1.   Around the country, people are celebrating the comet with a joy quite unlike the trepidation that similar sightings spurred in past millenniums.

2.   Similar sightings have been reported in the prison for generations by inmates and guards alike.

3.   Two other witnesses contacted MUFON and described similar sightings at the same time and place.

4.   A driver on a nearby highway telephoned police to report a similar sighting, the Rome daily Il Messaggero reported.

5.   Similar sightings were reported throughout the Northeast, with people from Virginia to New York saying they saw lights in the sky and heard loud noises.

6.   The Vatican has kept a low-profile about the statue, as it does for similar unexplained sightings around the world.

7.   A similar sighting in another village was reported earlier in the year.