Steep Rock Lake Water Bandits

The Steep Rock Lake Water Bandits come from a sighting that was later revealed to be a hoax. The supposed encounter was sent in as an anonymous letter to the local newspaper and said to have occurred on July 2, 1950, near Sawmill Bay on Steep Rock Lake, northwest Ontario. A couple was having a picnic when the air began to vibrate from shock waves. They saw a ship on the water resembling two saucers with one on top of the other with one upside down. The couple watched these beings from behind a rock. A hatch at the top of the ship opened and several figures wearing metallic uniforms emerged. There was a hoop-shaped antenna rotating on top of the ship that almost caused them to be seen. The aliens however assumed the antenna was pointing at a deer. One held a green hose and held it in the lake and the witnesses heard a suction sound, assuming the water was being pulled up. The ship then took off with a blast of air.

Citations:

Rutkowski, Chris A.. Alien Abductions and UFO Sightings 5-Book Bundle: The Big Book of UFOs / I Saw It Too! / Abductions and Aliens / and 2 More. United States, Dundurn Press, 2016.