“There’s a pattern here,” says Sam Phillips, a musician who filmed a UFO hovering over downtown Cleveland, just under a mile from the lake, in March 2007. The footage was shown nationwide by CBS News. “There’s a riddle here. And I want answers. I want an explanation.”

Phillips admits he has become obsessive over what he saw. Friends have deserted him. But he adds, “This is not about me.”

Phillips filmed the UFO during a nighttime antiwar rally. He feels the craft overhead has similar ideals as the Cleveland peaceniks. “Our brothers and sisters are going to come down from the universe and humble our ass,” he said that night.