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SUBJECT: MUFON REPORTS FILE: UFO2596
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PART 6
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Date: Thu Apr 7 20:52:04 1988
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From: RICHARD P. DELL'AQUILA (ab114)
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Subj: EASTLAKE UFO REPORTED BY COAST GUARD
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In a reply to a recent question from Dale Wedge, Page
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Stevens has mentioned that an unusual UFO event occurring over
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Lake Erie in early March was the result of a misidentification
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of the planets Jupiter and Venus which appeared close to each
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other in the night sky. Page mentioned that a Coast Guard
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report on the incident "agrees fully" with the Venus/Jupiter
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hypothesis. The report has been submitted to an astronomer for
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his expert opinion as to whether the Venus/Jupiter hypothesis
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adequately explains all the phenomena described in the report
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by the Coast Guard personnel, also reported by at least a half
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dozen other independent witnesses.
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The sightings, which have continued unabated for the
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past month, have been reported by several independent
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witnesses, one of whom took photographs. The case is being
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investigated by Rick Dell'Aquila (ab114) and Dale Wedge (ae511)
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The document confirms that members of the Coast Guard
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saw a group of strange objects cavorting on and near the icy
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surface of Lake Erie. A local astronomer attempted to explain
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the sightings as resulting from the apparent conjunction of
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Jupiter and Venus in the night sky, coupled with "spontaneous
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gas emissions" caused by viewing the conjunction through the
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Earth's atmosphere.
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The incident involves a large blimp-like object, "larger
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than the Goodyear blimp," which released up to a half dozen
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triangular-shaped lights and objects, in close proximity to the
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Perry nuclear power plant and Eastlake coal burning plant, and
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multiple independent witnesses, apparent animal reactions, as
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well as government documents, and hence qualifies for high-
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priority.
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The case is officially classified as a Close Encounter
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of the Second Kind.
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The Coast Guard report reads as follows:
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COG: INFO COPIES
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CPC DCS DGP DPA B M O OLE OSR 9
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FP D9AW
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D9 AW DE FP
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ISN-FP021
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P 051405Z MAR 88
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FM COGARD STA FAIRPORT OH//CO//
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TO AW/COMCOGARDGRU DETROIT MI//OPS//
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INFO D9/CCGDNINE CLEVELAND OH//OSR//
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BT
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UNCLAS //N16144//
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SUBJ: INCIDENT REPORT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
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PLANT.
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RPTNG A LARGE OBJECT HOVERING OVER THE LAKE AND APPARENTLY ON A
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SLOW DESCENT. THE OBJECT HAD A WHITE LIGHT AND WAS APPROX. 1/4
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MILE UP. [Blanked] WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW FAR OUT IT
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WAS. THIS UNIT SENT 2 CREWMEMBERS TO INVESTIGATE. BEFORE THEY
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ARRIVED O/S, WE RCVD 2 MORE CALLS RPTNG THAT THE OBJECT HAD
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APPARENTLY DISPERSED 3-5 SMALLER FLYING OBJECTS THAT WERE
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ZIPPING AROUND RATHER QUICKLY. THESE OBJECTS HAD RED, GREEN,
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WHITE AND YELLOW LIGHTS ON THEM THAT STROBED INTERMITTENTLY.
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THEY ALSO HAD THE ABILITY TO STOP AND HOVER IN MID-FLIGHT.
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WHEN MOBILE 02 GO O/S, THEY RPTD THE SAME ACTIVITY. THEY
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WATCHED THE OBJECTS FOR APPROX. 1 HOUR BEFORE RPTNG THAT THE
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LARGE OBJECT WAS ALMOST ON THE ICE. THEY RPTD THAT THE ICE WAS
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CRACKING AND MOVING ABNORMAL AMOUNTS AS THE OBJECT CAME CLOSER
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TO IT. THE ICE WAS RUMBLING AND THE OBJECT LIT MULTI-COLOR
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LIGHTS AT EACH END AS IT APPARENTLY LANDED. THE ;LIGHTS ON IT
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WENT OUT MOMENTARILY AND THEN CAME ON AGAIN. THEY WENT OUT
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AGAIN AND THE RUMBLING STOPPED AND THE ICE STOPPED MOVING. THE
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SMALLER OBJECTS BEGAN HOVERING IN THE AREA WHERE THE LARGE
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OBJECT LANDED AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THEY BEGAN FLYING AROUND
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AGAIN. MOBILE 02 RPTD THAT THEY APPEARED TO BE SCOUTING THE
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AREA. MOBILE 02 RPTD THAT 1 OBJECT WAS MOVING TOWARD THEM AT A
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HIGH SPEED AND LOW TO THE ICE. MOBILE 02 BACKED DOWN THE HILL
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THEY HAD BEEN ON AND WHEN THEY WENT BACK TO THE HILL, THE
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OBJECT WAS GONE. THEY RPTD THAT THE OBJECTS COULD NOT BE SEEN
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IF THEY TURNED OFF THERE LIGHTS. ONE OF THE SMALL OBJECTS
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TURNED ON A SPOTLIGHT WHERE THE LARGE OBJECT HAD BEEN BUT
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MOBILE 02 COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING, AND THEN THE OBJECT SEEMED TO
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DISAPPEAR. ANOTHER OBJECT APPROACHED MOBILE 02 APPROX. 500 YDS.
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OFFSHORE ABOUT 20 FT. ABOVE THE ICE, AND IT BEGAN MOVING CLOSER
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AS MOBILE 02 BEGAN FLASHING ITS HEADLIGHTS, THEN IT MOVED OFF
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TO THE WEST.
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USING BINOCULARS AND AFTER CONTACTING LOCAL POLICE AND
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AIRPORTS, THIS UNIT WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE OBJECTS, AND
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RECALLED MOBILE 02.
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BT
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TOR-03:05:14:44
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The Coast Guard report for the following evening
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suggests that the Coast Guard had misidentified the planets
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Jupiter and Venus.
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I ask the astronomers on this board, skeptical or
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otherwise, for their opinions as to the adequacy of the Venus/
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Jupiter hypothesis in light of this report.
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Page, I ask you whether the foregoing report "fully
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agrees" with the Venus/Jupiter hypothesis, and also whether you
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believe that these Coast Guard personnel, experts in their own
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way and no doubt familiar with the night sky and celestial
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navigation, could have so grossly misidentified the planets for
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several hours.
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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