Rectangle over Ada, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It looked like a drone out our window 100 yards or so. Just sitting in mid air maybe taking photos or video. But if it was, it was the biggest drone I have ever seen. Plus it was not shaped like a drone. Looked more like a big rectangle. Later I thought it might be a balloon until I looked at my photos. It was sitting out the window for about 10 minutes then just slowly started going up and away from my window. I watched it mesmerized for quite some time thinking it was going to fly back to its owner after while. It didn't. I just kept flying or floating upward. Me and two of my co-workers just watched it for a while thinking it had to be some cool new drone. After while as I started to process what I was seeing I thought it would zip off at the speed-of-sound or something but it didn't. It just kept going up and away until it was out of sight.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143077). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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