On the night of November 5th a party on the beach
in the vicinity from which Captain Rainbow made his observation,
reported a similar phenomenon. In this case the party being
on the ground was able to report fairly accurately the
direction of movement of the brilliant object. This
conformed with the calculated movement of Venus which appears
to move sharply from North to South as it approaches the
horizon.
This would seem to substantiate that the atmospheric
conditions were such that Venus appeared spectacular at the
time and in the general direction in which the Pilot made his
observation. If the object he saw were not Venus then it is
difficult to understand how he could have failed to observe
that planet at the same time. The only explanation offered
for the apparent movement observed by him is that sufficient
of his passengers moved to the port side of the aircraft to
observe the phenomenon to cause the aircraft to yaw in that
direction.