Unknown over Dearborn, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Hello I live in west Dearborn Michigan bordering Detroit. I've been watching the skys every night and I kept telling my daughter I would love to spot a ufo one day then it happened! My daughter was screaming telling me come see there's a ufo. When I came outside all I saw was streaks in the sky that are something I've never seen before. First I thought they were clouds but they weren't because it was a clear day with no clouds in the sky. Then I thought it was a jet trail but it couldn't be because they were to many of them on top of each other and some of them were not connected. I told her it's not a ufo because they are not moving then I looked up and saw a black object flying high in the sky around planes and it looked like a mother ship with another smaller object that seemed to hover around the bigger object and maybe even through it. It's definitely not a plane it had no lights or sound. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw. I'm wondering if the s! treaks in the sky had something to do with the unidentified flying objects flying but im everyone I ask tells me you really got something here that's unique.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #164736). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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