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