Sphere over Detroit (northwest area), MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approx 10:30pm EST, on Sept. 11, 2017, my father and I witnessed an orange, flickering light. It appeared to be at an extremely high altitude (if even in the atmosphere). Its size resembled that of a star in the sky. It displayed inconsistent flickering, which slowly faded out after approx. 1.5 to 2 minutes. Object moved in a consistent path/line from southeast to northwest, at a constant, slow speed. There was no trail/tail either. The object did not emit any sound. As a side note, according to aerospace.org, there were no reentries since September 3rd, with the next being September 15th.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136167). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-09-08 → 2017-09-25