Light over Clinton, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving home and all of a sudden I noticed a bright white/yellow light in the sky...it shot off at a crazy fast speed to the left...leaving a small trail and then was gone. Appeared and disappeared out of nowhere. It was too low to be a plane, clouds were in the sky so couldn’t be a shooting star. It moved too fast for an explanation. My first thought was UFO and I had pure panic.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #155564). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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December 22, 2019 · 7:25 PM · FORMATION
Clinton, MI
Looking west of Clinton single lights in row formation (8-10) showing. Flying up evenly spaced. Once one would disappear into the sky and new light would appear below. This took place for roughly 20 min. A ll stars were out, clear sky’s no clouds.
November 2, 2019 · 12:30 AM · CHANGING
Clinton, MI
Was outside smoking,the sky was slightly overcast in spots. As my ears began to ring, Strange illuminations traveled across the sky in a slow drift, leaving a trail of ripples like a distubance in water. (Seperate from the type of lights in the sky headlights create from the main road near by.) At times it would be a wave of illumination, 3 circle illuminating white lights in the shape of a triangle, also 2 large black "v" shape clouds in the same area traveling against the drift of regular coulds. I thought the black clouds could be gaps in the overcast sky, but when they appeared overhead, the stars looked very dim and hazy, other times weren't even visible.I thought to myself, well if this is all that's happening, its too cold out and im going inside. As if the object could hear my thoughts, teasing me with excitement, a dim white ball appeared ( like a dim star). Traveled from east to west, faster then a jet, but slower then a shooting star( le! ft no trail), disappeared for a split second, then shot north the same distance in a 90° turn. (Traveling distance was about 10 inches of sky at arms length) After that, my eyes may have been playing tricks on me in the dark hazy night, but the field behind my house looked to have a light appear. At first, large spots of white light like someone had a spot light pointed at it,then it looked as if a flashlight were being pointed down thru fog, like columns of slightly illuminated fog appeared, then a bright sparkle would catch my eye in a different part of the field( this field is bare and mostly flat). A few minutes passed when suddenly, a white dear appeared walking along the border of the field and my back yard( about 15 yards away) followed by one more. I made my daughter come outside to see, but when turned my flashlight on for her, only their eyes could b seen. White dear are very rare and Ive only known of a couple in the area over the past 15 years. Ever since April,! my family and others who visit my house, have noticed lots of! paranor mal activity. Ive looked into this area being a "Window" location. This is the first time I've reached out on a public site hoping to get some answers. It should also be noted that I contemplated making this report. For some reason, my experience felt very personal, almost as if I would be breaking the trust of whatever appeared to me last night.
August 5, 2016 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Clinton, MI
I am a new mother and skeptic of ufos, but what I witnessed last night has made me a believer! As usual, I was outside smoking a cigarette after getting my baby to bed. I live in the country, so the night sky is pretty visible due to lack of city lights. My husband and I witnessed 3 unknown crafts over a 3 hour period. Two of which blinked red and white, while the other was a bright orange(also flew much closer then the other two). The first object was spotted just above the horizon in the distance. It appeared as an airplane with a red light, approaching quickly at first, then slowly began to rise into the sky while blinking red and white. The red light appeared to be moving in circular motion around the craft as it hovered. At around 4 am (an hour later), a second craft approached. This craft appeared to have a long cigar like shape with orange illuminating light. It appeared just south of us right above the neighboring tree line, flew low and quickly eastward, then disappeared low in the tree line miles away. When this craft flew near us, we could hear dogs from 3 different houses begin to bark wildly. Finally a third light appeared, flashing red and white like the first craft, following the same flight pattern as the first. Both lights were still visible hovering in the sky at 6 am when the sun began to rise. These crafts made no noise and gave me a very uneasy feeling. I was unable to take my eyes off the hypnotic lights. I lost sleep thinking about what I had just witnessed, and feared that I could no longer deny ufos exist. These objects were certainly not airplanes, Chinese lanterns, nor were they any sort of drone.
March 18, 2016 · 12:32 AM · LIGHT
Clinton, MI
Light has been moving left to right for the passed 3 hours lights flickering constantly this is not the first time i witness this event
July 12, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Clinton, MI
From the town of Tecumseh, MI, one can look Northwest to the skies over neighboring town of Clinton, MI, and on a nightly basis just around dark (Occasionally earlier while still light) 2 bright white lights appear in the sky. Both are similar to stars but much closer to the ground, Both change shape, color and location multiple times during each sighting. When observed thru Binoculars the light is too bright to make out anything particular, however appears to be a spherical object attached that waves in the wind like a piece of cloth. I'm sure it's just a weather balloon or navigational beacon, but I can find anyone else who can confirm this. There is Commercial aircraft, Cloud Seeding Aircraft and small recreational sky diving Aircraft in this area as well. Any information would be appreciated.
September 25, 2008 · 2:09 AM · SPHERE
Clinton, MI
previously stationary bright blue object descends rapidly towards ground