Sphere over Charlevoix, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was leaving work at 11:00 p.m. on August 12th, 2016. I was walking across the road headed towards my car when, I heard a loud military chopper flying low over our small town. I looked up to see what it was doing and noticed 3 orange orbs floating in front of it at the same altitude. Looked like they were being escorted west, towards Lake Michigan.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132485). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-09 → 2016-08-26
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