No, that's not a UFO you might see this week

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-ufomay05,0,3989924.story

UFO? No, it's just the International Space Station

New reflective solar panels could give that appearance, though

John Keilman
May 5, 2009

As a public service, Art Maurer would like you to know that the bright light you might see skimming across the early-morning sky later this week is not a UFO.

Maurer runs the planetarium at Joliet Junior College, and in that job he hears quite a bit of chatter about extraterrestrials. He's not much of a believer in little green men from Mars, so when he noticed that the International Space Station -- recently outfitted with a new set of reflective solar panels -- would be particularly visible later this week, he thought it best to toss out a peremptory bucket of cold water.

"If somebody starts giving you these calls {about UFOs}, it's the International Space Station," he said. "This is going to be bright enough that people will say, 'Oh, this must be a flying saucer.' It's just our own flying saucer."

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