‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Volume 3: ‘Something In the Sky’ - Netflix Tudum
- In 1994, hundreds of people saw strange lights off Lake Michigan. Was it a craft from another world?By Steve HellingOct. 18, 2022
On the evening of March 8, 1994, more than 300 calls flooded into 911 dispatch to report strange lights in the night sky along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. The hovering objects appeared to be either round or cylindrical, with different colored lights; eventually, callers said, they headed out over the lake. A radar operator from the National Weather Service watched the movements of these UFOs for hours and confirmed the reports. In the decades since the sightings, witnesses and investigators are no closer to solving the mystery than they were in 1994. What were the eerie lights that hovered over the lake? A natural phenomenon? Military aircraft? Or were they aliens from another world?
Authorities still cannot explain the origin of the mysterious lights in the sky that were seen by hundreds of witnesses. Hear from witnesses and read the first-hand accounts. What do you think was flying over Lake Michigan on that night? In the video above, witness Holly Graves reflects on the emotional blowback of her 1994 UFO sighting.
Witness image gallery
Witnesses from all over Michigan observed the unexplained lights in the sky and gave strikingly similar descriptions of what they saw.
Radar map gallery
Soon after radar operator Jack Bushong’s taped conversation with the Ottawa County dispatcher was released, he met with ufologist Michael Swords. The pair spent hours trying to make sense of what Jack saw on his radar. These are the drawings they produced during that meeting.
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See the “Something in the Sky” bonus material folder for additional evidence, including weather reports and a transcript of the 911 calls.
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