Rectangle over Plymouth - Northville, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
UFO while heading north on I-275, (Plymouth to Northville) it is flattened rhomboid shape that was matching our northbound speed, turning from time to time, on edge it was extremely thin relative to the broad side. It was light gray, totally devoid of any markings on broad side. It was not a blimp, not a balloon, not a helicopter, not a plane. This thing was at LEAST 200 ft to 300 ft long on all 4 sides and was just a little more than 1/2 mile away at the closest distance. In person, you could see the distinct shape with 4 sharp corners. Its shape was similar to a square with one side locked in place, and with the remaining sides pushed over maybe 10-20 degrees. When it rotated, edge-wise, it couldn't have been more than 10-20 feet thick (very rough approximation). Extremely unusual shape for anything in the air, sustained. It remained at same speed (55mph) 4:45p as traffic was moving from Ann Arbor Rd until 7 mile Rd on I-275, then took off north fast & disappeared over the horizon northbound. As we got closer it was extremely apparent it was nothing I’d ever seen or anything conventional and was at our 10 o’clock relative to travel north on the freeway, perhaps a half mile away. I took 5 photos to confirm it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #110455). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-06-16 → 2014-07-03