Light over Zeeland, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Intense bright circular light, appeared in north sky, disappeared after few seconds, no movement.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121517). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-24 → 2015-09-10
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April 30, 2018 · 10:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Zeeland, MI
At approximately 22:15 Eastern Time in the city of Zeeland just SW of Grand Rapids, I had gone outside from my place of work to smoke a cigarette. I noticed low on the northern horizon at approximately 15 degrees above the horizon what appeared to be a planet or aircraft with a very bright landing light. I took interest in it and decided to watch it for a bit during my break. I was informed later that there are no planets visible on the northern sky. The object did not appear to be moving. I continued to watch it and pointed it out to a fellow co-worker who seemed to think it was some kind of star. He proceeded to leave for the night. Just before finishing my cigarette while continuing to watch it, the object flashed a bright white light and disappeared. The light did not flash on the ground. There was no sound associated with it.
August 30, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Zeeland, MI
Thought it was a medium size star. Stationary as my eye first caught it. Thought it was the only star out. Same brightness as a star. The sky was overcast, cloudy. Then it moved to my right about 4 times faster than a plane, then on an angle down to my left. Then squiggled all around then up then straight down. No sound, no flashing lights, left no trail. Thought maybe a shooting star but they don't go down then up. I was coming out my front door to walk the dog. It was just about dark out. I was facing south west when I spotted it looking toward Holland
October 25, 2015 · 4:47 AM · CIRCLE
Zeeland, MI
I was woke up at 4:47 am by an extremely loud jet plane sound right above my house, it rattled the windows, made the ceiling fan shake violently, as I jumped out of bed, the floor felt as if an earthquake was occurring. The backyard looked lite up as if it were noon, the way the jet sounded & felt, I was certain that I was going to run out to see a plane crash into my neighborhood, however by the time I got to the dining room and looked out the slider to the backyard, it was pitch black outside and no signs of a jet or any aircraft, everything seemed peaceful and "normal", then I ran to the front of the house and saw 2 circular lights in the eastern sky, they were side by side, one small and dim, the other was absolutely huge and extremely bright, neither one was moving or twinkling. They just hung in the sky, in the same spot for 20 minutes, then both of them simply disappeared at the same second, without ever moving, just disappeared! I grabbed my husbands cell phone and took a couple pictures and short video, which unfortunately neither do justice to the very large size of the one!!
October 19, 2015 · 2:40 AM · FLASH
Zeeland, MI
A sudden bright light rayed through my window. My brother and I both noticed it. It was slightly larger than the moon, but glowed more violently. Very slowly, it moved across the sky for a brief four seconds, then zoomed to the right very quickly. I was expecting it to appear after ducking behind the trees in my backyard, but didn't. It was like it suddenly vanished! I'm now hearing some rather strange sounds, like a vibration of a nearby train. I checked but didn't hear any train horns or rumbling tracks. A slight hum can be heard, too.. I hope this is helpful.
October 19, 2014 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Zeeland, MI
I'm hoping to see others who saw this also. Very large triangular shaped object with big bright lights. Lights were white with red in center. Saw on the 19th at 10:05 pm moving North to south very very slow. No sound. Lights did not flash. It goes on a slant up and down and below the tree line at times out of sight. Then 20 seconds later appears going up so very slow in the same spot it went down. Our city is about 1&1/2 miles in diameter and I saw it cross and it took 50 minutes. What the heck? I saw it again the next Wednesday, Oct. 22/2014 at 8:05. It went from West to East. Everything identical. I saw it again on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014 at 8:05. West to East again. Everything same as first 2 times except this time the neighbors dogs were barking non stop and the neighbors car alarm went off. Getting creeped out. Not sure I'm liking this any more.
June 21, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Zeeland, MI
They were round amber lights floating across the sky in Zeeland, Michigan. We saw a few dozen. At first they all seemed to be in a straight line but a few were travelling side by side. Some appeared to touch each other. My husband is a professional pilot and said they were not aircraft. He said there were no port or starboard running lights. He thought they were some type of lanterns attached to helium ballons that someone was lighting on the ground and releasing. But it is raining steadily so I am somewhat doubtful. When we went indoors the lights were still coming. We would like to know if others saw these lights. Thanks.