Unspecified over St. Johns, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
FAA employee reports seeing 20x tiny, "pinpoints of gold or yellow color" lights streak overhead. Multiple clusters.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1996-04-11 → 1996-04-28
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June 5, 2021 · 11:45 PM · TRIANGLE
St. Johns, MI
they were fast moving. Slower than a shooting star but faster than anything we have ever seen move across the sky. We watched them move across the entire sky above us but the whole event lasted approximately 5 seconds. It was an incredible sight to see, unreal.
March 7, 2020 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
St. Johns, MI
I had seen a total of 5 UFO's merging into what I thought was a star that pulsed red and white and completely stationary, the five that merged were white light. I had thought the first 5 were also stars and did not move but then moved in a straight line with equal space between them at a very high rate of speed.
June 22, 2016 · 10:00 PM
St. Johns, MI
I looked out of my window facing due south. I saw a stationary object in the night sky. It was 2 orange globes; one on top of the other with a white light shining down from the top of the globe. The orange gobes flickered a little. It sat stationary for 2 minutes while I was watching it. Stepped away momentarily, when I looked out again it was gone. I looked around to see if it had moved to another area & couldn't fnd it. It was a clear night.
August 13, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
St. Johns, MI
around august 13 i had seen what i would describe as a formation in the sky. it was flying south east to north west, on a path that i almost every day see military helicoptors and even A-10 fighters fly. The formation made almost no sound. on the left-hand side (as i looked up) i counted around 13 lights. flying right next to that craft to my right hand side was what appeared to be a regular run of the mill airplane. I watched them fly directly over head and i was very shocked that i had not heard anyone else talk about it. It must have been around 2100 hours because it was dark... the craft were flying rather low, i couldn't even really estimate a 'normal' height for a commercial airplane. I got the impression that the craft was being escorted and that maybe it was air force 1. As stated above i often see military craft fly that same route back and forth daily, but I know of no airbase in the direction they fly that is in America. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 6, 2009 · 9:45 PM · OVAL
St. Johns, MI
A red fiery or lit strobe moved slowly past my treetops.
November 16, 1999 · 7:09 PM · OTHER
St. Johns, MI
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