Northwest Pres 06/16/21

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NORTHWEST PRESS Your Community Press newspaper serving Colerain Township, Green Township, Sharonville, Springdale, Wyoming and other Northwest Cincinnati neighborhoods

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 | BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS | PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK

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Are we alone?

Greater Cincinnati has a long history of UFO sightings Kaitlin Lewis and Quinlan Bentley Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – June 8 (updated June 10). The Pentagon, along with other federal agencies, is expected to release a report on unidentifi ed fl ying objects (UFOs) this month that includes a detailed analysis of UFO data as well as plans to centralize future data collection. In anticipation of the report’s offi cial release, The Enquirer took a look back at Greater Cincinnati’s decadeslong history of UFO sightings, with accounts that range from the fl ying saucer to mysterious lights hovering in the sky. Claire Hogshead, valedictorian, left, and her sister Grace Hogshead, salutatorian, right, pose for a photo with their mother, Rhonda Hogshead of Dent after mass and the awards ceremony Wednesday, June 2, at Roger Bacon High School in St. Bernard. PHOTOS BY LANDON BOST / THE ENQUIRER

‘The best feeling’ Roger Bacon High School sisters are the fi rst siblings to earn valedictorian and salutatorian Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer

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laire and Grace Hogshead, sisters and seniors at Roger Bacon High School, fi ltered into Carol Dauwe Fine Arts Center auditorium on a recent Wednesday with the rest of their classmates. Birkenstocks, white Converse and a pair of cheetah print heels poked out from beneath the students’ gowns. Rhonda Hogshead, the girls’ mother, sat in the crowd with the rest of the parents, most of whom were maskless. Ohio’s mask mandate had been offi cially lifted that morning. This senior Mass is the fi rst “back to normal” senior send-off since the start of the pandemic, says district spokesperson Rob Rickenbaugh. Last year’s seniors got a drive-thru graduation ceremony. Roger Bacon had in-person graduation that Thursday. Claire and Grace each gave speeches as valedictorian and salutatorian – the fi rst time in the school’s 93year history that siblings have earned the top two spots in any graduating class. This year, Roger Bacon graduated 126 seniors. During his homily that Wednesday, Fr. Roger Lopez, OFM, said many students told him they felt alone during the pandemic. He admitted it may have been diffi cult to fi nd God’s goodness in the past year.

‘Flying discs’ or ‘bright light’? The term UFO was coined by the U.S. Air Force in 1952 in reference to aerial phenomena that cannot be immediately identifi ed. Public interest in UFOs fi rst took off after private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine fl ying saucers while searching for a Marine Corps transport plane that was thought to have crashed along the side of Mount Rainier in Washington in June of 1947. Many of those who have encountered UFOs locally described a similar metallic saucer or disk. The saucers, which are usually seen at night or before the sunrise, are seen zig-zagging across the sky, sometimes with lights beaming from underneath. An Enquirer article published on July 8, 1947, just weeks after Pilot Arnold’s reported encounter, describes numerous eyewitness accounts of “fl ying discs” throughout Greater Cincinnati. See UFOS, Page 2A

Claire Hogshead, valedictorian, left, and her sister Grace Hogshead, salutatorian, both Roger Bacon graduates, wait before mass and the awards ceremony.

“It seems hidden, but it is in plain sight,” Lopez said. He asked the students to share where they have seen God’s goodness during their time at Roger Bacon. “In each other,” one student said. “In your class,” a student told Lopez. “In the mirror,” another student added. Lopez laughed with the rest of the parents and students. After Mass, administrators took the stage and transitioned into the senior awards ceremony. The Hogshead sisters were called up for two awards: for Assisi Scholars, a selective program that includes a See SIBLINGS, Page 4A

The Pentagon, along with other federal agencies, is expected to release a report on unidentifi ed flying objects (UFOs) this month. U.S. NAVY

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