Circle over Livonia, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was standing on my back porch smoking a cigarette in Castle Gardens subdivision, west of Newburgh rd and south of 5 mile rd. I was facing East and saw a large bright white light moving up and to the south. It was not an airplane and not a helicopter. I followed it as it rose up and then the light got dimmer and dimmer until it vanished. I have never seen anything like it before and there were no clouds in the sky for it to fly behind. I've been stumped every since I saw it and have no clue what it could have been.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170837). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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September 19, 2019 · 9:22 PM · UNKNOWN
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