I like the "Carter Once Saw a UFO on 'Very Sober Occasion'", by Howell Raines" bit.The Wikipedia entry offers an explanation by Carl G. Justus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident
It seems like the explanation for Carter's UFO sighting, a barium cloud launched from Rocket Number AG7.626 from Eglin Air Force Base, was never widely promoted. It's come up again recently in the movie "The UFO Movie They Don't Want you To See".The Wikipedia entry offers an explanation by Carl G. Justus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident
But can you explain the Oz FactorYes; an experimental barium cloud. It appears that Carter observed it accurately, and didn't misidentify Venus after all.
Nowadays someone would probably have taken a picture with their smartphone, giving us a reasonable chance to identify the culprit.