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Netflix Vol 3 Ep 2 - Something in the Sky

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A camping couple reported a 5,000-foot waterfall above Lake Michigan.

1. The Stack Pack covers The Unsolved Mysteries story “Something in the Sky,” which centers on a 1994 Lake Michigan UFO sighting. 2. Mike, Mondo Portillo, and Dan lead the discussion, with Mondo adding outside research and the others reacting to Jack Bashong’s radar account. 3. The episode asks whether a cluster of radar returns, 9-1-1 calls, and eyewitness reports point to one event over Lake Michigan. 4. The hosts focus on Jack Bashong, a weather-service employee, and his radar notes about three objects moving in a triangular pattern. 5. They describe a supervisor named Leo telling Jack to get out of Michigan after the sighting became public. 6. The episode also includes a family report from Jeffrey Velt’s house, where Holly Graves and another witness described seeing lights and called police. 7. A separate eyewitness story involves a couple camping near Lake Michigan who reported a 5,000-foot waterfall above the water. 8. The hosts note that Jack said the radar and the campers’ timeline matched around 11 p.m. to midnight. 9. The discussion adds anonymous pilots who reportedly saw something cutting across near O’Hare. 10. Michael Walsh, identified as a reporter, is mentioned for obtaining 9-1-1 recordings on cassette. 11. One of the most repeated details is the claim that roughly 300 people witnessed some part of the event. 12. Another recurring detail is that the lights were said to be seen across 42 counties in Michigan and even as far away as Chicago. 13. The hosts linger on the idea that the objects seemed to fit inside the radar triangle only if they knew the beam’s shape. 14. They also raise the possibility of radar malfunction, noting that someone posting about radar experience said similar events can come from equipment failure. 15. Dan argues that the 2021 government report changed the way people could talk about unidentified aerial events. 16. The episode keeps returning to the contrast between ridicule and documentation, with paper plates, cassette tapes, radar notes, and 9-1-1 audio all treated as evidence. 17. The tone is loose, joking, and conversational, with side detours into Twister, The X-Files, Lost, and breakfast diners. 18. The format is a recap-and-react discussion, with the hosts interrupting each other, comparing theories, and using pop-culture references to make sense of the case. 19. Best for listeners who like UFO cases, radar evidence, and 1990s nostalgia. 20. Skip if you want a tight, no-detour factual briefing.

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A messy UFO sighting gets a funny, fast-moving recap with enough sympathy to keep it grounded.

A 1994 Lake Michigan UFO sighting gives the episode a good mess to work with. Multiple witnesses, a weather guy getting laughed at, and a pile of odd details keep the conversation moving, and the hosts do best when they treat it as a shared event before piling on with jokes and…

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