Rectangle over Trenton/Grosse Ile, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I enjoy looking at the stars from time to time. When I was leaving my car to walk into my house, I decided to look up at the night sky. I then noticed an almost completely black figure shaped like a rectangle flying at about the same altitude as a normal airplane would, but I noticed it was traveling about 2 or 3 times faster than a normal airplane. I don't know how I caught it, but it was very hard to see. I know what I saw though. A Rectangular craft. I've never seen anything like it. Maybe a secret government plane? It was just weird. Cool, but weird. Is this a common sighting? I've seen UFOs many times before, but nothing like this
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #141629). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-01-12 → 2018-01-29