Ottawa County 911 UFO Incident, Holland, Michigan (1994)On theevening of March 8, 1994, residents of Southwest Michigan began seeingstrange things in the skies over Lake Michigan to the south of Holland.Blue, white, red, and green lights, sometimes attached to cylindricalobjects, and sometimes performing unusual maneuvers, were reported.911operators began receiving calls at around 9:30 p.m. about somethingthat looked like "a string of Christmas lights way up in the sky." Itwasn't just a few people reporting these things; it was counties all upand down Lake Michigan. Some sources said 300 witnesses, includingseveral police officers, saw the lights.There were so manyreports that one of the Ottawa County 911 operators decided to call theNational Weather Service radar operator at Muskegon. The conversationsthat 911 had with the NWS operator were entirely recorded and presentedhere.Further Reading• 1994-Holland, Michigan, The UFO Sightings of March• Seeing a UFO was unforgettable• Holland, Michigan Radar-Visual UFO ImagesLIGHT SUMMARY :One caller is told by the dispatcher:"Down radio towers down in the area?"She sounds incredulous at the cell tower explanation so asks her companion to say what he saw:4-5 lights flashing, levelled off, then they moved south east and they were up in the air, they took off real fastThen there is a confirmation of anomalies in the air by the weatherservice. The 911 dispatcher from Ottowa County is curious and calls theweatherservice to find out what is going on.He calls the weather service Muskeegan and asks if he sees anything weird in the Otttowa county area.whole bunch of calls on strange about 60 UFO callsWeather service :theres something big down there, wait a minute is really strange….Its moving, its moved about 86 km from me, moving towards west-south west like a big blob...almost off the scope?"Dispatcher:yes thats how is was explained to usWeather Service:It was up about 6000 feet or so, unless it was a…..its I got it onmanual now….look like its steady right now….I'm getting it now about12ftpretty strong return…..I've never seen…. now I'm getting multiplereturns"Dispatcher:….Bunch of cylinder objects going together and coming apart….Weather Service:OMG what is this? Im getting 3 of them now…at about 5k feet hightseparated by about 50 kms……..very strong returns, they are like a triangle on my scope….very strong….these are HUGE returns, not even in storms are returns likethis….. these aren't stop and popping up all over the place.…...These are all up around 7 and 12 000 feet, I don't know if its some kind of energy, I wish we have a picture of them.….I do sweeps, they are instantaneously moving , they looking verystrong ?….? These are bigger than planes. These about the size of a?half thumbnail across? (the return blip on screen size)The man at weather centre doesn't believe he has been talking to the 911 centre so calls the Sheriff.Sheriff says they did call:we have been chasing flights all over the place down there…..Somethinggoing through the air horizontal different range of speed up and downandall over the sky.South holland areaWeather Service:"Planes show up as a pin point and move...these were bigger half athumbnail on the scope, about 5-12k feet, 3 of them moving all over theplace….moving towards towards chicago,…Ive never seen anything like thatbefore, …some kind of atmospheric phenomena…I know the northernlights are going on but?….actaully there some blips on the computer thatbeing recorded"