Sphere over Ontonagon, MI
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The report, as filed
I am a grad student at Michigan tech. During spring break, me and six other people rented a cabin. We were going snowshoeing and cross country skiing. On the last day of the trip (which I believe was March 10) we all went outside to stand on the the frozen lake to look at the stars. It was maybe 9:30 pm. The first light just appeared in the sky. It was bright white and looked far away. It was moving very fast in complicated maneuvers. A second light appeared, this one started following the first lights movement by tailing it closely. In unison, the lights "dropped" what looked like a flashing orbs. The flash was bright white. The orbs fell directly down from the lights, they did not follow light's trajectory. The orbs flashed five times and vanished. A third light appeared in the sky. All 3 lights sped off. There were 3 sonic booms. The event lasted maybe a minute. When I looked at my phone, I remember it being very close to 10 pm. We had some drinks with our food before the event. None of us were drunk during the event.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167363). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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