On Red Alert (PS) Reward Bug
You probably thought you saw something in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you, it was Venus.
I have had this issue some time ago too. When i was asked to select a reward from a Personal Story (I can’t recall which one, but it was one before The Battle of Claw Island for Sylvari, lvl 50 or something), I chose a ring with an upgrade. But later when I saw it on my inventory, there wasn’t an upgrade. Linking it to chat and hovering it would show the upgrade, but the upgrade wouldn’t be shown for my one in use (see picture attached).