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Published on: 11/20/2008
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Aaron Clark, one of many investigators of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and a member of the Cleveland Ufology Project, hears from people like Cavinder and Collins all the time.
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Clark is investigating last Thursday's UFO sighting in Madison Township, which sent local police officers looking for what they thought was a crashed ultralight plane.
Despite four hours of searching, officials found no plane and now believe the object may have been a meteor, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Department.
Police checked with area airports and ultralight owners but found no report of a missing plane or pilot.
They ended their search when they couldn't find any debris.
"It's really strange they did not find anything," Clark said.
After having talked to a university science professor, Clark said he does not believe it was a meteor.
The description doesn't match, he said.
"It wasn't a plane, and it wasn't a meteor," Clark said.
"With those things eliminated, maybe somebody launched a small rocket, or maybe it's intelligent life we are looking for."
Clark talked to one witness to Thursday's sighting who said it was a white light, while another said it was an orange light.
"The color of the light is different with each witness, but the location remains the same," he said: Madison Township, north of Route 20.