Unknown over Baldwin, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My husband and I were driving home from a dinner date. We decided to take a back road home because it was faster and had less traffic. We turned west onto Mac Rd in Baldwin Michigan at about 7:30 pm. While driving only 25 mph because of ice and snow on the road, I noticed lights blinking in the sky up ahead of my vehicle. I asked my husband what it was and he stated that it was an airplane. I watched for a few seconds and realized that the craft was flying too slow and low to be an airplane. As I continued to drive, I caught up with the lights very quickly. The lights were white and red blinking like a plane. I stopped my vehicle to get a better look at it and the craft stopped also, right above my vehicle!! I could see that it was not moving, but it still had the same lights, but they were not blinking, just solid lights. My radio also kept going in and out. I started to back my vehicle up so that I did not have to get out to get a good look at this craft. Once I started to back up, the craft started moving again but this time in the direction I came from. I had no place to turn around so I could not follow it. I watched for a few more seconds, and then it was just gone! Like it disappeared right in front of my eyes!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165770). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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