Incident · 8 March 1994 · Holland, Michigan
Holland–Muskegon lights (Michigan, 1994)
Also known as Holland Michigan 1994, Lake Michigan UFO 1994
On the night of 8 March 1994, residents of Holland, on the Lake Michigan shore, made a number of 911 calls about moving lights. Holland police officer Jeff Velthouse saw coloured, oscillating lights through binoculars, and National Weather Service meteorologist Jack Bushong in Muskegon, who was on the phone with dispatch, said he was tracking three large radar returns in a shifting triangle over the lake.
The police report records the observations and Bushong's account but no identification.
Sources: Holland Police Department report 940308035 (via WOOD TV8, 2021)
Facts and claims
- documented Holland police officer Jeff Velthouse saw red, green and white lights through binoculars that he described as "oscillating, rather than blinking" and unlike a normal aircraft. Many residents called 911 that night. Source: Holland Police Department general incident report 940308035 (UFO sightings, 8 March 1994)
- documented National Weather Service meteorologist Jack Bushong in Muskegon told the officer he had three radar returns, larger than aircraft, moving in a triangular pattern at 15,000–25,000 ft. One crossed about 20 miles over Lake Michigan in roughly 10 seconds. Source: Holland Police Department general incident report 940308035 (UFO sightings, 8 March 1994)
Connected files
Documents
- Holland Police Department general incident report 940308035 (UFO sightings, 8 March 1994) (documented in)
People
- Jack Bushong (witnesses)
- Jeff Velthouse (witnesses)
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