As reported

Light over Eastpointe, MI

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Did not seem to fly like a conventional aircraft.

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September 13, 2023 · 8:50 PM · LIGHT

Eastpointe, MI

i was smoking with my friend on the roof and the sky was clear, no clouds in sight, and we spotted these lights moving really fast through the sky and then we spotted another one and there were so many, they were faster than helicopters or planes and they were close to the stars so too high up for planes. some of them formed triangles, and some of them were just flying around. some of them had lights blinking red and white and some were still white or still red. we couldn’t identify a shape, they just looked like spheres with lights.

May 27, 2016 · 11:05 PM · UNKNOWN

Eastpointe, MI

My name is ((name deleted)), on the night of 5-27-16 from 11:05 to about 11:17 p.m., I witnessed a UFO. I was working at my facility when I decided to step out for a cigarette. Upon doing so, I noticed a blue light soaring through the sky. I thought nothing of it, until I noticed it had no other lights. Then the craft came to a dead stop. Once this happened I called my co-worker outside to see what I was seeing. The craft stopped south west of our location. I would say about a mile away from us, and hovered at about 2000 feet. The craft began to slowly move and 3 orbs of light came out of the bottom of the craft and shot back up into it. That seemed to start a sequence because the craft became a very bright red and began to descend in what seemed to be a smooth and straight line. The craft disappeared behind the treeline by Selfridge Air Force Base, Mi.

May 27, 2016 · 11:05 PM · SPHERE

Eastpointe, MI

On the night of 5/27/16, between the times of 11:05 and 11:11 pm, my co-worker called me out of the home we work at to point out a weird object flying in the sky that was traveling from the west, headed east, and finally came to rest positioned somewhere over or near Selfridge Air Force base. When the object first appeared it was very blue and very brightly illuminated, the lights weren't flickering or dimming like in typical aircraft. This was not like any star or planet I have ever seen in the sky before. The object was slightly bigger in appearance than the North Star, and emitted no sounds, and moved very smoothly, until it came to a complete stop northeast of where we were looking and positioned. When the object came to a stop about 3 to 4 smaller orb like blue lights came out of the bottom of the object and hovered there for about 1 minute, before the orbs disappeared back into the object and the object turned solid bright vibrant red. The object remained still in the sky for about another 2 minutes, and then started to lower itself to the ground. It continued to descend to the ground while remaining bright solid red, until it disappeared out of our visual field. The whole time the object remained the same size and the lights were always visible to my coworker and me. This event lasted a total of 6 minutes. The house we are located at is in Eastpointe, Michigan, at 9 Mile Rd., just west of Hayes. The object was viewed moving just north of us, probably about 8-10 miles away, towards the Harrison Township/Mount Clemens area. This is the approximate location that Selfridge Air Force Base is situated compared to where we are. The weather is clear and cloud cover is almost none. It is not raining and there are hardly any stars visible, so this object really stuck out. I am not sure the altitude of the object but I do know that while my co-worker and I were viewing this event, the object was positioned between two telephone poles, and was about 3 feet above the wire that crosses between the poles. My best guess would be that this object was flying at the elevation of about 20,000 feet to 25,000 feet in the air. It wasn't as high as a plane would normally be seen flying. My co-worker attempted to get video footage while this whole thing was happening. We don't know if the video came out, or is clear, because it was taken on his smart phone, and the screen is small and marred from overuse. I am working on transferring the video from his phone to my computer to see it we can upload it to get a better look to see if we were able to catch is even on film. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite serious-minded. We suspect that she is an excellent witness. She works in the field of medicine. PD

June 1, 2013 · 9:48 PM · FIREBALL