Triangle over Troy, MI
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The report, as filed
brite white clearly defined triangle
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 2004-02-13 → 2004-03-01
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September 17, 2022 · 8:18 PM · CIRCLE
Troy, MI
My 3 kids and I (ages 13, 11, 9) were taking a walk at dusk in our subdivision after dinner. It was getting dark so we were headed back toward our house. Suddenly, we noticed a bright round object hovering above us (not still, slowly moving). It was lit very brightly. It was moving steadily and slowly, at the speed of a floating balloon. It was completely noiseless, and appeared round. It did not appear to have wings or any shape even remotely close to a plane or helicopter. It was as close to our heads as a kite would be, maybe closer. It appears much further in the video, but the video is not a good reflection of what we actually witnessed live. My 13 year old took out her phone and recorded it, but by this point, it had already moved away from us in proximity. After she stopped recording, it suddenly vanished. We could no longer see it, which was weird because the light was so bright just seconds prior. Something that bright should have been visible even from a distance. In the video, you can see a bat fly by the lens of our camera. Even the bat is flying faster than this object, which is so strange and fascinating.
June 15, 2022 · 8:51 PM · CIGAR
Troy, MI
I was flying my drone from my third floor balcony. I saw this in the sky while trying to locate my drone. Could not take video because I had the drone app opened and was on a phone call. Snapped pictures. Was moving at a steady speed but seemed too high and not like a plane.
November 17, 2018 · 11:00 AM · LIGHT
Troy, MI
I heard a loud noise above our house & the neighbor's house ... crawled out of bed to look out my window and saw a bright light leaving from above our house heading north going higher and higher with an extremely LOUD noise and bright light bigger than car but smaller than a airplane from what I could see.
October 4, 2017 · 6:05 AM · CIRCLE
Troy, MI
On Wednesday morning, October 4, 2017, at approximately 6:05 a.m. I had to take one of my three dogs outside on a leash due to major surgery he just had. Normally, I allow them to go out by themselves because I have a fenced back yard. While the other two dogs were running around the back yard, the dog I had on the leash just stood in the middle of the driveway looking around. While he was doing that, I was noticing how nice the stars were and the little dipper was visible. The cold front had not moved in yet, but I did notice some light clouds moving in. Something caught my dogs attention and he started to walk down the driveway to the back yard. We were headed North on the driveway. That is when I noticed a bright ball of light arcing from about ½ a mile from my driveway on the East side. It was about 300 feet in the air arcing East. Then it literally stopped for a few seconds in mid-air, and then flew straight up into the sky until I could not see it any longer. From my location the ball looked to be bigger than a soft ball and as bright as a led light. When we all went back inside the house 40 minutes had already gone by. The 40 minutes that passed from us going outside and going back in again is confusing. Our morning journey outside usually lasts 10 minutes. After we went inside I heard a helicopter near my house.
February 17, 2017 · 8:03 PM · CYLINDER
Troy, MI
I am currently on Big Beaver and Coolidge. I started off in Berkeley, Michigan, which is when I first saw it. If I am traveling West on Big Beaver, near Coolidge, it's currently in the sky. I would say its just North of Coolidge in Troy, Michigan. I have been following it for over an hour. It's just sitting still. Every now on then I will see red flashing lights on it. Initially I thought it was a plane landing. At first glance you can mistake it for a star, as well, but at some point you will notice red lights. I have never seen anything like this, however, it's really freaking me out. Probably a sighting of Venus. PD
September 6, 2014 · 9:49 PM · CIRCLE
Troy, MI
Observed three red objects moving quickly from west to east, then veering southeast. First object passed the position of the moon and turned, the next two objects turned before. The objects appeared in the sky 60 to 90 seconds apart. The objects were traveling across the sky roughly 5x faster than commercial aircraft. All three were identical in shape - they were first seen as very bright red, and as they crossed they dimmed, completely the opposite of the light from a jet airplane flame. The objects were observed by three people - a 4y/o grandchild, her 28 y/o mother and a 52 y/o father, both older people with college educations. We walked out and immediately observed the first light - there may have been more.