Triangle over Swartz Creek, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The other witness and I were driving down the expressway, when I looked up and saw the object. At first glance, it looked like an airplane. So I asked the witness, "That's not a plane is it?" And they proceeded to say that it was just a low flying plane. As we got a little closer, we noticed that the craft was not moving at all, so there was no way that it could be a plane at all. It was a triangular formation of lights, with three white lights in a triangle in the front, and several white lights and one flashing red on the bottom of it. The red was in the center. As we continued past, the other witness turned their head to watch it. The entire craft faded and disappeared. It did not move, it just dissipated into nothing. We didn't see it again.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128112). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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