Cigar over Otsego, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was in my backyard around 8pm and looked up to see a white airplane moving directly towards a white object that was moving straight up in the sky. The airplane was heading east and flew directly below the object moving upwards. They were both moving relatively slowly. The white object appeared elongated with possible lower side wings like a missile. It had no plumage coming out of it though. It had a bright white glow. I then took out my phone camera and started recording it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170970). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-08-01 → 2022-08-18