Light over Bear Lake, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At about 45 degrees South, a small point of light appeared, looking like a bright star, it flashed even brighter. Moving Southwest very slowly and vanished. A few seconds later, another point of light appeared directly above me, moving Northeast at a slow rate. I immediately thought it was the I.S.S. (having seen the Space Station before, it looked very similar), however at about 40 degrees, it seemed to stop and change direction moving North. After continuing for a few moments it changed direction to Northeast again. I followed the point of light until it finally disappeared behind the treeline.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142147). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-07-05 → 2018-07-22