‘No reason to report it’: California sheriff asks public to stop calling about planetary sightings

Jupiter and Venus lit up the night sky earlier this week, prompting many members of the public to call authorities in Central California, much to the chagrin of the local sheriff’s office.

“There is no reason to report this,” the Stanislaw County Sheriff’s Office wrote on social media Wednesday night.

The sheriff’s office said dispatchers received repeated calls about two bright lights in the sky.

“Don’t be alarmed as NASA said Jupiter and Venus will appear in the western sky on March 1st,” the sheriff’s office wrote.