Kent, OH being encounter — March 1978

Two men camping beside a small lake near Kent, Ohio, reportedly watched a large pulsating ball of light above the water during March 1978. The Hatch digest adds a retracting beam and a large figure. A longer account attributed to Don Worley describes the men later hearing heavy steps near the woods while they were fishing. They said that their flashlights revealed a large hairy figure between trees. The narrative includes gunfire, a retreat to the tent, pounding sounds nearby, and their eventual departure by car. Later reported symptoms and dreams of being taken aboard an object should remain separate from the claimed observations at the lake. The published source trail is retrospective, including UFO Universe in summer 1989, more than a decade after the supposed event. The witnesses' names and exact location are not supplied in the available account. The plate illustrates the initial lake-and-light scene without depicting violence or treating subsequent dreams as a witnessed journey.