“Close encounter …
Venice residents describe mammoth UFO”,
18 September 1980 (Sarasota Journal, Florida)
Two police officers, two Venice residents and a tow truck driver together watched a very large UFO (followed by a similar smaller UFO) over Venice, Florida on the early morning of 17 September 1980 (at 1:55 a.m.), according to the Sarasota Journal:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MP8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=so4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4611,2038202 (Page 1A)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MP8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=so4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6804,2040491 (Page 2A)
Quote from the article:
“They were not alone. Less than a mile away, eight people on the Venice fishing pier felt vibrations and heard a loud rumble as a huge object floated over them and headed out to the Gulf of Mexico.”
At approximately the same time (beginning at around 12:45 a.m.), UFO sightings were reported in Lake, Orange, Sumter and Lafayette counties (Florida), near Memphis (Tennessee) and in Southern Georgia.
“Venice, Florida” (City-Data.com):
http://www.city-data.com/city/Venice-Florida.html
Satellite photo of Venice, Florida (city-data.com)
(city-data.com photo)
County map of Florida (mapwise.com)(mapwise.com image)