ATTACHMENT lA
Lake Erie, Ohio--1988
000.8.34
The following Coast Guard document describes a UFO report by
~~ast Guard personnel in which a UFO hovered over Lake Erie,
:.ispatched several smaller UFOs, and then landed on an iced-over
p art of the Lake, on March 4, 1988.
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TO AW/COMC'OGARDGRU DCROIT Ml.//OPS//
INFO 09/CCCONINE CIEv'CriND OH//OSR//
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SUBJ: INCIDDlT P.!:PORT: t1UOO.TIFI~ FLYIS~ Os.Jl:C':'S
l. UNIDon'FIABU: FLYl~G OBJECTS l /4 MIU: EAST Or C£I PC);,tER PI>Jrr.
2. AT 2035 LCL Tr.IS 51°ft'!°:0N Rcvt> A CALL FROM ~~ BA.~ (35978
HIAWA'fflA, EASTLAKE, OK PHf 216-951-0970) RPTNG A LARGE OBJ'c:CT HO~G
OVER THE I>.JCE: A.)ID A?PAR.:..~Y ON A SLOW OEC!llT. '!H!: O8.nCT n.~ A Wr.ITE:
LIGHT AND WAS APPROX. 1/ , MILE tJ'P 1..)ID SH:: WAS UNABLE TO OETE:RMI?:t HOW
FAR OUT IT WAS. nns L"NIT SENT 2 cu;\~ERS TO INVESTIGi\TE:. BEcORZ
THEY ARRIVED 0/S, WE RCVD 2 MORE CAUS ~G 'l'Hi.T THE oan:CT HAD
APPARENTLY OISr~to J-5 510..LU:R FLYINC c.an:CTS THAT WERE ZIPPI!IG
AROUND RAna:R QUICKLY. 'IHESE o.an:crs HAD RED, c~, WHITE A!ID i~!.toW
LIGHTS ON THEM THAT STROBED IN'l'ERMI'ITENTY. THEY ALSO HAD THE A!ILIT'l
TO STOP AND HOVER IN MIO FLIGHT. lo,'liEN MOBILE 0:? GOT 0 / S, n-Xi i-PTD
THE SAME ACTIVIn. THEY i;ATCHEO TnE 081E:C'IS FOP. h?PROX. ! HOUR B!:!CRE
RPmG niAT THE ~E Os.Jl:CT WAS AIMOST ON TH!.: let. 'IH!:Y R.~ '!'!1.,\'; THE
ICE WAS CRACKING I.NO MOVING ABNORM.\L Al".0\.iin'S AS TH!.: O5.JECT CA.~. CWSER
TO IT. THE ICE WAS RUMBLING ANO THE OPJECT LIT 1':ut!l'I-CCI.OR t.:G:~7S AT
EACH END AS IT APPARDr.'LY u.NDE:D. THE LIGHTS ON IT WDn' Otr!'
!-IOMENTARILY ANO THEN Ck~ ON AGAIN. THEY WO-T ot"l' AGAIN M':> TM!:
RUMBLING STOPPED M-0 'r.!!: ICE STOPP[!) MOV!NG. nf!: ~ os.n:crs
B!GAN HOVERING IN THE~ tiKERE n-:E I.A.~ OSJZCT L'U-uCO NI.>~ A
n:w MINt1'I'E:S THEY m:GAN F!.YL'-~ AROUND AGAIN. MOBIIE 02 P.PrO Tl-'j.l' ~
APPEARED 'ro BE SCOUTI?fG THE A.~. MOBILE 02 nPrO 'IJ1.AT l Oa1ECT k"AS
MOVING TOWARD TlfEK AT A HIGH SP~ 1'N'O I.OW 'ro Tt!E :CE. !-!:JB::..!: 02
BAca:O tx>wt-r Tm: JiILL 'lHEY HAD ~ ON AND WK!:N niEY Wt:::'!' !!.i\CiC "1'0 'nIE
HILL, THE O~CT WAS CONE. THEY RPTD T'dM' THE OSJ:ECTS C-:-JLD Nor BE
SEE:N IF n!EY Tt.'RNED C:F ~ LIG"r."':'S. O?IE OF THE S~.!.L CBJECTS ~n:D
ON A SPC71"LICHT WHD~E '!'Ht IARGE OBJECT HAD BEEN BUT MOB!!.-r; 0, COULD
Nor SEE ~G, ANO THEN niE OSJZCT S!:EY.ED 'ro DISA?P!:.'.~. A?~
OBJ'ECT APPROACHED MO!IU 02 APPROX. 500 YOS. OFFSHORE A!:<>t.T!' 20 :FT.
ABOVE~ ICE, ANt> rr m:G>.N MOVING C"'...DS!:R AS MOS!LE 02 &GA.'f
FIASHING ITS HEADLIGHTS, n-~ IT MOVED orr 'ro Tl!! WEST.
J. THE ~!RS ~ t.~SU: TO IOD:TI:Y 'JSY or Tm: o::-.:z~ csr.::;
an:oc-.r..>..ttS : ~'10 AFTER c:m:'ACTING ~ Y.>LICE: ANO A!P~?.:-:::, "fHT..S :J?ll':'
WJI.S uw.BLt ':':) ID::?-'T!rY na: osn:crs, i\N'O RECALU:O HOBILt O:?.
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