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SUBJECT: MORE FROM THE EASTLAKE UFO FILE: UFO2522
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Date: Sun Apr 10 13:44:26 1988
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From: NICK SANDULEAK (aa346)
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Subj: "THE EASTLAKE UFO"
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Durint he first week of last month the very bright planets
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Venus and Jupiter were positioned very close together in the
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western sky for several hours after sunset.As has happened many
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times in the past,thesulted in many people calling the
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newspapers,TV stations,the astronomy dept. at CWRU,etc. to report
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these objects as UFOs.
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In an April 7 listing on this bulletin board,Rick Dell'Aquila
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gives the text of a U.S.Coast Guard report (dated March 4) which
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he suggests can not be explained as resulting from a misidentifi-
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cation of these planets.Although it contains an account of multi-
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colored,noctural lights cavoring about and landing on the Lake
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Erie ice,this report is devoid of the most important observation-
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al details which one expects from highly trained observers.What
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was their exact location at the time of these servations?Given
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that location,what were the approximate azimuth and altitude of
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these lights? Since the shoreline at Fairport Harbor runs almost
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NE-SW,saying that the lights are out over the lake means that
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hey could lie anywhere from SE to NW as seen from near the
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lakeshore.
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Given this lack of detail,it irather suggestive that the
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CG people observed the bright light to "land" on the ice at
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about the same time that Venus set i.e. went below the horizon
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that evening.Nowhere in the report do the CG people say that
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they saw the UFOs in addition to Venus and Jupiter i.e. if
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this display took place low in the westen sky,one might expect
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them to have compared the brightness and positions of the UFOs
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relative to these planets.It is therefore most likely that they
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were indeed observing these planets only.
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Because Venus was very low in the sky,the multi-color effects
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reported could result from atmospheric scintillation.The PD
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reporter apparently misunderstood this phenomenon and used the
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phrase "spontaneous gaseous emissions which of course is non-
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sense.
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It is my understanding that a UFO sighting can only be
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assigned to the CE II category if it leaves behind some form of
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physical evidence,e.g. a burned patch of grass,etc.I suppose
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this report is being given CE II status because of the reported
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sound of the lake ice cracking under the weight of the landed
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UFO.A more likely explanation for that aspect of this event is
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the arrival of spring.
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