Oval over South Manitou Island, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me and a few friends were camping on South Manitou Island in the Sleeping Bear Dune wilderness. I did not notice the strange phenomenon until I recently reviewed some old photographs. You’ll see in the video the UFO, at lightning speed ascends and levels out across the frame. View the video in slow motion as the object moves real quick.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166920). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-07-01 → 2021-07-18