Circle over Battle Creek, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was out plowing and seen this in the sky started to record then it disappears and then return.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166577). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-02-02 → 2022-02-19
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April 14, 2021 · 5:45 AM · LIGHT
Battle Creek, MI
I can’t remember the exact month this happened but it was last year, 2021. I was on my way to work and it was dark, so the pole lights were on along the side of the road. I was driving along and happened to glance up into the sky and saw a bright circle of light stationary but right above the road and my first thought was , “that’s a pole light, and I must be tired, now I’m seeing things”. But there wasn’t a pole, and as I started to pass under it, it moved to the right not super fast, but fast enough that I saw it move at the top edge of my windshield and disappear over the tree line on my right. I looked in the mirrors and behind me and there was no sign of it. I’m not sure if it was a drone or what but I never did see it again in that spot. To this day , when I come through that same area I’m always looking up to that area and I never see anything.
March 12, 2021 · 1:47 AM · UNKNOWN
Battle Creek, MI
I was outside my house smoking a cigarette. I was looking at the stars and just admiring how bright they all were shining. Then I noticed one that seemed to be moving and I thought it was just my eyesight at first. I then called my husband and asked him to come look. When he confirmed that he was seeing it, I knew it was real. We were looking East at the first sighting of a rapid moving light form. Then we noticed there was one looking North. I took videos, zoomed in and they looked like those orbs you see when you take a photo, except they were out in the sky not floating around here. There were also multiple lights rapidly moving around these 2 and then disappearing. The craziest thing was these 3 blue lights flying around and I could not see them with my own eyes, but caught them on camera, BUT my husband could see them!! We were so shocked by what we were seeing, never ever in my life have witnessed anything like this. I know this seems crazy, I couldn't! believe it myself! We watched this happen for almost 2 hrs, they would disappear and then come back. Eventually I got really cold, so I can't confirm how long they were in the sky. I wish I was confident to say a UFO. drones, planes, helicopters? That's what everyone keeps telling me. If that were true, it just doesn't make sense on how they looked, how many were there, and why they weren't moving directions.
October 13, 2020 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Battle Creek, MI
Hello, I’m writing you because I just started a new job working at a hotel in Battle Creek,Mi and last week I saw the blue light while taking a picture of the moon while outside on my break and I thought something was wrong with my phone camera. I was off for the rest of the week until last night and I just went out (5:00 am) to take another break and this was my first time seeing the moon all night, and I noticed a small light underneath the moon that was not there last week, so I took a picture and oddly that same blue light was back. I took a closer up picture and it was still there in the same place it was last week. You cannot see this blue light without the camera. I did not use any filters on the camera either I usually don’t so I can capture the true beauty of the moon. Could someone maybe take a look at this and tell me what they think it could be? I came to the conclusion that it’s definitely not a bug because there was nothing flying in front of ! my phone.
January 22, 2020 · 7:18 PM · LIGHT
Battle Creek, MI
It was dark outside. I went out to smoke a cigarette and saw a round bright red light, not flashing, moving slowly towards me from north to south. It was in the direction of the airport here, but it did not have the required red light on the left wing and green light on the right. It also did not have any type of rotating beacon light. It was maybe 5 miles distant at about 3000'. It maneuvered slowly and strangely. It never got closer to me than maybe 3 miles (?). It made no sound, and as it was quiet outside, I likely would have been able to hear it at the estimated distance, like other aircraft I have seen out at the airport (KBTL). It turned towards the north and the light faded quite rapidly and became white. The main thing strange I noticed was the unusually bright red light. I have seen bright WHITE landing lights on aircraft, but never a very bright red one (I am a pilot and aircraft dispatcher and have been involved with aviation my entire life). This is not my first report on this site. I just wanted to post here to see if anyone else saw this. I told my friend about it, who lives in the city of Coldwater (about 30 miles southeast of me. He said he too saw it about 30 minutes later over his town, off to east (a bright non-flashing red light). I checked flightaware.com and saw no aircraft matching the flight profile I witnessed. I filmed it with my iphone6, a bit through the trees and have included it here.
April 29, 2019 · 12:00 PM · SPHERE
Battle Creek, MI
I was sitting in the car with my grandmother. We were going out for her birthday. While at the light waiting for heavy traffic, I look over goguac lake. That's when I notice a metallic silver Ball floating in the sky. At first I thought it was Venus, but the time and position made no sense for it to be. Right as I got my grandmother's attention, she looks over and we witness the crafte appear to "blink" out of sight. Like a blip. It just vanished from sight.
April 21, 2019 · 11:35 PM · FLASH
Battle Creek, MI
Saw 2 flashes of bright white light at 160 degrees on the southern horizon. There are no clouds, a clear night, and no storms in the vicinity. A Facebook post made by me had confirmation of the same lighting by a friend who does not live nearby, but still witnessed the flashes within the city limits.