Circle over Richland, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It caught my eye because it didn't look like anything I've seen before and didn't look like a plane. It was reflective like a mirror without any flickering. I watched it for around 30 seconds and then reached for my phone to take a picture. While I was firing up the camera, I watched the object fade like someone used a dimmer switch to "turn it off" and it was gone from site. There was nowhere for it to go, no clouds. But it was gone by the time my camera was ready.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124018). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-11-08 → 2015-11-25
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