Triangle over Michigan (Central Upper), MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At sunset I was sitting on my deck and saw a bright yellow light.I thought it was the sun shining through a hole in the cloud. Then the light was red and then I thought it was an airplane in the distance. I watched it but it didn't seem to move. As I was watching another yellow light showed up to the right and another directly centered on top of the other two to make the shape of a triangle. I watched trying to figure out what it was. Then the top light shot away, the bottom right light shot away and then the first light which was yellow again disappeared. It happened fast it was gone. I eliminated fireworks, sunset shining through the cloud, and an airplane as possibilities. I
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128324). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-30 → 2016-07-17