Formation over Dollar Bay, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Drove towards the bright white/green lights. They seemed to be jumping around. They were brighter in some spots and dimmer in others. We tried to take pictures but it would NOT show up on camera or video. We thought it was the northern lights but they are not like any we have seen before. It was almost like a portal looking thing!! Like, if you went out into the woods it would get brighter and find the cause. We didnt. The entire county has been notified and I am sure that more than 5 people have seen it!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129639). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-29 → 2016-09-15