Rectangle over Norton Shores, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Around 22:00 on Friday, December 4, I saw between 5 and 10 orange rectangular lights drifting across the night sky in a general northeastern direction. The National Weather Channel state the wind direction was blowing at 7mph in a SSW direction.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124516). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-12-01 → 2015-12-18
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