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Accompanying the large cloud-like object were several moving
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points of light. Witnesses said that the patterns were
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uncharacteristic of any aircraft. Copies of the photographs will
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be examined by Air Force officials. In the meantime, no
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immediate plans are being made to start an alien welcome center
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although officials of the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce said
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Tuesday that the word about Key Largo has spread farther than
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anyone thought.
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The Air Force later announced that a Trident missile had
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been launched from Cape Canaveral moments before the Key Largo
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sighting. It is unknown if the UFO was, in any way, related.
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