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Galle Face Green ideal place to see UFOs - Arthur C. Clarke

The recent reports of UFOs - Unidentified Flying Objects, surfacing from all over the world, eventually turned out to be IFOs - Identified Flying Objects, says Arthur C. Clarke.

Clarke, the author of many books on space travel, and science fiction in a statement, says he believes in the possibility of life in any part of the universe, on planets which are habitable. But, he does not believe that aliens are visiting us in secret, or communicating with any earth being. Under certain weather or light conditions, many objects in the night sky, as Venus, the moon, or meteors can be mistaken as strange objects. One report of a UFO was made by Jimmy Carter, who later became president of the United States. The object turned out to be Venus.

The Galle Face Green is a good place to see UFOs. In the evening, you could see a rich variety of objects in the sky - some natural, others man- made. With a little imagination, one could come up with a story that can easily get on to the front page or prime time news. Perhaps that's exactly what laymen and scientists have been doing in recent days.

Lake House office in Jaffna

Lake House branch office in Jaffna will be opened today at 10.00 am at the Lakshmi Building, Jaffna with Mass Communication Minister Imtiasz Bakeer Markar, Hindu Cultural Affairs Minister P. Maheshwaran and Mass Communication Ministry Secretary Kumar Abeysinghe as distinguished invitees.

Lake House Chairman Nalin Ladduwahetty Attorney-at-Law, Editorial Director Bandula Padmakumara, Working Director D.K. Somasiri, General Manager B.A. Jinadasa, Chief Administrative Officer Sarath Amarakoon and Sales Manager Sunil Sendanayake along with other officials and newspaper dealers of the area will be present at the opening ceremony.

Journalism awards night

The Editors Guild Journalism Awards Night will take place at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel on Tuesday, June 18. Eleven awards including the Mervyn de Silva Journalist of the Year Award and several merit certificates will be presented to journalists who have excelled in various fields of reporting, writing and photography.

Celebrity Rally today

Glamour and glitter will be the talk of the day when about 27 celebrities from the film and TV screens will take to Colombo streets today in the highly publicised Celebrity Rally. Organized by the Resource Development Committee (RDC) of the Ceylon School of Deaf and Blind in collaboration with "Sarasaviya" and all other newspapers of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd (ANCL). This spectacular event, sponsored by a number of local coporate magnates, is an attempt to gather funds for additional dormitories and a fully-equipped sickroom for the school.

Youth given six lashes

A seventeen-year-old youth was given six lashes by the Mallakam Magistrate's Court in the North for distilling illicit liquor. The sentence was carried out at in open court on the orders of the Magistrate P. Subramaniam. The accused was taken into custody by the Chunnakam police, who had raided his home where the illicit liquor was distilled.

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